The native Apple Silicon build is coming soon. Until then, the Intel version also runs on Apple Silicon Macs through Rosetta (macOS offers to install it the first time).
Cone Player 1.4.0 for macOS (preview): Cone Player for Apple Silicon (M1 and later) and Intel Macs, macOS 12 or later. It's a preview for testers, not a finished release. Windows users: get Cone Player 1.4.0.
Fixed on macOS (from a tester's report, issue #69):
- The picture is drawn correctly. The video area was see-through or only partly drawn, and after the first file often black. It now shows the whole picture with black bands, and the desktop no longer shows through.
- Opening files from Finder while Cone Player runs: a double-click, Open With > Cone Player or a drop on the Dock icon plays the file in the open window; several files go into the queue. Cone Player is now listed under Open With for video, audio and playlist files, without becoming your default player.
- Mac key symbols on the first start's shortcuts page (⌃ ⌥ ⇧ ⌘), and the page fits its window.
- Desktop access for playlists: a playlist with songs on the Desktop, in Documents or Downloads now makes macOS ask for access, instead of failing. If you refused once: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Files and Folders > Cone Player > Desktop Folder.
It also has everything new in Cone Player 1.4.0 for Windows (wheel seeking, clean show names, the update check, Ctrl+Q / Cmd+Q, the pointer).
Which file: Cone-1.4.0-macos-x86_64.dmg, for Intel Macs and, through Rosetta, Apple Silicon Macs. The native Cone-1.4.0-macos-arm64.dmg follows.
Install (the app is not signed by Apple):
- Open the
.dmgand drag Cone Player onto Applications. - The app has no Apple Developer ID and isn't notarized, so macOS blocks the first start. Right-click Cone Player in Applications and choose Open, then Open again.
- On macOS 15 (Sequoia) and later, if the warning only offers Done or Move to Trash: click Done, then go to System Settings > Privacy & Security, find "Cone Player was blocked" and click Open Anyway.
- Or in Terminal:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Cone Player.app"
- Each new version may ask again for folder access, because its signature changes.
Tips:
- Drag a video onto the window or the Dock icon to play it; Cmd+P opens Settings, Cmd+Q quits.
- If a playlist's songs on the Desktop won't play: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Files and Folders > Cone Player > Desktop Folder.
Known issue: double-clicking a file in Finder while Cone Player is closed opens Cone without playing the file; open it again or drag it onto the window. Opening files while Cone is already running works.
Testers wanted (about 10 minutes). It hasn't been confirmed on a real Mac yet. Please tell us in Issues your Mac model and macOS version, and for each step "works" or what happened (a screenshot helps):
- The picture: play a 16:9 video in a window taller than the video, then a second video: the whole picture with black bands, nothing showing through. Resize, go fullscreen and back: the picture follows.
- Finder, Cone open: with a video playing, open another one with Open With > Cone Player or drop it on the Dock icon: it plays in the same window. Three files at once: all in the queue, the first plays.
- The shortcuts page: start Cone once with
open -a "Cone Player" --args --qt-privacy-askand go to "Learn the basic keyboard shortcuts": every key cap fits, the modifiers show as ⌃ ⌥ ⇧ ⌘, and Show / Hide Queue reads ⌘ L.- A playlist with songs on the Desktop: open it: macOS asks for Desktop access; after Allow, the songs play.
- The basics: pause, seek, volume, fullscreen (button, F, Escape), subtitles from an .srt of the same name, Cmd+P for Settings, Cmd+Q quits.
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SHA-256 (also in SHA256SUMS.txt; check with shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt):
Cone-1.4.0-macos-x86_64.dmg:029f52db7a127ccc5066f938755c0a69db15498bfbaa5764098797896a560848