Playr
Video playback simplified
Only for Mac
₺499,99
Playr was made solely to focus on your video viewing experience. It's not crammed with extra features for organizing files or to make playlists. You don't need to install any extras or plug-ins to watch your favorite movies, it just works. Playr has been carefully developed using the latest available technologies with a meticulous attention to details. It's user interface is clean, stylish and simple to use. Hope you'll enjoy it!
Main features
- Play almost any video file without the need for extra system extensions or plug-ins.
- Hardware decoding on the GPU for H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) video tracks.
- Hardware decoding supports other containers like .MKV (matroska).
- Hardware decoding saves battery life and CPU cycles.
- Easily plays 4K video when hardware decoding is available.
- Automatically loads and displays embedded subtitles or subtitles from external files.
- Smart built-in subtitle search engine... find your movie or tv show subtitles in a breeze.
- Supports all the major subtitle formats.
- Supports styling tags in subtitle files like italic, bold and underlined.
- Fully customizable subtitle display (font, size, color, shadows, etc).
- Retina resolution subtitles.
- Export subtitle tracks into file in many popular formats like SRT, STL and WebVTT.
- Convenient metadata inspector that automatically pulls info from the net... with links to IMDb.
- Detailed movie inspector for all those nitty gritty details.
- Color controls.
- Fullscreen player built-in (of course).
- Touch Bar support.
- 64-bit native for Intel and Apple Silicon.
NOTE! Playr can't play movies purchased in the iTunes store due to Apple DRM protection.
Please report any problems/bugs to support@bitfield.se or use the built-in feedback feature and I will get back to you.
more - Hardware decoding on the GPU for H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) video tracks.
- Hardware decoding also works for containers like .MKV (Matroska)
- Hardware decoding saves battery life and CPU cycles.
- Easily plays 4K video when hardware decoding is available.
- FFmpeg version 4.4 "Rao".
- Other minor fixes and tweaks.
2.7 13/08/2021
- Now runs native on Apple Silicon Macs.
- Other minor fixes and tweaks.
2.6.1 24/04/2021
- Ready for macOS Big Sur.
- New icon.
- FFmpeg version 4.3.1.
- Other minor fixes and UI tweaks.
2.6 05/12/2020
- Fixed a bug that caused Playr to crash on macOS Catalina.
- Various other bug fixes and improvements.
2.5 11/08/2020
- Improved support for macOS Catalina.
- Updated to Swift 5.1.
- Quickly scrub mp4/m4v video using two fingers on a trackpad.
- Search subtitles using Submarine.
- Various bug fixes and improvements.
2.4.1 21/11/2019
- Support for macOS Mojave and Dark Mode.
- Select from Dark, Light or System appearance in Prefs.
- FFmpeg updated to the 4.0 "Wu" release.
- Select and add subtitle tracks from the TouchBar.
- Various under the hood improvements.
If you want to translate Playr to your language you can reach me at support@bitfield.se
Thank you for all your input and support!
2.4 04/11/2018
- Now the dock icon is changing to reflect the playing/paused state of Playr.
- The last current time in the movie is now restored when restoring windows.
- Fixed a bug where multiple subtitle tracks could be visible at the same time.
- Export subtitle tracks to a file. Supported formats are SRT, STL, 3GPP Timed Text, iTunes Timed Text, WebVTT.
- Reveal the associated file of a subtitle track in the Finder.
- Remove a subtitle track.
- The Open file dialog is now closed whenever a file is opened from somewhere else.
- Layout fixes in the Inspector window.
- Russian localization by Algiz Nord. Thx!
If you want to translate Playr to your language you can reach me at support@bitfield.se
Thank you for all your input and support!
2.3.1 23/03/2018
- FFmpeg updated to the 3.3 "Hilbert" release.
- Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when seeking.
- Fixed a layout bug in the Audio/Subtitles popover.
- Now ignoring image based subtitle tracks instead of crashing.
- Many other small "under the hood" improvements.
2.3 20/03/2018
- Fixed a Touch Bar bug affecting users on system versions before 10.12.1.
2.2.4 04/04/2017
- Touch Bar support.
- The player window can now float on top of other windows.
- The player window is now movable by clicking and dragging anywhere inside it.
- The Inspector and other palettes are now hidden when the app is not activated.
2.2.3 21/03/2017
- Minor bug fixes.
2.2.2 14/02/2017
- FFmpeg updated to the 3.1.2 "Laplace" release.
- Slovak localization by Ronald Pinke. Thx!
- The File->Open dialog is now shown when needed.
- Various bug fixes.
2.2.1 27/08/2016
- FFmpeg updated to the 3.0 "Einstein" release.
- Now using AVFoundation for H.264 video playback in MP4, M4V and MOV containers.
- Hardware decoding of H.264 in MP4, M4V and MOV containers automatically handled by AVFoundation.
- Now using AVAudioEngine instead of Core Audio for better audio playback.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Playr to crash on malformed metadata.
2.2 05/07/2016
- FFmpeg updated to the 3.0 "Einstein" release.
- Now pausing any playing movie when another one starts playing.
- Option to quit the app when the last window is closed in Preferences.
- Various fixes for sound playback.
- The preferred sound language is now used if available when opening a movie.
