Quicktime required?

JoeHendrix · Post by **JoeHendrix** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:46 am

I downloaded the most recent version of G-Force Gold, and was enjoying the heck out of it last night. Then, in the middle of a song, a message in the far upper left hand corner came up (g-force continued to run just fine) that said something to the effect that it couldn't find some Quicktime file in order to run the something sprite. The message stayed up for about 20 seconds, then left, but didn't seem to have an effect on g-force.

Do I need to download and install Quicktime in order to get the full-benefit of G-force? What am I missing if I don't install Quicktime?

Post by **keycompton** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:45 pm

JoeHendrix wrote:I downloaded the most recent version of G-Force Gold, and was enjoying the heck out of it last night. Then, in the middle of a song, a message in the far upper left hand corner came up (g-force continued to run just fine) that said something to the effect that it couldn't find some Quicktime file in order to run the something sprite. The message stayed up for about 20 seconds, then left, but didn't seem to have an effect on g-force.

Do I need to download and install Quicktime in order to get the full-benefit of G-force? What am I missing if I don't install Quicktime?

G-Force relies on QuickTime to display background visuals (images and/or video - any QuickTime supported file format) and this will indeed enhance your G-Force visuals. Below is a link to download the "standalone" verison of QuickTime (it is otherwise bundled with iTunes).
- http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

Also, if you are interested in further customizing your back ground visuals ("sprites") you can either add a folder of images via the G-Force Toolbar (see the advanced preferences) or you can simply copy and paste your own images into the G-Force Sprites folder: C:\Program Files\SoundSpectrum\G-Force\Sprites (for Mac, use finder to search for your G-Force folder).

G-Force FAQ: How do I display my own text, images, and movies in G-Force?
- http://www.soundspectrum.com/g-force/faq.html#display

JoeHendrix · Post by **JoeHendrix** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:19 pm

Thanks. I load it tonight.

I've been leary of loading ANY software on my MCE machine, since MCE seems so sensitive to changes. But... G-Force rules, and has become a major part of my "MCE Experience".

Post by **andy55** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:07 pm

JoeHendrix wrote:I downloaded the most recent version of G-Force Gold, and was enjoying the heck out of it last night. Then, in the middle of a song, a message in the far upper left hand corner came up (g-force continued to run just fine) that said something to the effect that it couldn't find some Quicktime file in order to run the something sprite. The message stayed up for about 20 seconds, then left, but didn't seem to have an effect on g-force.

Do I need to download and install Quicktime in order to get the full-benefit of G-force? What am I missing if I don't install Quicktime?

G-Force has bmp, jpg, and png support built-in, so if you try to feed it any image (or any video) formats other than that and dont' have QuickTime installed, G-Force won't be able to load it.

andy

JoeHendrix · Post by **JoeHendrix** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:42 pm

I gues, not only does Quicktime need to be installed, but it also needs to be running (at least in the toolbar, where I guess allows it to be running in the background). I had installed Quicktime as an application, but stopped it from putting itself in the toobar. When I would run G-Force I was still getting the Quictime error message. Last night, I went into the Quictime settings, so that Quicktime would put itself in the toolbar. I haven't tested this to see if that error will go away, but I'm fairly confident that it will.

james hurley · Post by **james hurley** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:48 am

I just double checked my system that has G-force installed and it has no quick time installed but plays all the stuff I've added without that message appearing. (got about 15 mg of sprites in it) weird..

james hurley · Post by **james hurley** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:13 am

spent some time last night playing around with the program folder and discovered if you delete the logo text as well as the logo that quicktime error pops up its nasty head. otherwise I still do not have quicktime installed and my jpgs show up fine.

JoeHendrix · Post by **JoeHendrix** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:57 pm

I'm still getting that Quicktime error message even after ensuring that Quicktime was showing up in the task tray. I just went through all of the Sprites that I had added and made sure there were no movies, and changed all of the GIFs into JPEGs, hoping that will solve the error message.

I'll keep you informed on how that goes.

JoeHendrix · Post by **JoeHendrix** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:28 pm

I didn't notice any Quicktime error, but I did notice a "G-Force: Logo" error.

Not sure where that came from or why?

JoeHendrix · Post by **JoeHendrix** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:14 pm

JoeHendrix wrote:I didn't notice any Quicktime error, but I did notice a "G-Force: Logo" error.

Not sure where that came from or why?

More specifically now, the error I get is " G-Force: Error loading logo".

Anyone know why I would be getting this error, and how to fix it?

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rater strange thing..

figured something out...