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Playr

Playr was made solely to focus on your video viewing experience. Created by Bitfield AB

Commercial
Mac

Main features

- Play almost any video file without the need for extra system extensions or plug-ins.
- Doesn't depend on QuickTime for playback.
- 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.
- 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.... More Info »

NOTE! Playr can't play movies purchased in the iTunes store due to Apple DRM protection.

Link to official Playr site

Official Website

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Playr was added by jcl in Apr 2017 and the latest update was made in Apr 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Apr 2019. It's possible to update the information on Playr or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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