DR. GIRLFRIEND  MPlayer is improving, but it still doesn't hold a candle to VLC yet. Here's why:

If you drag a folder onto Mplayer, it will not automatically start playing the files inside. VLC does. This is really a necessary feature if you have hundreds of organized music or video folders and don't want to open each folder, then manually drag the file(s) into MPlayer, just to make a playlist.

There is no way to Save a playlist. VLC can.

There are no keyboard shortcuts to skip, go back, shuffle, repeat, or add folder. VLC can do this.

If you start playing a song and decide you don't like it, click remove. Watch in amazement while MPlayer removes the song, but decides to keep playing it anyway. This behavior is idiotic.

Player freezes and stalls frequently. Ex: 1) Started playing an .avi file in fullscreen, pressed ESC key, MPlayer completely froze my computer. Required a Force Quit to regain control. 2) Hovering your cursor over any menu item while a song is playing will cause the song to stall. Remove the cursor from the menu and the song resumes. 3) MPlayer stalls when more files are being added to the playlist if a file is already playing.

Playlist window keeps hiding behind other apps. This is annoying if you're trying to drag items into the playlist from several different windows.

Can't play .m4a files. VLC, Songbird, Cog, Play, ToolPlayer all play the same files with no issues.

When mixed file types are added to Mplayer, it allows all of the songs to show up on the playlist, but will not play any m4a. Skips to next .mp3 in the playlist.

Shortcut For Show/Hide Playlist doesn’t work.

Player starts playing new files when files are dragged into the playlist. It should continue playing current file and not skip to newly added. VLC behaves correctly when new files are being added.

No ability to shuffle playlist.

The mini player is still too big -- it should be really mini, like Songbird.

Does not respond to media keys on Apple keyboards. To be fair, VLC doesn't either, but Songbird does with this little Addon:

http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1408

The good thing about MPlayer is that, like VLC, it uses a fairly small amount of system resources compared to iTunes and Songbird, which are both pigs.

The interface is straightforward, if a bit bland.

There are too many minuses for me to recommend this app, but hopefully, it will continue to improve. You can't argue with the price.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

HONEYCOMB  MPlayer users may also want to try out MPlayer OSX Extended which can be found at http://mplayerosx.sttz.ch/  
(Version 1.0rc2)

SPARTAN  The fastest player on my computers, be it PPC or Intel.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

NC2  It hangs if I click mouse on video window while using "Quicktime" video module.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

KEVIN PURCELL  The rc2 running on my "entertainment mac" (TiBook G4 867MHz) requires more CPU than the rc1 release. Seems like it isn't an optimized build for my CPU? Or is missing out on Altivec?

Measurements with typical xvid files seem to show a file that plays with around 66% CPU on rc1 now requires just about 100% on rc2. So about 50% more CPU for the same video file and same sized output.

Also the default output module MPlayerOSX doesn't hide the menu bar for full screen play (a sort of inversion of a previous bug).

Not a big win for me!  
(Version 1.0rc2)

BUCKAROO TOFU  My iBook G4 (1.33 Ghz/10.4.11) experienced a noticable delay between the video and audio when playing AVIs.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

ANOYLLA  I don't get it.

What is the right program for download?

Because, you can see the same name of program with the same icon in different macupdate location, different versioning and different programmer!

Take a look:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10784  
(Version 1.0rc2)

ETNIER  I think this release is buggy, at least in Tiger. I have repeatedly had it stop playing any files. Deleting the pref files clears the problem.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

OVERLOOK  the process mplayer window after some second(in play) does not answer,the player it works regularly.

when mplayer remains opened in the dock without to make nothing as

tonight, to the morning I have find it occupied 76 mega of ram.

leopard 10.5.2 imac august 2007  
(Version 1.0rc2)

ETNIER  MacUpdate should highlight releases of this important product: it's worth the attention and rarely sees updates.

I may have missed something somewhere along the line, but this seems to be the first version which plays .wmv files on my computers! It's great to have the much greater playback control flexibility that MPlayer offers aas compared to QuickTime Player in wmv.

