The best app for playing audiovisual content on the Mac.
Built on top of the industrial-strength FFmpeg software libraries1, Optimus Player can play all the major file formats, including MP4, MKV, and Ogg. With support for 250+ file formats and 400+ codecs, you can play almost any file no matter where it came from.2 Movies that you downloaded, footage from your old camcorder, full-motion video game files; Optimus Player can play it all.
Optimus Player leverages the powerful video and graphics technologies built into macOS to faithfully reproduce color3 so that you see color as the director intended during post-production4. See the comparison5 in the accompanying figure and then imagine that difference applied to all the pixels in every frame of a video.
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| Original Ultra HD Video |
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| Optimus Player |
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| VLC |
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Optimus Player is the first third-party macOS app to support AirPlay 2 audio. Stream lossless music to multiple rooms or enjoy a movie through stereo speakers. Optimus Player automatically synchronizes the audio and the video so that you can focus on your content.
Since movies, TV shows, and music are so integral to our culture, we want everyone to be able to enjoy them. That’s why Optimus Player has features like dual subtitles for mixed-language couples and VoiceOver support for blind or low-vision users.
Optimus Player will feel right at home on your Mac. Small details matter and Optimus Player delivers: Now Playing integration for controlling playback from headphones, Siri, or AirPlay devices; video hardware acceleration6 for smooth playback and longer battery life; window restoration to pick up where you left off after restarting the app or your device; and more—presented in an elegant user interface.
