Just an FYI, folks. I've been a huge fan since Movist's introduction and agree that the update to v2.0 was bit bumpy. Loss of features, less intuitive and just a bit buggy. But if you've bought Movist from the MAS, you can get a free update to Movist Pro via the author's Web site. http://cocoable.com. Movist Pro is a breath of fresh air. Very much like v1.0 in that it just works well, smoothly and consistently. I swear I'm not a shill. The Pro version is hands-down the best video player I've ever used. Go for it.
this application is the best media player for Mac seriously , it works out of the box with the ability to handle almost all video formats like magic , high quality playlist with extensive subtitle support with all movies , tv shows and videos also the pro version is awesome as i can watch the videos included in the web page with Movist. Just click the button on the Safari toolbar. (Safari extension is provided.) and play videos right away without downloading from Network Servers. Supports SMB, SFTP, FTP, WebDAV (including HTTPS). Because Movist Pro handles buffering automatically and with air play that will come with future update this application will be the all in one for me to use on my Mac , very handy and powerful . it deserves more than 5 stars .
Well, I can't understand why the hell they removed some great feature from v1?
We used to be able to sync subtitles in a very fine-grained way: one set of shortcuts for the basic sync and another pair of shortcuts to set the relative speed of subtitles — it happens very often that downloaded subtitles are too slow compared to my tv recordings, so that was essential to me.
Of course, if you don't need those features Movist (Pro) remains a nice player, but I'm forced to stick to v1 until they re-implement them.
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Version 2.2.12
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Flavum
03 December 2019
While I don't recall the ability to change the speed of subtitles, have you contacted the developer with your concern? He's pretty receptive.
Just an FYI, folks. I've been a huge fan since Movist's introduction and agree that the update to v2.0 was bit bumpy. Loss of features, less intuitive and just a bit buggy. But if you've bought Movist from the MAS, you can get a free update to Movist Pro via the author's Web site. http://cocoable.com. Movist Pro is a breath of fresh air. Very much like v1.0 in that it just works well, smoothly and consistently. I swear I'm not a shill. The Pro version is hands-down the best video player I've ever used. Go for it.
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Version 2.0.11
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Evermore
09 May 2019
Thanks. Very helpful.
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Doc-Renaud
11 May 2019
Thanks a lot Flavum!
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Spudboy
27 May 2019
Thanks for the info. I went ahead and purchased it again to support the developer.
This is the best player I've tested on Mac (and I've tried a lot). It's simple, customizable and plays most of the popular media file formats. Streaming is a feature I personally don't use but I hope they can sort this restriction imposed by Mac App Store. Considering version 2 wasn't a paid upgrade and I've been using this app for many years without anything to complain about, I wouldn't mind buying it again from their own store just to keep it alive.
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Version 2.0.5
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Spudboy
13 April 2019
I agree. I too tried many and glad I found Movist.
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Macinman
13 April 2019
Is Movist sold outside the App store? usually in those cases the non app store versions have more features. With this said i bought this a while back and i'ts just been sitting in my purchases. I finally installed it about a week ago to see what's changed. Looks pretty nice now.
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Lvdoc
25 April 2019
I just purchased it from within the app and not on the App Store.
And I echo what others are saying about the high quality of the app. (Especially for the price.)
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aaffonso
22 May 2019
@Macinman They finally launched their off-MAS version, making it free (until 30th June) for those who previously bought from MAS. I wish I could give more than 5 stars to this dev, will buy it again anyway.
Fantastic media player, the new 2.x interface is slick as hell. My favorite Mac player for years, with a totally refreshed new design & better performance. (Only iiNA is comparable IMHO.) Unfortunately, Apple is messing with them, and has removed it from the App Store. Boo hiss to Apple. I hope the developer can start selling it through their own website; I'd much prefer to pay them directly anyway, and leave out Apple's 30% cut. (And they actually HAVE a website now, which is another Movist breakthrough!)
