Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

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Sisyphos
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Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#1 Post by Sisyphos » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:13 am

Hi guys,

after successefully creating mkvs with makemkv from UHD I realized interruptions playing them with VLC (version 3.0.2) on my Intel MacBook Pro (2019/Big Sur). Increasing local caching up to 10.000 ms did not help. My VLC can manage non-UHD mkvs without any trouble.

Quicktime does not open UHD mkvs and complains about unknown file format. But I don't like Quicktime anyway.

Do you have any recomandations for a good player app on macos, which deals with UHD mkvs? I'm fine to pay for it, if it works.

Regards, Sisyphos

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Re: Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#2 Post by Procat » Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:29 pm

Dvdfab has a player for Mac OS, cost varies on how long you want the license to last. I use the Windows version though. It has a trial period.

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Re: Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#3 Post by dcoke22 » Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:48 pm

I use MPV (https://mpv.io) on my Mac all the time. I installed it with Homebrew (https://brew.sh). I've heard about IINA (https://iina.io) but I haven't tried it.

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Re: Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#4 Post by niteflyr » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:56 pm

IINA works well for me.

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Re: Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#5 Post by jonghotti » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:21 am

Infuse Pro is on my ATV. I back up my discs into BDMV folders and let infuse stream them off Windows 10 Pro box where the rips live.
I believe Infuse does MKV as well.


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Re: Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#6 Post by jonghotti » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:28 am

Sorry I spaced out on the MacOS requirement.
I don’t actually know of one. Love to see the DVDfab player but it seems you get to the $265 price tag really quick lol. Not sure I can drop that on DVDfab right now


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Re: Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#7 Post by Low Winter Sun » Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:43 pm

I"ve never had any pausing issues with UHD disks and VLC on any of my macs. Are you playing them across a network, or are they stored on the mac that you are playing them on?

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#8 Post by WAYFLIX » Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:45 pm

VLC works just fine for me. Also of note, Infuse is launching a macOS app also!

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Re: Good MacOS App for UHD mkvs?

#9 Post by bhampster » Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:54 pm

infuse pro beta working fine on my M1 Mac Mini.

VLC too and plex, but infuse is my go to even in beta.

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