Perian -> Version History

This is the version history page for Perian, showing the last 20 software updates. You can return to the main page for this software by clicking here.

Index:

• Version 1.2.3 (Jul 25, 2011)
• Version 1.2.2 (Apr 13, 2011)
• Version 1.2.1 (Mar 24, 2010)
• Version 1.2 (Dec 18, 2009)
• Version 1.1.4 (Jul 28, 2009)
• Version 1.1.3 (Dec 16, 2008)
• Version 1.1.2 (Oct 21, 2008)
• Version 1.1.1 (Sep 30, 2008)
• Version 1.1 (Feb 8, 2008)
• Version 1.0 (Jun 30, 2007)

• Release Date: Jul 25, 2011
• Download(s):
  Perian_1.2.3.dmg
• Some Fraps videos only displayed black. [r1424] (#566)
• Workaround checks for Front Row stopped being effective. [r1426] (#564)
• Fixed compatibility with web video playback. [r1427, r1429, r1450] (#572)
• Worked around System Preferences crashing during an update on 10.6. [r1449] (#591)
• This change will take effect after this update.
• Further fixes to Matroska import. [r1432, r1441, r1447] (#338, #492, #594, #601)

• Release Date: Apr 13, 2011
• Download(s):
  Perian_1.2.2.dmg
• Added WebM/VP8 support. [r1310, r1315]
• Added support for compressed MKV tracks, as generated by newer versions of mkvtoolnix. [r1317, r1334]
• Added FFv1 lossless video support. [r1363] (#407)
• Added an internal decoder for Theora, fixing compatibility problems with XiphQT. [r1379] (#499)
• The readme and license files are now included in the component bundle. [r1309]
• Fixes:
  • Fixed Matroska files with video glitches due to repeated timecodes. [r1364] (#502)
  • Fixed several possible crashes in Matroska import. [r1332, r1392] (#223)
  • Fixed some Matroska files losing frames at the end of the file. [r1399, r1407] (#224, #558)
  • Fixed audio sync in many FLV videos. [r1383] (1.2 regression) (#543)
  • Fixed several possible crashes/hangs in subtitle parsing. [r1327, r1331, r1339, r1376] (#515, #521)
  • Worked around Apple's incorrect channel layout in .mp4 files. [A52Codec r84]
• SSA:
  • Fixed several correctness errors. [r1307, r1308, r1365]
  • Improved rendering of semitransparent text styles. [r1328] Notes:
  • The next planned version will remove support for PowerPC and Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6. Maintenance updates may be provided if necessary.

• Release Date: Mar 24, 2010
• Download(s):
  Perian_1.2.1.dmg
• - Added Indeo 5 decoding. [r1271]
• Fixes: - Fixed several bugs in Matroska support (1.2 regression) [r1240, r1243]
• - Incomplete AVI files were not fully imported (1.2 regression) [r1242]
• - Fixed subtitles crashing in 10.4 [r1240]
• - Fixed a rare crash with .mp4 [r1265]
• - No error was shown if the installer somehow failed [r1270] Note that it does not try to correct errors, only report them.
• - Fixed crash in SSA support [r1250]
• - Fixed invisible subtitles sometimes appearing over the first frame [r1275]

• Release Date: Dec 18, 2009
• Download(s):
  Perian_1.2.dmg
• Matroska cover art is now imported as iTunes cover art [r1149]
• Video tracks now have their colorspace set based on the size of the video [r1170]
• Mac OS X 10.6/Snow Leopard compatibility fixes: QuickTime Player 10 refused to open some files due to missing type identifiers [r1126]
• Worked around 96khz HE-AAC audio tracks not playing or playing noise [r1128]
• Extended Front Row subtitle hack to cover 10.6 and reduced its ugliness [r1130, r1186]
• Worked around re-encoding files with subtitles not working [r1177]
• Worked around some MKV embedded fonts being incompatible with 10.6 [r1193]
• Fixed RGB HuffYUV video displaying black bars over the video on 10.6 [r1198]
• Now compiles under Xcode 3.2
• Fixes: Using a debugger on a process with Perian loaded printed warnings about missing files [r1122]
• Fixed decoding of WMA audio tracks [r1131]
• Fixed a crash in LoadExternalSubtitlesFromFileDataRef [r1153]
• Fixed some VobSub video tracks displaying with wrong colors [r1171]
• Better support for tracks with delayed start times [r1181]
• Fixed MPEG1/2 in Matroska playing out of order [r1188]
• Fixed a crash opening files while they were being downloaded [r1227]
• SSA: Fixed some top-aligned subtitles being too low [r1163]
• Vertical text is re-enabled and works somewhat better [r1208]