Of course, there are plenty of free players around (Mac Media Player is one of my favourites, but I'm also going to give mpv a try), VLC is of course the most polyvalent one but Movist is a must-have when it comes to precision about settings (especially subtitles), it has some functions and customizations that VLC hasn't.
And for just five bucks, it's really worth it.
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Version 1.4.2
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Aargl
27 March 2018
Hmmm... the website has been down for a while, I'm afraid we won't see an update soon. Shame.
STUPID decision to move controls to the top. What makes this selfish developer think that after years of getting used to it being at the bottom that we want it changed to the top?
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Version 1.4.2
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Andy49
18 October 2017
Update - I apologize for my comment even though it's the developer's fault. When I updated to the newer version it automatically changed themes and the controls were at the top. I changed the theme. Now it works.
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Aargl
08 January 2018
I prefer on top. Tastes... ;-)
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gravitime
11 July 2018
First, as you already realized, the controls location is effected by themes. Second, some people may prefer on top because it won't block subtitles.
My favourite movie player. I already tried almost all other movie players and this one is by far the best. I agree that we should pay to have it if the price is fair. No one works for free. If it is good we should pay for it, and that's what I have done. Beside, I agree with it at App Store because give me more confidence to install it.
I loved the original Movist, but moved on when it became a commercial app. Why pay for this when MPlayerX, VLC, and Kodi all work better and are free of charge.
It's a pity. The most important feature for me is when the player remembers last play position. Unfortunately, this is no longer working like it used to do. Now it works ONLY if I open the movie by right-clicking on the Movist icon in the Dock.
A great app but there's a bug that is never fixed: Start playing a movie, go to fullscreen, close the app, now drop a new movie on the app - it will start playing somewhere else and not on the current screen. Come on! It's a common workflow
It was my best video player for years!!! Especially under Snow Leopard it was perfect! Now, under Mavericks, it's not as good as it used to be. Lot's of weird behaviors, especially with fullscreen, but the worst is that it's not remembering play position anymore. Pity...
It's not remembering last play position. I have tried all possible settings, but when I reopen a movie, it doesn't play from where I stopped at last, but from a previous play position, further back.
What's wrong?
Although it seems to be the most reliable player, it still has much to improve... since a long time now has not been able to fix a major issue with subtitles which is very irritating, normally it should be able to handle them instead it still overlaps and those normally intended to be on top side are displayed on the bottom, which obviously on files having a song track and dialogs together become a mess, loosing the spoken to the soundtrack. vlc does it very well and its free. i give it 3 stars only as in my opinion, even if it is a nice and for some features it offers very useful, developers should fix the issues instead or releasing newer versions unsolved.
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Version 1.3.15
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Helmo-Hass
05 December 2015
Version 1.4 Nothing changed... I guess till the dev will continue to force the player to play the subs on conditional basis, this will stay forever. Didn't you realise that forcing preferences to choose in which position have the subtitles (upper / lower) will make all subtitles overlap? why don't you let the player read the subs as they are? Well, since i already moved to MPlayerX i'm not so interested anymore in any further development. good luck
Does not play WMV files which is a bummer. I have to keep Mac Media Player on my computer just for WMV's. Other then that I'm pretty happy with the program.
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Version 1.3.15
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Air1413
21 January 2015
I had no problems playing the WMV files located here: http://www.clipcanvas.com/a/video-clip-downloads/
Movist is indeed the BEST player out there. It handles every HD single file I throw it (H2.64 1080p MKV, H.265, Hi10p, etc) and works flawlessly. It's VDA hardware acceleration seems to be the most efficient one out there (I've been doing comparisons between Movist, VLC, MPlayer OSX Extended, MPlayerX) getting 20-30% usage instead of 40-50% of CPU usage and it's subtitle handling is just awesome (you have total control and how to display them)
Development is going strong and the developer is very enthusiastic about it.
The only drawback which doesn't make it my default player is the lack of support for Anime's SSA/ASS subtitles, but the developer has told me that Movist 2.0 which a BETA version is coming in early 2015, will have that feature.
It asking every time for permission to play a video is annoying.
