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We'll wrap up our loose ends, pack up our bags, and move on to new and exciting projects," the Perian team wrote. "Starting 90 days after the final Perian release, we will no longer provide support.
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In its notice to users, the team said there would be one final update that will contain fixes since the last release, but that the last update may or may not work under OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). The software saw active support for several years after its launch, but the team felt there was only so far Perian could go. When Ars interviewed Perian lead developer Augie Fackler in 2006, he told us that Perian wasn't so much meant to replace VLC ?another popular video-watching option?but rather to make it possible to watch videos natively in places like Finder previews and Front Row. Perian made its debut in 2006 as freeware that allowed users to view a plethora of codecs that QuickTime didn't support natively, including DivX, XviD, 3viX, FLV, with plans for both Matroska and Ogg. The Perian team posted a notice to its users this week, saying that the software is "as complete as it will ever be under our stewardship." Though we can't disagree with the team's reason for wanting to move on, Perian's retirement is a bittersweet reminder of the earlier days of Apple, when watching videos of different codecs was a challenge on the Mac. Perian, the "Swiss Army knife for QuickTime," has decided to cease development after six years on the market. The source code will be made available on Github or Google Code. "Swiss Army knife for QuickTime" Perian turning off the lights