• Release Date: Jul 28, 2009
• Download(s):
  Perian_1.1.4.dmg
• Forced VobSub subtitles are imported into a separate track [r1015]
• Added initial DTS passthrough via similar mechanisms as AC3 [r1024]
• Support old ffmpeg-generated MKV files with no enabled tracks [r1021]
• 10.6-compatible preference pane [r1085] Fixes:
• Fixed "Load External Subtitles" checkbox [r998]
• Fixed crash/freeze when loading broken VobSub subtitles [r1000, r1034]
• Fixed import of uncompressed audio in FLV [r1007]
• Fixed import of some audio tracks; should improve iApps [r1042, r1088]
• Fixed CRAM codec AVI in browsers [r1010]
• Worked around bug in iChat codec loading [r1008]
• Never allows Apple's code to handle AC3 data anymore so passthrough works more often [r1014]
• Doesn't try to decode some RGB colorspaces (such as in Camtasia) that aren't supported [r1039]
• Fixed some 16-bit RGB codecs on Intel [r1039]
• Fixed importing movie files with no video tracks (regression from r706) [r1042]
• Fixed H264 crash in put_h264_qpel8_h_lowpass_l2_ssse3 (in FFmpeg)
• Fixed crash with corrupt first frame [r1061]
• Fixed BMP/RLE in AVI [r1078]
• Fixed several memory leaks [r1086]
• Fixed a problem with wrong channel order in DTS 5.1 [r1076]
• Fixed possible conflict with UniversalDetector.framework [r1100] Subtitles:
• Fixed garbage characters appearing at the end of a line with some fonts [r1013]
• Better handling of invalid SSA files [r1013]
• Fixed rendering of multi-layer subtitles [r1016]
• Fixed SRT files using ',' for decimals [r1019]
• Ignored SSA shapes and \blur instead of misparsing them [r1027, r1036]
• Disabled vertical font support again to fix files wrongly using it for Latin text [r1027]
• Fixed subtitles in MKV wrongly displaying at the end of a video [r1036]
• Better handling of \move and \org [r1063, r1103] Notes:
• Compilation under 10.4 is no longer supported.
• A52Codec has been deprecated and will be replaced by an LGPL decoder in a future release.

• Release Date: Dec 16, 2008
• Download(s):
  Perian_1.1.3.dmg
• Enabled Indeo 2/3 decodecs
• Added external idx/sub (VobSub) support
• Added support for H.264 and H.263 in FLV containers
• Apple's decoder now handles Baseline/Main Profile H.264
• Fix inconsistent importing for multi-channel audio
• Reduced memory usage for packed streams
• Added sanity checks on all preferences
• Enabled hack to show subtitles in Front Row
• Fixed negative values in SSA \frz tag
• Fixed VSFilter bug-compatibility for \an

• Release Date: Oct 21, 2008
• 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

• Release Date: Sep 30, 2008
• H.264 in AVI fixed
• Some anamorphic AVI files are now supported
• Performance problems due to PIC fixed with Xcode 3.1
• Incorrect frame skipping on H.264 intra frames fixed
• Better character set detection
• The update checker is now much more polite
• Several parsing and rendering bugs with subtitles fixed
• Player freezing while loading subtitles with embedded fonts fixed
• Audio fixed for some older MKV files with AAC/FLAC
• Strange values in MKV chapters or video sizes are handled better
• Initial support for SAMI subtitles added
• Worked around a QuickTime bug (#5770288) causing frames to be lost during export
• New codecs: DosBox ZMBV, VP6+Alpha, Nellymoser ASAO
• FFmpeg: Crashing on PPC G3 fixed
• Fraps decoding artifacts fixed

• Release Date: Feb 8, 2008
• Major performance improvements
• TrueAudio, MP1, and DTS audio support
• Slice-based multithreaded decoding for MPEG-1/2/H.264
• Apple H.264 now handles AVCHD/interlaced video
• Compatibility fixes for QuickTime 7.4 and Leopard
• Objective-C GC compatibility
• Fixed a crash in Toast
• Better subtitle rendering
• Subtitles play during MKV loading
• Snow support
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

• Release Date: Jun 30, 2007
• Added support for Matroska/mkv
• Integrated a52codec
• Added subtitle support
• Added support for .gvi (avi wrapper from Google Video)
• Changed distribution to a Preference Pane in order to make installation simpler and configuration possible in the long term.
• Changed installation directory from /Library/QuickTime to ~/Library/QuickTime.
• Fixed avi/flv over http
• Added support for Windows Media Audio in AVI
• Added support for MPEG-1 layer 2 audio
• Added support for the ADPCM audio codec in FLV
• Added Vorbis decoder
• Added support for Fraps FPS1
• Added support for VP3
• Added support for i263
• Added support for HuffYUV
• Added support for MPEG-1/2 video in AVI/MKV
• Fix opening AVIs with VBR audio for which there is no available decoder
• Fix crash with DVI ADPCM
• Fix multichannel audio descriptions in AVI
• Faster opening of AVI files
• High profile H.264 support
• Full MPEG-4 video support in .mp4
• Altivec & SSE2 colorspace conversion
• Fix DV in type 1 AVIs