[Solved] Why are the Windows and Mac versions different?
I am using version 8.6.0 on Windows and Mac.
I mainly use it on Mac, but when I try to use it on Windows,
the jit.qt.movie code works on Mac,
but on Windows it says it is deprecated.
Why are there differences between the same version of max?
this windows max console view
go into your Max preferences:
and switch the 'video engine' to 'viddll' as it recommends:
the difference is not something i ever understood well(apple made quicktime long ago to handle video, windows machines needed it to be installed for those particular codecs to be available... or something like that... nowadays, everyone has split off into making more and more confusing options available so, in Max, you just need to remember to switch the 'video engine' appropriately and everything else should work the same on both platforms).
[edit: and on both platforms, you can just use 'jit.movie' (typing the text 'jit.qt.movie' into an object instantiates the same object as 'jit.movie', you can check this by clicking on the helpfile for either one and notice it opens the same 'jit.movie' helpfile no matter what)... this helps your patching remain easily cross-platform with only a need to keep a different 'video engine' set in preferences]
hope this can help 🍄
and if you don't have viddll package installed, because you are on Windows and using the Max bundled with Live, then you first should install via the Package Manager
Thank you all for your answers, I was digging through the settings and found this and solved it!