perian.org — The free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats has just been updated and released as version 1.0. This release brings many new features/fixes such as a preference pane interface, subtitle support, Matroska/mkv support, integrated a52codec, high profile H.264 support, and much more.
Jun 29, 2007 View in Crawl 4
leonardnimrodJun 30, 2007
Do I need to first ditch my current OGG, MKV and A52 and Perian codecs in my Quicktime folder before installing?
spoboJun 30, 2007
yes!! awesome! subs work now. although no asian subs :( Installation is a breeze. hats off.
presentdayJun 30, 2007
It means we can get subtitles in Front Row. Cool!
michaelbrownJun 30, 2007
looks like i'll be buying an appletv now.
daffyduckJun 30, 2007
"Do we need to remove the old perian component before installing?"No. It overwrites the old component.
skeuomorphJun 30, 2007
The preference pane shows "Older Version", then "Updating", then "Installed Version: 1.0". So, I'd say no, you don't need to remove the older one manually first, it seems to do it for you.
ilgazJun 30, 2007
Quicktime is a giant media framework embedded into your system. You are free to use Quicktime Player or any third party player. Some players include their own framework (e.g. VLC), some uses Quicktime framework way better than Apple Quicktime player does (e.g. Niceplayer, realplayer 10+)Perian is a quicktime component which is a complete right way to use the quicktime framework you already have on your system. Thanks to perian, you get lots of supported media playback plus enhanced support to H264 etc. It is alll CPU accelerated too.
videosoftwareOct 9, 2008
That's great! BTW, there is also another mkv converter tool, which can totally convert mkv to avi, mpeg, wmv, mov, rm, mp4 and mp3.<a class="user" href="http://www.mkv-converter.com">http://www.mkv-converter.com</a>