New Macs with Apple chips can now get a native version of VLC Media Player: The open source project is stored in a separate ARM 64 Version 3.0. 12. 1 available for download for macOS – parallel to the new version 3.0. 12 for Intel Macs.

The video player is likely to appear as a universal app in the future. A higher version number was chosen to enable an “automatic upgrade path”, write the developers. Owners of an ARM Mac who have already used the Intel version of the VLC Media Player with the help of the Rosetta 2 translation layer can upgrade to version 3.0. 12 and should then be offered the native version 3.0. 12. 1 for download.

Improvements for macOS 11 Big Sur In addition to native support for Macs with Apple chips – so far the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini with Apple’s M1 – the new VLC version also brings visual adjustments to the user interface for macOS 11 Big Sur, as the release notes explain. In addition, problems with the user interface in the bookmark window have been fixed. A distorted audio playback after starting playback should be a thing of the past under macOS.

With VLC, a popular universal video and audio player is now available in native form on M1 Macs. Other tools such as Plex still have to use Rosetta 2. Apple’s QuickTime Player is also adapted, but supports only a comparatively few video formats.

New features for all operating systems VLC 3.0. 12 promises improved support for the streaming format Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), the streaming protocol, on all supported operating systems RIST and Bluray tracks, emphasize the developers. Problems with video filters and Direct3D 11 in Windows have also been eliminated and the winding in WMV files has been improved.

(lbe)