Chris1976 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Being new to the world of Apple, I'm a bit set in my Windows ways. There are a few applications from Windows that I miss simply because I haven't found a decent Mac alternative. I use the excellent freeware KM Player on Windows. It can play any audio/video format and supports dragging and dropping of subtitles. This is great because I don't have to rename the subtitle file to match the video file, and I don't need to enter the options menu to open it. Also, you can alter the color settings, sound settings, screen ration etc all via a handy control box. VLC isn't bad, but it's no match for The KM Player, IMO. Is there anything this good for Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamune Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 google for mplayer extended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofyan Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 VLC player @ www.videolan.org Works Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 best videoplayer ever is vlc, and renaming the subtitle files costs you 2 seconds and makes your movie collection a lot nicer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1976 Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 The problem for me is how VLC renders Korean subtitles. I need to use Korean subtitles quite regularly but they always seem a little too faint. The KM Player seems to be able to handle Korean subs much better (probably because it's a Korean program). I've tried changing the fonts but it doesn't seem to have any effect on Korean subtitles. I stand by what I said that KMP is better than VLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scree Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Chris: Here's all the stuff you need to watch virtually any movie file on your Mac. The best movie player is Movist. I've tried pretty much all the decent Mac movie players. I own QuickTime Pro ($29.99) and Chroma ($22), and I've tested all of the following free ones and a few more that I've forgetten: MPlayer (once good, now not), MPlayer OSX Extended (very good), NicePlayer (good), QTAmateur (OK), and of course VLC (plays everything, but not aesthetically nice). But by FAR the best one has proven to be the freeware Movist (http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/27642/movist). It plays everything, even Matroska files (.mkv, which is a great new movie container format, but it's not yet supported on a lot of platforms). One of Movist's biggest strengths is subtitles/captions — it supports .smi and .srt file formats, and it's very customizable. In fact, it's extraordinary customizability is probably its biggest strength. You can make it do pretty much whatever you want. In addition to a great movie player, you really must get the super fabulous freeware Perian, which is a QuickTime plugin that expands your Mac's video capabilities TENFOLD (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22923/perian). Normally your Mac will only play QuickTime media files, and it has difficulty with a lot of different subtitle filetypes. But Perian gives QT (and any other app that uses QT) the ability to easily play a whole bunch more filetypes, and it adds support for SSA subtitle files. The only major thing that Perian lacks is support for Windows Media files (.wma & .wmv). For that you need to get one more freeware app. Flip4Mac (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28842) is made by the company that moved into the Windows Media on Macs business when Microsoft stopped making the Windows Media Player for the Mac OS. Like QT, it makes it possible for you to watch movies for free but it has pro features that you can pay for that will help you produce media in its format. Quicktime only offers you one upgrade option (to QuickTime Pro), but Flip4Mac has 4 upgrade options that give you varying levels ($29—$179) of Windows Media production capabilities. Anyway, with the combination of Movist, Perian and Flip4Mac, you should be able to view just about anything you want and be able to present it exactly as you like. If you also want to be able to convert or rip movies off of DVDs, there's a bunch of freeware apps that make that possible and enjoyable too. Just let me know and we'll figure some way to talk outside of this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonkiong Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 somehow my VLC player lags when playing .rmvb files. Any solutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 somehow my VLC player lags when playing .rmvb files. Any solutions? r u working on a real mac or a hackintosh with QE/CI enabled?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceboybatman Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 For 720P or 1080P HD mobies,PLEX is the best choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cave Man Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 ^+1. Plex is da bomb for HD video playback and passthrough of DTS. It'll do Blu-ray rips great and extract AC3 or DTS cores from HD audio on the fly for output through the optical port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaBuffalo Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Chris: Here's all the stuff you need to watch virtually any movie file on your Mac. The best movie player is Movist. I've tried pretty much all the decent Mac movie players. I own QuickTime Pro ($29.99) and Chroma ($22), and I've tested all of the following free ones and a few more that I've forgetten: MPlayer (once good, now not), MPlayer OSX Extended (very good), NicePlayer (good), QTAmateur (OK), and of course VLC (plays everything, but not aesthetically nice). But by FAR the best one has proven to be the freeware Movist (http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/27642/movist). It plays everything, even Matroska files (.mkv, which is a great new movie container format, but it's not yet supported on a lot of platforms). One of Movist's biggest strengths is subtitles/captions — it supports .smi and .srt file formats, and it's very customizable. In fact, it's extraordinary customizability