Apple QuickTime DRM Disables Video Editing Apps

An anonymous reader writes "According to numerous posts on Apple's discussion forums (several threads of which have been deleted by Apple), as well as a number of popular video editing blogs, Apple's recent QT 7.4 update does more than just enable iTunes video rentals — it also disables Adobe's professional After Effects video editing software. Attempting to render video files after the update results in a DRM permissions error. Unfortunately, it is not possible to roll back to a previous version of QT without doing a full OSX reinstall. Previous QT updates have also been known to have severe issues with pro video editing apps."

kill microsoft

[alen]

i say we call the AG in every state to complain how Microsoft is disabling other apps with their updates

oh, wait

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[lucifig]

No, that can't be it. Somehow we have to tie it back to Microsoft.

Re:Does this suprise anyone?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh man, he got us good. With a burn like that, what could i possibly do...

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[Ohreally_factor]

or video.

I'm confused

[Malevolent Tester]

Without kdawson's helpful comments, I can't make my mind up - was this elitist or egalitarian?

At the risk of being obvious... dtrace!

[davecb]

Use the recent Dtrace-fix kernel module to get tracing working, and trace the offending program until you find the error. Then write a kenel module to fix that.

--dave

I don't see the problem..

[stormguard2099]

Renting and watching videos should be enough for anyone

Re:As always

[Anonymous Coward]

I love you man, people like you make my tech support job much easier.

I'm serious.

When I can say "the answer is to restore from your backups".

YOU are the guy that say "ok, cool, just wanted to see if there was a workaround first". YOU are the one that is back in action less than an hour later instead of bitching about how Apple Quality control has gone down the shitter since last year.

Seriously, if I could give you a free computer I would.

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[edittard]

New slogan: It just doesn't work.

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[Anonymous Brave Guy]

Don't use Quicktime on Windows!

Oh, wait...

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[coop247]

I'll never buy another Sony product again. Rootkits, DRM, Blu-Ray, MinDisc, EVIL.

Oh, wait, this is Apple. Thats cool then, I like them.

Re:As always

[carou]

If you're an individual and not a post production facility, test the upgrade on a separate partition or physical volume.

If you're an individual and not a post production facility, what are the chances of you having an extra Mac lying around to test?

Good point, maybe instead you could perform your software testing on a separate partition or physical volume, or something.

Re:As always

[ArsenneLupin]

I get a mandatory training film on Sarbanes-Oxley that says "upgrade your quicktime", I click the icon, and my computer turns into a brick.

That's expected. Sarbanes-Oxley already turned your economy into a brick.

Re:What has this got to do with DRM?

[mh1997]

So what remains as fact: Apple have a introduced a bug in an update to a shared library - so what? It's hardly the first time this has happened, on any OS. And maybe not even that - perhaps it's even possible that QuickTime is correct, and the change has just exposed a latent bug in AfterEffects? We just don't have the data to make a judgment, so perhaps everyone could calm down and stop acting like Apple is chained to Hollywood and making the sky fall in.

I agree - so what? What's the big deal with this, it's not like anyone expected something from Apple to just work.

Re:Let me get this straight..

[Upphew]

Being a windows user another thing i can't stand is the stupid Apple Updater. No matter how you tell the program you don't want the f&**(@ installed it tries to update itself any chance it gets even if you just watch a quicktime.

Hear! Hear! And that damn process can't be killed. And it takes all cpu time it can get. Almost cooked my balls with laptop!

Re:At the risk of being obvious... dtrace!

[ricebowl]

Use the recent Dtrace-fix kernel module to get tracing working, and trace the offending program until you find the error. Then write a kenel module to fix that.

--dave

I'm sorry, Dave; I can't let you do that.

--Happle

Re:As always

[CastrTroy]

I didn't say I'd sue, I'd send the lawyers over to Apple to make sure this gets resolved in a timely fashion so we don't have to resort to going to court. If they refuse to fix it, then well, maybe we'd have to go to court.

Re:Let me get this straight..

[Fred_A]

I had hoped it would be something like

vi ~/.quicktime/prefs

change
KillVideoEditors = yes
to
KillVideoEditors = no

Restart Quicktime.

Damn Macs, always so complicated. ;)

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[Anonymous Coward]

because they are screwing sony...

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[MadnessASAP]

or computers.

A little confusing

[pat mcguire]

This whole "QT" thing bewilders me. I don't know whether to mindlessly flame Apple or KDE...

Re:Apple does this all the time

[Mikey-San]

I develop for Final Cut Pro and Motion, and the last time I installed a beta for them, they installed a component which broke QuickTime.

So the last time you installed software that was known not to be production-level, it was not production-level?

Holy. Shit.

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[Ohreally_factor]

or electricity.

Re:Apple's finally done it

[jimicus]

I think they need to get back to "thinking different".

I disagree. "Let's take the biggest selling points of our flagship product and break them!" is most definitely thinking very different to most established ideas.

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[DittoBox]

Damn Luddites.

Get off my lawn!

Re:As always

[pisto_grih]

People have been asking for their ipods to make candy floss for a while now. So many people have asked for this, that Apple has [not] officially written a response to this request, their response being "candy floss is just spun sugar and has no nutritional value". (http://gizmodo.com/archives/open-letter-to-apple-cotton-candy-for-all-music-fans-please-1337.php) Since Apple won't fix this problem, people have resorted to not listening to music and going to the fair instead, though this of course...something... er

Re:As always

[godawful]

Could be worse, the article could've read "Apples Quicktime Update Bricks After Effects!!"
as its currently presented I'm not feeling nearly enough rage.

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[ady1]

We shouldn't have got off the trees in the first place.

Re:The answer is quite simple actually:

[LrdDimwit]

Just think, you're breathing in the same air that other Apple users, or perhaps even Steve Jobs himself, have drawn in. If you truly want to shun them, either you or them will just have to stop.

Re:Does this suprise anyone?

[Basehart]

It only mentions the fixes in the version you couldn't read.