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Version 1.3.15
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Flavum
01 January 2015
Try this: Go to the Movist preferences, click Advanced and then click the Security tab. Now drag your main hard drive (assuming you have it visible on your desktop) into the window. That *should* eliminate the need to grant permissions for viewing each video. Works for me, but I'm still using Mountain Lion.
OK, this is more than ridiculous that the web site is STILL under construction.
The developer ( or rather MacUpdate ) states that version 1.3.13 Released 02-Dec-2014 works in Mac OS 10.6 ( SnowLeopard ). Well it does not.
For that reason i my rating is less than 5 stars.
Now my next problem is where can I download the previous version?
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Version 1.3.13
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lemonb3519
01 January 2015
You could have been an adult and left a comment instead and contacted the developer. Using the star rating as your petty penalty is lame. Also you blame the Dev and MacUpdate but it doesn't look as though you contacted either. So to solve your "next problem" WHY DON"T YOU CONTACT THE DEVELOPER. Tired of people abusing the star ratings and killing the whole review process.
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Wts
01 January 2015
@lemonb3519, and how does one contact the developer when his site is down or "still underconstruction" or as of today "coming soon" as i noted in my post ?
Maybe you have a secret contact point that you could share and i would gladly contact him/her/whom ever. Or perhaps, you are the developer ?
Regardless, it is somewhat immature of you my friend to attack some one by what you said.
Incidentally my review is a review not only of the product but also a review of the "service" by the developer. Obviously the developer could care less since he has not responded in his own defense or clarification as to where is his elusive web site.
I use his software but at this point of time it is not worth full marks which is my opinion my friend so please do not take offense to my rights to express my opinion.
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Flavum
01 January 2015
Wts: Open Movist, click on the Movist menu (top left) and select "Send Bug Report". This will open a pre-formatted Mail message addressed to the developer. He has responded quickly and been quite helpful in my experience.
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Wts
01 January 2015
Flavum Jan 01, 2015, thanks for the headsup.
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lemonb3519
03 January 2015
You have a fast and sharp tongue Wts… No I am not the developer so mind your manners with those wild accusations and assumptions. Oh and when you buy apps, read the instructions before you go on the attack.
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Air1413
20 January 2015
I am on Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and it does work perfectly. I think you need at least 10.6.6 in order to be able to use Movist.
after the update full screen movie wont work
what a bad developer shame on him!!
here a screen shot of the bug
https://copy.com/zeCW0jHSAqqa4Ucl
SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!
This is actually a good media player. Plays about anything including reading subtitles files.
The only thing I do not like, it is Sandboxed meaning you have to do some trickery to get some things to work. The app does guide you how to do this but it just again shows Sandboxed apps can be tedious to use.
Still 4.5 solid gained stars !
I'm still using the 0.6.9 version which still works flawlessly, at least until I installed Yosemite.
Subtitles are essential for me, however how Movist handles the subtitles changed after I installed Yosemite. It seems there is an invisible subtitle box and some sentences won't fit to this box.
It is really annoying and practically eliminates the reason why I use this app. Does anyone have this problem with 1.3.11?
This app rocks, but lacking a simple website with some kind of support is removing one star from my review.
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Version 1.3.11
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Reem-m
21 October 2014
i do have the same problem, and i don't know how to fix it :(
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nymphe
23 October 2014
I've tried Movist 1.3.11 at a friends computer and it seems the subtitle bug was fixed. It seems it is time for me to upgrade from 0.6.9 to 1.3.11 :)
I absolutely love this app. It can play almost any video, and at 1/10th to 4x normal speed. My only suggestion for improvement would be a fully stretchable view. It comes with several preset sizes, but I would like infinitely variable. Regardless, I still give it 5 stars without any reservations.
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Version 1.3.10
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NotDilbert
03 October 2014
P.S. I've been using Movist for over two years. It has had the occasional issue, but all-in-all I think it's the best Video player I've ever used. Mac or Windblows.
Good video/audio player that allows setting up different playlists.
