Nah, INSTALL quicktime, not uninstall it 😉

Right - I know what you're getting at, but I think I meant what I said. 😀 I think I need to uninstall my current version of Quicktime so that the version of QT that comes with The Dark Eye will be installed along with the game. Am I wrong?

1st of all if you follow the list of steps there will not be a quicktime installed for you to uninstall.
And when I read the first post of the thread you link to, then the steps are:
1. Install dosbox
2. Install windows 3.x in dosbox
3. Install dark eye ( which install qt 2.0x)
4. UNINSTALL QT (2.0x)
5. Install QT 2.1x

Ah, okay. Then I guess I misread that first post. Does the Quicktime version get installed separately within Win 3.1 within dosbox? It is separate from my normal OS version of QT, right? It would have to be....yes. Thanks, Dominus.

Windows 3.x doesn't come with quicktime. You need to install it yourself or software/games that need it installs it. In the case of qt sometimes even messes with the installed version.

The Dark Eye comes with version 2.0.3 of Quick Time. I find that scenes get skipped with this version in DOSBox. So characters make a gesture as if they're about to say something but never do. Replace it with version 2.1.2 of Quick Time.

I will do that. Thanks for the clarification. I just got my copy of TDE yesterday. Now it's time to give this a try (well, soon...).

Just got it set up via 3.11. Works pretty well, thanks.

Actually, now based on what I'm seeing in Youtube videos versus what I'm getting, it looks like the narrative audio at the start of the game is missing, as well as some character movements and speeches.

I'm using the suggested QT 2.1.2. Any ideas? SB drivers are correctly configured.

For me the game's introduction and initial gameplay is identical to this; it doesn't seem like anything is missing.

I'm using DOSBox 0.74 with default settings, WfW 3.11, S3 Trio 64K colors graphics driver, SB16 sound driver, and QT 2.1.2. The game is version 1.0.3, and I'm mounting an image of the disc with IMGMOUNT.

Any significant differences in your setup? Can you be more specific about what game content is not appearing for you?

Just checked and the caretaker stares at me for a bit then says "Go ahead on in" without the rest of the dialog preceding it.
Where do you find the game version?

SKARDAVNELNATE, that's exactly what I'm seeing. I also don't get the narration at the pool. Just the music.

I'm using WfW 3.11, the S3 driver and SB driver from here Windows 3.1x DOSBox Guide

and Qt 2.1.2. Need to check the game version. I am also mounting the CD image.

The QuickTime movie that precedes "Go ahead on in." is:

D:\DKYDATA\ML\MA\MLAMNOCK.MOV

Try opening and playing it in the QuickTime movie player. Note that the data and movie directories on the disc are hidden, which complicates browsing, but you can just type the full path and name into the open dialog.

I am not missing any of the audio. The game version is in the readme.

I get the pool narration.
MLAMNOCK.MOV plays in Quick Time. In the game the animation is shown but the audio is missing.
I also tested it with VPC 2007 and it works there.

The readme I have doesn't mention the game version. Possibly it's older. Is there a patch to get version 1.0.3?

If that movie's audio works in the movie player but not in the game, that suggests some kind of game issue. Perhaps fixed or limited cycles will make a difference?

I doubt it's significant in this case, but I also use a SB driver update applied to the driver from the Win3 guide.

Cycles was set to auto before. I changed it to 40000 and I hear that part of dialog now.
I also noticed that previously the door knock sound played after the animation and that it took a while for the caretaker to step out from behind the door. Both of those are syncing up better now.

Quicktime plays its sample movie just fine, but says it cannot open MLAMNOCK.MOV when I try to open it via the movie player. My display driver seems to be configured correctly.

Tried limiting the cycles to 4k, not making a difference. I suspect Quicktime is having issues for me.

Tried reinstalls, as well as going back to the one the game came with. No luck.

it's 40k, I don't think you could do much with 4k.
Close DOSBox and try to open the MOV file while in your host OS? This will verify it isn't a problem with the disc.

Mounting the image I made from the CD in Windows works fine, as does playing the file. Hmm.