Choosing the best video player app for your Mac can be tough as you have a number of options available at your disposal. Out of so many video player apps, VLC media player stands at the first position as it is free and it comes up with various features like the ability to play incomplete or damaged video, supports a wide variety of audio and video formats, supports subtitles, etc.
Elmedia Player is a good alternative to VLC media player with improved performance and user interface. It can do much more than just playing videos on your Mac. For example, you can stream music from AirPlay devices and you can download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion & other video-sharing websites.
Here are some reasons why Elmedia player is the best video player for Mac -
There is an in-built web-browser in Elmedia player, which allows you to watch online videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and other video hosting websites. You can watch the whole YouTube playlists and channels without annoying ads.
You can also download video from the Internet on your Mac using Elmedia player. Simply, switch to the browser mode, find the video you would like to save and click Download option.
Now choose the video format you want to download. There are a number of formats available from 4K to 1080p to 240p. If subtitles are available, they will be downloaded together with the video.
Another amazing feature is, you can download the whole playlist from YouTube at once.
Elmedia player supports almost all video and audio formats available, including FLV, SWF, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MP3, DAT, FLAC, M4V, MPG, MKV and more. When it comes to playing HD videos, most media players gives choppy playback and glitches due to some decoding issues and lack of hardware support. Elmedia player, on the other hand, has hardware accelerated playback which can play up to 4K and 8K resolution HD/UHD videos on your Mac smoothly.
Elmedia player has an enhanced playback feature which allows you to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, aspect ratio, speed of the playback and other audio/video related parameters. It also has a sound equalizer with 10 carefully chosen frequencies for you to shape your sound.
Elmedia player will automatically load the subtitles when you play the video. If any video doesn't have subtitles, you can add subtitles file (.srt, .ass, .smil, etc.) manually.
If subtitles are not in perfect sync with the video, you can adjust the delay option. You can also adjust the encoding, font, color, font size and border color of the subtitles.
Elmedia Player works wonderfully as an AirPlay Receiver and AirPlay Sender. You can stream music and video of various formats from AirPlay device (Mac, iOS, Android) to your Mac or vice-versa.
It's very easy to take a screenshot on Mac. Elmedia player has made this task more easy for you. With just a few clicks, you can capture your favorite moment from the video or take a series of screenshots and save all images in the desired format (JPG, PNG, GIF etc.)
Hardware acceleration means that the graphical rendering is done on dedicated hardware (your GPU / graphics card) rather than your CPU. Elmedia player has hardware acceleration enabled by default. It uses GPU to decode a video frame which results in good performance and less power consumption.
Requirements: OS X 10.7+, 36.64MB free space
Elmedia Player is a free video player application but some of its features doesn't come under free version. You can buy Elmedia Player Pro version to unlock those features.
Elmedia Player is a good alternative to VLC media player with improved performance and user interface. It can do much more than just playing videos on your Mac. For example, you can stream music from AirPlay devices and you can download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion & other video-sharing websites.
Some features of Elmedia Player
Here are some reasons why Elmedia player is the best video player for Mac -
1. Watch YouTube videos online
There is an in-built web-browser in Elmedia player, which allows you to watch online videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and other video hosting websites. You can watch the whole YouTube playlists and channels without annoying ads.
2. Download videos from the Internet
You can also download video from the Internet on your Mac using Elmedia player. Simply, switch to the browser mode, find the video you would like to save and click Download option.
Now choose the video format you want to download. There are a number of formats available from 4K to 1080p to 240p. If subtitles are available, they will be downloaded together with the video.
Another amazing feature is, you can download the whole playlist from YouTube at once.
3. Supports various video & audio formats
Elmedia player supports almost all video and audio formats available, including FLV, SWF, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MP3, DAT, FLAC, M4V, MPG, MKV and more. When it comes to playing HD videos, most media players gives choppy playback and glitches due to some decoding issues and lack of hardware support. Elmedia player, on the other hand, has hardware accelerated playback which can play up to 4K and 8K resolution HD/UHD videos on your Mac smoothly.
4. Enhanced playback features
Elmedia player has an enhanced playback feature which allows you to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, aspect ratio, speed of the playback and other audio/video related parameters. It also has a sound equalizer with 10 carefully chosen frequencies for you to shape your sound.
5. Manage subtitles
Elmedia player will automatically load the subtitles when you play the video. If any video doesn't have subtitles, you can add subtitles file (.srt, .ass, .smil, etc.) manually.
If subtitles are not in perfect sync with the video, you can adjust the delay option. You can also adjust the encoding, font, color, font size and border color of the subtitles.
6. Stream music and video from AirPlay
Elmedia Player works wonderfully as an AirPlay Receiver and AirPlay Sender. You can stream music and video of various formats from AirPlay device (Mac, iOS, Android) to your Mac or vice-versa.
7. Take screenshots from the video
It's very easy to take a screenshot on Mac. Elmedia player has made this task more easy for you. With just a few clicks, you can capture your favorite moment from the video or take a series of screenshots and save all images in the desired format (JPG, PNG, GIF etc.)
8. Hardware accelerated playback
Hardware acceleration means that the graphical rendering is done on dedicated hardware (your GPU / graphics card) rather than your CPU. Elmedia player has hardware acceleration enabled by default. It uses GPU to decode a video frame which results in good performance and less power consumption.
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Requirements: OS X 10.7+, 36.64MB free space
Elmedia Player is a free video player application but some of its features doesn't come under free version. You can buy Elmedia Player Pro version to unlock those features.
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