I DO WISH THEY'D PUT IN A "RECENT ITEMS" FILE-MENU ITEM, however.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

FOLLEREC  Just wondering where MacUpdate got it's binaries from, as I still don't see any in the official mirrors. The only binary that's generally rc2 is from haque.net. I'm just wondering as the download link points to macupdate.com servers and not from external servers.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

RORO01  If you listen to internet radio, music, etc., using MPlayer whilst you're falling asleep - download App QuitTimer.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

MORPE  hi!

MPlayer can convert Realmedia file to another format like Quicktime and others?  
(Version 1.0rc2)

KATALINA42  Has the command key to display subtitles changed for .mkv files? I used to toggle the 'v' key but now it doesn't work. It's really frustrating!  
(Version 1.0rc1)

M85  Thanks much Overlook!!!

Anybody tried Overlook's build yet on Tiger or Leopard? I'm not technically advanced enough to undo any serious trouble untested software might cause.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

OVERLOOK  http://www.haque.net/software/mplayer/mplayerosx/builds/  
(Version 1.0rc2)

J-A-X  Fixed it. It involved adding a on screen display font at ~/.mplayer/font  
(Version 1.0rc2)

J-A-X  I downloaded the source and compiled it. It works fine except I no longer see the text overlay on the screen when I change the volume, seek, etc. There used to be white text that would show up with a seek bar or with the volume level. Anybody know how to enable this?   
(Version 1.0rc2)

NICOLASD  there is no file to download at this link. no one has posted an osx binary for this version of mplayer. i wish someone with the technical knowledge to do so, would.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

E_COMMERCE  404, and no sign of such a file in the releases directory. But then again, I expect this kind of slipshod stuff from MPlayer.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

BRETT4  If you're trying to get MKV subtitles to have proper timing, or adjust the timing with the z/x keys, don't bother- it's apparently an undocumented bug with this release.

Is this abandonware, or what?  
(Version 1.0rc1)

BRETTD  Leaks memory like a sieve on my system and video jutters for a second or so when switching windows.

The player window is still "detached" from the viewer application.

Skip it and use VLC instead...  
(Version 1.0rc1)

SGUTAS  Great viewer for a ton of different video types. I find it faster and simpler than VLC.  
(Version 1.0rc1)

AGLEE  Is there some reason this comes in a .pkg instead of being drag-and-drop?  
(Version 1.0rc1)

OCHYMING  This .app has saved me allot.

Thanks.  
(Version 1.0rc1)

DRTYRELL969  This player would have value to me if it could export what it plays. It's a remarkable player in that it can play more formats than anything else on the Mac. So kudos to you, and if anyone can help me figure out how to export this codec, I'd love it.  
(Version 1.0pre8 final)

TRAILDAWG  So far have opened a couple of dvix, wmv, and mpeg. The mpeg has worked fine, the wmv has no sound, and when playing the dvix I'm unable to move the time cursor and the 10 sec forward/reverse doesn't function (i.e. stuck in one gear forward motion with no options to move to later and/or earlier points in video. I'm using MacOS 10.4 on Macbook Pro. Anyone else with these anomalies?  
(Version 1.0pre8 final)

ETNIER  "You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies."

I can't get WMV's to play, sadly. Wish I could, 'cause I love MPlayer. The timeline moves and I hear audio, but no picture or picture window appears.  
(Version 1.0pre8 final)

ENDYMION0000  Still has a variety of visual bugs that have been around for the last few versions that would be really nice if they were fixed.  
(Version 1.0pre8 final)

PO60T  How do you change the audio track in .ogm ?

I have tried alt-3 it doesn't work =(

Also pressing alt-3 in .mkv only changes the audio for some files. It is still quite hit and miss.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc5)

MBRAND  You can't jump 10 or 30 seconds with the arrow keys any more? That was the only reason I used mplayer. Sorry, but that really sucks.

Another thing I find a little bit strange is, that you always have two player windows by pressing the playlist button? It would be cool to include an option in the prefs to open the playlist only (which has all necessary play/pause etc. buttons)  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc5)

MAC0852  the GUI doesn't works with the command line mplayer!!!!