is probably its biggest strength. You can make it do pretty much whatever you want. In addition to a great movie player, you really must get the super fabulous freeware Perian, which is a QuickTime plugin that expands your Mac's video capabilities TENFOLD (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22923/perian). Normally your Mac will only play QuickTime media files, and it has difficulty with a lot of different subtitle filetypes. But Perian gives QT (and any other app that uses QT) the ability to easily play a whole bunch more filetypes, and it adds support for SSA subtitle files. The only major thing that Perian lacks is support for Windows Media files (.wma & .wmv). For that you need to get one more freeware app. Flip4Mac (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28842) is made by the company that moved into the Windows Media on Macs business when Microsoft stopped making the Windows Media Player for the Mac OS. Like QT, it makes it possible for you to watch movies for free but it has pro features that you can pay for that will help you produce media in its format. Quicktime only offers you one upgrade option (to QuickTime Pro), but Flip4Mac has 4 upgrade options that give you varying levels ($29—$179) of Windows Media production capabilities. Anyway, with the combination of Movist, Perian and Flip4Mac, you should be able to view just about anything you want and be able to present it exactly as you like. If you also want to be able to convert or rip movies off of DVDs, there's a bunch of freeware apps that make that possible and enjoyable too. Just let me know and we'll figure some way to talk outside of this forum. Good tips, Scree. Nice work. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonjuhl Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I just want to be able to do one thing: export files that are now mp4 or MOV to being WMV files (so people can have a choice of watching in Quicktime or Windows Media). I have Quicktime Pro already; I bought it solely for this reason. Do I now HAVE to buy a non-freeware version of Flip4Mac, since the demo version will cut off any file exported as wmv at thirty seconds? Or is there any alternative? I feel really ripped off that I went and bought Quicktime Pro for just one purpose and now I have to buy another upgrade as well just to do the one thing I want to be able to do. Please help! If there is any way to export mp4 or MOV files to wmv files without having to purchase some iteration of Flip4Mac, please do let me know. Thanks. --Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cain. Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Plex and VLC is all you'll ever need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salazar283 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 VLC, is the best, plays anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maya77 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 VLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoRdaN FiRsT Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 vlc .. real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poofyhairguy Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I agree with Cave Man: Plex is by far the best media player for HD content and I personally think Plex has the best ten foot interface on any Mac (sorry Frontrow). What makes Plex so awesome is that it uses multicore decoding to tear through HD video unlike VLC. I am able to watch 30GB m2ts files taken straight from 1080p Blu Rays on my Plexbox without any issues. Mplayer Extended takes the cake as the second best media player in its current form: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/MP...-Extended.shtml It too features checkbox multicore decoding unlike VLC so its able to handle HD video. Also I much prefer its interface to VLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rurouni09 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 VLC player @ www.videolan.org Works Awesome!! VLC all the way, I've used it for quite a few years now and love it, it plays EVERYTHING I've ever encountered except real player formatted videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eipell Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 movist (light and as powerful as vlc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede420 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 movist.movist.movist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Nativus Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hey I checked out Movist and I may like this more than VLC. I love the fullscreen interface and media browser. VLC is nice cause it plays everything I throw at it, but I don't like it's media management, randomizer, or the lame boring unskinable interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombolo Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 With PLEX I am able to watch 1080p mkv with my poor Eeepc 901 (atom n270 with gma950). Plex is simply IMPRESSIVE and AMAZING!!! Just try with any netbook! Far beyond any Linux or windows media player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldi Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 you can also try movist http://code.google.com/p/movist/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anastassssss Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I can't understand why people can even consider Plex? Maybe they didn't try alternatives? Or did they ever try to play 1080p? It's SOOOO sloooow. And so uncomfortable with all those shines and glares instead of the real interface... I can only agree with Scree - I tried almost all of the players from his list and Movist is the best! It handles 1080p even where VLC dies. I have 30GB and 15GB mkv movies which beat players to death. Movist is the only one which plays them very fast. It's light and has MacOS look and feel and it's the fastest out there for Mac OS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Taylor Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Elmedia Player - it is free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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