Comments on: What is $29.99 worth to Apple?

By: John Knights

John Knights — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:54:27 +0000

Huh? I don’t get why anybody would complain about having to pay money for software that somebody has laboured over and gives value for money in some way. Is $30 really so much to ask for something that does quite a lot of useful things?

I would agree that paying over and over for newer versions of the same software at full price does indeed stretch the limits of value if that is the case but I cannot see how anybody can complain that QT ought to be ought right free on the basis that they spend a lot of money with Apple.

By: Susabelle

Susabelle — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:59:59 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Nerraux and Mike.

Yes, Nerraux, I know I could have torrented a QT code if I’d wanted, but of course, we aren’t pirates, right? And if I keep up this video thing with the kids, I may just have to invest in some real video editing software. The other thing that bugged me that I didn’t mention was that it looks like QTPro is simply an advertisement space, much like iTunes is on its front page. That really annoys me, too.

And Mike, I will never take portrait-format video with this camera again. I’m assuming, maybe wrongly, that a newer model will auto-adjust orientation for me. It will be something I’ll be looking at before I buy a video camera in the future.

By: Mike Staples

Mike Staples — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:11:27 +0000

I shot video that way myself, and ran into the same problem. In my case, once I had converted it to display properly I realized how useless video shot in portrait format really is.

By: Nerraux

Nerraux — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:43:35 +0000

Quicktime player that comes with the machine has always been just a player, just like Windows Media or whatever they’re using now. It sucks, but if you want to do video production of any kind you’re pretty much stuck buying something. That said, I’ve [allegedly] probably borrowed as many QT reg codes as I’ve bought over the years because you shouldn’t have to keep paying for the same software over and over when there’s more robust vid production software out there for the same price.

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