VideoLAN has announced a new version of its popular media playing application, VLC Media Player. Available for all supported platforms, including Mac, VLC 1.1.10.1 delivers improved media key handling, various crash fixes, an update to the external library modplug, and some translation updates.
The newest replace to ubiquitous open-source media participant VLC is right here, and it comes with native help for Apple silicon Mac computer systems — the brand new variations of the MacEbook Pro, the MacEbook Air, and the Mac mini with Apple’s personal M1 processor. VLC 3.0.12 additionally contains some visible tweaks to convey it. If you're lucky enough to be using a new M1 Mac, or considering buying one, you'll be wondering if the apps you need to use will work on it. Download it from the Mac App Store. Conversely - I’m curious if anyone who’s bought any of the 3 M1 Macs has had any issues using VLC through Rosetta 2. The sound mutes for 1 second in every 3 seconds' playback for some videos. Most of them work well though. Jan 19, 2021 The newest replace to ubiquitous open-source media participant VLC is right here, and it comes with native help for Apple silicon Mac computer systems — the brand new variations of the MacEbook Pro, the MacEbook Air, and the Mac mini with Apple’s personal M1 processor. VLC 3.0.12 additionally contains some visible tweaks to convey it. 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.
For both Windows and Mac OS X, VideoLAN developers mention an update of the external library modplug, to address multiple security issues.
On the Mac front only, interface tweaks are mentioned. The code-savvy people at VideoLAN have improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB, and implemented some fixes for various crashes and small issues.
Other changes are listed as follows:
Demuxer: · Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
Audio output: · PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
Win32 port: · Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
Miscellaneous fixes in: · Windows 7 taskbar buttons · Qt interface · asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer · RTP output and XML export · Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows · v4l2 access
It appears that VLC developers have listened closely to their user base and heard their demands about certain language translations that didn’t quite cut it for them.
As such, VideoLAN introduced new localizations in LC Media Player 1.1.10.1 which, on all supported platforms, brings updates for Norwegian Bokmal, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda, Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish, Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations.
The release incorporates initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations as well, according to the release notes.
VLC is a free and open-source media player and multimedia framework developed by a group called the VideoLAN project.
The app is a cross-platform effort. It comes in multiple versions for Mac OX , Windows, GNU, Linux, BeOS, BSD, and eComStation and was once available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
One of the main tasks that many people perform on computers is playing various types of media. To support media playback, PCs and Mac computers need media players, and one of the most popular multi-platform media players is called VLC. The macOS version of VLC has received a significant update adding full support for the new M1 Mac computers.
The update allows the software to take complete advantage of the new Apple Silicon inside the Mac computers. This allows for improved performance and better energy efficiency, which will be very welcome by MacBook users looking for the most battery life possible. The updated version of VLC is 3.0.12.
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Along with full support for M1 Mac computers, the update also adds enhancements to work correctly for macOS Big Sur. Other tweaks to the latest version of the media player include a fix for audio distortions and adaptive streaming resolution, along with security improvements. There are currently two versions of VLC with versions for Mac computers running Intel chips and one for Mac computers running the latest M1 chips.
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This means users will need to update VLC for Mac version 3.0.12 and then check for updates again to install version 3.0.12.1 for ARM-powered Mac computers. VLC is a free download for Mac and Windows users. It’s also available for iOS devices via the App Store.
Anyone wanting to learn more about the new Apple M1 Mac computers can check out our M1 MacBook Air review from last month. More recently, an unwelcome change was made to the M1 Macs preventing users from sideloading iPhone and iPad apps onto the laptops. That wasn’t such a welcome change, but a better performing version of VLC is.