Best HD video player

[silbeej]

So i've got VLC player, but when i attempt to watch 1080p video, it starts struggling, but i see that it is only using one core. Anyone know of a program like vlc, but uses both cores?

thanks

 

[Mr.Noisy]

Give Mplayer a go 🙂

http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/

 

[epheterson]

bump

So a year later, is there a better video player for Mac that uses both cores?

mPlayer hasn't been updated since '04 and I don't think it'd play so well with 1080p.

 

[r.j.s]

What about quicktime? I have no problem playing 720p on my macbook in QT. I've tried playing 1080p, but it just downscales anyway on this screen.

 

[epheterson]

Well I (eerily) have the same setup as you, just with 2gb instead of 3 and I can play 720 without a hitch usually, but 1080 just destroys this poor thing.

I really feel sad for it.

Quicktime works for 720 but can't handle 1080, just like VLC.

mPlayer isn't really dead, just the link the last guy posted is:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

I tried it and it has a nice feature where it'll keep trucking and just drop frames to keep up but it's no good at all. I'm still on a hunt to find some way to watch 1080 on this poor machine.

 

[flopticalcube]

OSXBMC rarely drops frames in 1080p my my mini HTPC. Its ffmpeg libs underneath, however, so the results will probably be no diff from mplayer.

 

[Julien]

Add Flip4Mac plug-in to Quick Time and you can play WMV and AVI HD files.

 

[epheterson]

OSXBMC rarely drops frames in 1080p my my mini HTPC. Its ffmpeg libs underneath, however, so the results will probably be no diff from mplayer.

Yo, creepy avatar.

I'm downloading the latest OSXBMC right now, I'll come back to let you know how it is. In all honesty, I doubt we'll find a solution, but I'd like to exhaust all my resources before I give up.

And Julien, thank you for being helpful but the problem here is not playing movie files (I never even mentioned WMV), but instead getting hugely intense video files to play nicely.

 

[epheterson]

flopticalcube! Thank you! 1080p works great on OSXBMC somehow!

I still have a few kinks to work out, mostly because I don't know how to use this thing, but the video is clear as day and not a frame drop in sight. Thanks!

If you know how, could you tell me how to get this to only run on an external screen? Also, can you jump though a movie with this program or just watch it straight though. Clicking on the slider did nothing for me.

Thanks again 🙂

-Eric

Edit: I got how to run it on an external screen, and it seems it just can't jump though the video for MKV files, which I can live with. Overall I'm very happy with this solution. 🙂

 

[flopticalcube]

Glad you're happy. Apple remote compatibility is now part of OSXBMC, btw. A new version should be out next week, too.

mmmhmmmmhmmmm.....😉

 

[ansabakhan]

is there any thing better now for 1080p?

 

[sup3r1or]

I have the same issue here with my MBP 2010 model (13 inch) I tried moviest which is much better than VLC. However 1080p avatar movie brings my MBP to its knees.

You know whats funny? I dont need people to ******** about the CPU is not good enough. My friend has Dell XPS 13 old model with 1.4 Ghz CPU, with the right set of codecs on windows (you need to get the right one though) it plays 1080p movies flawlessly. Its absurd that same cant happen on MAC, so many years have passed and hearing OSX is great but still doesnt have proper software and codecs.

P.S 1080p movies on moviest load my CPU to up to 150% wtf

 

[ansabakhan]

that's very strange ... i wonder what professional editors play their 1080p videos on using MAC i know a lot of HD editing is done on MACS so what r people using to play these videos?

 

[sup3r1or]

that's very strange ... i wonder what professional editors play their 1080p videos on using MAC i know a lot of HD editing is done on MACS so what r people using to play these videos?

Perhaps custom built Mac PRos with 12 cores for 13,000 dollars. Just to make sure that its enough raw power to digest.

 

[MacinDan]

When all else fails, try MPlayer OSX Extended.

When MPlayer OSX Extended fails, try Mplayer from the command line. Your computer will rock.

 

[bender o]

try Mplayer from the command line. Your computer will rock.

Excuse me but what does that mean 🙂?

 

[sup3r1or]

Are we talking about mkv files playback?

 

[ansabakhan]

Are we talking about mkv files playback?

yes MKV files

 

[MissDenise]

I use VLC and did a little edit in the advanced/All settings under video codecs/FFmpeg and set skip the loopfilter for x264 on "NON REF" for a smoother playing of 1080 movies and series..look the snapshot to click on the link below.

http://gyazo.com/6f151e9f73ac64e5ccf9ce4badc88a20.png

If im home i use PLEX to watch movies and series and such from my stand alone servers ...awesome because Plex is build for Mac as basic OS...like xbmc is for windows more.