Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD or…) for 4K export from Vegas 14?

[Ben Gareb]

Yeah, I had installed Quicktime, but I did a custom install and only installed Essentials after reading that exposure to some of the issues with a non-updated Quicktime was mitigated by leaving out some of the additional pieces. Turns out you need Quicktime Essentials and Quicktime Player, but can skip the Optional Quicktime Features (browser plugins) and it works in Vegas.

Thanks for all of your help.

[John Rofrano]

[Ben Gareb] “So you have to have the full, super insecure Quicktime codec installed to use it? “

I wouldn’t call it “super insecure” because there is no security problem with the codecs themselves. It was only the QuickTime Player that has a security vulnerability that requires you download a specially created file from a malicious web site in order for it to affect you. There have been no reports of anyone exploiting this vulnerability so it is purely theoretical and completely avoidable by not using the QuickTime Player browser extension (which most people don’t use anyway).

I wouldn’t loose any sleep over it. There are 255 known security vulnerabilities and counting in Windows 10 and Microsoft keeps finding and patching more every month and it doesn’t stop anyone from using Windows 10.

Compared to Windows 10… QuickTime is like Fort Knox!

~jr

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