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Perian vs RealPlayer

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

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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RealPlayer

RealPlayer

Video & Movies

RealPlayer is a media player developed by RealNetworks for playing audio and video files. It supports many popular media formats including MP3, WMV, MP4, and RealMedia. RealPlayer has basic media playback features as well as tools for downloading, organizing, and converting media files.

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