When comparing Pod Paradise vs Elmedia Player, the Slant community recommends Elmedia Player for most people. In the question“What are the best software tools for listening to podcasts?” Elmedia Player is ranked 6th while Pod Paradise is ranked 8th. 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 Download episodes
Pro Browse other podcasts without interrupting current podcast
Other online podcast players interrupt your current podcast when you try to find another one. PodParadise does not.
Pro Subscribe to podcasts
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.
Pro Now it can save subtitles from opensubtitles.org
Cons
Con UI is not completely polished
It looks like a patchwork of boxes and buttons
Con No mobile app
There is no mobile app so it only works in your browser.