Just downloaded Perian 1.2 - it dosnt install?

[fudogz]

I downloaded the .dmg from here http://perian.org/

followed the instruction and now have a perian preference panel. when I use the reference panel it says that perain is not installed? (see screenshot below)

whats going on!?

cheers


yes Ive clicked the 'install perian' button.



ps - my .avi audio woes have not been resolved. Im trying to burn avi's in toast and losing audio. Im happy playing files in VLC, but to burn them to DVD I need the correct codex, Ive downloaded various codex but still not resolved. help me obi one perian. lol

[fudogz]

at no point does the perian installer (double clicking the Perian.prefPane icon in the .dmg) ask me where I would like to install perian. It just adds the pref pane to preferences then opens the pane.

Also Ive just checked /library/quicktime and ~/library/quicktime/
and cannot find a perian.component - Im not sure if Im meant to or not, only that read on this forum some other user looking for a perian.component, anyrate I do not seem to have a perian.component

[fudogz]

[David Munch]

at no point does the perian installer (double clicking the Perian.prefPane icon in the .dmg) ask me where I would like to install perian. It just adds the pref pane to preferences then opens the pane.

It is supposed to do that.

Also Ive just checked /library/quicktime and ~/library/quicktime/
and cannot find a perian.component - Im not sure if Im meant to or not, only that read on this forum some other user looking for a perian.component, anyrate I do not seem to have a perian.component

Yes, it should have installed the component in ~/Library/Quicktime/.

Try to install again?

[jmccaslin]

I am having the exact same problem. OSX SL won't play avi files so I'm trying to get the perian patch. . . everything goes as described but then in the perian preference panel it says it's not installed. When I click the button to install it nothing happens. Any help much appreciated.

[Mr VacBob]

Can you post the output of

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ls -la {~,}/Library/{QuickTime,PreferencePanes}/

run in Terminal?

[Lee.Campbell]

I am also getting the problem that Perian adds itself as a Preference Pane but nothing happens when I click the Install button.

As requested for the similar problem above this is the result of the terminal call

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Last login: Sat Jan 30 19:34:01 on console
Lee-MacBook1:~ leecampbell$ ls -la {~,}/Library/{QuickTime,PreferencePanes}/
/Library/PreferencePanes/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    68 28 Oct 07:37 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 51 root  admin  1734  7 Dec 18:19 ..

/Library/QuickTime/:
total 16
drwxrwxr-x   9 root         admin   306 30 Jan 21:54 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 51 root         admin  1734  7 Dec 18:19 ..
-rw-rw-r--@  1 leecampbell  admin  6148 30 Jan 21:54 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x@  3 leecampbell  admin   102  2 Jul  2007 AC3MovieImport.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root         admin   102 20 Apr  2007 AppleIntermediateCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root         admin   102 11 Jan  2008 AppleMPEG2Codec.component
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root         admin   102 10 Nov 19:05 Google Camera Adapter 0.component
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root         admin   102 10 Nov 19:05 Google Camera Adapter 1.component
drwxr-xr-x@  3 leecampbell  admin   102 29 Sep  2007 XviD_Codec 1.0 alpha.component

/Users/leecampbell/Library/PreferencePanes/:
total 0
drwx------   3 leecampbell  staff   102 30 Jan 21:46 .
drwx------+ 34 leecampbell  staff  1156  7 Dec 18:00 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 leecampbell  staff   102 17 Dec 01:23 Perian.prefPane

/Users/leecampbell/Library/QuickTime/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   4 root         staff   136  7 Dec 18:00 .
drwx------+ 34 leecampbell  staff  1156  7 Dec 18:00 ..
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root         staff   102  7 Dec 18:00 Google Camera Adapter 0.component
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root         staff   102  7 Dec 18:00 Google Camera Adapter 1.component
Lee-MacBook1:~ leecampbell$

[Mr VacBob]

Someone else want to confirm that?

[amandaschoeneweis]

I can confirm, it doesn't install. I even tried an older version.

Here's my output from Terminal:

Last login: Wed Feb 3 08:59:50 on console
amanda-schoeneweis-computer-2:~ amandaschoeneweis$ ls -la {~,}/Library/{QuickTime,PreferencePanes}/
ls: /Users/amandaschoeneweis/Library/PreferencePanes/: No such file or directory
ls: /Users/amandaschoeneweis/Library/QuickTime/: No such file or directory
/Library/PreferencePanes/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 204 Feb 5 11:23 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 61 root admin 2074 Dec 8 13:54 ..
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Sep 28 11:29 Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 18 2008 Growl.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 26 2009 Perian.prefPane
drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 4 21:07 VersionCueCS4.prefPane

/Library/QuickTime/:
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 8 root admin 272 Feb 5 11:23 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 61 root admin 2074 Dec 8 13:54 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 26 2009 AC3MovieImport.component
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 20 2006 AppleIntermediateCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Sep 28 11:29 Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Sep 28 11:29 Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Oct 21 12:51 Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 26 2009 Perian.component
amanda-schoeneweis-computer-2:~ amandaschoeneweis$

[Mr VacBob]

You have another one installed as a system (not user) preference pane. Did you install the same one in a different place? I'm not sure you can do that, though.

[bigryan]

I'm also not able to correctly install. What is happening for me is that it is installing in my user directory. Instead of being in /Library/QuickTime/ it is installing into /home/myusername/Library/QuickTime/Perian.component.

