It is the free version of the more advanced Elmedia Player for Mac Pro, which features more advanced tools such as the ability to download online videos and movies, full-screen mode and a snapshot tool.
The look and feel of Elmedia Player for Mac is very similar to iTunes. You can create, manage and delete playlists, and create smart playlists. Smart playlists can be created by choosing special parameters which Elmedia Player will then organize according to your criteria.
Elmedia Player for Mac supports playback of FLV, SWF, XAP (Silverlight), RM and RV (Real), AVI, MOV, MP4, and many other formats. Unfortunately, this free version of Elmedia Player for Mac does not allow you to download videos and animations from the web and view videos in full-screen mode. You also can't also take screenshots of your favorite movie moments. Note that it does also install additional components to help you cache video footage.
Elmedia Player for Mac is an interesting, if limited, alternative to iTunes.
Changes
Elmedia Player 4.1 - greatly enhanced online videos downloading and more!
Elmedia is a free media player for Mac that supports various video and audio formats, including FLV, SWF, MP4, AVI, MOV, MP4, DAT, MP3, etc. The app features built-in web browser that allows you to watch online videos directly from the app, while Open URL lets you to do it without noisy ads. There is plenty Elmedia offers to enhance your viewing experience: 10-band equalizer to shape your audio tone, video tuner to make your videos better, video aspect ratio change to fit image into screen, optimize your video viewing by adjusting playback speed, A-B loop to repeat a video segment playback, on-screen display for actions such as pausing playback, flipping, rotating images.
Add hardware accelerated decoding to the list - it can significantly unload the processor, helps avoiding video slowdown, helps with sound to video sync, etc. Elmedia can play video in full screen mode or pin player window on top of other running apps so you do not miss a moment of a movie. The player has its own volume control, enables you to edit subtitles, and more.
Elmedia Player PRO boasts with a list of additional features which make it one of the best video players for Mac:
Downloading online videos and movies of various file types and resolutions
Download regular and streaming RTMP videos and Flash animations to your hard drive
Preview and download of external resources used by SWF animations
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