Re: [videoblogging] An open source package of plugins for Quicktime

[Adrian Miles]

around the 5/7/07 Mike Meiser mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] An 
open source package of plugins for Q that:
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>Specifically I was wanting to know if it allowed iTunes and Frontrow
>to handle divx files and other video formats they normally wouldn't.
>The idea being using the iTunes frontrow combo for more of my video
>podcasting and other video viewing needs.

hi Mike

haven't tried this specifically but Perian does remove the need to 
run divx plugins (well, it either replaces it or includes it) so I'd 
be surprised if iTunes couldn't do it. Do you have a feed I can test? 
(If that'll help.)
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Re: [videoblogging] An open source package of plugins for Quicktime

[Mike Meiser]

Thanks for responding Adrian.

Specifically I was wanting to know if it allowed iTunes and Frontrow
to handle divx files and other video formats they normally wouldn't.
The idea being using the iTunes frontrow combo for more of my video
podcasting and other video viewing needs.

I have a spare laptop that sits next to my tv as a media player, I
have an remote that works great with it, but I haven't bothered
putting Apple Frontrow on it because it hasn't handled the most
important half my video library.  Instead I use VLC, which is great
except it is hardly a media manager so videos are not browseable with
the remote.  I tend to use VNC a lot with this box to "queue stuff up"
and only use the remote for pause, volume, skip, etc.

I've also been meaning to look at centerstage and some other open
source packages as well.

-Mike

On 7/5/07, Adrian Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> around the 30/6/07 Mike Meiser mentioned about [videoblogging] An
> open source package of plugins for Quick that:
> >Just saw this, wonder if anyone has played with it or looked at it.
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> >http://www.perian.org/index.html#detail
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> have it as part of my basic QT install on my own computer and uni.
> teaching labs i use. Does what it says :-) Anything specific you
> wanted to know Mike?
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Re: [videoblogging] An open source package of plugins for Quicktime

[Adrian Miles]

around the 30/6/07 Mike Meiser mentioned about [videoblogging] An 
open source package of plugins for Quick that:
>Just saw this, wonder if anyone has played with it or looked at it.
>
>http://www.perian.org/index.html#detail

have it as part of my basic QT install on my own computer and uni. 
teaching labs i use. Does what it says :-) Anything specific you 
wanted to know Mike?
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cheers
Adrian Miles
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[videoblogging] An open source package of plugins for Quicktime

[Mike Meiser]

Just saw this, wonder if anyone has played with it or looked at it.

http://www.perian.org/index.html#detail

" Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native
support for many popular video formats."

It occurs to me that with one simple install could provide support in
iTunes for DIVX and just about every other video format... making
itunes and frontrow much more useful for media management and
playback.

Hmmm... A quick search reveals that this Democracy uses this package.

Cool.

-Mike
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