Clean and concise interface and preferences.Up-to-date builds of MPlayer and FFmpeg.Users of MPlayer should immediately feel at home and are able to tweak the fine details of the MPlayer invocation with binary bundles and additional command-line options. MPlayer OSX Extended uses the MPlayer open source project for decoding and integrates MPlayer's default key commands with a native OSX interface.

It also supports instant playback of MKV files and advanced styled subtitles in the ASS format. Thanks to multithreading and 64bit architecture, MPlayer OSX Extended is one of the fastest choices on OSX to play back HD H264 videos. MPlayer OSX Extended is based on the original MPlayer OSX project but has since undergone fundamental changes, making it a modern and easy to use video player. Leveraging the power of the MPlayer and FFmpeg open source projects, MPlayer OSX Extended aims to deliver a powerful, functional and no frills video player for OSX. MPlayer OSX Extended is the future of MPlayer OSX. VLC: Feature-packed but clunky interface.mpv: Has its own UI but is a bit cryptic.Retirement Notice MPlayer OSX Extended has been retired and won't receive any future updates.Īfter development of MPlayer OSX Extended has been slow for many years and development of the underlying MPlayer project has moved on to mpv, I have decided that it doesn't make sense to invest more time into this project.Ĭonsider using one of the following alternatives for video playback on macOS:

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