Quicktime vs media player

We installed QuickTime 7. Thinkpad X, Core2Duo 2. Testing was fairly straightforward. I used The different network speeds did not significantly alter the outcome. On our laptops, we disabled any automatic system updates, screen savers, power savers, etc.

This was simply a precaution to prevent the laptops from going to sleep or dimming the screens which would greatly skew the tests. However, we did leave our antivirus software active - Jason and I both use Microsoft Security Essentials, which is a fairly robust but low impact on CPU and memory. This was deliberate, because we were trying to emulate a real-world condition, and most people don't disable their antivirus every time they visit Youtube or the Apple QuickTime movie trailers website.

As you can see, the results are fairly close. Adobe has obviously improved flash a great deal on the Windows platform, rendering most of the arguments about it invalid.

This time, on older but still viable hardware, it appears that Flash wins in terms of both CPU and battery life. There are significant differences between the video chipsets on my laptop and Jason's, as can be seen in this wiki entry for Intel GMA chipsets.

Also, after some digging we discovered that this is not an unknown issue with QuickTime. It could be speculated that since both Flash and WMV have hardware acceleration with GPU offloading under Windows that Apple simply chose not to support one of the most popular laptop video chipsets in use today. However, from the accounts detailed in the forum link above, it also looks like they didn't even bother to support it on their own platform when they used the very same video chipset.

We supplied these results to Apple and Intel for comment. Apple has not responded, but we did get a response from Intel. According to the Intel spokesman:. Intel fully supports h.

To confirm that this wasn't some kind of fluke concerning the GPU offloading, Jason ran the same tests on his wife's Dell desktop system with a Core2Quad 2. Keep in mind that this is a quad core desktop system with a more powerful GPU and is invariably going to be much faster than laptops. Unfortunately the activity monitor application in OSX doesn't have logging, so I installed a copy of atmonitor. Testing on the MacBook Pro went smoothly as it did for the rest of the systems.

Big difference between platforms here. It should be noted that while Flash has a very beneficial design in that it will use any available bandwidth to keep buffering until the entire video is downloaded, it was of no use whatsoever on the OSX platform. Keep in mind, though, this is the old Flash code that did not have the benefit of the new hardware acceleration capabilities that Apple made available to Adobe recently.

Let's see how it stacked up:. I was a bit disappointed since I was expecting something more spectacular. This is actually the second set of results, as I ran them again to make sure I had everything set up and installed properly with the Gala build. Windows did not design WMP to edit videos because it provides another software for that. The free edition has similar features to WMP and is already preloaded to all the latest Mac computers for sale while the Pro edition lets you edit files, convert to other codecs, and convert the videos to be compatible with other devices like the iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV.

Summary: 1. Quicktime is the movie player that comes with the Mac operating system while Microsoft created the Windows Media Player for its Windows operating system 2. Quicktime has its own extension called. Windows Media Player does not have editing capabilities while QuickTime has this in its Pro package for a price. Cite APA 7 , l.

Difference Between Similar Terms and Objects. MLA 8 , lanceben. Name required. VLC has keyboard shortcuts for nearly every function you can imagine. While not the most vital part of media player for most people, those that value convenience will enjoy the added flexibility this adds to the program. The color choices are bland with a lates style. All function, no grace. The program lacks functionality when it comes to sorting your music.

VLC is intended as a video player. Buckle up—Plex is a lot to talk about. When you get Plex up and running, you can stream your media from your devices to almost any other device in your home with the right equipment. If you have a lot of music and movies saved on your computer that you want to watch on the big screen, Plex is the place to go. There are two versions of Plex: one free, one paid. The great thing about Plex is that the free version is already fully featured.

The paid version just adds in a few more benefits that may appeal to smaller numbers of users, like virtual reality support and Sonos integration. For the vast majority of users, the free tier will be more than enough. That said, there are a few areas where it is more of a hassle than a benefit.