RE: quicktime on x-64

Paul,

 

I own your with Panoramas of the Grand Canyon CD. It does not run on my Vista 64 computer system. Of course neither do any other panoramas using QuickTime.

 

Wayne Heil

 

 

Message: 7

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:41:27 -0700

From: Paul Fretheim <email@hidden>

Subject: quicktime on x-64

To: email@hidden

 

I have been making a living selling my scenic QTVRs on CD for about ten years.  Over that time I have sold about 30,000 copies of my products mostly from computerized kiosks at the National Parks in the southwestern U.S.  Since there are at least 100 of my panos on each CD, that means I have sold over 3,000,000 copies of my individual .mov files.

 

I have yet to receive feedback from a customer that my products do not work on their computer.  (Of course I hear from customers who don't know how to turn on the machine, etc., but so far I have been able to get everybody happy with the product they have purchased.)

 

I don't have a 64 bit operating system on any of my own Win based computers, so I have not tested, myself, if my QTVR products will work with Vista or XP 64 bit.  My products display using the QuickTime Player, not the plug in.  But I would think I would be hearing from owners of 64 bit machines if my products were DOA on them.

 

That said, in developing my newest title, which will be out soon, I have used the features of Pano2VR to create both .mov and .srx files of every panorama, and I am proceeding with the interface development using the .srx files.  I have the .mov files in reserve in case I run into problems along the way that will require them, but so far it looks like the Flash panos will be the ones I use.  I like the way they operate and move and look better than the QTVR ones.

 

Also, I am going to make the move to DVD-R with the new title and will be migrating all my other products to both Flash and DVD-R as I prepare new masters for the next generation of each title.

 

Paul Fretheim

Independence, CA

Inyo Pro

 

 

K. Wayne Heil

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