Hi!
I use a program which renders a frame sequence into a quicktime movie. The program needs libquicktime to work correctly but each time it starts, it simply says that libquicktime is not installed on this system and thus cannot render into quicktimes. I checked it in the Software Manager but I saw that libquicktime 1.0.3 is installed. I manually installed 1.1.3 but for some reason 1.0.3 is still listed as installed. But anyways, what could I have done wrong?
Kind regards,
Phong
Try
rpm -qa |grep libquicktime
to confirm and post output if necessary. For example, I get:
linux:/home/dean # rpm -qa |grep libquicktime
libquicktime1-1.0.2-100.pm.1
Make sure you use Packman repo version.
Hi!
Thanks for your quick reply. I get these lines when doing the rpm command:
libquicktime-devel-1.0.3-3.92
libquicktime-1.0.3-3.92
Ok, from that result it is confirmed libquicktime was not upgraded. In any case, I would add packman repo. You probably should read this too:
Restricted Formats - openSUSE-Community
To get current list of configured repos on your system:
zypper lr --details
If you haven’t already, add the Packman repo via
YaST-Software-Software Repositories
Click ‘Add’, then select ‘Community Repositories’, then add Packman repository. (This should be easy to do). Set its priority to 99 (lower than the oss, non-oss repos for example).
Now try
zypper in libquicktime1
See how that goes.
hmm… the application still thinks there is no libquicktime installed, so I guess the problem lies there then.
Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums
Follow the above carefully.
Did you not notice you were reporting : libquicktime-1.0.3-3.92
But you need: libquicktime1-1.0.2-100.pm.1
You need to force an unconditional update in Packman and accept the vendor changes.
I updated libquicktime with your approach. When I check it with rpm -qa command it confirms me:
libquicktime0-1.1.2-100.pm.1
libquicktime-devel-1.1.2-100.pm.1
Still, the application thinks there’s no libquicktime present.
Post the result of this from a terminal
zypper lr --details
I use a program which renders a frame sequence into a quicktime movie.
I meant to ask you what the name of the application is? This might be of help with fixing the problem as well.
It’s called Framecycler by IRIDAS. Perhaps I just need to talk to their support because I don’t think this is an OS issue anymore, but an application setup problem. What do you think?
@deano
I’ll leave you to this one mate, silly us both spouting suggestions;)
That might be a good idea. I wasn’t familiar with this app, but I’ve just had a look:
IRIDAS FrameCycler - The Industry Standard for Playback
I also found this:
Quicktimes on Linux - IRIDAS Online Documentation
Keep us posted. Very interesting. You may want to check out ffmpeg tool (Packman version) for quicktime conversion.
@deano
I’ll leave you to this one mate, silly us both spouting suggestions
@caf
I think ideas and info in this post is all I can offer. Feel free if you can think of anything further, but I’m guessing a licensing issue is the ‘problem’. Quicktime support is probably deliberately limited by the developers on linux platforms.
I guess we would have to ask WHY this app? or is that impertinent?
My advice would still be to follow the multi-media guide I posted:
Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums
I guess we would have to ask WHY this app? or is that impertinent?
I think it is a poignant question 
…and good to suggest other tools etc.
Now that I’ve had a chance to read the following guide more closely
Quicktimes on Linux - IRIDAS Online Documentation
it does suggest what is required to get quicktime support working with this app. It lists the steps, then:
After completing these steps, you should have a file called libquicktime.so.0.0.0 in the /usr/local/lib directory and another file called lqt_ffmpeg.so in the /usr/local/lib/libquicktime directory (along with any other codecs).
Finally:
ldconfig /usr/local/lib
LibQuicktime should now be working in your IRIDAS application. If in doubt, check the log files in the /log directory in your FrameCycler or SpeedGrade installation for any errors encountered while loading the libraries.