HELP!!!!

imac g3 400 MHZ 512 MB RAM OS X 10.4.6  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc5)

SEXTOHEROE  Everything good here, just one thing...

when i use the volume slide, the video pauses until i let go.

keep the good work!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc5)

AND_ROO  Thank you MPlayer, you allow me to play AVI video clips from a mobile device on my Mac. Note to Apple - give up on Quicktime and QTPro  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

SPACECAT85  MPlayer has come far since I last tried it out! The interface on the official port is now more similar to QuickTime. While it doesn't do as much as VLC, it is much more intuitive. With the RealPlayer codecs (on the official site), it can handle most RealPlayer movies I've come across. It is even one of the few free applications on OS X that can handle FLV (Flash video) files such as those used on YouTube and some CD-ROMs, and so far the only application I've found that allows you to *resize* them for easier viewing.

The only real complaints/suggestions I have are:

-Playback is sometimes a little bit rough, though that might also have to do with my 5-year-old computer hardware.

-I only get audio when playing Windows Media Player movies.

-The ability to save audio/video streams a la VLC.

-A browser plug-in would be great!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

APFHEX  Can't seem to display subtitles when they're built-in to the file (such as in a MKV), and doesn't hide the menubar when in full screen. These two things make it unusable to for me... however MPlayer seems more capable of playing high-res H.264 video on my slow PowerBook, compared to VLC.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

KOODOUGH  Great movie player. I just love how it can play all my media formats, well almost all. A lot better than VLC (it couldn't open most of my wmv files).

One thing they could do to make mplayer the best is to be able to play .rm (Real Media).  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ENDYMION0000  Is there any progress on a new version? There's a variety of display bugs that I wouldn't mind seeing fixed. Any word?  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  Unable to play WMV files. Controller shows and goes through the motion of playing movie and so does playlist but no movie can be seen. MacOS 10.3.9, Quicktime 7.0.3  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

LANOUVELLECHAIR  I had to put some fonts in the font folder because it was empty ! The result before that was subtitles as "???????????????" .

The rest is great.When i open a file with MPlayer detect the .srt automatically.It's fast and the interface is a beauty.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

KK  A fantastic video player, as good as and sometimes better than VLC. The best player for OS X (I am using Tiger).  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  I have found that about 33% of the files I attempt to play with this version play with a disabled 'navigation' function: that is- I can't move around in the video using the conroller. Does anyone else see this? It's on a file-by-file basis, whatever's happening: some files play properly, some don't. It's a REAL pain.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  How do you disable Altivec? It says my processor is too slow and I have to check the box to allow it to drop frames. I did that but I'm only getting black screens! The previous beta worked perfectly on my G3.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

KEVIN PURCELL  Kevin Purcell says:

This is a useful improvement on the 20050726 build but I've noticed three issues with the pre8rc4 20050904 build that are specific to Panther. These problems do not happen on Tiger (I checked). Seems like more testing is needed on Panther.

1. MPlayer throws an NSInternalIncosistencyException (which is nicely caught but no option of auto submitting a bug report) after 42 to 44 minutes of play. The app doesn't crash but play stops. You can restart the video from the playlist and move the index to the crash point and the video plays normally for then on. This was also an Panther issue with the pre8rc3 20050726 build.

This is a serious bug ... most of the stuff I watch is > 42 minutes.

2. When set in full screen with the MPlayer OSX output module the images of menu icons on the right of the menu bar remain on the display. A mouse click causes them to disappear. This is different from the "menu bar isn't hidden" bug.

3. When play starts in "full screen by default" the cursor shows the spinning disk (busy) cursor, the cursor obviously isn't hidden and the player doesn't accept any keystrokes. Workaround: clicking the mouse or switching with cmd-tab to another app and back allows Mplayer to accept keystrokes.

All Panther specific bugs so this build of Mplayer can be a bit annoying on Panther but the feature set is nice so I still recommend the app hoping these issues will be fixed.

Test system: PB G4 867; 10.3.9; Security updates;QT 7.0  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  Very cool, I can see a lot of hard work has gone into this, but I won't bore you with the details as to why....  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  PS: the version I was running before was "MPlayer-dev-CVS-050724"  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  app does not launch under 10.3.9.

