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- zirtbow, on 10/12/2007, -9/+70Quicktime is all right but I still don't like it that much. As for being able to play multiple formats VLC player seems to handle a ton of them.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
that or I just don't use that many different formats. Either way everything I have tried in it works great. - RatherDashing, on 10/12/2007, -5/+41Another question: Is it a Universal Binary?
- kolywater, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37the best thing about quicktime is the development libraries. it handles lots of difficult tasks automagically.
also: qt for windows blows. qt for mac is great. - peorth, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34@zirtbow : yeah, but you can't use VLC with front-row :(
- jmazzi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30I built a copy and posted install instructions here. It *is* a universal build.
http://r00tshell.com/archives/2006/09/29/universal-build-of-perian-05/ - althe3rduww, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Keep in mind that windows media for the mac is horrible to the point that it now no longer exists. FlipforMac has atleast taken over that spot. When windows media for mac did exist it was far worse for the mac than it was for windows. So its not that suprising the quicktime for the pc is clunky and bad when quicktime for the mac works great.
- alangh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20For the uninformed out there.. MOST of the native Mac OS X video solutions (insert your favorite player name here) use QuickTime as the basis for their video decoding..
So, by using perian, all of your players will be able to handle these new video formats. It just so happens that the Apple marketing team has decided to use QuickTime to mean everything from the basic encoding/decoding libraries to a player that may not have the features you like.
Perian is still useful even if you don't use the QuickTime player... - DrPh0bius, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19@msikma
Go into the Finder and then applications.
Find the app called "Script Editor".
Launch it and in the box type this:
tell application "QuickTime Player"
present front movie scale screen
end tell
Press the compile button, then save the script somewhere convinient
Launch it and when you open a QT file, press play on the app, instead of the QT clip. - Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -42/+60"1. Because it costs money to develop 2. Move to a better country"
Gosh, you're an *****!! - vramdal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18@jwyles
Because Quicktime is what's being used in Front Row. - shuffle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Uh, because those components and packages you just listed aren't for the mac? And thats what this article is about?
- joebob2406, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I'm not sure if many of you have new intel macs but having quicktime playing all your media makes it a hell of a lot easier for itunes and front row integration. As soon as someone mirrors this site or it becomes active again, i'll definitely be installing it on my intel mac.
- TheDragonTony, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17QuickTime is A LOT better on OS X than it is on Windows... and WMP is (or was since they just have you use Flip for Mac now) a POS on OS X. Also on a mac at least you can run free QuickTime in full screen if you run this apple script:
tell application "QuickTime Player"
present front movie scale screen
end tell
I would imagine that you can get it done with Windows somehow... - snosons, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16@Cputerace
FrontRow - jonnyeh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Quicktime is used as a backend for other mac apps like frontrow and itunes, this would be useful for that reason
- kent1146, on 10/12/2007, -2/+141. I think that the licensing for a lot of these codecs allow for free use for end-users, but will require licensing costs if bundled with a commercial applicaiton. Basically, if the end-user were to supply these codecs (via plug-in), they are free. If Apple were to supply these codecs, Apple would have to pay.
2. I'm sure you could find a mirror somewhere. Find out what the filename is, and do a search for that filename. What about anonymizer, or another public proxy? Couldn't you connect to that, and then use the proxy to connect to your download? - kefs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Props for putting "for Mac" in the blurb.. Appreciated as a Window User.
- tsunamisteve, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17If you download the Divx plug-in set and Flip4Mac (both free), most things will play fine.
- kolywater, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13agreed. qt on a mac has much better integration than mplayer or vlc, and i'd bet money most of the negative quicktime comments are from window's users. qt for windows sucks, unfortunately.
- rssurvivor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13you can remove the icon using the settings of quicktime -.-
- gbooker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9From a developer:
The reason the download links do not work is because this was not released yet. It is in a limited beta. This is real, but just not quite ready yet. Please be patient.
Yes, it is a universal binary, weighing it at just under a meg.
These format are just the tip of the iceburg. More are coming in the future.
We explicity asked:
Do not post this beta to version tracking or news sites
Do not advertise this beta on forums, mailing lists, etc
So much for following directions.
P.S. The site started loading better after I brought the MaxClients in apache2 from 20 to 128. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13@charbarred:
"I know. I can also kill the 400 processes iTunes starts on my computer, but why should I have to?"
By 400, do you mean the single idle background service that simply watches for a connected iPod and takes no CPU or memory?
Or were you just being a hyperbolic Apple-hater? It's almost as if you're unaware of how many processes are running on Windows just for Windows Media Player... - WalterDirt, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12You obviously have mac envy, sorry your momma couldn't buy you a mac, maybe Santa will.
- msikma, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14That's true. It's just bizarre how you can't even watch videos in FULL SCREEN without having to pay Apple money. It's also worthless that it's nearly impossible to get proper support for the program; my friend bought it for Windows but could not install it due to "errno -1".
