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Stoic — HDR video player for Mac
The Mac video player that gets HDR and Dolby Vision right
Most Mac players guess at colour: they ignore a file's colour tags, flatten HDR highlights and show Dolby Vision with a green or purple cast. Stoic reads what the file says, maps HDR to the headroom of the screen it's on, and tells you when a file is missing what it needs. Plays MKV, HEVC, AV1, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HLG and 248 file types. Private folders, A–B loop, dual subtitles, on-device transcription. One-time purchase, 3 Macs.
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Neil, and I built Stoic because I kept watching films on a great Mac display with the wrong colours.
Most players quietly guess: they ignore a file's colour tags, squash HDR highlights, or play Dolby Vision Profile 5 with a green-and-purple cast. Stoic reads what the file actually says, maps HDR to the headroom of the display it's on (and re-checks when you drag the window to another screen), and tells you plainly when a file is missing information instead of hiding a guess.
It's also light: on a 4K Dolby Vision file it used 56× less CPU than VLC on my M1 Pro (full test setup on stoicplayer.com/benchmarks).
Beyond the picture: dual subtitles, on-device transcription you can search, A–B loops and saved moments for reviewing a shot, private folders behind Touch ID, and a library that never uploads anything.
It's a one-time purchase (no subscription) that works on 3 Macs. I'd love your feedback, especially on files that don't look right. That's exactly what I want to fix next.
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About Stoic — HDR video player for Mac on Product Hunt
“The Mac video player that gets HDR and Dolby Vision right”
Stoic — HDR video player for Mac was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #146 on the daily leaderboard. Most Mac players guess at colour: they ignore a file's colour tags, flatten HDR highlights and show Dolby Vision with a green or purple cast. Stoic reads what the file says, maps HDR to the headroom of the screen it's on, and tells you when a file is missing what it needs. Plays MKV, HEVC, AV1, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HLG and 248 file types. Private folders, A–B loop, dual subtitles, on-device transcription. One-time purchase, 3 Macs.
Stoic — HDR video player for Mac was featured in Mac (103.7k followers), Tech (633.6k followers) and Entertainment (2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 183k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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Stoic — HDR video player for Mac was hunted by Neil Shah. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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