Description of Elmedia Player Pro 7.13 (2220) Elmedia Video Player is a free media player for Mac OS. It can play pretty much any file type, be it AVI, MP4, FLV, WMV, MKV, MP3, M4V etc. Elmedia Video Player is an all-in-one solution, that doesn’t call for any additional plugins or codecs. The Elmedia Player PRO version can even cast 4K videos to supported devices; It streams in their native formats or will transcode the files in real time. It’s really great as we don’t lose the video quality in the transmission. Elmedia Player This free media player for Mac is a highly versatile app for any file format you can think of: FLV, MP4, AVI, MOV, DAT, MKV, MP3, FLAC, M4V, Blu-ray - they’re all supported, as well as many others. With Elmedia Player, you are getting smooth HD playback with no pauses or slowdowns. ‎Elmedia Video Player is a free media player for Mac OS. It can play pretty much any file type, be it AVI, MP4, FLV, SWF, WMV, MKV, MP3, M4V etc. Elmedia Video Player is an all-in-one solution that doesn't call for any additional plugins or codecs. This player has a wonderful HD experience to offer.

Here is the list of known situations that are likely to lead to problems with downloading online movies but are not applicable reasons for a refund:

Problems that may arise while playing back SWF files:

• If you tick “Enable Flash Local Security” checkbox in Preferences (which is disabled by default), then every time when a SWF or FLV file on the web or on your local computer will try to access external data, Settings Manager will be invoked where you can specify security settings. Refer to this page for more information.
• Flash animation does not pause though “Pause” button is clicked. There are several reasons why this may happen:

1. SWF file contains Sprite objects, which, actually, perform the animation.
2. At the precise frame, the current Flash movie loads external resources that run with their own time sequence.
3. ActionScript, located in the frame, triggers certain animation sequences (usually Sprites).

To sum it up, the main reason why the current animation cannot be paused is because some animation is not located on the main timeline. As the result, “Pause” option does not work as expected for such Flash movies.

• If a SWF file contains ActionScript that triggers certain animation sequences (usually Sprites) or jumps to the certain frame, then “Back” and “Rewind” options may work incorrectly.
• Sometimes it is impossible to move forward/backward to the specific frame of a SWF file using the corresponding slider or buttons. When you move forward or backward through a SWF file, Elmedia Player actually jumps to the next available key frame on the main timeline, but not to the specific inter frame. So, if the frame you want to move to is not a key frame, it will be omitted and the movie will be advanced or moved back to the key frame, neighboring the desired frame.

Problems that may arise while downloading online movies:

• Some SWF files don’t load external Flash movies correctly, and, as the result, cannot be played properly. This may occur if a SWF file requests external FLV using FLVPlayblack function call. For some reason this call bypasses the required procedures, and thus Elmedia Player cannot trace loading, and some external resources may be omitted.
• At this moment, Elmedia Player supports capture of files transferred only over “plain” RTMP. Capture of files transferred over RTMP Tunneled (RTMPT), RTMP Secure (RTMPS) and RTMP Encrypted (RTMPE) is not currently supported by Elmedia Player.
• Currently, Microsoft Silverlight streaming video cannot be captured by Elmedia Player.
• Currently Elmedia Player does not feature downloading of live RTMP stream (e.g. stream from web cameras, etc.)
• At the moment, Elmedia Player PRO does not support download of MPEG Transport Stream videos.
• WebKit engine (which is used by Elmedia Player for correct work of some of its options, like rendering web pages), provided in Mac OS X package of version 10.4.X and less, does not support all HTML5 features. Due to this fact, web pages that contain HTML5 elements in their code, will be displayed incorrectly by Elmedia Player, including video on those pages. Therefore, media files may not be available for downloading via Elmedia Player. However, this problem cannot be an applicable reason for a refund, as it is not Elmedia Player fault, but a question of HTML5 support provided by older Mac OS X versions.
• Sometimes files duplication is possible in the list of files which are available for downloading with Elmedia Player. It happens when files have additional parameters in their names (like the date or time). As these parameters change, the links change correspondingly and Elmedia Player treats them like the links to different files, though practically the file is always the same.

Problems that may arise while playing back FLV files

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• Elmedia Player quits unexpectedly when playing some FLV files:

1. Perhaps you are playing files saved at Mounted Shared Resource. We recommend playing FLV files which are located on your local hard drive. If you need to play the files from Mounted Shared Resource or if our application quits in spite of the fact you are playing FLV files locally, please follow these steps: go to Preferences, uncheck “Enable Flash Local Security” option, restart the application.If Elmedia Player still quits, write to support@eltima.com supplying the details.
2. If Elmedia Player quits running on Intel-based Mac please make sure that “Open using Rosetta” option is disabled. To check this, go to Finder, search for Elmedia Player.app, invoke context menu and select “Get Info” –> General.

• While playing for the first time an FLV file, added to Elmedia Player Library, a file’s total length may first be 00:00. In a while, the correct movie length will be displayed. You cannot move a movie forward/back until the correct length is displayed. This occurs because it may take Elmedia Player some time to display the movie length; or if an FLV movie was not properly created, and its total length is not available.

Problems that may arise while playing back files of other formats

• • When playing .wmv file, moving it forward/back may work incorrectly during buffering.
  • Mac OS 10.4.8+ (PowerPC) is compatible with Silverlight 1.0 only. Silverlight doesn’t support PowerPC since version 2.0. Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel) is compatible with Silverlight 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.

QuickTime Player is the default media player on MacOS, however, it’s very limited in functionalities and lacks support for many popular video formats. Therefore, most people will look for a better alternative and Elmedia Player is one of them.

The developer is making the app 100% free to use and you can download it on the Apple App Store on one their official website. There is also a PRO version with some advanced features like online video download, extract MP3 from Youtube videos, stream local files to smart TVs, Apple TVs, Chromecast, or DLNA-enabled devices, AirPlay support, audio equalizer, and video adjustments. Most Mac users don’t need those advanced features when playing videos on their devices, so the free version is good enough.

It can play any file format including the widely-used ones like AVI, MP4, FLV, SWF, WMV, MKV, MP3, M4V, etc without the need of installing any other plugin or codec.

One of the most useful features of the media player is the built-in subtitle search. It is integrated with the opensubtitles service, so you can easily find and load a subtitle with just a few mouse clicks. When you use other media players, you will have to go to a subtitle website to find a matched subtitle; This is a tedious process that I really hate to do. Now, it can be done in a few seconds with the feature and I even don’t need to open a web browser.

Another interesting feature is the Elmedia Browser. This is a simple web browser with a special feature that allows you to download media from the web easier. When you visit a web page, it will show you all media files in a table underneath; Then you can choose the desired output format or resolution to download the files instantly. At the moment, you can’t download 4K videos yet as it supports up to 1080p videos.

In terms of video quality, I made a comparison between Elmedia Player and another media player. You can take a look at the 2 screenshots below and decide which one you prefers. In my opinion, the image from Elmedia Player is smoother but it lacks some details.

The app supports hardware acceleration, so the playback is pretty smooth and responsive. You won’t feel any lag or hiccup at all. The Elmedia Player PRO version can even cast 4K videos to supported devices; It streams in their native formats or will transcode the files in real time. It’s really great as we don’t lose the video quality in the transmission. So, you can stream 4K movies to the big screen of your smart TV like Samsung or Sony.

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I highly recommend you to check out the Elmedia player if you often watch movies on your Mac. The free version can satisfy most users and if you are interested in the advanced features like 4K video streaming, you can upgrade anytime at a very affordable cost.

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