Perian
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| Developer: | The Perian Team |
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| Initial release: | 2006-09-29 |
| Latest release: | 0.5 / 2006-09-29 |
| OS: | Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later |
| Platform: | PPC, Intel |
| Use: | Multimedia framework plug-in |
| License: | LGPL |
| Website: | perian.org |
Perian, advertised as a "swiss-army knife for QuickTime," is a plug-in which enables QuickTime to play several popular video formats not supported natively by QuickTime on Mac OS X[1].
It has been featured as the "Download of the Day" on Lifehacker[2], as well as on several popular blogs including Ars Technica[3] and The Unofficial Apple Weblog[4].
[edit] Supported formats
Perian adds support for the AVI and FLV container formats, as well as several video codecs[5]:
[edit] References
- ^ Perian - A swiss-army knife for QuickTime. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
- ^ Pash, Adam (2006-09-30). Download of the Day: Perian (Mac). Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
- ^ Biven, Michael (2006-10-04). Infinite Loop: Perian, bringing playback for all to Apple’s QuickTime. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
- ^ Chartier, David (2006-09-30). Perian - play most video formats in QuickTime for free. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
- ^ SupportedFormats - Perian Quicktime Component. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
