IINA for Mac
Modern video player.
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IINA overview
IINA is the modern video player for macOS.
Features
- For and only for modern macOS - IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, from its framework to its user interface. It adopts the post-Yosemite design language, and keeps up the pace of new technologies such as Force Touch and Touch Bar.
- Revolutionary user experience - IINA simplifies a lot of user interactions. In addition to traditional cascaded menus, it provides interactive UI components and gestures to give you intuitive, flexible, powerful control of the playback.
- Powerful functionality - Based on MPV, one of the most powerful media player projects ever, IINA supports almost all common media types (even GIF) and stably outputs high-quality video that is optimized for Retina screen. MPV's config file and script system are also integrated.
- You are the target-user - IINA is made by a user like you, who (may be) also having been expected for a powerful and elegant media player on macOS for years. Whether you just got your first Mac or are already a professional MPV user, IINA will satisfy you for its customizability and expandability.
What's new in version 1.5.0
New
- Added a new Settings window #6016.
- Added a confirmation prompt when deleting keybinding config files #5972.
- Split the "Video/Audio" settings page into two pages #5310.
- Added a new plugin store in Settings #6081.
- Updated the Quick Settings sidebar and added a new Layout pane #6132.
- You can now freely change the window aspect ratio by unlocking it #6100.
- In the new Layout pane, options are provided to dock sidebars, the OSC, and the titlebar.
- All sidebars are now resizable #6161.
- The sidebars no longer blocks top and bottom OSCs.
- The standard window buttons are always visible when the leading sidebar is shown.
- The mpv option table can now automatically parse pasted mpv options #6203.
- Added Liquid Glass support #6001.
- We now have a new set of icons which adapts the new liquid glass design #6401.
- Added Live Text support #6101.
- Added an option to configure thumbnail width #885.
- Show the chapter name on the slider alongside the video time #6078.
- You can now unshuffle the playlist if it hasn't changed since the last shuffle #6171.
- Added shortcut 'O' to show current time #5694.
- Added support for tone-mapping-param #6338.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed OSC freeze when interacting with UI (slider, button, etc.) #168.
- Fixed unintended auto-play when connecting or switching Bluetooth devices #6025.
- Fixed Quick Settings controls not updating when a new subtitle is added #6035.
- Fixed IINA outputting to the wrong audio device #6034.
- Fixed opening an audio file a second time showing the main window #6065.
- Fixed a potential crash in updateVideoTabControl #6093.
- Fixed a crash when reloading plugins #6094.
- Fixed multiple playback histories not being recorded for online media #6116.
- Fixed a crash in iina-plugin new when using the --url flag #6241.
- Fixed several instances where the old preference was incorrectly shown #6254.
- Fixed mini player responds to scrolling events in the playlist view.
- Fixed the preview displays when cursor is not on the progress bar #6288.
- Fixed HDR tone mapping not working on SDR display #5119.
- Fixed wrong window control position for RTL languages #6192.
- Fixed a crash when connecting to external displays #6215.
- Fixed unwanted scroll actions on sliders #6324.
- Fixed artist and album info sometimes not being updated for Now Playing #6364.
- Fixed dragging multiple media onto initial window always opening them in one player window #6281.
- Fixed a crash in the font picker #6393.
- Fixed clipped font preview #6394.
Improvements
- Render subtitles for media without a video track #6030.
- Improved performance when reading track lists from mpv #5820.
- Revamped the log viewer #6041.
- Revamped the playback history window #6117.
- The history window now shows the media title #6113.
- Revamped the welcome window #6410.
- The OSC toolbar buttons now reflect the current state #6062.
- The action buttons in mini player also reflect the current state #6267.
- Changed the volume slider to greyscale #6071.
- Added action images for menu items on macOS 26 #6086.
- Updated the look and feel of the inspector window #6059, #5275.
- You can now select and copy the text from the inspector window #6092.
- Unified the font size in the inspector window #5275.
- When changing to a video with a different aspect ratio, the window now keeps the same window area instead of the same width #6105.
- The unsupported subtitle error is no longer shown for auto-loaded subtitles #6145.
- Hide the HDR switch when it's not available #6157.
- Richer OSD display with volume sliders etc.
- Improved handling of sub-second rollover in VideoTime time formatting #6239.
- Added warnings to the S/PDIF settings #6257.
- Improved the playlist progress indicator #6268.
- Show OSD even when applied volume is constrained #6195.
- Improved the error message in the open URL dialog #6189.
- Hide is the default behavior when entering Picture-in-Picture #6283.
- Target peak is splitted into two settings #6308.
- The settings window is now not movable by background #6323.
- Don't show permission alert when the plugin requires no permission.
Updates
- Bumped system requirement to macOS 11 for Intel Macs #6019.
- Updated mpv to 0.41.0 and FFmpeg to 9.0.1 #6261.
- Added the new --sub-border-style option from mpv 0.39.0, #6305.
- Updated Sparkle to 2.9.6 #6271.
Plugin API
- Added plugin i18n support.
- Fixed the .pipChanged event sometimes not being emitted.
- Fixed a crash when trying to open a URL #6230.
- Fixed various permission issues #6372.
- Use main branch to check for updates.
IINA for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.5.0
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Sep 14, 2026
Version: 1.4.4
This is a lovely little app. Small in size big on performance. A great alternative to iTunes which was probably the worst app ever developed.
Nov 22, 2023
Version: 1.3.3
A great player, and very competitive with VLC, but I haven't discovered a way to synchronize, play and scrub through two videos at the same time using a single set of controls, (a feature i wish I had for the purposes of editing subtitles in video projects). I'd happily drop a few dollars for the feature if the developers could figure out how to accomplish this,
Jul 11, 2023
Version: 1.3.2
I down loaded the current version 1.3.2 my mac has 13.4.1 (a) it does not work why
Jul 10, 2023
Version: 1.3.2
IINA is getting closer to fully replace VLC! Only big issue I've found: It simply doesn't see embedded subtitles in TV streams or .ts recordings. A little difference in how the playlists work, too: I'm used to have my list in a separate window in VLC, which is not possible here. I haven't tested every other feature yet, but it's great to see IINA improving.
Feb 18, 2023
Version: 1.3.1
VLC started giving me issues so I tried a few others. IINA is the best. It opens everything and just works. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 STARS!
