Interesting thread. I too am truly sad to see this go, while everyone is suggesting stand alone players, I personally loved that Perian actually extended the native tools to support all these other formats.
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find Radio Silence to be cleaner. http://radiosilenceapp.com/ Only 9 bucks.
Except, from what I can tell, there's no way to have it alert you when applications try to call out. So you have to know in advance which applications you want to block, and specify them manually. Also, if the app you want to block calls out during installation, it's too late.
Hands Off! Is another great tool.
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#63Perian has been the first thing I install on every mac I own/use.
A sad day.
Perian team, great job guys and thanks for the many years of awesomeness.
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#64I used this at one point, but long ago switched to MPlayerOSX, finding it a much more straightforward interface for playing random format movies than QT, with noticeably better performance. VLC is also... an option.
MPlayer lacks a playlist though, which is annoying. VLC's recent UI changes have been a step backward (specifically making it impossible to see the playlist and the video at the same time), but at least you can queue things up to play.
Actually, VLC can still display a separate playlist and playback window. You just need to uncheck "Show video within the main window" in the Preferences. http://feepk.net/customizing-vlc-for-mac has some other tips for making things look more like they do in 1.x.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Adium. Quicksilver. Homebrew. Dropbox. Also: Chrome, Xcode, Skitch, Divvy and the basic CLI tools.
The one more thing that I really, really recommend for anyone to try is Flux. I really wish the iPad had it. And then there are lots of "default writes" that I do on every new computer… :(
It is available on Cydia for jailbroken iPads/iPhones, if you're into that sort of thing. You probably knew that, but just in case…