Terminal gives this response.

mycomputer/somefolder/MPlayerOSX090405folder/MPlayer\ OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer; exit

dyld: /somefolder/MPlayerOSX090405folder/MPlayer OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer can't open library: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.framework/Versions/A/QuartzCore (No such file or directory, errno = 2)

Trace/BPT trap

logout

[Process completed]  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  Bit of a bug report: I can't quit if in fullscreen mode with this version, unless I click over to the playlist controller first.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

RHETT  Makes a great companion to VLC! I personally prefer VLC a bit more, but can't live without MPlayer for some videos that VLC doesn't play well and vice versa.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

Z  What a great release! Thanks for making a good Mac OS X version of the best media player out there!

It would be great if there where an option to make the playlist a sheet that comes out of the main window. It would make the interface even cleaner in my opinion.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  For every one getting the menubar in fullscreen try using the "MPlayer OSX" video out module int the audio & video preferences.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  great app BUT having the menubar still display while in fullscreen is really unfortunate... I'll stick with MPlayer OS X 2 for that reason.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

JEFFCGD  STILL no sound, as with the previous release (under Quicktime Pro 6.5.2)! Even when I installed Quicktime 7.

Can anyone tell me why? or how to resolve this?

Video playback is smoother than MPlayer OSX2 (the other branch of the project, which looks to have faltered). But without audio this is a dead stick.

PLEASE can someone help me figure out why?

Any suggestions welcome to jeffcgd@yahoo.com

My Machine is a 733MHz Quicksilver Tower Running OSX 10.3.9 with Quicktime 7.01  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  ARGH! We finally get the nice player integration that Quicktime/Xine have, and they added a pointless "You're using a G3" dialog at startup - EVERY startup. There is no way to disable this annoyance! I can't disable altivec (it's grayed out), and I setting "framedrop" doesn't work either.

Has someone also not informed the developer that we're transitioning to Intel, and everything in Rosetta will appear to be a G3? So now this annoyance is showing up on a lot of older iMacs, iBooks, eMacs, cutting edge developer boxes, etc.

I guess we'll now wait three months for an update to remove it...  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  I'm kinda confused... What's the difference between "mplayer OS X 2" and "mplayer OSX" - they're both on MU and even have the same icon but looks like they're made by different people and have a slightly different GUI... What's that all about?  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

UMAROMC  Very good! There's that rare AVI file that nothing else can play that I use MPlayer for so its a definite for the codec playback "arsenal"...!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  impressive.

a few stability problems, but overall a very good player.

i still miss support for the WMV3 codec, but then again, maybe microsoft doesn't like other developers use the codec.

there is still no player on the mac that can play avi or ogm/mkv containers with the WMV3 codec.

P.S.: how the heck do i display the subtitles?

or do they even work yet?  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

AUGIE  This player is amazing, better VLC, really great work.

Congrats :D  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  Has usual let me know if something dont work properly or is buggy. New feature and idea sugestion are welcome. this release was not tested extensively but work great form me, hopefully it wiil also be the case for you.

enjoy  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-dev-CVS-050904.dmg

here's a link that works  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

HOWNICE  Congratulations, developer... as of this moment, none of the five download links work.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc4)

ANONYMOUS  cant fast forward with the arrow keys anymore?  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  H.264 playback is now smooth, but this versions seems to have severe decode trouble, as macroblocks and noise appear where there were none before. (this is using either core video or quartz.. doesn't matter) I will note that darwinports builds of the current linux source do not have this problem.

It's pretty severe, making pristine h.264 look like old .asf files from 2000 era. (and this is a dual 2.7 ghz g5) It's also present, though not as bad, when decoding normal mpg4 such as divx 5.X.X

I would be perfectly happy if the mplayer team would simply host nightly builds of their normal CLI cvs code for osX, as the configure doesn't seem to like finding libavcodec, and gives no recourse if it is not found.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  This version (1.0pre8) got me switching from VLC, pretty good... however I still use VLC when a movie is in many small parts, since it goes more "seemlessly" when going from one item to the next in it's playlist... I can't whait for the new GUI to be done, are we gonna get full screen controls, like quicktime and Windows Media Player?

I had no crash with this version  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  Very nice job on the interface. A huge improvement over the "2x" gui. There does seem to be a problem with the forward/backward keys, at first they did not respond at all and now they seem to work just fine. I would like to see some more keyboard shortcuts in the future. Anyways, great work, thank you!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  Works very well on my computer, sometimes better than VLC.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  Sorry, but this version is no good. I tried, and trashed it/ for the older version is more user friendly than the new one.

