Hot on the heels of the release of QuickTime 7.5.5 yesterday, the makers of QuickTime Alternative have released version 2.7: with support for QuickTime 7.5.5 files.

QuickTime Alternative is a Windows program for users who might occasionally want to watch a QuickTime file but don't want to install Apple's media player. The program is bundled with Media Player Classic, an open source Windows media playback utility that looks a lot like Windows Media Player 6. You can use Media Player Classic to watch MOV files you've downloaded to your hard drive. Or you can install the browser plugin to watch files embedded on web pages. The latest version of QuickTime Alternative incldues support for Google Chrome as well as Firefox, Netscape, and Opera.

QuickTime Alternative makes use of the codecs taken from Apple software but is not an official Apple product.