Comments on: Perian “The Swiss-Army Knife for Quicktime” http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:07:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: View Time Capsule Movies in Front Row | The Apple Blog http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-118287 View Time Capsule Movies in Front Row | The Apple Blog Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:00:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-118287 [...] and installPerian (this let’s quicktime play divx and [...] [...] and installPerian (this let’s quicktime play divx and [...]

]]> By: Arcani http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-115380 Arcani Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:47:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-115380 @Scott: I used the hint below to enable realmedia support in ffmpegX. I was then able to convert those pesky rmvb files to avi. Then to a self-contained Quicktime Movie file that could be imported into my iTunes Library. You just drag and drop the rmvb file onto the ffmpegX app window. AVI with MPEG4 should be selected as the default profile. (The default video and audio bitrate makes files 2x as large as the original rmvb files, adjust bitrates according to taste) After conversion by ffmpegX, open the files with Quicktime and do a "Save as..." self-contained movie. You can then delete the intermediate avi files to reclaim disk space and banish the rmvb files to the bit bucket. How to enable RealMedia codecs support in ffmpegX or mplayer: (source: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060906153448633) @Scott: I used the hint below to enable realmedia support in ffmpegX. I was then able to convert those pesky rmvb files to avi. Then to a self-contained Quicktime Movie file that could be imported into my iTunes Library.

You just drag and drop the rmvb file onto the ffmpegX app window. AVI with MPEG4 should be selected as the default profile. (The default video and audio bitrate makes files 2x as large as the original rmvb files, adjust bitrates according to taste)

After conversion by ffmpegX, open the files with Quicktime and do a “Save as…” self-contained movie.

You can then delete the intermediate avi files to reclaim disk space and banish the rmvb files to the bit bucket.

How to enable RealMedia codecs support in ffmpegX or mplayer:
(source: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060906153448633)

]]> By: Arvin Dang http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113303 Arvin Dang Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:24:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113303 @Bill: It is compatible with Leopard. On my MacBook it's working perfectly, however on my iMac g5 running Leopard, it's a bit glitchy. The videos playback choppy, and sometimes will freeze Front Row. I attribute it to Perian only because of a pop up message after the Freeze Up indicated Perian could be to blame. So if you're running Intel, all the better. Anyone know of any fixes? Or if it really is Perian that's causing the glitches? @Bill: It is compatible with Leopard. On my MacBook it’s working perfectly, however on my iMac g5 running Leopard, it’s a bit glitchy. The videos playback choppy, and sometimes will freeze Front Row. I attribute it to Perian only because of a pop up message after the Freeze Up indicated Perian could be to blame.

So if you’re running Intel, all the better. Anyone know of any fixes? Or if it really is Perian that’s causing the glitches?

]]> By: Bill http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113302 Bill Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:00:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113302 I was wondering if it is compatible with Leopard I was wondering if it is compatible with Leopard

]]> By: Pete http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113274 Pete Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:27:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113274 Perian is cool, but for iMovie (7.1) to work properly, I have to disable it, hope they fix that soon. Perian is cool, but for iMovie (7.1) to work properly, I have to disable it, hope they fix that soon.

]]> By: Lime http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113254 Lime Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:17:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113254 hats off to the perian team, can't believe how well this works. I used to swear by VLC but I cant remember the last time I used it now, and much prefer using Quicktime with Perian hats off to the perian team, can’t believe how well this works. I used to swear by VLC but I cant remember the last time I used it now, and much prefer using Quicktime with Perian

]]> By: Arvin Dang http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113252 Arvin Dang Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:41:02 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113252 @Lucky: My apologize for my appalling mistake, I remember hearing that as well. I run Quicktime Pro on both my Mac's and couldn't find a solid link corroborating that fact. However I plan on writing an article geared towards Quicktime Pro where I will make specific mention of the Full Screen option now being default in Quicktime. Thanks for the catch. @Scott: I couldn't think of more recent Real encoders that would help. But I did run across the ability to use MPlayer for Real Player files which might come in handy (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20041005010240934). I was hoping Flip4Mac or even Visual Hub might be able to achieve what you're looking for, but it doesn't look like it. @Lucky: My apologize for my appalling mistake, I remember hearing that as well. I run Quicktime Pro on both my Mac’s and couldn’t find a solid link corroborating that fact. However I plan on writing an article geared towards Quicktime Pro where I will make specific mention of the Full Screen option now being default in Quicktime. Thanks for the catch.

@Scott: I couldn’t think of more recent Real encoders that would help. But I did run across the ability to use MPlayer for Real Player files which might come in handy (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20041005010240934). I was hoping Flip4Mac or even Visual Hub might be able to achieve what you’re looking for, but it doesn’t look like it.

]]> By: Scott H http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113251 Scott H Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:40:42 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113251 I know Perian doesn't support it, but this seems like a good place to ask...Does anyone know a way to convert RealMedia (.rm or .rmvb) files, or play them in ANY other player besides the primitive one that Real has available for Macs? I know Perian doesn’t support it, but this seems like a good place to ask…Does anyone know a way to convert RealMedia (.rm or .rmvb) files, or play them in ANY other player besides the primitive one that Real has available for Macs?

]]> By: Luca http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113250 Luca Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:04:52 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113250 that actually sounds really useful because im currently encoding all my video into mp4 format so that i can watch and store everything iTunes for front row. And yes full screen does work with quicktime now. that actually sounds really useful because im currently encoding all my video into mp4 format so that i can watch and store everything iTunes for front row.

And yes full screen does work with quicktime now.

]]> By: shriansh http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113249 shriansh Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:33:00 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113249 Another thing. You don't have have your movies in the 'movies' folder for front row to recognise them. just have an alias of the folder they're in in the movies folder. and that works out quite fine. Also, i've had a few problems with the AC3 audio codec with perian. Anyone else had that? Another thing. You don’t have have your movies in the ‘movies’ folder for front row to recognise them. just have an alias of the folder they’re in in the movies folder. and that works out quite fine.

Also, i’ve had a few problems with the AC3 audio codec with perian. Anyone else had that?

]]> By: Lucky http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113247 Lucky Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:18:29 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113247 Yes, fullscreen is free now. You should fix your article. I can't imagine how an apple blog could get this wrong. Yes, fullscreen is free now. You should fix your article. I can’t imagine how an apple blog could get this wrong.

]]> By: Jonathan http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113246 Jonathan Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:17:00 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/07/perian-%e2%80%9cthe-swiss-army-knife-for-quicktime%e2%80%9d/#comment-113246 Didn't Apple allow the full screen function for free in 7.5 or one of the other recent Apple updates. I remember reading that a while back. Didn’t Apple allow the full screen function for free in 7.5 or one of the other recent Apple updates. I remember reading that a while back.

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