On the Mac I'm far happier with MPlayerX: http://mplayerx.org/ http://mplayerx.org/ It's UI is optimised for playing video (example: if your window is not full

On the Mac I'm far happier with MPlayerX: http://mplayerx.org/ http://mplayerx.org/ It's UI is optimised for playing video (example: if your window is not fullscreen, but playing it will stay in front). It has smoother playback than vlc, I can actually skip by seconds with my cursors etc.