ELAN and QuickTime 7.2 on Windows
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ELAN and QuickTime 7.2 on Windows
On Windows ELAN doesn't work with QuickTime files anymore, after an update to QuickTime 7.2. ELAN hangs in the "Initializing..." phase.
There are 2 main problems:
- the QuickTime 7.2 distribution doesn't contain the file QTJava.dll anymore. This file has been part of QT for a long time and ELAN expects it to be present. ELAN doesn't handle it's absence gracefully.
- the permissions for the file QTJava.zip (in the QT install directory) have been changed making it inaccessible for ELAN
There are 2 possible solutions, currently:
- uninstall QT 7.2 and re-install an earlier version e.g. 7.1.6 (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime716forwindows.html)
- copy a few QT system files to ELAN's install directory (you need a backup of a QT 7.1 version):
- <QT_Install_Dir>\QTSystem\QTJavaNative.dll and <QT_Install_Dir>\QTSystem\QTJNative.dll to <ELAN_Install_Dir>\jre\bin
- the old QT 7.1.x QTJava.dll also to <ELAN_Install_Dir>\jre\bin
- <QT_Install_Dir>\QTSystem\QTJava.zip to <ELAN_Install_Dir>\jre\lib\ext
We'll try to solve these problems in the next release.
Han
Release of ELAN 4.3.0
