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Add to SafariWhen comparing MplayerX vs MPV, the Slant community recommends MPV for most people. In the question“What are the best video players for macOS?” MPV is ranked 2nd while MplayerX is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose MPV is:
When used with youtube-dl.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Pleasant Mac Style view
MplayerX fits in OSX environment perfectly with it’s hot keys and plain, but stylish design, giving pleasure to work with
Pro Players “memory” of a last reproduced file
If turned off, player will start file reproduction from exact spot it was interrupted on
Pro Smart-play or automatic next video file search
For example, if number of files with sequent names are mashed up and thrown in the playlist, MplayerX is able to reproduce them in right order
Pro Smart multi-touch control
Convenient track pad commands, that allows user to toggle full screen, change frame size, aspect ratio and volume. To learn more, watch an easy and understandable "how-to" youtube video in the sources.
Pro Compatibility with other Apple products
File reproduction can be controled with an Apple remote, that awards user with more freedom. Furthermore, dirrect pass through is possible. Start streaming, connect and enjoy your home theatre
Pro Softwere was designed specially for OS X
As OS X is the only supporting system, the amount of bugs and problems is minimized. This also means, that player can play .m4p, .mp4 & .mov video files.
Pro Integrates with streaming services
When used with youtube-dl.
Pro Needs no additional codecs
Everything MPV needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
Pro Minimal interface
Click to open files and get Video with sound (and passthrough of codecs like DTS etc) for a perfect cinema experience. Works okay for many files.
Default window is not much more than a title bar - and if you drag/resize the window it resizes the video and leaves no empty areas. There is no visible control or display unless you use mouse/keyboard over the window.
This is the best player to use unless you're going for a media center (then use MPV based Plex Media Player to display and play the Plex Server library).
Pro Up to date
Always up to date, rapid development.
Pro Extremely responsive
Pro Caches livestreams
Intelligently caches livestreams and enables jumping within the cached stream.
Pro Fast
Cons
Con System crash is more frequent
MPlayerX creshes occur more often than in usual video players. They should be tackled properly.
Con High CPU usage is possible
Sometimes after the player or OS X update file reproduction can demand a significant part of CPU usage
Con No proper playlist feature
In spite of easy and comfy smart-play, in general playlist isn’t user friendly
Con No retina display support on old OSX
MPlayerX does not support retina display on OS X older than Mountain Lion, but amount of Mac’s with older OS X are quite rare nowadays
Con Minimal theme support
Con Lack of a typical GUI can be jarring to some
The minimal interface comes at the cost of beginner-friendliness. You need to know keyboard shortcuts by heart, settings are set in text files, right-clicking won't bring up a menu, etc.
