Corvus Player

Corvus Player

The most powerful and customizable media player ever made for macOS. Built on mpv with GPU-accelerated playback, real-time shaders, streaming from any site, and over 200 settings to make it truly yours.

Download Free Free forever · No ads, no tracking · macOS 14.0+ · Apple Silicon
Corvus Player playing Big Buck Bunny with floating controls
Features

More features than any other player on macOS

Plays Everything

Every format, every codec, no exceptions. MKV, MP4, AVI, FLAC, and hundreds more, all hardware-accelerated via VideoToolbox. Files that choke other players just work.

Real-Time GLSL Shaders

The only macOS player with a built-in shader gallery. Anime4K upscaling, adaptive sharpening, CAS. Browse, stack, and toggle shaders in real time.

Music Mode

Not just a video player. Dedicated music experience with album art, audio visualizer, gapless playback, ReplayGain, and a compact mini player that floats above everything.

Stream Anything

Paste any URL. YouTube, Twitch, and thousands more. Quality selection, SponsorBlock, cookie auth, and subtitle fetching. No browser needed.

HDR & EDR

Extended Dynamic Range output for HDR content on supported displays. Accurate tone mapping presets for SDR screens.

Obsessively Customizable

200+ settings, 8 themes, searchable preferences, and community presets for anime, cinema, home theater, and more. No other player on macOS comes close.

Best-in-Class Subtitles

Full ASS/SSA styling, OpenSubtitles search, dual subtitle tracks, and frame-precise timing. Every format supported, perfectly rendered.

Playlists & Library

Drag-and-drop playlist with thumbnails, media library with folder scanning, and session persistence across launches.

28 Languages

Fully localized in 28 languages including Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Thai, and more. Searchable settings work in every language.

Picture-in-Picture

Floating mini player stays on top while you work. Resize freely, control playback, and snap it to any corner of your screen.

Unlimited Power

Full mpv.conf passthrough. Set any of mpv's hundreds of options directly. Zero artificial limits. If mpv can do it, Corvus can do it.

Audio Visualizer

Real-time peak and RMS level meters per channel. Three visualization styles that respond to your music with smooth animations.

Seekbar Thumbnails

Hover over the seekbar to see thumbnail previews of any moment in the video. Jump to exactly the right scene without guessing.

Chapter Navigation

Browse and jump between chapters with a visual chapter list. Embedded MKV chapters, YouTube chapters, and SponsorBlock segments, all in one place.

Smart Shortcuts

Fully customizable keyboard shortcuts and trackpad gestures. Pinch to zoom, swipe to seek, two-finger tap to pause, or remap everything to your liking.

Album Art & Video Previews in Finder

Every song and video gets real album art or a video frame as its Finder icon, including formats macOS normally shows as a generic music note or filmstrip. Covers MP3, FLAC, M4A, MKV, WebM, Opus, OGG, MP4, MOV, WAV, DSD, and more, with Quick Look preview support to match.

Why Corvus

Why nothing else compares

mpv Under the Hood

Powered by the same engine trusted by millions worldwide. But unlike raw mpv, Corvus wraps it in a beautiful native interface without sacrificing a single option.

Truly Native macOS

Built from the ground up with SwiftUI and AppKit, not a cross-platform port. Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe, Quick Look extensions, Dock menus, and system integration that feels like it came from Apple.

Zero Compromise Privacy

No accounts. No telemetry. No tracking. No cloud. Your media never leaves your Mac. Credentials live in the system Keychain. We don't even have a server to spy on you.

Pricing

Ridiculously generous free tier. Pro when you want more.

Free

$0
Free forever
  • All format playback & hardware decoding
  • Full keyboard & gesture customization
  • Playlists, chapters, history
  • Music mode & mini player
  • Subtitle search & full styling
  • URL streaming, SponsorBlock, quality picker
  • GLSL shaders, settings search, stats overlay
  • 10-band EQ, normalization, ReplayGain
  • 28 languages, 3 themes
  • Audio visualizer
  • Media library
  • Presets & bookmarks
Download Free
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Pro

$6.99
One-time purchase · No subscription
  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • Audio visualizer (3 styles)
  • Music mode themes (6 backgrounds)
  • 5 custom app themes (Midnight, Nord, Sepia…)
  • Advanced tone mapping presets (Film, Vivid…)
  • Community & custom presets
  • Timestamped bookmarks with thumbnails
  • Media library with folder scanning
  • 14-day free trial, no credit card
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Requires macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon & Intel