App To Play Home Movies?

[jparker402]

Just set up my new MacBook Pro 14 and discovered I have "lost" my old VLC app which was used to play some old 8mm movies that were digitized. Then discovered that the VLC app is not one in the App Store. When I select these movies, I get a bunch of VLC icons across the bottom of the screen; looks like one for each of the movies. But VLC is not there any more. Would like to know what a recommended alternative is and how to use it. I really have been relying on things working "automatically". Thanks!

 

[Apple_Robert]

If you want to keep using VLC, you can download the app from the developer's website. It is safe to download and install.

Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN

www.videolan.org

 

[jparker402]

Just tried to run those movies and a pop-up said that if I wanted to use VLC (guess it knows that is what they are linked to) I must first install Rosetta. Any idea what Rosetta is all about? Or if I just download VLC as Apple_Robert suggests, will that make the Rosetta thing go away?

 

[jparker402]

Just found Rosetta in the Apple support pages. Used to run Intel applications on Apple silicon.

 

[jparker402]

Yay! Works!

 

[jparker402]

Just discovered that when I installed Rosetta to bring back my VLC app, all of the old Intel-based apps that disappeared when I set up the MacBook Pro M1 suddenly reappeared!! Wow!

 

[bogdanw]

You don't need Rosetta to run VLC, download VLC for Macs with Apple Silicon chips
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html



Current link
https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.17.3/macosx/vlc-3.0.17.3-arm64.dmg

 

[Fishrrman]

You might also try IINA:

IINA - The modern media player for macOS

iina.io