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Future of Video Support On MC for Mac
blgentry:
I've been a big fan of video support on MC for Mac since it was introduced. It's development has been sorta slow though. Only one or two features I can remember have been added since it was introduced back in MC21. Namely de-interlacing support, which was VERY welcome. :)
I've been wondering for some time if we will ever see "advanced" video support in MC for Mac. Specifically, I'm asking about:
1. Scaling to higher or lower resolutions.
2. Conversion of one frame rate to another: EG, 24 fps to 60fps.
3. Overscan controls.
4. Expand, stretch, zoom, etc for content that might need it, like 4x3 video in a 16x9 frame, etc.
5. The other advanced features that are in MadVR / Lav like 10 bit video, the ability to change color spaces (eg 4:2:2), etc.
#3 and #4 exist as controls in the Options for Video on MC for Mac. But they don't do anything that I can discern. I'm assuming they are just disabled controls that work on MC for Windows.
If none of these are on the horizon, I'll eventually turn to another video player for HTPC use. That *might* be MC for Windows, but I highly doubt it. I would probably end up using one of the other video players for Mac or possibly Linux.
I'd love to see advanced video support in MC for Mac. But I don't think I'll ever see it. Hendrick seems un-enthusiastic about Mac in general and video support for it in particular. I'd love to be wrong, but I don't think I am.
Comments?
Brian.
blgentry:
I've just been experimenting with Kodi for Mac. I really hate to say it, but the video quality is discernibly better on Kodi than on MC for Mac. Motion has far less judder and the sharpness is higher.
Everyone here knows what a huge fan I am of MC. But I think I'm moving to Kodi for video. :(
Brian.
JimH:
What version of MC are you using?
Can you say whether conversion is a factor?
All formats?
blgentry:
I'm using MC23.0.65 for Mac. I'm playing the files "as is" with no conversion that I'm aware of. The files I tested with are BluRay rips in MKV containers, which have the exact contents of the BluRay; no transcoding was performed.
Brian.
Hendrik:
1,2 and most of 5 don't make any sense to me. Those things happen anyway. Video is upscaled or downscaled to fit the video window, and its automatically presented appropriately to match the screen refresh rate.
10-bit video should also play just fine, and I don't even know what you refer to with the "ability to change color spaces", video rendering is always in RGB, on Windows or Mac.
If you want the full video experience MC has to offer, there is no way around using Windows, though.
We're not going to re-implement something like madVR for Mac, its far beyond our available resources, so Mac and Linux will remain more on a level of "Red October Standard" then HQ.
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