The design has changed, but that's about it. Cannot even do a fast forward with the left button.

gee, we need user friendly applications not just nice looking ones !!!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  It seems everyone is confused on whats going on with this app. Mplayer 1.0pre8 is the underlying video player. The link here downloads Mplayer with a mac gui created by the same guy that made the Mplayer 2.0 version. He has put his gui code into the mplayer project tree for people to work on. Mplayer (not the gui) is very stable and when compiled right plays everything perfect. Any crashing with things like wmv's will be from either the gui config itself or how the package was compiled. The creator of Mplayer 2.0 is working on documents explaing how you can download and build the source for the gui and connect it to the Mplayer aplication. I repeat the mac gui is under heavy dev, the main Mplayer code is already very stable.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  I can tell you that it does not work on my computer (G3 with MacOSX 10.3.9). There is no video view, only the controller and the playlist. Note that MPlayer OSX 2 did work for me.

It also crashes on most WMV files.

Furthermore it I miss zooming (apart from full screen).

The GUI is not yet right in my eyes. Some buttons are too close to the edge, and the controller is too large. It would be better to have an icon for the PL button, and the placement is a bit odd. The volume slider is a bit small, there is more than enough space.

For the rest, I can't say much, as I don't see anything.

I think this app is not ready for prime time yet, version numbering should start with a 0., not a 1.0.   
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  why does the site say it can play wmv3 files when it clearly cannot?  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

MAURANGA IS IMPRESSED!  A quick search with Gooogle shows that the working MPlayer info link is

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/info.html

I have used this app in its v2.0 incarnation for some time now and it has NEVER let me down - this has run any movie I have ever thrown at it. Just a fabulous app!

The only thing that worries me is the price ... it should be more for what it does! ;)  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  You need OSX 10.3.9 with quicktime 7.0  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

DAVE HILL  "More information" link is broken, tries to go to "http://www.mlpayerhq.hu/" (typo!).  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

DAVE HILL  Doesn't work on 10.3.9, gives error message "can't open library: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.framework/Versions/A/QuartzCore (No such file or directory, errno = 2)" in the console log.

Must be Tiger only??

Download file was "MPlayer-dev-CVS-050724.dmg"  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  got it today and i can tell only good things about mplayer.

it plays almost all of my movie files so far!!! GUI is quite nice! i will test it more extensively, but i am grateful Mr. Developer for such a good app to such a price! thank you very much!!!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  Please read the "Whats New" section above and if you are experiencing any problem with mplayer, begin by deleting the mplayer preferences in "~/Library/Preferences/". You can also look at the mplayerosx log file for more information about the problem. Im also reading all comment posted here so tell me what feature you would like to see added in future release.

And If anyone can donate an old G3 system capable of running panther, I would really appreciate that and g3 user of mplayerosx also.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  I just don't get the rants and raves about this. This is still the most mixed up player out there for any platform. The only thing it has going with it is that it will play lots of formats.

This new interface doesn't make it any better. Now I get a movie attached to the controller but it still spawns a seperate item in the dock which bounces continually while the movie plays. And great, now I can't resize the video window.

The player still puases, skips, and stutters any time I access the menu. The playback volume still is way lower than what comes out of VLC, and never sounds as good.

I don't think dressing up the buttons to look like aqua is what this player needs. I think it needs a redesign on how to include mplayer into the GUI before the interface gets yet another facelift.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  WOW ! Great new interface !!!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  Nice new interface!

Ciao VLC -> Hello MPlayer!  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc3)

ANONYMOUS  trashed wmp + vlc, no need for them.

ps: sorry vlc, we had fun didnt we? who knows, might see ya round some time...

ps: wmp can get fuked...  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

SHEDEVIL^  Easy to use with no required plugins to be downloaded or full versions to purchase. My advice, dump 'quicktime' for an easier, userfriendly, 'movie experience'. Two thumbs up.   
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

ANONYMOUS  MPlayer is an excellent resource and I applaud the developers for an excellent job on it. But, I just can't seem to ditch VLC and use MPlayer full time, or with any regularity, for that matter. VLC handles everything with greater compatibility and speed. It has its share of demons as well, of course, but MPlayer has yet to match VLC in terms of interface, ease of use, and the "it just works" factor with any video I throw it. Good job guys, but you could learn a lot from VLC.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

NIGHTHAWK54  Great program. Free too. I will never understand why you guys are so hard on someone who is just trying to contribute to all of us-and for no personal profit?  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

ANONYMOUS  "Experimental" G3 support - that's just sad. First the previous release was put out with NO MENTION of lack of G3 support, and now it's "experimental". Nevermind that all of the "unofficial" releases had G3 support.

