When comparing Splash vs Elmedia Player, the Slant community recommends Elmedia Player for most people. In the question“What are the best HEVC/H.265-capable media players?” Elmedia Player is ranked 5th while Splash is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Elmedia Player is:
Elmedia Player streams local videos to other devices, like Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, and other supported smart TV sets.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Image Processing
Pro Audio bitstreaming support
Audio bitsteaming to external audio amplifiers is easy to set up and works for all major HD audio formats, such as Dolby, TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio.
Pro Motion / frame interpolation
This is a great feature that works out of the box. Videos are MUCH smoother because of this.
Pro Hardware support for decoding
Hardware decoding for AMD, Intel and NVidia GPUs including iGPUs (integrated GPUs).
Pro Stream local files to Chromecast, Smart TV, Apple TV, other AirPlay and DLNA-compliant devices
Elmedia Player streams local videos to other devices, like Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, and other supported smart TV sets.
Pro Plays almost any video file
Elmedia Player is a free media player for Mac that supports various audio and video formats, including FLV, SWF, MP4, AVI, MOV, MP4, DAT, MP3, etc.
Pro Handy Open URL option
Open URL option allows watching YouTube videos without ads.
Pro Making screenshots
Making a screenshot of any moment in the movie or making the entire video a series of pictures with adjustable interval
Pro Video & audio settings
Flip vertically, rotate, mirror videos or revert to original; adjust video brightness, contrast, saturation, and more, sync subtitles to the video, adjust the sound for different genres; set an output device for audio
Pro Subtitles editing
Allows changing font, size, font color, border color, etc. Possibility to increase or decrease subtitles delay
Pro Play online videos online without ads
You can open an online video with a URL and play it without Ads (like it usually happens on YouTube).
Pro Built-in subtitles search
For an effortless access to various subtitles Elmedia is integrated with the opensubtitles.org service, which lets users add desired subtitles to a movie without leaving the app.
Pro Convenient video settings
You can use different settings to video like video and image layout adjustments.
Pro Built-in web browser
The app features built-in web browser that allows you to watch online videos directly from the app, while Open URL enables you to do it without noisy ads.