Thankfully, if I'm right, it'd also be possible to use all of those formats in iTunes if you get them to work in Quicktime. - DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9This is in the Apple section and the link specifically refers to it's use in OS X, where Quicktime is actually quite good, especially if you upgrade to the Pro version.
- inactive, on 11/06/2007, -11/+17... on winblows.
- stalefries, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6http://duggmirror.com/apple/A_free_plugin_that_enables_QuickTime_to_play_almost_every_popular_codec
- rawheadrex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is worth it for the FLV support alone. Nothing else on the Mac (VLC, Mplayer, etc.) can handle .flv files (e.g., from Google Video). THANK YOU!
And to most of those doofuses bitching about QuickTime... this is a plugin for QuickTime on OSX, hence Mac specific. And on a Mac, QuickTime, with all its flaws, still RULES (and don't even let me get into WMP on the Mac). - silic0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Just get a dodgy QuickTime Pro key. Apple deserve it for having the balls to charge for fullscreen.
- jtjdt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If that link goes down, I also mirrored the file at gigasize.
http://www.gigasize.com/get.php/91700/Perian_0.5b1.dmg - modsuperstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The codec I want them to release is one that plays RealVideo in Quicktime like Flip4Mac does for WMV. I hate Real(as do most people), but I find that there always seems to be a site that only offers its content in that format, so I always end up periodically using it. These codecs seem like they would be useful, but given I already have the official DivX codecs installed I don't run into very many files that won't play on my machine.
- chirs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Also, don't download this b1, it has some issues.
We'll have a release out in a few days. This digg posting set us back. - kolywater, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8note: qt for windows suck, but qt for mac is great. this article has "for mac" in the blurb. /troll
- chirs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Thanks for increasing my bandwidth bill.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@StarManta:
Yes, they do. Just like installing DivX on Windows installs a DirectShow filter for watching DivX movies in Windows Media Player and any other DirectShow app, installing DivX on OS X installs a Quicktime codec for watching DivX movies in Quicktime player and any other Quicktime app, including Front Row. In fact, there are already other bundle packs you can download that have a bunch of Quicktime codecs. You simply copy them to Quicktime's plug-in folder in your ~/Library folder.
After installing DivX and Flip4Mac, I have never come across a video file I couldn't play on the Mac, though I keep VLC around just in case. - jonnyeh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This is about the mac, you can't get those things for the mac, jeez!
- mdawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4For a great media player (that uses all the existing quicktime codecs on the mac, including Perian, if you install it), please take a look at NicePlayer. It is freeware, has borderless and fullscreen playback, and is extremely configurable.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23617 - sleepwalker, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12links to download are dead
- masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@StarManta:
I watched... I forget which anime, it may have been Midori no Hibi....
In anycase, there were two subtitle options -- formatted subtitles and unformatted subtitles. The formatted subtitles looked terrible, i.e., they were a large, Arial font with 1px light blue outlines that looked like someone applied a "noise" filter to them. Then I switched to the unformatted subtitles, and those worked fine, because they were plain text.
When I switched to Zoom Player, however, the formatted subtitles had a custom font and a thick outline, and they also weren't stationary at the bottom of the screen. They could be placed anywhere and moved along with signs that were in kanji, etc...
Maybe I was using an old version of VLC, or maybe my computer's broken, but that's why I said that VLC doesn't support formatted subtitles. Certainly you can format the subtitles using the menus in VLC's options, but that's just text formatting. It's subtitles that are themselves formatted, seperate from the media player, that VLC seems to have trouble reading properly. - miker71, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5QuickTime Pro? I have a cereal box, and I'm Captain Crunch!
- SillyMamma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This totally rocks. I'm playing FLV in QuickTime. Thanks submitter!
- shyguy01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3For all still wanting it (including me), coolosxapps has a download at:
http://coolosxapps.net/2006/09/29/perian/
Direct link: http://coolosxapps.net/download/Perian.component.zip - jonnyeh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Front Row goes full screen
- StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4masamawhatever, i watch softsubbed anime regularly on VLC. I'm not sure where you got the idea it doesn't work with it....
- durzagott, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9I totally agree with charbarred. QT for Windows used to be a great little media player, now it's just bloatware. I put it right up there with RealPlayer. Anything that adds an icon in the task tray by default, without my expressed approval, is begging to be uninstalled. It's a bloody media player, it doesn't need to be running a fracking process all the fracking time!!!!
- porkstacker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3OSX has no "taskbar". Did you happen to notice this Digg submission was filed under "Apple"??
- chirs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
- gbooker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You must be referring to the Matroska code, since that is the only place I see ReadSegmentInfo. The MKV code is in repository, but not yet used. It was checked in from another project so that we can begin working on it in a later release.
- TJPile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I am going to be a dick and post a link I found for a .5 beta.
http://brok3n.org/perian/Perian_0.5b1.dmg
Sorry. - kaplanfx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Not if its AC3, the stand alone AC3 plugin for quicktime was horrible, why can't people just use .mp3, sure the quality isn't as good, but it can be played basically anywhere.
-Kap -
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