Supported SystemsLegacy OS support Mac OS 10.1 (VLC Player 0.7.0), 10.2 (VLC Player 0.8.4a), 10.3 (VLC Player 0.8.6i), 10.4 (VLC Player 0.9.10), 10.5, 10.6 (Current).
- VLC Media Player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, OGG, ) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
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- VLC for Mac OS X. 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.
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 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.
Devices and Mac OS X version
VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. 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. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.
Web browser plugin for Mac OS X
Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.
Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player
We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Media Player For Mac Vlc
Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required
Best Media Player For Mac
Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.
VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. 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. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.
Web browser plugin for Mac OS X
Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.
Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player
We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
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Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required
Best Media Player For Mac
Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required
Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Music Media Player For Mac
Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.
Vlc Media Player For Mac Os X 10.44 11
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma
Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.
