New SA5 user - Windows 10 and QuickTime

[Ray Pritchard]

I'm a very new user. After playing with the Studio Artist trial for a couple weeks I decided to purchase SA5. It's awesome. The only drawback I have is that I am a Windows 10 user and I do not have QuickTime installed and I'm hesitant to do so because of the security issues.

I heard the only security issue is when .mov files are downloaded and/or played from the internet, but I am still hesitant.

I read online when installing QuickTime on Windows the 'Custom' setup should be used and all components should be marked with a red cross (and thus disabled and/or not installed) except for 'QuickTime Essentials'.

I would then only have QuickTime Essentials installed, the actual QuickTime Player and the browser plug-ins (which I read online are the most vulnerable components at risk) would not be installed.

I realize I would not be able to play .mov files on my PC without the QuickTime Player but my question is: Will I have full use of Studio Artist itself with only QuickTime Essentials installed or do I need the QuickTime Player?

If I do need the QuickTime Player, does anyone know how much of a risk I'll be taking?

Many thanks,
Ray

[Synthetik]

No need to install the optional features. We don't do that here.

I think the Player is useful, so we do instal that here so that we can use it to look at QT files we work with on the computer itself.

However, you don't need it to be installed to use Studio Artist with quicktime.

The only potential security issue would be if you downloaded some compromised unknown QT file from the web and then viewed it. So just don't do that.