Perian 1.1.2 released, fixes updating

Last night, Perian was updated to version 1.1.2. If you need to extend the capabilities of QuickTime, the free Perian plugin allows QuickTime to play back all kinds of popular video formats (.AVI, .MKV, .FLV and more). It's a handy utility for anyone who watches a lot of video on their Mac.

Here's a list of the bug fixes/improvements in 1.1.2:

Fixed update checker never running - this version requires a manual install
Enabled frame-dropping on AppleTV
Fixed some frames being lost in AVCHD/.mp4 with newer versions of QuickTime
Fixed another ffmpeg crash on G3s

You can download the update to Perian from the project's website. You can also see the version history list on their support website.

Thanks for the tip, Chris!

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Barry Ward

Thanks RobK.

October 21 2008 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

dagamer34

I'm just glad that they fixed the MP4 video issue that was preventing me from watching any HD anime.

October 21 2008 at 12:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Barry Ward

"Enabled frame-dropping on AppleTV"

I have an AppleTV- can someone please explain what this frame-dropping thing is please? Thanks.

October 21 2008 at 10:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Rob

If you hacked your AppleTV and installed the previous version of Perian (so you could play back videos and audio encoded in different formats than the officially Apple blessed codecs), you might see some frames being dropped when you play back some of these videos. This new version of Perian apparently fixes this issue.

Again, unless you have previously hacked your AppleTV and installed the previous version of Perian, you don't need to worry about Frame dropping!

October 21 2008 at 6:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob

Oops. I meant to say that this new version of Perian will now do some frame dropping of videos. I suspect that frame dropping is needed because the AppleTV CPU is so underpowered. Some of the codecs that Perian supports need some real horsepower before they can be decoded.

I suspect that without frame dropping, your underpowered AppleTV may freeze up.

So if you have hacked your AppleTV and installed Perian, it looks like this new version of Perian is a good upgrade!

October 21 2008 at 6:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Wojtek

Again? I thought it was supposed to be fixed when 1.1.1 came out?

October 21 2008 at 9:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Some Dude

wink, wink, nudge, nudge !

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