If you've not installed Perian, you're missing out on QuickTime.

On Sunday, December 9, 2012, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:

> >>> I'm having a little problem. I've got a 10.6.8 system. I want
> >>> everything to open with "QuickTime Player". Instead, stuff keeps
> >>> getting reverted to "QuickTime Player 7".
> >>>
> >>> How can I uninstall the older version, and force everything to the up
> >>> to date version?
> >>
> >> <http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/>
> >> and you won't have to uninstall anything.
> >
> > While this is true, in the case of QT, it requires you to specify over a
> dozen suffix tags (images, movies, sounds, midi, and so on) that route
> themselves to QTP.  The default app approach works best with apps that own
> only one or two suffixes.
>
> And, as it turns out, attempting to play an .avi movie requires
> installing some plugins.
>
> On 10.6.8, those plugins only work in quicktime 7, not in normal quicktime
> 10.
>
> >From what I understand, there's no way to say "Open the .avi's that QT
> 10 can handle in QT 10, open the ones that need windows decoders in QT
> 7". So, how can I say "Only open .avi's in QT7, open everything else
> in QT10"?
>
> You mentioned having to play with over a dozen suffix tags. If I only
> want to play with one, is there an easy way?
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