Detecting Apple's QuickTime

[shadowslash]

I still don't know why rev has to rely on QuickTime to play sounds. It should be built in especially if I'm developing Web Applications such as revWeb but that's beside the point of this post.

I need to know how to detect if QuickTime is installed in the current machine that my web apps i currently running on. I would like to know how it's done in Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Mainly Ubuntu). If others can share what they know, it would really be a great help not only for me but also for others who might not know about it before...

Hoping to hear from you guys,
- Shedo Chung-Hee Surashu

[Mark]

Hi Shedo,

Check the qtversion function in the dictionary.

Best,

Mark

[shadowslash]

Hi Shedo,

Check the qtversion function in the dictionary.

Best,

Mark

Would it also be possible to detect where QuickTime will be launchable? E.g. the *.exe file for Windows.

[Mark]

Shedo,

You should probably write a script that searches the applications directory for a QuickTime folder.

Why would you want to do that?

Best,

Mark

[shadowslash]

Right now I don't have use for such yet, I just needed to detect QuickTime. I just wanted to know so that in if I do need it in the future, won't have to ask...

[Mark]

Shasowslash,

If you really only need to know whether QT is present, use the qtversion function.

Best,

Mark

[shadowslash]

in the future

Lol well thanks for the QTVersion tip though!!