# niltsh/MPlayerX

media player on Mac OS X

Repository: https://github.com/niltsh/MPlayerX
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mplayerx
Homepage: http://mplayerx.org
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-12-14T03:10:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5718, "days_push": 1358, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1051, forks 264 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:23.074856+00:00)

## What it is
MPlayerX is a native macOS media player built on FFmpeg and MPlayer that plays virtually any media format without extra codecs. It supports gesture controls, automatic subtitle encoding detection, online video playback, and Apple Remote integration.

## Use cases
- play any video format on mac without installing codecs
- media player with trackpad gesture controls
- automatically detect and fix subtitle encoding
- play youtube or vimeo videos in a desktop player
- auto-detect next episode in a numbered file series
- output raw dts/ac3 audio to home theater via spdif
- control playback with apple remote

## When to choose
- you want a simple, powerful mac-only player that handles all formats out of the box
- you watch videos with non-latin subtitles that need encoding conversion
- you prefer gesture-based playback control over keyboard shortcuts

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform player
- you require an actively developed project with a clear license
- you need advanced playlist management features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: media, desktop-applications, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: media-player, ffmpeg, mplayer, subtitles, gestures, objective-c, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- niltsh/MPlayerX (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.074856+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:00:10.101506+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/niltsh/MPlayerX (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.074856+00:00, sha 8d3b58b7c8bd)
  - homepage: http://mplayerx.org (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:23.236132+00:00, sha 74f2b722f9cc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.