Vidarium vs Panvox Player

Vidarium is Lightroom for your videos — a local-first library manager for people with large video collections who don't want a media server or a cloud lock-in. Your files stay exactly where you put them. Vidarium adds a fast, native layer on top: thumbnails, hover-scrub previews, folders, tags, people, collections, and smart searches. THUMBNAILS AND HOVER-SCRUB PREVIEWS See a poster frame for every clip, then hover over one to scrub through it frame by frame and find the right moment instantly — no need to open a player. Works with the video formats your Apple devices play, like MOV, MP4, and M4V. ORGANIZE THE WAY YOU THINK • Hierarchical folders that can mirror the folders on your disk, or stay purely in-app • Tags, people, and collections to cross-cut your library however you like • Saved and advanced searches with a rule editor • Star ratings and rich per-file details • Drag and drop to import from Finder and to rearrange YOUR FILES, UNTOUCHED Vidarium points at the folders you already have. It never copies your originals into a hidden database and never moves them without asking. No server, no required account, no tracking. Delete the app and your videos are exactly as they were. EVERY APPLE DEVICE Native on Mac, iPad, iPhone. Keep multiple libraries, open them in their own windows on Mac and iPad, and play videos right in the grid or full-screen — with play-all and shuffle. A PLAYER THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY Play videos right in the grid on Mac, or full screen on iPad and iPhone. The custom player has elegant glass controls that appear when you need them, on-the-fly scrub previews, playback speed, AirPlay — and a Related Videos bar that suggests what to watch next based on shared people and tags. ON-DEVICE AI SUGGESTIONS Vidarium reads a video's file name and metadata and suggests matching tags and people — including brand-new ones spotted in the name. On devices with Apple Intelligence, suggestions run through the on-device model; everywhere else a fast text matcher steps in. Nothing ever leaves your device. ONE iCLOUD LIBRARY THAT JUST WORKS (PRO) Sync a single library across all your devices. Your organization syncs instantly; the actual video files download from iCloud Drive on demand — tap to pull a clip down with live progress, or let it fetch automatically when you play. Clips you haven't downloaded yet are clearly marked, never mistaken for missing, and never silently deleted. VIDARIUM PRO — ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE The Local library and all core features are free. Vidarium PRO is a single one-time purchase — no subscription — that unlocks the power features: the iCloud library, libraries in any folder you choose, automatic AI tagging (including Auto-Tag for the whole library), fixing names from a video's source web page, and, on the Mac, downsizing single videos or your entire library and a full metadata editor. One purchase unlocks every current and future PRO feature on all your devices. Subscribed to Setapp? The Setapp version of Vidarium comes with everything unlocked, and on iPhone and iPad you can sign in with Setapp instead of buying. Vidarium — a place for your videos.

Panvox plays the video you already have — on your phone, on your NAS, or on a Jellyfin or Emby server — without converting anything. PLAYS YOUR FILES • MKV, MP4, AVI, HEVC and more, with TrueHD / DTS audio • 4K HDR and Dolby Vision look the way they were mastered • ASS and PGS subtitles keep their original styling and timing — anime subtitles look the way they were made • Subtitle files with the wrong encoding are fixed automatically — no more garbled text • Blu-ray ISO plays directly • Fast start, responsive scrubbing, 0.25–64× speed YOUR LIBRARY • Poster wall with posters, ratings and synopses, filled in automatically — no account or key to set up • Continue watching, tags and filters, full-library search • Jellyfin and Emby: browse, direct play, and watch progress synced back to your server • Sources: local folders, SMB, WebDAV, IPTV (M3U with program guide), live streams • Everything stays on your device and on your own servers AWAY FROM HOME Optional remote access, off by default: sign in with your own account and play from your NAS when you are not on the same network. Still no transcoding. AI SUBTITLES No subtitles? Generate them on your device from the audio (Chinese, Cantonese, English, Japanese, Korean). Translate into 14 languages with your own AI service — without one you still get the original-language subtitles. PLAIN TERMS • One-time payment unlocks more sources — no subscription • No account, no ads, no analytics • 14 interface languages, light and dark themes AI subtitles and AI results may contain errors and can be corrected manually. Please play only content you have the legal right to access.