VLC Media Player For Mac 3.0.12.1

April 19, 2021 - VideoLAN Team (Free)
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VLC Media Player for Mac (formerly VideoLAN Client) is a lightweight multimedia player that supports a wide range of audio and video formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various video streaming media protocols. On a high-bandwidth network, it can also be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6.

VLC for macOS 2.1 is a significant update, with a new audio core, hardware decoding, and encoding, porting to handheld devices, readiness for Ultra-HD recording, and extra care taken to accommodate further formats.

Rincewind has a new rendering pipeline for audio, with better efficiency, volume, and device management, to improve VLC for Mac audio support. It supports many new devices inputs, formats, metadata and improves most of the current ones, preparing for the next-gen codecs.

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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.

Supported File Formats

Video: MPEG-1/2, DivX® (1/2/3/4/5/6), MPEG-4 ASP, XviD, 3ivX D4, H.261, H.263 / H.263i, H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, Cinepak, Theora, Dirac / VC-2, MJPEG (A/B), WMV 1/2, WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1, Sorenson 1/3, DV, On2 VP3/VP5/VP6, Indeo Video v3 (IV32), Real Video (1/2/3/4).

Music: MPEG Layer 1/2, MP3 – MPEG Layer 3, AAC – MPEG-4 part3, Vorbis, AC3 – A/52, E-AC-3, MLP / TrueHD>3, DTS, WMA 1/2, WMA 3, FLAC, ALAC, Speex, Musepack / MPC, ATRAC 3, Wavpack, Mod, TrueAudio, APE, Real Audio, Alaw/µlaw, AMR (3GPP), MIDI, LPCM, ADPCM, QCELP, DV Audio, QDM2/QDMC, MACE.

Others: DVD, Text files (MicroDVD, SubRip, SubViewer, SSA1-5, SAMI, VPlayer), Closed captions, Vobsub, Universal Subtitle Format (USF), SVCD / CVD, DVB, OGM, CMML, Kate.

System Requirements

Operating System Mac OS X 10.7 and higher version

Technical Specification

Version 3.0.12.1
File Size 44.09 MB
Languages English (United States)
العربية (المملكة العربية السعودية)
Čeština (Česká Republika)
Dansk (Danmark)
Deutsch (Deutschland)
Español (España, Alfabetización Internacional)
Français (France)
עברית (ישראל)
Magyar (Magyarország)
Íslenska (Ísland)
Italiano (Italia)
日本語 (日本)
한국어(대한민국)
Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia)
Norsk Bokmål (Norge)
Nederlands (Nederland)
Polski (Polska)
Português (Brasil)
Português (Portugal)
Română (România)
Русский (Россия)
Slovenčina (Slovensko)
Svenska (Sverige)
Türkçe (Türkiye)
Українська (Україна)
中文(中国)
License Free
Developer VideoLAN Team

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VLC Media Player For Mac Fetures

  • Rewritten video output core and modules, allowing blending in GPU.
  • Shader support in the OpenGL output, for conversion, including 10bits.
  • Depending, grain, denoising, and anti-flickering filters.
  • Deinterlacing filter, including an Inverse Telecine algorithm.
  • Resamplers for higher quality audio.
  • Dynamic range compressor and karaoke filters.
  • Simplification of the audio core for faster processing.
  • Audio outputs for iOS, Android, and OS/2.
  • Multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid, and WebM.
  • Support for 10bits codecs, WMV image, and some other codecs.
  • Rewritten support for images, including jpeg, png, xcf, BMP, etc.
  • Important changes in RealVideo and Real Format support.
  • CrystalHD cards and Android OpenMAX support for hardware decoding.

Pros And Cons of VLC Media Player Software

Pros Cons
Its user interface is simple and straightforward. To play files, you have to open them directly from their respective folders.
The functions and features are easy to use. You cannot use tags.
You can use it to create or connect to a video stream. It can be difficult to find songs in your library.
You can control VLC using keyboard shortcuts. You cannot customize the program’s interface.
You don’t need any codec installation to read music or video files.
It supports a wide range of file formats and can play files like BluRay, .mov, and .avi.
It is compatible with OS X.
It has an in-built equalizer that allows users to boost the sound without distorting the quality. 

Conclusion

The VLC media player is an application that comes equipped with all you need to fully enjoy media files as well as online streaming video. It supports all media file formats on all devices.