Expand the range of media types supported by QuickTime, such as AVI, FLV, and MKV formats, as well as various codecs like DivX, H.264, and MPEG. Enable compatibility with AAC, AC3 Audio, and VBR MP3, among others. Work with subtitle formats like SSA and SRT.
Perian 1.3.2 for Mac is free to download from our software library. This Mac download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as clean. The most popular versions among the program users are 1.2, 1.1 and 1.0.
The application can also be called "PerianUpdateChecker", "Perian - Open in QT Player", "Perian QT X". The file size of the latest downloadable installer is 2.2 MB. The actual developer of this free Mac application is Perian. The software lies within Audio & Video Tools, more precisely Players. This application's bundle is identified as org.perian.Perian. Commonly, this application's installer has the following filename: perian_1.2.3.dmg.
From the developer:
With Perian, the Swiss Army Knife for QuickTime, any OS X application that uses QuickTime can now use these additional media types: AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivX, H.264, FLV1, FSV1, VP6, H263I, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), MPEG Layer II Audio AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.
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