Apple launches QuickTime 4 official release

Although many previously predicted that the public beta version of QuickTime 4 should be released at the Macworld Expo in New York, surprisingly, Apple has announced the official release of the QuickTime 4 Macintosh and Windows platforms today. If you have previously installed a QuickTime 4 beta version, you can use the QuickTime Updater to upgrade directly in the QuickTime Folder. If you haven't installed any version of QuickTime 4 before, please go to the Apple QuickTime website to register the download installer.

The major enhancements to QuickTime 4 are supporting servers and playback of digital streams. The use of industry-standard RTP and RTSP protocols, coupled with Apple's approach to opening up QuickTime's digital streaming servers, will allow developers or related third parties to easily adopt the architecture of QuickTime's digital stream, and in the foreseeable future, There will be various server products on different platforms.

In addition to the streaming architecture, QuickTime 4 also brings QuickTime for Java technology to provide users of the Java platform a simpler and more versatile multimedia playback and editing architecture. As with QuickTime 3, QuickTime 4 will also be released in a professional and a regular version. QuickTime 4, which is freely downloadable, will have basic QuickTime file browsing capabilities; if you need easy editing and advanced features for file transferability, QuickTime 4 Pro is $30 for you to buy. Options. Registered users of QuickTime 3 Pro will be able to upgrade to QuickTime 4 Pro free of charge, which is also a good news for many users who purchased the official version of Mac OS 8.5 (Mac OS 8.5 official version of the buyer can get free QuickTime 3 Pro upgrade registration code).

According to Apple’s announcement, more than five million copies have been downloaded from the company’s website since the release of the QuickTime 4 public beta on April 19. At the same time, Apple also announced the participation of Flowserve Online News, Flowserve Sports and Weather Channel into the Apple QuickTime digital streaming channel. At present, British BBC WORLD, Bloomberg, HBO, NPR and WGBH Boston have joined the ranks of Apple's QuickTime digital streaming channels. It is expected that more radio and television stations will join the ranks of Apple's QuickTime video streaming channels in the future.