Here is a quick tutorial on how to install Perian video decoder on OSX. This is a plugin that you install through Mac OSX utility. This will expand the video codecs and formats you can play via QT Quicktime. The macosxhints Rating: Score: 9 out of 10 Developer: The Perian Project/ Product page Price: Free (Open Source) This is the Pick of the Week for the week of October 2nd One frustrating aspect of life as a Mac user is the bewildering array of semi-compatible video formats we encounter on a near daily basis.
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| Developer(s) | The Perian Team |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 29 September 2006 |
| Final release | |
| Operating system | macOS10.4.7 or later |
| Platform | PPC, Intel |
| Type | |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | www.perian.org |
Perian is a discontinued open-sourceQuickTime component that enabled Apple Inc.’s QuickTime to play several popular video formats not supported natively by QuickTime on macOS.[1] It was a joint development of several earlier open source components based on the multiplatform FFmpeg project's libavcodec and libavformat, as well as liba52 and libmatroska.
It has been featured as the 'Download of the Day' on Lifehacker,[2] as well as on several popular blogs includingArs Technica[3] andThe Unofficial Apple Weblog.[4]
Project shutdown[edit]
On 15 May 2012, the Perian project managers announced on their website that they are shutting down support for the project.[5] In the announcement, they recommended that users look to other products, such as Niceplayer, VLC or MPlayer OS X. They indicated that Perian's source code would be posted online for any developer who wanted to continue with the project. One continuation based on the source code is actively maintained but does not support QuickTime for OS X Mavericks or later.[6][7]
Supported formats[edit]
Perian lent support for many combinations of video, audio, text, and container formats to QuickTime, including the following:[8][9]
AV codec support for the following:
- MS-MPEG4 v1, v2 and v3
- Truemotion VP6 & VP3
- Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska)
- Snow wavelet video
- DOSBox video
- DTS Coherent Acoustics audio
- Windows Media Audio (WMA) v1 & v21
- WebM/VP8
Subtitle support for the following:
- (Advanced) SubStation Alpha
Container format support for the following:
- FLV file format
- NUV file format
- Matroska (MKV)
Perian Quicktime Plugin For Mac Os X
See also[edit]
Persian Download Mac Os X
- Combined Community Codec Pack (a similar bundle for Windows)
References[edit]
- ^'Perian - A swiss-army knife for QuickTime'. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
- ^Pash, Adam (2006-09-30). 'Download of the Day: Perian (Mac)'. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
- ^Biven, Michael (2006-10-04). 'Infinite Loop: Perian, bringing playback for all to Apple's QuickTime'. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
- ^Chartier, David (2006-09-30). 'Perian - play most video formats in QuickTime for free'. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
- ^Cheng, Jacqui (2012-05-15). ''Swiss Army knife for QuickTime' Perian turning off the lights'. Ars Technica. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^'MaddTheSane perian'. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ^'Perian on OS X Yosemite · Issue #11'. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^'SupportedFormats - Perian Quicktime Component'. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
- ^'Perian Support (Version History)'. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
Perian Management
External links[edit]
Perian Mac Os Mojave
- Perian – official site