| 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 |
The Best Perian Alternative for Mac (masOS High Sierra) /Windows. Date March 24, 2017 Author Catherine Category Alternatives. Perian Overview For You. Perian is an ideal QuickTime component that help QuickTime to support for many popular types of media that QuickTime can’t support on Mac, This software is open source. This is how to play MKV files on Mac by installing Perian on Mac. Search online and download Perian Codec Pack for QuickTime Mac. Automatic installation. Double-click on the setup package to start installing. Within the setup window, follow the instructions on each page to let it complete the process. Free download for macOS (macOS Big Sur also supported) Step 1: Run the QuickTime Perian alternative on your computer, click Add Video icon at the top, and select source video files to load. You can add more than one video at a time. Step 2: Choose an output format from the popping-up Output Profile window.
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:
Quicktime Mkv Plugin
- FLV file format
- NUV file format
- Matroska (MKV)
See also[edit]
- 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.
External links[edit]
- Perian – official site
Perian is a free open source component for QuickTime so that you can play many popular media types like AVI, DivX, XviD, WMV, FLV, MKV, etc. with QuickTime without converting them first. However, if you've upgraded to the latest OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, you'll be disappointed since Perian for Mountain Lion is not provided any more and Perian developers have no plan to update the plug-in to support OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. The good news is that there are some alternatives to Perian for Mountain Lion, such as VLC Media Player, which can play videos in various formats.
However, if you want to play your videos with your favorite QuickTime Player, then another Perian alternative is needed. That's Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac. With it, you can fast convert all regular video formats like AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, 3GP, M2TS, MPG, etc. to QuickTime compatible MOV, MP4 or M4V so that you can play the videos with QuickTime. Now simply get this Perian replacement for Mountain Lion and follow the easy steps to make all your videos playable with QuickTime Player!
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How to convert video to QuickTime friendly formats
1Import videos
Run the app and click 'Add Video Files' from 'File' menu or directly drag&drop videos to the item bar to import the videos you need to convert. You can convert multiple files at a time to save time and select the subtitle and audio track you prefer if there are many.
2 Select an output format
If you want to play the converted videos with QuickTime, then you can simply click the format icon beside each video clip and select MOV from Common Video as the output format. And if you want to play the videos on your iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc., you can either choose M4V or a video preset to get videos that best fit your device.
3 Start conversion
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At last, click Convert to start converting your videos with this alternative to Perian on Mountain Lion. When the conversion completes, open the default folder to get the converted videos. (The default output folder is /Users/USERNAME/Movies/Aimersoft Video Converter. You can click Preferences > Convert to set an output folder.) Then enjoy your videos with QuickTime or on your portable devices!
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