November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
424 pages
11h 59m
English
| Tip 387 | Expand QuickTime Player’s Knowledge of File Types |
This book has largely avoided recommending third-party tools you can download, but there are two exceptions: Windows Media Components for QuickTime and Perian.[41] These are system add-ons that allow your computer to play practically all movie and audio file formats. This is needed because OS X’s support for movie files doesn’t go much beyond its own QuickTime formats and DVD movie discs.
Once installed, Perian will add an entry within System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences) by which you can configure some of the options for audio output and so on (although there’s usually no need to do so). Windows Media Components for QuickTime includes a special player application, accessible ...
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