Apple releases QuickTime 7.6
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 02:36 PM EST Apple today released QuickTime 7.6 for Mac OS X 10.4.9 - 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3. QuickTime 7.6 includes changes that increase reliability, improve compatibility and enhance security. This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.What’s in this update?
• Video:
- Improves single-pass H.264 encoding quality
- Increases the playback reliability of Motion JPEG media
• Audio:
- Improves AAC encoding fidelity
- Audio tracks from MPEG video files now export consistently
• Application Support:
- Improves compatibility with iChat and Photo Booth
• Security:
- For information on the security content of this update, visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403
QuickTime 7.6 is available via Software Update.


Here's hoping this finally fixes the bug where encoded movies with AAC passthru had their surround channels in the wrong order