Top 5 Best MP4 Players for Mac OS X

Even though Mac's default media player, QuickTime, supports MP4 video playback, sometimes you may find that you couldn't play MP4 video with QuickTime. This is because MP4 videos may be encoded with different codec. Aslo, you may be boring with the QuickTime player for supporting only a few video formats, and therefore looking for an MP4 player Mac to play MP4 and any other videos on Mac. This post would share you with 5 free MP4 players for Mac..

Part 1: 5 Free MP4 Players for Mac
Part 2: 5 Free MP4 Player for Mac Comparison Chart

Part 1: 5 Free MP4 Players for Mac

All of these below 5 QuickTime alternatives are freeware. You could free download QuickTime alternatives and install them on your Mac computer to take a try.

1. Free Blu-ray Player for Mac

As the best MP4 player for Mac, Leawo's Free Blu-ray Player for Mac works far more than a single Mac MP4 player. It is an all-in-one media player combo: free Blu-ray disc player, free DVD player, free HD video player, free audio player and free ISO file player.
Different from RealPlayer, which has no support of Blu-ray disc playback, Leawo Free Blu-ray Player is a complete region-free Blu-ray disc player. It supports almost all video formats for playback, and multiple audio decoding technologies like Dolby, DTS, AAC, TrueHD, DTS-HD, etc.

Leawo Free Blu-ray Player for Mac

☉ 100% free movie player for Mac users to play Ultra HD 4K, 1080P and 720P video for free.

☉ Free Blu-ray disc player to play 4K Blu-ray disc and 1080P Blu-ray disc, regardless of disc protection and region code.

☉ Support multiple audio decoding systems like Dolby, DTS, AAC, TrueHD, DTS-HD, etc.

☉ Adjust subtitles, video and audio during media playback.

What does Leawo Free Blu-ray Player for Mac support:

Supported Input Media
Blu-ray	BD50/BD25 disc and folder
DVD	DVD-9/DVD-5 disc and folder
Images (watermark)	TIFF, TIF, GIF, PNG, BMP, JPEG, JPG, ICO, EMF, WMF
Supported Output Media
Video	3D video formats: 3D MP4, 3D WMV, 3D AVI, 3D MKV, 3D YouTube video, etc. HD video formats: HD MP4, HD AVI, HD MOV, HD TS, HD TRP, HD VOB, HD MPG, HD WMV, HD ASF Common video formats: MP4-AVC, MP4-XviD, MP4-H.264, AVI, ASF, WEBM, MOV, RMVB, FLV, F4V, TS, DAT, WMV, MKV, XviD, DV, MPEG-1 NTSC, MPEG-1 PAL/SECAM, MPEG-2 NTSC, MPEG-2 PAL/SECAM, DVD-Video NTSC, DVD-Video PAL/SECAM, 3GP, 3G2, DPG
Audio	FLAC, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, M4A, MP2, MP3, OGG, RA, AU, WAV, WMA, MKA
Images(snapshot)	PNG, BMP, JPEG
Main Features
Decrypt commerial Blu-ray/DVD disc
Region-free Blu-ray/DVD disc player
Free HD video player (play 4K, 1080P, 720P and other videos without quality loss)
Free play BD/DVD ISO image file
Play Blu-ray/DVD folders free
Select subtitles and audio tracks
Advanced audio decoding technology ( Dolby, DTS, AAC, TrueHD, DTS-HD)
Virtual Remote Control
Create Playlist and add/delete media to/from Playlist
Multi-lingual interface
Supported OS	Windows XP and later, Mac OS X 10.6 and later

2. VLC for Mac

VLC media player is one of the most stable, flexible and lightweight video players for Mac around today, especially when compared to others in playing unusual video formats. This best video player for Mac simply handles tons of formats, from MPEG to FLV and RMBV files. V10 bit codes plus multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM, as well as the ability to play HD. But it couldn't play Blu-ray disc. Also, VLC audio delay problem still needs to be solved as soon as possible to give back the ultimate video audio enjoyment for its users.

3. MPlayerX

MPlayerX can play almost any format of file, it is very lightweight on resources and easy to use. And just like 5KPlayer, this best video player for Mac has been designed specifically with Macs in mind and supports Apple Remotes, full screen mode, changing of subtitle size and it picks up from the last point you stopped the video. Many Mac users take MPlayerX media player as a standard part of their toolbox simply because it works properly and all most popular codecs are in it.

4. Cisdem VideoPlayer

Cisdem VideoPlayer is a great alternative to VLC and 5KPlayer. Lots of friends think Cisdem VideoPlayer runs after VLC and 5KPlayer, offers smoother playback when other media players show choppy video.It has more concise and decent interface, economizes more resource, and takes less occupancy on CPU memory of your Mac, fully supports all popular SD & HD standard video formats ( like WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, M4V, FLV, MKV, RMVB、MPEG, ect., as well as 5K and Full HD 1080P video), Audio Files (MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, M4A etc. ). This best video player Mac supports all those codecs making the playback of high-quality video files a breeze.

5. Realplayer

Realplayer can play all formats of videos, this best video player Mac is a universal media player that automatically recognizes the file format of the video or audio file you want to play. So you can count on it to reliably play the most popular audio and video file formats including avi, mp4, mp3, wma, wav, flv, MPEG, and more. It requires a fairly powerful machine for some functions. Several applications need to be installed in advance to launch the application properly.

Part 2: 5 Free MP4 Player for Mac Comparison Chart

If you want more information to know which free MP4 player for Mac OS X is the best MP4 player for Mac, the below comparison chart would be helpful. This comparison chart lists all main features of these free MP4 video player for Mac OS X. By comparing these Mac MP4 player software, you could get your own best free MP4 video player for Mac OS X on your computer.

	Leawo Free MKV Player	VLC Media Player	MPlayerX	Cisdem Player	RealPlayer
Play Blu-ray files free
Play 4K videos free
Play 1080P videos free
Play audio files lossless
Region-free Blu-ray disc player
Play DVD disc
Virtual remote control
Power manager
Customize skin
Change Blu-ray palyer region codes
Select subtitles and audio tracks
Add external subtitles
OS
Windows
Mac