XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, rec.photo.digital   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   It's clear to all that Winston is not posting to help anyone but to play   
   silly theatrical games, where the tell is the way he presents his "help".   
      
   > Clueless,   
   > Maybe you'll figure out it out eventually   
   > you're just grasping for straws   
   > (someone with your claimed experience and   
   > troubleshooting should be capable of understanding)   
      
   If Winston would just stop it with the mock theatrics, and say what the   
   technical issues are, then this group would benefit from his knowledge.   
      
   With that openly & honestly publicly stated, let's get off the stage and   
   back into the area where the key grips discuss actual technical details.   
      
   For the benefit of others following along, especially those with Apple   
   products, let's clarify specific technical points about iTunes on Windows.   
      
   Installing iTunes does not install the old QuickTime Player, but it does   
   install a substantial portion of Apple's media framework. This includes   
   Apple Application Support (32-bit and 64-bit), Apple Mobile Device   
   Support, CoreMedia components, ImageIO, and Apple-specific MOV/MP4   
   parsers. These components are not part of a stock Windows installation.   
      
   These libraries do not replace DirectShow, but they do participate in   
   how Windows handles MOV containers, HEVC/H.264 fallback, Live Photo   
   paired assets, and metadata extraction. Their presence can influence how   
   applications choose decoders or parse certain Apple-originated media   
   files.   
      
   My system did not have iTunes or any Apple media components installed,   
   and IrfanView had the QuickTime option enabled from an older   
   configuration. Because QUICKTIME.DLL was no longer present, IrfanView   
   failed immediately instead of falling back to DirectShow. Disabling the   
   QuickTime option resolved the issue.   
      
   None of Winston's theatrical performances refute those basic facts.   
   Hence his "iTunes changes nothing" is simply not technically accurate.   
      
   If Winston wants to create his own set of rules for his silly riddles,   
   (where the tell is he's hiding his punch line repeatedly), then all that   
   really tells us is he's playing unhelpful rather tiring games with us.   
      
   Winston's repeated riddles are a waste of our valuable time.   
   Which can better be spent actually helping people instead.   
      
   The difference in behavior between Winston's system and mine can easily be   
   explained by differences in configuration and installed components.   
      
   It's important to note that I openly and honestly publicly agree that both   
   sets of observations can be valid for the systems on which they occurred.   
   --   
   Posting this clarification for others who may encounter similar issues.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)