Perian Alternatives

Perian is described as 'Open-source QuickTime addon that adds Quicktime support for a large number of media formats, including AVI, DivX, XviD, and MKV. Perian extends support to:' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are three alternatives to Perian for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Haiku apps. The best Perian alternative is MPlayer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Perian are QuickTime Player and QuickTime Alternative.

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  1. MPlayer icon

    MPlayer

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    MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.

    133 MPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)
     

    • MPlayer is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Perian.

    • MPlayer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Perian.

    • MPlayer is Free and Open SourcePerian is also Free and Open Source
    • MPlayer is LightweightPerian is not according to our users
  2. QuickTime Player icon

    QuickTime Player

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    Watch Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media clips. Whether it’s on the web or on your desktop, QuickTime Player brings your digital media brilliantly to life.

    173 QuickTime Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    QuickTime X
     
  4. QuickTime Alternative icon

    QuickTime Alternative

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    QuickTime Alternative is a trimmed-down version of QuickTime Player that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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