Playback of iPhoto movies not smooth

I have used Perian (Mac) for years and years. Currently version 1.2.3 which it says is the latest. How will this help in iPhoto?

HEY is that maybe the problem-- Perian is causing an issue? Maybe I should try UN-installing Perian and seeing what I get???

When I get time to do that… Just glad I discovered this issue before spending €350 on the TZ40 or another camera that may have this issue. Perhaps they all do now as they are trying to become cameras AND camcorders…

Thanks for any comments.

Best regards,

Steve Schulte

Sunday 21 April 2013

Thanks and I'll try removing Perian and see if that helps--- likely the same…

Here's the reply from Panasonic: Evidently they are not reading my eMails and just sending standard boilerplate replies-- they didn't even say my name, just "Dear Mr. ******"---

Thank you for your e-mail.

Regarding your enquiry, please know that the information provided is all the information we have about Mac compatibility (the latest one). As in the previous e-mail, 50p footage available on some cameras is not supported by Imovie. Apparently, this is the case. Given this situation, we kindly recommend you wait for future updates for your camera's software:

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/soft/index.html

I had told them the issue was with iPhoto (it works with iMovie)-- but no, they just plugged in a standard reply-- I also told them the rate was 25 fps, but they didn't read my eMail, just hit reply with a copy-paste. Very sad.

I will end this post in a few days and repost with a specific request for anyone having choppy video playback to report.

Thanks again,

Steve

Monday 22 April 2013 - not buying any camera until I understand this.

Old Toad: Did you see that Perian does not support QuickTime 10, just 7.x?: (So if iPhoto is using QT10- then Perian isn't assisting whether installed or not)

An excellent and free QuickTime component, Perian lets you enjoy almost any media format, including subtitles and a number of audio files. Highly recommended.

Recent changes

• With Perian, the Swiss Army Knife for QuickTime, any OS X application that uses QuickTime can now use these additional media types:
• AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats
• MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivX, H.264, FLV1, FSV1, VP6, H263I, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), MPEG Layer II Audio
• AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
• Subtitle support for SSA and SRT
• What's New
• Version 1.2.3:
• N.B. Version 1.2.3 is the last version to support Mac OS X 10.4
• Changes:
• Some Fraps videos only displayed black. [r1424] (#566)
• Workaround checks for Front Row stopped being effective. [r1426] (#564)
• Fixed compatibility with web video playback. [r1427, r1429, r1450] (#572)
• Worked around System Preferences crashing during an update on 10.6. [r1449] (#591)
• This change will take effect after this update.
• Further fixes to Matroska import. [r1432, r1441, r1447] (#338, #492, #594, #601)

Perian supports the following formats

AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats, MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivX, H.264, FLV1, FSV1, VP6, H263I, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), MPEG Layer II Audio

Notes

Important Note: Perian is no longer under development and does not work with QuickTime 10 or above. However, it still works with QuickTime 7.6.6.Review last updated: 02/10/12Read more

Pros:

• Support wide range of media files
• Subtitle support for SSA and SRT
• Works with QuickTime 7.6.6

Cons

• May not play all media types
• No longer under development
• Does not work with QuickTime 10 or above