Apple should really create a 64bit tunnel that interfaces to the 32bit codec. So to blame microsoft is incorrect - its not their responsibility to make a 64bit quicktime codec. To be honest a lot of software can be messy like this (for example itunes64 on windows is not really 64bit at all but 32bit). The idea that you need a 64bit version of quicktime is strange because Adobe Premiere (on windows) is also 64bit and seems to work with the 32bit Implementation of Quicktime. It is odd that a 64bit application would ask for a software that doesn't exist. Ideas? Where is the 64-bit version? How do you tell it is 64-bit? How do you force the installer to make sure it ONLY installs a 64-bit version of it? If I knew Office was going to be a PITA if I installed the 64-bit version I would have stuck with the 32-bit version. It's the Quicktime Player mismatch on my machine that is giving me grief.

That machine defaults to VLC player on the desktop. The file I previously inserted was playing on a system that apparently had a 32-bit version of Powerpoint installed. The OS doesn't give a rats one way or the other. Powerpoint 2010 64-bit MUST have a 64-bit version of Quicktime in order to insert or play any Quicktime file. It just says its compatible with Windows 7. There is no option for 64-bit on the website. Everyone keeps saying download the 64-bit version of Quicktime. So, exactly where is a 64-bit version of Quicktime for Windows because apparently the one on the Apple website for Windows is not 64-bit. I can play the file on the desktop no problem, but when I try to insert the file into Powerpoint or play a file that I inserted previously into Powerpoint on a different system, it says either Quicktime unavailable or you need a 64-bit version of Quicktime in order to insert the file. I have the latest version of Quicktime installed 7.7.3 something. I'm running 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010. I'm running 64-bit version of Windows 7 via bootcamp.

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