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== Supported Formats == | == Supported Formats == | ||
* Containers: [ | * Containers: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi AVI], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flv FLV], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska MKV] | ||
* Video: [ | * Video: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H264 H.264], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divx DivX], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid XviD], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ivx 3ivx], [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Microsoft_MPEG-4 MS-MPEG4], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H263 Sorenson H.263], [[Flash Screen Video]], [[Truemotion VP6]], [[HuffYUV YCbCr Lossless Video]] | ||
* Audio: [ | * Audio: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aac AAC], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wma WMA], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital Dolby Digital Surround] | ||
In addition to the above formats, Perian enables Quicktime to play AVI video files that use a [ | In addition to the above formats, Perian enables Quicktime to play AVI video files that use a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H264 H.264] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraps Fraps] video tracks and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aac AAC], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wma WMA], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital Dolby Digital Surround] audio tracks. | ||
== Players == | == Players == | ||
Thanks to Perian plugging directly into Quicktime, any media player software that uses Quicktime will also take advantage of Perian. A list of such applications can be found at [[Quicktime Based Media Players]]. | Thanks to Perian plugging directly into Quicktime, any media player software that uses Quicktime will also take advantage of Perian. A list of such applications can be found at [[Quicktime Based Media Players]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:34, 21 April 2009
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| Name | Perian |
| Developer | The Perian Team |
| OS | Mac OS X v10.4.7 or later |
| Platform | PPC, Intel |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | perian.org |
Perian is a set of components (also known as plugins) for use with Mac OS X's included Quicktime media system. It it includes several different video and audio codecs, allowing for playback of several media formats otherwise not supported by Quicktime.
Supported Formats
- Containers: AVI, FLV, MKV
- Video: H.264, DivX, XviD, 3ivx, MS-MPEG4, Sorenson H.263, Flash Screen Video, Truemotion VP6, HuffYUV YCbCr Lossless Video
- Audio: AAC, WMA, Dolby Digital Surround
In addition to the above formats, Perian enables Quicktime to play AVI video files that use a H.264 or Fraps video tracks and AAC, WMA, or Dolby Digital Surround audio tracks.
Players
Thanks to Perian plugging directly into Quicktime, any media player software that uses Quicktime will also take advantage of Perian. A list of such applications can be found at Quicktime Based Media Players.