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Perian v 1.1.3 ‘breaks’ incoming iChat video
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If you’re using iChat for video chatting on a mac and you also use Perian to handle video codecs, you may have noticed that suddenly, your video shows to the person you’re chatting with, but you can’t see them at all. You get the connect sound, and you can hear them, but your video screen never becomes the small box and reveals their video to you.
The solution to this problem for me was to uninstall Perian v 1.1.3 and then download and install Perian v 1.1.2.
The exact steps:
1 ) go to system preferences
2 ) select “Perian” from your “other” section at the bottom
3 ) in the “General” tab, click “Remove Perian”
4 ) Click here to download Perian v 1.1.2
4a) scroll to the bottom of the page
4b) click the link that says Download Perian Version 1.1.2 (File Size: 2.6M)
4c) here is the actual link: Download Perian Version 1.1.2
5 ) open “Perian_1.1.2.dmg”
6 ) open “Perian.prefPane”
7 ) click “ok” on the confirmation notification that pops up
8 ) give your pasword
9 ) click “Install Perian”
10) you should see “Installed Version 1.1.2″
That’s it. You’ve rolled back Perian to the previously perfectly-working-with-iChat version. You will get a message eventually, saying that there’s a new version of Perian available, v 1.1.3. Select “skip this version”.
I found out about this fix @ http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8667850 and it worked for me immediately. :)
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Thank you.
You’re welcome, Steve. :D
Unfortunately, versiontracker now links to the 1.1.3 version.
Hey Kurt. Thanks for the note. The link to 1.1.2 is actually at the bottom of the page. I’ve amended my instructions to point that out, thanks to your bringing it up.
Here’s the actual link: Download Perian_1.1.2.dmg
link goes to 1.1.3 !
You’re right, Scott. Two months ago, when I posted this, it used to go directly to Perian_1.1.2.dmg.
Just copy the link for the download of Perian 1.1.3 paste it into the address field of Safari and change it to 1.1.2 … or click the following link:
http://perian.cachefly.net/Perian_1.1.2.dmg
Now you’ll get the older version
hth -mike
Thanks for the info, Mike. :)
You’re welcome! BTW, this problem only seems to affect Macs still running TIGER?! My Quad G5 with 10.4.11 had it and downgrading Perian was the only way to get iChat working again. But on two MacBooks with 10.5.6 iChat is playing along with Perian 1.1.3 just fine …
Cheers -mike
That’s another good tip. Instead of downgrading your Perian, you can upgrade your OS! :D
Update: Perian v 1.1.4 was recently released and works fine for me with iChat in the Tiger OS.
Download Perian 1.1.4 => http://perian.org
thanks man, you saved my life and that of others !!! so good info
i was sooooooo f””’
thanks
You’re welcome, AGF. :) I know that I was FREAKING OUT when my iChat video stopped working! haha Rolling back to 1.1.2 used to be the move, but the new 1.1.4 release did the trick for me.
Cheers! :D