What's it all about, Alfie?

This morning I saw that Perian 1.2 is out, and as Wil Shipley tweeted yesterday:

VLC for the Mac is having trouble finding developers. Why? Well, because Perian rocks. Why screw with another client?

As has been in the news recently, VLC for Mac is on hold because of a lack of developers. I've thought about helping out, but in all honesty, the only reason I need it is to use HandBrake, and there's a perfectly acceptable work-around with FairMount.

If VLC can't attract the Mac developers, it looks like the 64-bit version isn't going to happen, and that means that the 64-bit HandBrake will need to use FairMount. Alternatively, I can just get the 32-bit version of HandBrake until they decide to break their reliance on VLC. We'll have to see as things develop.

But until then, Perian is the better plugin for QuickTime.

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