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Mac OS X Leopard with Major DVD Player Upgrade? [Updated]

Appleinsider posts a description alongside artist renditions of upcoming changes to Leopard's DVD Player (5.0) software.

Improvements range from fullscreen chapter navigation with chapter thumbnails, a time bar for visual scrubbing, satin platinum highlights, equilizer and other preferences.

No word on any additional HD-DVD or Blu Ray support have been noted.
Update: The most recent Leopard DVD Player apparently does include the following references to both HD-DVD and BluRay in the settings file:
"sd dvd folder" = "VIDEO_TS";
"hd dvd folder" = "HVDVD_TS";
"blu ray folder" = "BDMV";

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66 months ago
sounds good to me....can't wait for Leopard!
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66 months ago
Scrubbing? YES!!!!
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66 months ago
I'd like it more if this was implemented into FrontRow. I use the DVD player in FR more than i use the DVD Player app.
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66 months ago
excellent!! DVD player could definitely use an overhaul.
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66 months ago
Those mock-ups look nifty! It has that iPhoto feel to the chapter list at the top of the screen. I like it!

I'd like it more if this was implemented into FrontRow. I use the DVD player in FR more than i use the DVD Player app.


That brings up a good point - isn't a DVD player redundant with FrontRow. Well, I suppose that is only true for the FrontRow equiped macs.. So the DVD player is more aimed at the older hardware?
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66 months ago
I've missed this like crazy: "a time bar for visual scrubbing" :)
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66 months ago
Could the new look on the mock-up be any indication to the new GUI in leopard?
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66 months ago

That brings up a good point - isn't a DVD player redundant with FrontRow. Well, I suppose that is only true for the FrontRow equiped macs.. So the DVD player is more aimed at the older hardware?


Does Front Row have a completely different DVD Player or does it just hook into the regular DVD Player?

I'd find it surprising if Apple doesn't just have Front Row call the regular DVD player to play DVDs, even if it doesn't present the full DVD player app.
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66 months ago

fullscreen chapter navigation with chapter thumbnails


You mean... Like most DVDs have built into their own menu system?!?

As for using the Front Row DVD Player more than the standalone: In Leopard, Front Row will be included for all computers, even without a remote.

(Although this brings up the question: Will the Mac Pro be updated to include an IR receiver?)
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66 months ago
Please please please let this new version have 5.1 support. A lot of Macs have optical audio output that works just dandy with a 5.1 speaker set, so I hope that Apple includes support for 5.1 decoding. Better deinterlacing would be nice too.
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