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Perian

Perian - 1.1

QT plugin plays many video formats

All Time: (4.4)
This Version: (4.0)
Current Version: 1.1
Release Date: 2008-02-06
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 38,539
Downloads (all versions): 117,965

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Product Description:

  • Divx, XviD, FLV, AVI
  • MS-MPEG4 v1, MS-MPEG4 v2, MS-MPEG4 v3, DivX 3.11 alpha, 3ivX, Sorenson H.263, Flash Screen Video, Truemotion VP6
  • These formats when they are inside an AVI:
    h.264, mpeg4, AAC, AC3 Audio, and VBR MP3.

What's new in this version:

  • Major performance improvements
  • TrueAudio, MP1, and DTS audio support
  • Slice-based multithreaded decoding for MPEG-1/2/H.264
  • Apple H.264 now handles AVCHD/interlaced video
  • Compatibility fixes for QuickTime 7.4 and Leopard
  • Objective-C GC compatibility
  • Fixed a crash in Toast
  • Better subtitle rendering
  • Subtitles play during MKV loading
  • Snow support
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

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Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating: (4.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (3.0)
Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (4.0) Price: (5.0)
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Perian ReviewServes no purpose whatsoever - Version: 1.0, 7/13/2008 06:52PM PST

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gsmiller88
Perian is useless. More often than not when I try and play a video in QuickTime or RealPlayer it will not play because I do not have the required codec, videos that I can get to play fine in Windows XP. All in all, Perian is more like a butter knife than a Swiss army knife.
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Perian CommentaryUpdate Check Pop-under is ANNOYING! - Version: 1.1, 5/9/2008 03:16PM PST

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libertyforall1776
What's with the Update Check Pop-under? It is ANNOYING, and hard to find -- the dialog giving you the status of the update check is not viewable until you move the System Preferences window! This is just bad design!

Otherwise it seems good.
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Perian Troubleshooting ReportGreat codec, but breaks native multicore H.264 decoding - Version: 1.1, 4/6/2008 09:47AM PST

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Coadey
Perian is great for its versatility, but unfortunately still seems to break QuickTime's multi-threaded playback for H.264 movies. This means only 1 core is fully utilized, making 1080 clips difficult to work with on slower systems. Removing Perian fixes the issue.
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