- Fixed a bug when parsing filenames to find metadata online.
- Fixed a bug where the play button would disappear in OS X 10.10.
- The encodings popup is now visible by default when adding subtitles from file.
- Better integration with Submarine.
- Support for searching Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.
- Updates to the German localization.
2.1.4 20/04/2016
- FFmpeg updated to the 2.8.4 "Feynman" release.
- Playr now runs properly without an internet connection.
2.1.3 08/01/2016
- Fixed a problem with crackling audio for some files.
- Fixed a window restoration bug that could distort the movie aspect ratio.
- Better performance when scrubbing.
- New animated play/pause button.
- Cannot seek before the beginning of the movie.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
2.1.2 12/12/2015
- FFmpeg updated to the 2.8 "Feynman" release.
- Added "Very Large" to the list of subtitle text sizes.
- Fixed a bug where hardware decoding would fail for some movies.
- Window restoration fixes.
- Minor fixes for El Capitan.
2.1.1 15/10/2015
- Metadata Inspector completely revamped.
- Now using themoviedb.org for metadata.
- Poster preview for movies in the viewer window. Turn on/off in Prefs.
- Fill screen with video in fullscreen mode.
- Restoring full screen windows now works properly on launch.
- Fixed a bug where the home button didn't go to the beginning of the movie.
2.1 16/09/2015
- Switch between using a Vibrant Dark or Vibrant Light user interface.
- FFmpeg updated to the 2.6.2 "Grothendieck" release.
- Better performance when loading embedded subtitles on low-end Macs.
- Activity indicator in the subtitles popup show loading progress for embedded subtitles.
- Tried to fix a bug which could cause a crash while scrubbing the video.
- Fixed a bug that could cause subtitles to get out of sync when entering fullscreen.
- Updated many icons to make them pixel perfect.
- Added an option to show the Inspector button in the window titlebar.
- Sample subtitle style now updating when editing the corner radius setting.
- Various fixes and interface tweaks.
2.0.1 02/06/2015
- New beautiful chromeless user interface.
- Subtitle rendering re-written from scratch.
- Less memory usage when rendering subtitles.
- Subtitle styles re-invented. Many new options.
- Edit your custom subtitle styles and watch them update in real-time.
- Subtitle alignment. Left, Center or Right.
- Bold font faces available for your subtitle styles.
- Double-click the player view to toggle fullscreen mode.
- Fixed some memory leaks.
- The Gray icon is back!!!
Please give Playr a rating/review. Your input and feedback really means a lot. Thx in advance :-)
2.0 20/04/2015
- FFmpeg updated to the 2.5.3 "Bohr" release.
- Drag and drop subtitle files on the window to import.
- Subtitles visible while scrubbing.
- Plays WMA2 audio without crashing.
- More colorful app icon.
- German localization fixes.
Please give Playr a rating/review. Your input and feedback really means a lot. Thx in advance :-)
1.1.1 11/02/2015
- Hardware decoding for H.264 video reduces CPU load significantly.
- 30-40% lower memory consumption when decoding in hardware.
- Multi-channel audio output if you connected your Mac to a receiver.
- FFmpeg 2.3.3 "Mandelbrot".
- Improved SRT subtitle parsing.
- Compatibility fixes for Mac OS X Yosemite.
- Various UI changes to adopt to the Yosemite look and feel.
- New "Yosemite-style" app icon.
- Built with the Yosemite 10.10 GM SDK.
- Fixed an auto-layout bug in the About window.
- Dutch localization by Hans Boekhorst.
Please give Playr a rating/review. Your input and feedback really means a lot. Thx in advance :-)
1.1 15/10/2014
- Now correctly renders style information for embedded soft subtitles in mp4/m4v files.
- Now selects a subtitle track in the preferred language when importing multiple subtitle files.
- Now correctly displays subtitles for right-to-left languages like Hebrew.
- Subtitle lines now wraps and looks OK when decreasing the window size.
- Improved the way to find an associated subtitle file in the movie folder.
If you are feeling generous with your time please take a moment and give Playr a rating/review in the Mac App Store. Your input and feedback really means a lot. Thx in advance :-)
1.0.6 13/05/2014
- No more audio delay after seeking.
- Seeking back to the beginning improved.
- Help menu now directs you back to the Playr site.
- Improved parsing of color tags in srt subtitle files.
- Greek localization.
- Polish localization.
- Portuguese (Portugal) localization.
1.0.5 24/04/2014
- New Color Controls inspector. Tweak brightness, saturation, contrast and hue for that perfect viewing experience.
- Better detection of subtitle language for external and downloaded subtitle files.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Playr to crash for certain audio track formats.
- Some localization fixes.
- German localization.
If you are feeling generous with your time please take a moment and give Playr a rating/review in the Mac App Store. Your input and feedback really means a lot. Thx in advance :-)
1.0.4 03/04/2014
- Hardware decoding on the GPU for H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) video tracks.
- Hardware decoding also works for containers like .MKV (Matroska)
- Hardware decoding saves battery life and CPU cycles.
- Easily plays 4K video when hardware decoding is available.
- FFmpeg version 4.4 "Rao".
- Other minor fixes and tweaks.
more Version 2.7 13/08/2021
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