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by Stokestack 5143 days ago
MPlayer lacks a playlist though, which is annoying.

VLC's recent UI changes have been a step backward (specifically making it impossible to see the playlist and the video at the same time), but at least you can queue things up to play.
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sirn 5143 days ago
MPlayer OSX Extended[1] is your friend. It has playlist, it has nice interface and you could swap out MPlayer player binary with a newer one (e.g. mplayer2-git[2] or build your own via Homebrew[3]). I like MPlayer OSX Extended far more than MPlayerX or any other alternatives, shame that it didn't get the attention it deserves.

[1]: http://www.mplayerosx.ch/

[2]: http://code.google.com/p/mplayerosx-builds/downloads/list

[3]: https://github.com/pigoz/mplayerosx-builds/

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Stokestack 5143 days ago
Interesting. Thanks.
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duomo 5143 days ago
Actually, VLC can still display a separate playlist and playback window. You just need to uncheck "Show video within the main window" in the Preferences. http://feepk.net/customizing-vlc-for-mac has some other tips for making things look more like they do in 1.x.
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