[hotani]

I've just discovered Mplayer on osx and so far it has proven to be the most capable player yet, playing more files and with greater efficiency than even VLC. For example, an HD XviD video that is 1280x720 is not even watchable with VLC (QT? HAHAHAHA!!!!), but in Mplayer it plays great - granted, with wide sweeping pans it will drop a frame or two but totally watchable. So that is a good thing.

However, my problem is that whenever I open the preferences, the video window and control split for some reason, then I can't watch fullscreen without the Finder menu at the top. Only way to have functional fullscreen again is to trash the preferences and start over - just remembering never to open the prefs again. Is this a typical issue? I know it's not "all there" yet, but this is a glaring problem on my machine.

[sushiism]

Apart from the whole thing freezes when you go into menus, it has to run 2 applications at once, no support for internal subtitles, no internal amplification.
So I wouldn't call it the most capable yet, its a bit more efficient than VLC but your losing out a lot of stuff.

[hotani]

to me, more efficient = more capable. I can watch otherwise choppy video (QT and VLC) in Mplayer with no problem. Everything else is just extra. Playback is king when it comes to my now slow dual 867 machine!