VLC for me from now on...  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

BISMAC  I have a little solution for the sound problem in tiger.

First You have to have MplayerOSXB8r4 or the version for tiger MplayerOSXB8r5

in MplayerOSXB8r4 go to MPlayer OS X 2/Contents/Resources/mplayer/Contents/MacOS/

copy the file mplayer

in MPlayer 1.0pre8 rc2 go to MPlayer OSX/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/Mplayer/Contents/MacOS

delete mplayer file and paste the other archive.

open MPlayer 1.0pre8 rc2 go to preferences/miscellaneous/

and check the box "Enable active"

close mplayer . thats all  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

ANONYMOUS  Works fine on my dual G4 w/10.3.9, but the "Get Info" feature appears to be disabled in this version.

This window previously allowed seeking forward through broken or incomplete AVI files, which renders this version less useful for me.

Quite honestly, MPlayer has been a love/hate relationship ever since it came out.

I've experienced many crashes and bugs before, but this was the only player I could drop most MPG, AVI, ASF and WMV files on and have them play.

While I haven't yet tried this version on Windows Media files yet, the previous version would play them, but with less quality than the real Windows Media Player app did.

Overall, this program is a must-have app, but users must realize that it's still not good enough to ditch all your other video player yet either.

Download, use it, but expect problems.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

ANONYMOUS  When I click on developer's hyperlink below program's title, I'm brought to www.mlpayerhq.hu/,

instead of www.mplayerhq.hu/.

Just to mention...  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

ANONYMOUS  Known Issue, MPlayer is not starting playback uppon fisrt start.

Try Opening the preferences panel located in the "MPlayer OSX" menu bar item and press ok and restart MPlayer.  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

ANONYMOUS  Hey, what's happening to you, MPlayer ??

Used to work fine, but this new version crashes everytime I launch it… I'm on 10.4.1, on an iMac G4…

Strange !

Be the next work fine, thanks !  
(Version 1.0pre8 rc2)

ANONYMOUS  I get nothing but crashes. Looks like it has been compiled only for G4/G5 (I have a G3 iBook). Here's the crash log:

Command: mplayer

Path: /Applications/Multimedia/Video/Viewers/MPlayer OSX.app/Contents/Resources/mplayer

Parent: MPlayer OSX [28957]

Version: ??? (1.0pre8)

PID: 28958

Thread: Unknown

Link (dyld) error:

incompatible cpu-subtype  
(Version 1.0pre8)

ANONYMOUS  This version also so far has refused to play anything I've tried, whereas the "original" was fine.  
(Version 1.0pre8)

ANONYMOUS  now we have two Mplayer, that's stupid. Which is the best? Confusing.  
(Version 1.0pre8)

ANONYMOUS  This is confusing. There are now two variations of mPlayer running around. There's this one - which is a new preview release from the official site ( http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html ), and the older one still being worked on at the MPlayerOSX Sourceforge site ( http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/ ).

This version doesn't contain the playlist (and the prefs for it are greyed out) and the interface has been modified a bit. It also looks like fonts for subtitles is missing.  
(Version 1.0pre8)

JEDIK  XAnim codecs are included for the Mac OS X package? I hope so...

BTW, the link for the dev's website (More Information) is wrong. The correct is:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu  
(Version 1.0pre8)

ANONYMOUS  hmm seems different to the usual 2.0 release. has a simpler, cleaner UI. i kinda like it  
(Version 1.0pre8)

ASHAMI  Where is the playlist? Am I missing something here?  
(Version 1.0pre8)

ANONYMOUS  since VLC not working proper on Tiger, this is quite a good choice for playing all kind of movie files....-but i´m a bit confused...- but why comes Version 1.0 after Version 2.0, i´ve been using recently?  
(Version 1.0pre8)