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CorePlayer is no more! RIP
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Can someone link me to a current download for Core Player? The tinyupload is no longer working for me
Very nice piece of software, has situation changed since 2016. e.g. is it possibly to legally purchase it? Or macGarden cracked version is "the only way"
There's no way to buy it - I contacted the authors years ago to buy a licence - no reply.
I use mplayer on all my Macs - ignore the youtube part of this post, the download contains mplayer and scripts:
New Youtube Player/Downloader..even For G3
I've put together some scripts, a TenFourFoxBox, youtube-dl and mplayer and come up with tools to let you watch and/or download Youtube videos at any quality on any Mac that runs Tiger or Leopard - and that includes G3s! All the components are in the dropbox link - the only other requirement is...
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A more modern iteration of mplayer:
Standalone MPlayer for 10.4 & 10.5
I put together a little package that will save users a ton of space (vs the other mplayer package that's available), and it will not interfere with their current macports installs if they have it installed. This can probably also be used in conjunction with @alex_free 's PPCMC (i haven't looked...
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And PPCMC that contains FFPlay:
12-11-2021 - PPCMC 7.2.6 - YouTube/Twitch Streaming, Downloading, File Conversion, Web Interface, & More For Panther-Leopard PPC/Intel
I found out PPC Media Center had its last release last month, being officially discontinued. Well I’m taking over development of new versions in a different direction. Learn more at the official release page on the Garden...
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Other than that, VLC should be good for 720P on your iMac, XBMC is even better - the one to avoid actually is QuickTime.
Hmm ... I have tested both 0.9x and 2.x and does not play well. Maybe I need to revisit settings. VLC2 looks quite modern and similar to 3.x we use today on Linux and Macs.
mPlayer is known to me from MorphOS
There is strangely a developed modern PPC video player on AmigaOS 4, that I have used on single core PA Semi (AmigaOne x1000) and worked well - Emotion
www.amigaos.net
Surely I have tested it with quite strong Radeon HD card, but I am sure Radeon X600 in my G5 also had some hardware video acceleration, too.
Maybe we could petition or lend some PPC coder muscle for MacOS X Tiger version?
mPlayer is known to me from MorphOS
There is strangely a developed modern PPC video player on AmigaOS 4, that I have used on single core PA Semi (AmigaOne x1000) and worked well - Emotion
Emotion
Emotion is a powerful multimedia player specially developed for AmigaOS 4.x. The easy-to-usebewusste interface, deliberate limitation to required basic functions, as well as optimization on operating system functions, makes Emotion to a software that integrates perfectly into the current AmigaOS.
www.amigaos.net
Surely I have tested it with quite strong Radeon HD card, but I am sure Radeon X600 in my G5 also had some hardware video acceleration, too.
Maybe we could petition or lend some PPC coder muscle for MacOS X Tiger version?
I'd be amazed if it could better mplayer and Coreplayer - both offer playback on older hardware that no other player can touch.
VLC 1.1.12 is best option for a single CPU G5 like yours.
in the test case on single core PA Semi, abeit with modern Radeon HD 7000, it beaten mPlayer with very nice GUI in 720p DivX playback and is actively developed.
amigax1000.blogspot.com
Where can I get VLC 1.1?
Emotion media player on X1000
It is nice to be blogging again! Thanks all for your patience. I am getting better slowly, although not entirely fixed up yet. Today thoug...
amigax1000.blogspot.com
Where can I get VLC 1.1?
But it states there the X1000 can't play 1080P - you can on a Powerbook with Coreplayer...in the test case on single core PA Semi, abeit with modern Radeon HD 7000, it beaten mPlayer with very nice GUI in 720p DivX playback and is actively developed.
Emotion media player on X1000
It is nice to be blogging again! Thanks all for your patience. I am getting better slowly, although not entirely fixed up yet. Today thoug...
Where can I get VLC 1.1?
VLC 1.1.12
Download vlc-1.1.12-powerpc.dmg (VLC media player)
The best free media player for video and DVDs
sourceforge.net
No doubt no one can beat Core Player 
But it would be good to have something in development, and GUI is nice and Efficient. It uses FFMpeg.
Thank you very much, will test VLC 1.x extensively.
But it would be good to have something in development, and GUI is nice and Efficient. It uses FFMpeg.Thank you very much, will test VLC 1.x extensively.
I use mplayer on all my Macs - ignore the youtube part of this post, the download contains mplayer and scripts:
New Youtube Player/Downloader..even For G3
I've put together some scripts, a TenFourFoxBox, youtube-dl and mplayer and come up with tools to let you watch and/or download Youtube videos at any quality on any Mac that runs Tiger or Leopard - and that includes G3s! All the components are in the dropbox link - the only other requirement is...
A more modern iteration of mplayer:
Standalone MPlayer for 10.4 & 10.5
I put together a little package that will save users a ton of space (vs the other mplayer package that's available), and it will not interfere with their current macports installs if they have it installed. This can probably also be used in conjunction with @alex_free 's PPCMC (i haven't looked...
And PPCMC that contains FFPlay:
12-11-2021 - PPCMC 7.2.6 - YouTube/Twitch Streaming, Downloading, File Conversion, Web Interface, & More For Panther-Leopard PPC/Intel
I found out PPC Media Center had its last release last month, being officially discontinued. Well I’m taking over development of new versions in a different direction. Learn more at the official release page on the Garden...
Other than that, VLC should be good for 720P on your iMac, XBMC is even better - the one to avoid actually is QuickTime.
Mplayer audio goes asynchrone on some 1080p videos. Coreplayer and also VLC does not have these problems on my G5.
The thing with core player is, yes it can play 720p on a Mac Mini. But half the time the video will be a blocky mess. Still amazing, but I'd rather watch H.264 or just straight up MPEG-4 480p on a Mac mini. 480p underrated IMO.No doubt no one can beat Core Player
Thank you very much, will test VLC 1.x extensively.
Yes, Coreplayer and the older mplayer can be picky with recently encoded video.
I agree - well transcoded 360P is good enough for me on laptop screens.
Interesting, so old 720p rips don't have this issue?
360p is very decent IMO, though it's terrible YouTube has revoked our 480p single file streams (except on live streamed videos, PPCMC 7 even supports this). My minimum is 240p MPEG-1 on the clamshell.
If you are using handbrake for coding or reencoding disable this option an the blocky problem is gone.
Their website - they have all the versions there.in the test case on single core PA Semi, abeit with modern Radeon HD 7000, it beaten mPlayer with very nice GUI in 720p DivX playback and is actively developed.
Emotion media player on X1000
It is nice to be blogging again! Thanks all for your patience. I am getting better slowly, although not entirely fixed up yet. Today thoug...
Where can I get VLC 1.1?
Does CorePlayer playback videos on G4 at 1080p ? I thought somewhere I read you mentioned this a few years back ? Also, I have mplayer X - is this the same mplayer ?
Mmmmm, hard to say. My iMacG4 1,25GHz can play 1080p, but it is limited. You must play with the settings of the encoder to fet a playable file.
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