The people behind the VideoLAN Project have released a stable and much improved version of their VLC Media Player for Mac OS X, adding a number of new features, codecs and the usual laundry of bug fixes that any piece of software needs every now and then. The program is free to download and install on any Macintosh computer running Mac OS X Leopard.
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Devices and Mac OS X version. VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. Previous devices are supported by older releases. Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported.
VLC Media Player is one of the most popular multimedia players for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, etc.) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. The program can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network and doesn’t require external codecs or additional software to operate.
According to the folks at the VideoLAN Project, VLC Media Player 1.0.0 for Mac OS X introduces many new features, new formats and new codecs to the VLC multimedia framework. Additionally, the release notes say, version 1.0.0 fixes “a very high number of bugs” discovered in earlier versions of the software, particularly in the 0.9.x or 0.8.6 versions.
Last month, the developers of VLC Media Player announced a new release candidate for the popular cross-platform multimedia player, posting a few important notes. At the time, the team stressed that Alsa and OSS audio capture had been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses, while support for Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) had been dropped “due to its technical limitations.” Unfortunately for Tiger users, today’s release is no different, VLC 1.0.0 being the final, polished-up version of the aforementioned VLC release candidate issued in June. The main features of the current version of VLC now include:
- Free, Open Source and cross-platform;- Independent of systems codecs to support most video types;- Live recording;- Instant pausing and Frame-by-Frame support;- Finer speed controls;- New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0, etc.);- New formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS, etc.) and major improvements in many formats;- New Dirac encoder and MP3 fixed-point encoder;- Video scaling in fullscreen.
To download your own copy of the VLC Media Player, use the link below. Tiger users can still download their own supported version from the same page.
Whilst the various media player developers attempt to convince us to use their codec to encode our home video, this means that we often have to have more than one media player installed to play every video, audio and other media, on our computer. Factor in old videos that were encoded using codecs that have been long discontinued, then it becomes a real pain to just play back your collection of movies.
There must be a better way, a way of handling the various audio and video formats, without having to experiment with different media players. There is, it’s called VLC Media Player. This isn’t a recent application, although it’s been ages in development. This is a cross-platform versatile media player that does one thing well: attempts to play just about every format available.
By installing VLC Media Player across your various computers, you can be assured that a video that plays back on your Mac will also play on your PC. It also supports Internet-based media streaming, so you can use the player to listen to a streamed audio stream and much more.
Version 2 brought radical changes, most found on the Mac platform, with support for Blu-ray playback being overshadowed by a radical overhaul of the user interface. This major step forward has divided the VLC community since it first emerged, with some decrying the loss of version 1’s minimalist approach to video playback.
VLC 2 on the Mac platform replaced the simplistic interface of version 1.x in favour of something more akin to iTunes, while also embracing the look of OS X Lion. It opens in Playlist view, with a two-paned window containing a list of common locations for media files in the left-hand pane, and an invitation to drag and drop files into the window for playback on the right.
Media controls sit at the bottom of the window, and there’s a new audio effects option next to the full-screen button, which takes advantage of Lion’s full-screen support. Options in the left-hand window include a shortcut to the user’s iTunes library and a playlist option, as well as UPNP and various internet streams.
VLC for Mac also includes experimental Blu-ray support, plus adds support for VLC’s lua-based extensions. These support various interactive features, such as pulling movie information and subtitles from the internet, or posting to Twitter.
VLC 3 is a major update and ships with these new features:
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- Activates hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback!
- Supports 10bits and HDR
- Supports 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisoncics 3rd order
- Allows audio passthrough for HD audio codecs
- Can stream to Chromecast devices, even in formats not supported natively
- Can play Blu-Ray Java menus: BD-J
- VLC supports browsing of local network drives and NAS
This is a dedicated 64-bit build for Windows and Mac users.
Verdict:
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This is the best cross-platform, multi-format versatile media player that will play just about any format