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MPCStar vs Perian

A side-by-side look at MPCStar and Perian. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

MPCStar

MPCStar

Video & Movies

MPCStar is an open-source, cross-platform media player and media library application. It allows users to play video, audio, and view images from their local storage as well as online sources. Key features include metadata scraping, playlists, queues, ratings, and more.

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Perian

Perian

Video & Movies

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats like AVI, FLV, and MKV to QuickTime Player and other QuickTime-based applications on Mac OS X.

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