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Re: Command Line Video Player

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Post by mackatsol »

gotschi wrote: post #6
pdimitar wrote: post #4

Just recently I finally got sick of the various defects VLC developed on macOS: - Running videos off of my NAS routinely introduced audio lag even on very small videos (less than 1h long). My LAN and WAN are at 1GbE and my NAS uses ZFS with very adequate caching setup. - Crashes 2-3 times a week. Pretty rare but annoying nonetheless because I usually leave one huge video to play for the entire day. - On iOS and macOS…

i use metaX for my movie and show database, game playthroughs and others might need different tools

There's a more up to date fork: MetaZ [https://metaz.maven-group.org]. Which claims to be 'Two letters better than MetaX'. heh ;-)

Re: Command Line Video Player

#12

Post by CyberRabbi »

guessmyname wrote: post #2

IINA [1] is an open-source [2], native [3] modern video player for macOS based on MPV [4]. [1] https://iina.io [2] https://github.com/iina/iina [3] Written in Swift and designed with modern macOS (10.11+) in mind [4] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

> The modern media player for macOS.

> For and only for modern macOS.

> IINA is born to be a modern macOS application,

As a policy I stay away from all software whose primary marketed feature is being “modern,” which I wholly consider to be a meaningless term.

Re: Command Line Video Player

#13

Post by pdimitar »

mackatsol wrote: post #10
pdimitar wrote: post #4

Just recently I finally got sick of the various defects VLC developed on macOS: - Running videos off of my NAS routinely introduced audio lag even on very small videos (less than 1h long). My LAN and WAN are at 1GbE and my NAS uses ZFS with very adequate caching setup. - Crashes 2-3 times a week. Pretty rare but annoying nonetheless because I usually leave one huge video to play for the entire day. - On iOS and macOS…

I use Subler [ https://bitbucket.org/galad87/subler/wiki/Home ] and when it confounds me I opt for MetaTV or MetaMovie [ http://www.appfacture.com/en/ ]. I've also heard of iFlicks but never tried it [ https://iflicks.app ].

Thanks a bunch, much appreciated.

Re: Command Line Video Player

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Post by finiteseries »

CyberRabbi wrote: post #12
guessmyname wrote: post #2

IINA [1] is an open-source [2], native [3] modern video player for macOS based on MPV [4]. [1] https://iina.io [2] https://github.com/iina/iina [3] Written in Swift and designed with modern macOS (10.11+) in mind [4] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

> The modern media player for macOS. > For and only for modern macOS. > IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, As a policy I stay away from all software whose primary marketed feature is being “modern,” which I wholly consider to be a meaningless term.

Meaning often comes easier when sentences are finished.

IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, from its framework to the user interface. It adopts the post-Yosemite design language of macOS and keeps up the pace of new technologies like Force Touch, Touch Bar, and Picture-in-Picture.

Re: Command Line Video Player

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Post by SllX »

CyberRabbi wrote: post #12
guessmyname wrote: post #2

IINA [1] is an open-source [2], native [3] modern video player for macOS based on MPV [4]. [1] https://iina.io [2] https://github.com/iina/iina [3] Written in Swift and designed with modern macOS (10.11+) in mind [4] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

> The modern media player for macOS. > For and only for modern macOS. > IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, As a policy I stay away from all software whose primary marketed feature is being “modern,” which I wholly consider to be a meaningless term.

That’s not a bad policy but it’s solid software, basically a Cocoa wrapper around MPV which as it turns out, is a fairly solid idea.

Years ago when VLC was the rage, I could open any video or sound file I wanted in QuickTime Player with an array of plug-ins including Persian, Flip4Mac and a couple others I’ve long since forgotten. That served me well until it became impossible to install and use QuickTime 7 on a modern Macintosh.

IINA quickly filled that hole for me, and was a solid upgrade over a player I never asked much from, readily replicating all the features I cared about and throwing in a few more. If all you want is a media player that lets you double click a file and play it back, IINA is the best there is on the Macintosh today.

Re: Command Line Video Player

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Post by Ezhik »

guessmyname wrote: post #2

IINA [1] is an open-source [2], native [3] modern video player for macOS based on MPV [4]. [1] https://iina.io [2] https://github.com/iina/iina [3] Written in Swift and designed with modern macOS (10.11+) in mind [4] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

For Windows users, there's mpv.net, which adds a GUI for configuration editing and a command palette. [1][2]

There is also mpc-qt, which replicates the classic MPC-HT UI, but with libmpv as the backend. [3]

Personally I found mpv's defaults sane enough to not need a GUI for it, but I did release an unofficial version to the Windows 10 Store with a wrapper that adds file association and macOS-style single instance support. [4][5]

[1] https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net

[2] https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9N64SQZTB3LM

[3] https://github.com/mpc-qt/mpc-qt

[4] https://github.com/SilverEzhik/mpv-msix

[5] https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P3JFR0CLLL6

Re: Command Line Video Player

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Post by thrdbndndn »

Ezhik wrote: post #17
guessmyname wrote: post #2

IINA [1] is an open-source [2], native [3] modern video player for macOS based on MPV [4]. [1] https://iina.io [2] https://github.com/iina/iina [3] Written in Swift and designed with modern macOS (10.11+) in mind [4] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

For Windows users, there's mpv.net, which adds a GUI for configuration editing and a command palette. [1][2] There is also mpc-qt, which replicates the classic MPC-HT UI, but with libmpv as the backend. [3] Personally I found mpv's defaults sane enough to not need a GUI for it, but I did release an unofficial version to the Windows 10 Store with a wrapper that adds file association and macOS-style single instance sup…

I use SMPlayer. Despite somewhat "ugly" UI, it's a very capable MPV skin.

[1] https://www.smplayer.info/

Re: Command Line Video Player

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Post by trabant00 »

I use mpv (and mplayer before that) from CLI and I find it the best user experience. Sure, it takes some time to read the man and play with it, but now I start it with a bash alias on the display I want and the sound output for either: TV + big sound system or monitor + desktop speakers, depending on whether I am at my desk or on the couch. With a cheap wireless mini keyboard I get all the shortcuts one single key press away.

With a GUI player I have to navigate menus with a pointer to switch displays and sound, or to select sound and subtitle language, subtitle delay, contrast and brightness, etc.

Mpv also integrates with youtube-dl. You can tune the buffer size to never require pausing because of internet problems, select whatever quality with no auto switching like the native youtube client. Supports playlists and everything.

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