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Perian 1.1 Released

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New version of Perian video codec plug in for Quicktime as of Feb 6th

http://perian.org/

1.1
- 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
 
SthrnCmfrtr said:
Fantastic. Perian should be on everyone's short list of essential applications.
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Indeed it is installed on every mac I know and is one of the first things I install. Glad to see the update, glad to see bug fixes (not that I had any problems with it before).
 
briandadude said:
Good stuff.

Is Perian meant to replace VLC, or do you use both concurrently? :confused:
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Perian is meant to add support for many codecs to the QuickTime framework using some of the same libraries as VLC. It does not, however, implement all of them (most notably, OGM container support is still missing), so you can certainly keep VLC around for stuff that Perian doesn't support. However, if you don't HAVE any files like that, I don't see why you'd need VLC.
 
Perian is great, but all most people need in terms of additional codecs is Windows Media and DivX. These can be had in very high quality versions from divx.com and flip4mac.com
 
VLC handles almost every media file I ever want to view, and I never want to do anything with the files besides view them, so VLC works great for me. However, there is one thing that I use perian for that vlc can't do - watch downloaded youtube videos.

Basically, everyone should install perian simply because there's no reason not to.
 
Perian is gr8!

But, I can't get Dolby Digital audio enabled on my Logitech Z680 5.1 speaker system attached via Digital Audio to my Mac mini Core Duo (Mac OS X 10.5.1, QT 7.4.1).
It looks like DTS is supported, but even if I select Audio Out to "Multi Channel" in the Perian prefpane, only Stereo signal is received.
I suppose QuickTime simply can't cope with Dolby Digital... :(

Only VLC and Apple's DVD Player seems to support Dolby Digital ATM.
 
aLoC said:
Perian is great, but all most people need in terms of additional codecs is Windows Media and DivX. These can be had in very high quality versions from divx.com and flip4mac.com
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I use those too, and VLC if I need it. They're all free, so why not. I've had qlitches with old files though, hoping this version fixes them. It's ok with the new QT fix I'm assuming.
 
MacsRgr8 said:
Perian is gr8!

But, I can't get Dolby Digital audio enabled on my Logitech Z680 5.1 speaker system attached via Digital Audio to my Mac mini Core Duo (Mac OS X 10.5.1, QT 7.4.1).
It looks like DTS is supported, but even if I select Audio Out to "Multi Channel" in the Perian prefpane, only Stereo signal is received.
I suppose QuickTime simply can't cope with Dolby Digital... :(

Only VLC and Apple's DVD Player seems to support Dolby Digital ATM.
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There was a workaround for this with QT 7.3 and Perian 1.0, involving the Audio MIDI Setup utility in the /Applications/Utilities folder, but I'm not sure if that works anymore. Forgot to install Perian 1.1 at home last night, so I'll have to do that when I get home today. Curse my memory! :p
 
MacsRgr8 said:
I found what you mean:
http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=14591&sid=76a86b5cff6422db487c581f6b6f38b3

Problem is that I have tried it, but the .mkv file I am trying with (48.000 Hz) gives a major distorted sound..
Probably doing something wrong, or maybe this file type is not supported?
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It could be that this workaround simply doesn't function anymore. QuickTime has always been spotty about outputting Dolby Digital unaltered through digital outputs. Since it was never really designed to do it in the first place, every method of doing so has been kind of a hack/workaround.
 
killmoms said:
It could be that this workaround simply doesn't function anymore. QuickTime has always been spotty about outputting Dolby Digital unaltered through digital outputs. Since it was never really designed to do it in the first place, every method of doing so has been kind of a hack/workaround.
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Cheers.

I'll keep an eye on those forums, to check if anyone got an .mkv file working on Leopard with QT 7.4.1
 
Does one really need this? I mean, I had it installed for a long time but I always seemed to need the DivX codec anyway.
After my last install I didn't even bother installing it and just went with the flip4mac and the DivX codecs and haven't come across a single file that I couldn't open.
So what do you guys use Perian for?
 
Diatribe said:
Does one really need this? I mean, I had it installed for a long time but I always seemed to need the DivX codec anyway.
After my last install I didn't even bother installing it and just went with the flip4mac and the DivX codecs and haven't come across a single file that I couldn't open.
So what do you guys use Perian for?
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h.264 in MKV encapsulation with SSA or ASS.
 
Perian 1.1 released!

The 'swiss-army' knife for quicktime has been updated. Seems they added a few things; I dropped VLC after knowing about this gem. Anyone notice any major changes or features??

Abe
 
psychofreak said:
You're quite late...I find VLC still has its useless...
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You mean this update has been released a while back? If so then my bad, just saw it on my end so decided to post it, since I thought it was new. I think I have auto update turned off so that might explain it. Did you mean to say that VLC still has it's 'uses' or that's it's useless??

Abe
 
Pine-Tree said:
You mean this update has been released a while back? If so then my bad, just saw it on my end so decided to post it, since I thought it was new. I think I have auto update turned off so that might explain it. Did you mean to say that VLC still has it's 'uses' or that's it's useless??

Abe
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Yeah, the update is not new

Thanks for correcting me, VLC is useful when I need music louder than iTunes can provide, and plays more formats.
 
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