[frankthetank966]

I thought I would make a thread for the top 3 QuickTime Add-Ons since there are so many.

Here is my list:
1. Flip 4 Mac
2. Divx (I am pretty sure this unlocks some plug-ins)
3. On 2's

[crazyjohnson]

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components

[frankthetank966]

Originally Posted by crazyjohnson 

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components

Wow!!! That is AMAZING. Do you need to keep DiVx Media Player installed if you have that? Plus is it as stable and reliable as DiVx?

[kmkkid]

Originally Posted by frankthetank966 

Wow!!! That is AMAZING. Do you need to keep DiVx Media Player installed if you have that? Plus is it as stable and reliable as DiVx?

No you dont need the player installed. It is the DivX plugin.

[frankthetank966]

Originally Posted by kmkkid 

No you dont need the player installed. It is the DivX plugin.

What about the DiVx encoder and decoder that are in the QuickTime folder? Are those put there by Perian? Or do you need to keep those?

[kmkkid]

Originally Posted by frankthetank966 

What about the DiVx encoder and decoder that are in the QuickTime folder? Are those put there by Perian? Or do you need to keep those?

I'm fairly positive that perian only installs decoders for Quicktime.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by crazyjohnson 

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components

Good stuff.

-t

[frankthetank966]

I will have to use it more often to see how good it is. For example, if it can play those "awkward" movies.

[Todd Madson]

Perian looks really interesting. Stay tuned. I've been pretty pleased with 3ivx/Flip4Mac
but I'm all for something that brings in the new and wipes away the old.

[Anand]

The best add-on is VLC. Quicktime still can't play many .avi and .mp4 files. VLC can. VLC has it all over Quicktime.

[crazyjohnson]

VLC is a separate application, not an add-on. Perian and Flip4Mac should cover you for QuickTime add-ons (the topic the OP was asking about).

[Abbas]

Perian is awesome. Totally recommended. For me:

1) Perian
2) Flip4Mac
3) 5.1 Audio Decoder.

[frankthetank966]

Originally Posted by Abbas 

Perian is awesome. Totally recommended. For me:

1) Perian
2) Flip4Mac
3) 5.1 Audio Decoder.

Why does 5.1 Audio do?

[Chuckit]

Just wanted to put in a vote for the Xiph components. There's not a whole lot of Vorbis out there, but sometimes you do come across it.

Oh, and for the record: Perian only installs decoders for DivX, 3ivX and XviD, no encoders.

[Anand]

Originally Posted by crazyjohnson 

VLC is a separate application, not an add-on. Perian and Flip4Mac should cover you for QuickTime add-ons (the topic the OP was asking about).

Wow, I did not know that?

Perlan does not solve all problems. There are way too many files that quicktime can't play with plug-ins. My point is that VLC and Mplayer are much better than Quicktime at playing back a wide variety of files.

[Abbas]

The 5.1 AC3 audio decoder plays sounds from a lot of files that normally dont play.

-a

[frankthetank966]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

Just wanted to put in a vote for the Xiph components. There's not a whole lot of Vorbis out there, but sometimes you do come across it.

Oh, and for the record: Perian only installs decoders for DivX, 3ivX and XviD, no encoders.

Do you suggest installing both Perian and Xiph?

p.s. do people check all the boxes in MIME Settings or do you use Default settings?

[frankthetank966]

Today when I tried watching a trailer for a game on gamespot a white screen appeare. I have Perian, Flip4Mac installed on my computer anybody else have this issue?