Apple recently announced that they are no longer supporting QuickTime for Windows and most importantly, will not be providing security updates going forwards.
We use QuickTime in the viewer to play back media type likes MP3 MPEG-4 and of course MOV.
This viewer replaces the QuickTime media plugin for the Windows version of the viewer with one based on LibVLC (https://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC/).
The OS X viewer is unchanged since Apple will continue to support QuickTime there.
Eventually, as part of the update to 64 bit versions of the viewers, the OS X viewer will also be updated to use LibVLC (QuickTime APIs are Carbon and not available as 64bit).
Resolved Issues
MAINT-6459 [Win LibVLC] mp3 playback failure in windows viewer
MAINT-6462 [Win LibVLC] Built-in browser plays video vertically flipped
MAINT-6478 [Win LibVLC] MOAP content looks correct but page links are flipped vertically
MAINT-6480 [Win LibVLC] New MOAP objects lose audio
MAINT-6481 [Win LibVLC] MOAP mp4 mp3 playback missing video controls
MAINT-6488 [Win LibVLC] After using a drop down list on a web page, it remains stuck on screen even when URL is changed.
MAINT-6502 [Win LibVLC] some .mov files play in LibVLC windows viewer
MAINT-6503 [Win LibVLC] some media file types prompt to download instead of play
MAINT-6527 [Win LibVLC] viewer plays MOAP video at maximum volume 50m away
MAINT-6577 [Win LibVLC] No sound in MOAP or browser video
MAINT-6578 [Win/Linux LibVLC] When media is enabled, many other textures in the scene get flipped upside down
Known Issues
BUG-10447 Unable to see group members belonging to any group role in the Roles tab until you switch to the Members tab and back to Roles tab.
