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Optimus Player 1.5

Play audiovisual content on your computer

Category: Video
Price: Low
Popularity: Medium
Version String: 1.5 (14)
Release Date: 2022-06-10
Architecture: Intel & AppleSilicon(ARM)
Minimum OS: macOS 10.15
Vendor Name: Darren Mo
Homepage: www.optimusplayer.com

Version History 1.5 (14)

Supplemental Update for Version 1.5
• (macOS Big Sur 11.4–11.6.6) Fixed crash when opening Version 1.5 on a Mac with Apple silicon.
Version 1.5
New Features
• Native support for Apple silicon.
• Support for Picture in Picture.
• (macOS Monterey or later) Support for Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking. Requires a Mac with Apple silicon.
• (macOS Big Sur 11.4–11.6.6) Support for Spatial Audio without dynamic head tracking. Requires an Intel-based Mac.
• Opening a video file now automatically opens associated subtitles files. Associated subtitles files are named similarly to the video file and are located either in the same folder or in a subfolder named “Subtitles” or “Subs”.
Bug Fixes
• Restored windows now also restore any subtitles files that were previously added.
• (macOS Big Sur or later) Added workaround for macOS bug that sometimes caused the cursor to appear even when it was supposed to be hidden.
• Fixed bug that sometimes caused the window to zoom into the video after switching from one video track to another.
Visit the website to view release notes for earlier versions.

Description:

The best app for playing audiovisual content on the Mac.

Play Any File
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.

Color Accuracy
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.

AirPlay 2 Audio
Optimus Player is the first third-party macOS app to support AirPlay 2 audio.6 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.

Features For Everyone
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.

Designed For Mac
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 devices7; video hardware acceleration8 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.