However i have found that when you get into full screen there no easy way to get back to normal size.
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Version 1.3.7
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NotDilbert
03 October 2014
Put your cursor at the top of your screen, select Video>Exit Full Screen.
Simply pressing the letter Z on your keyboard switches between full and regular screen.
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Wts
03 October 2014
No luck using the letter Z, i just get play speed 1.0x message in the upper left hand corner.
Looking thru the drop down menus for Movist does not show any use of pressing letter Z that it will do anything.
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NotDilbert
03 October 2014
That's very odd. With your cursor on the very top of your screen, you should see the Video drop-down, with Full/Regular screen being the very first option.
I suggest reinstalling. It sounds like your keys have been reconfigured. Movist allows any feature to be reconfigured using Preferences>Shortcuts.
I assume you paid for your software and aren't running a pirated copy. But if you are, forget anything I said. LOL
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Flavum
08 November 2014
Press the "esc" (escape) key to get out of full screen.
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Flavum
04 January 2015
Also, the return key toggles between full-screen and windowed views.
V. 1.3.7 is buggy. Whenever I use Movist's Step Forward or Step Back keyboard shortcuts ( ] and [, respectively), it works for a few frames then stops,, and the app is frozen, forcing me to quit and restart it.
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Version 1.3.7
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NotDilbert
03 October 2014
Try different video formats to isolate the problem, then alert the developer. Also be aware that there are different versions of video formats. Just because one avi or mpg works, doesn't mean they all will. Keep in mind that some videos are corrupt, making it even more difficult for the video player to render properly.
I give the Movist developers a lot of credit for getting this product to work as well as it does, and for continued free updates. Most definitely worth the five bucks I paid, and then some.
Looks like there is no proper "Developer's Site" any more, just the app store...
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Version 1.3.3
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Dolphinboy2u
18 February 2014
And, the Movist developer site link on the Mac App Store is dead, too. Makes me uneasy about having anything to do with an app when I don't know who's behind it.
I'm surprised that a working developer link isn't required for listing in MacUpdate and Mac App Store.
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Flavum
30 April 2014
Under the Movist menu is "Send Bug Report" which opens a pre-formatted Mail message. Granted it's an unusual place to find contact info, but it's something.
why do the hell in version 1.3.3 find next or previous file ina directory wont work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
go to hell i rellay hope ohter people read it before buyin no support at all stay away
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And I echo what others are saying about the high quality of the app. (Especially for the price.)
Second, some people may prefer on top because it won't block subtitles.
What's New in Version 1.3.17
• Fixed gray full screen background in OS X 10.7.
Nothing changed... I guess till the dev will continue to force the player to play the subs on conditional basis, this will stay forever. Didn't you realise that forcing preferences to choose in which position have the subtitles (upper / lower) will make all subtitles overlap? why don't you let the player read the subs as they are?
Well, since i already moved to MPlayerX i'm not so interested anymore in any further development.
good luck
Tired of people abusing the star ratings and killing the whole review process.
Maybe you have a secret contact point that you could share and i would gladly contact him/her/whom ever. Or perhaps, you are the developer ?
Regardless, it is somewhat immature of you my friend to attack some one by what you said.
Incidentally my review is a review not only of the product but also a review of the "service" by the developer. Obviously the developer could care less since he has not responded in his own defense or clarification as to where is his elusive web site.
I use his software but at this point of time it is not worth full marks which is my opinion my friend so please do not take offense to my rights to express my opinion.
Simply pressing the letter Z on your keyboard switches between full and regular screen.
Looking thru the drop down menus for Movist does not show any use of pressing letter Z that it will do anything.
I suggest reinstalling. It sounds like your keys have been reconfigured. Movist allows any feature to be reconfigured using Preferences>Shortcuts.
I assume you paid for your software and aren't running a pirated copy. But if you are, forget anything I said. LOL
I give the Movist developers a lot of credit for getting this product to work as well as it does, and for continued free updates. Most definitely worth the five bucks I paid, and then some.