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DVD Player is probably the program I use that crashes the most. Are there any alternatives?
Jason S
Posted 2009-08-21T23:55:29.557
Reputation: 5 983
Alternative to DVD Player on Mac OS X
Answers
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I have already recommended it once tonight!
It runs on Mac OSX and can play a stack of files including dvds all natively without requiring any third party codecs. - here is a list of features
William Hilsum
Posted 2009-08-21T23:55:29.557
Reputation: 111 572
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A second vote for VLC here.
Chapters should be in Playback menu > Chapters
Another modern alternative is MPlayer OS X Extended. I keep both installed because sometimes each is better at decoding particular files. MPlayer seems to use a bit less CPU sometimes too.
The Tentacle
Posted 2009-08-21T23:55:29.557
Reputation: 4 621
"That link (Mplayer OSX Extended) takes you to a place with bogus link to download something called Genieo which is adware. Beware." -- YourMother
– Kevin Panko – 2014-02-06T16:51:04.1401
mplayer will play DVDs (and other media), but does not necessarily have the most Mac-like interface. I keep it around because it will run some files that quicktime won't. YMMV and all that.
dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten
Posted 2009-08-21T23:55:29.557
Reputation: 7 311
I'm trying it now, and it seems ok but doesn't seem to recognize the DVD video chapters >:( – Jason S – 2009-08-22T00:09:18.173
well, it didn't crash like DVD Player did so it gets my vote! – Jason S – 2009-08-23T01:04:21.610
One of VLCs glaring omissions is the lack of support for forced subtitles. Try watching the scenes in LOTR where they speak Elvish... – Thruston – 2013-09-13T23:31:08.990
@Thruston - iso/video download or genuine blu-ray/dvd? – William Hilsum – 2013-09-15T18:34:01.953
@WilliamHilsum Real commercial, paid-for-it-myself DVD. The omission is a known bug in VLC.
– Thruston – 2013-09-15T20:52:04.663