So I tried moving the component file into the other directory with no luck. What I'm hoping to see with perian is some more export options, particularily mkv. But I don't get that yet. Can anyone help?

[benp]

Having the same problem here, even with the 1.2.1 update, but this time I get an error message: "extraction of ac3movieimport.component failed".
By the way, don't know if it makes a difference but I have both QuickTime X and QuickTime 7 installed.

[Mr VacBob]

At least the new error message gets us halfway to a solution. Can you post the output of the Terminal command I gave above?

I'm guessing deleting '~/Library/QuickTime' or fixing its permissions will fix your problem, and that some other installer has broken it.

[benp]

Mr VacBob, here's the teminal output - hope this help...:

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/Library/PreferencePanes/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel   340 24 mar 19:28 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 67 root  admin  2278 18 fév 20:30 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   102 24 mar 19:28 Apple Qmaster.prefPane
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 28 sep 13:29 Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  wheel   102 28 sep 23:58 Growl.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   102 19 déc  2008 MacFUSE.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 20 aoû  2009 NetUpdate.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x@  4 root  wheel   136  2 mar 21:48 Smart Scroll.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 23 fév 14:09 SneakPeek Photo.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102  8 fév 10:22 SneakPeek Pro.prefPane

/Library/QuickTime/:
total 0
drwxrwxr-x  25 root  admin   850 24 mar 19:28 .
drwxrwxr-t+ 67 root  admin  2278 18 fév 20:30 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 14 fév 18:46 AC3MovieImport.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 19 mai  2009 AppleAVCIntraCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102  2 mai  2009 AppleHDVCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 20 avr  2007 AppleIntermediateCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 13 mai  2009 AppleProResCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 19 avr  2009 DVCPROHDCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 17 avr  2009 DVCPROHDMuxer.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 17 avr  2009 DVCPROHDVideoDigitizer.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 17 avr  2009 DVCPROHDVideoOutput.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 17 avr  2009 DVCPROHDVideoOutputClock.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 17 avr  2009 DVCPROHDVideoOutputCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102  3 avr  2009 DesktopVideoOut.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 28 avr  2009 FCP Uncompressed 422.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 28 sep 13:29 Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 28 sep 13:29 Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 19 oct 10:28 Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 19 jan 18:27 Google Camera Adapter 0.component
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 19 jan 18:27 Google Camera Adapter 1.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102  2 jui  2009 IMXCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102  2 mai  2009 LiveType.component
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 14 fév 18:46 SMIQuickTimeExportComponent.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 29 déc 20:48 SoundboothScoreCodec.component
drwxrwxr-x   3 root  admin   102 29 jui  2009 iChatTheaterPreview.component

/Users/benp/Library/PreferencePanes/:
total 16
drwx------+ 13 benp  staff   442 25 mar 08:42 .
drwx------+ 56 benp  staff  1904 22 fév 23:45 ..
-rw-r--r--@  1 benp  staff  6148 27 jui  2009 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x   3 benp  staff   102  2 sep  2009 Cameras.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 benp  staff   102  5 mar 13:19 Default Folder X.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 benp  staff   102  1 jan 11:14 Dock Gone.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 benp  staff   102 28 oct 23:37 Growl.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 benp  staff   102 13 déc 14:42 Hazel.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 benp  staff   102  4 oct 18:59 LazyMouse.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x@  4 benp  staff   136 18 déc 13:59 PastebotSync (423).prefPane
drwx------@  4 benp  staff   136 24 fév 18:23 PastebotSync.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   4 benp  staff   136 20 sep  2009 Secrets.prefPane
drwxr-xr-x   3 benp  staff   102 24 mar 07:22 Squeeze.prefPane

/Users/benp/Library/QuickTime/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  staff   136  2 déc 13:59 .
drwx------+ 56 benp  staff  1904 22 fév 23:45 ..
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root  staff   102  2 déc 13:59 Google Camera Adapter 0.component
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root  staff   102  2 déc 13:59 Google Camera Adapter 1.component

[benp]

Hey, I just gave myself read/write permission on ~/Library/QuickTime, reinstalled Perian and it seems to be working!
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[LineProphet]

Yup, same thing here... tried updating, erasing, installing, changing permissions ( ~/Library/Quicktime doesn't exist on my system, only have /Library/QuickTime/)

I finally appzapped it, and now I have nothing. Still won't install. I'll keep working on it. Perian 1.2.1, SL 10.6.2

Still a relative OS rookie, but getting there.

[LineProphet]

p.s. anyone tried logging in as root and installing that way?

[bpuppy]

No luck for me as root ... no matter what I do I can't get it to install from the Pref Pane. Anyone else have any ideas? Some kind of permission thing?

It works fine on my Macbook Pro. My Mac Pro, not so much.

Thanks for the help!

[Mr VacBob]

Yup, same thing here... tried updating, erasing, installing, changing permissions ( ~/Library/Quicktime doesn't exist on my system, only have /Library/QuickTime/)

You tried installing as a user without a ~/Library/Quicktime and it didn't work? Can you write to ~/Library (i.e. can you create the folder QuickTime by yourself)?

[bpuppy]

Console says ...

10-04-20 10:04:29 AM [0x0-0x2c12c1].com.apple.systempreferences[15897] chown: /Library/QuickTime/Perian.component: No such file or directory
10-04-20 10:04:29 AM [0x0-0x2c12c1].com.apple.systempreferences[15897] chown: /Library/QuickTime/AC3MovieImport.component: No such file or directory