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VLC Media Player for macOS Updated With Native M1 Support

MacBH928 said:
I have never seen a new OS/CPU being supported so fast even when the current apps were working just fine in emulation. My only guess is that Apple made a software that has 2 export buttons: 1-Make app for Intel , 2-Make app for M1. Thats all the developer had to press.
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A lot of this has to do with the groundwork that was laid since the PPC -> Intel transition and specifically macOS apps going all-in on Cocoa. The PPC ->Intel transition was hampered by the fact that most Mac apps were written using Carbon APIs which contained a ton of legacy code. Since the transition, every major Mac app has been rewritten using Cocoa APIs, as were all new apps since the transition. This modern codebase is much easier to port to different architectures. It’s also why Rosetta 2 works so well - when an app makes a call to a Cocoa API it gets translated to native code and executed as such. This is why apps that use Metal, for instance, run faster on the M1 under Rosetta than they do natively under Intel.
 
Even though it is pay I like Elmedia player. It can play any format. I use it because I can pause a video and play it frame by frame.
 
RobbieTT said:
Future proofing is a myth, peddled by the ill-informed. Spending Apple-money for Mac mini storage would be bonkers.

Fat binaries, on the other hand, should be considered a transitional phase as the market for apps drifts to Apple Silicon alone.
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So Mac mini with 256 GB is $629 and 512 GB is $809 with discount. Not too bad. I suppose you can get external storage to compensate. I'd go the 512 GB route myself so that I'm not complaining about space day 1.
 
NewUsername said:
I wonder why VLC makes separate builds for Intel and Apple Silicon instead of putting them together in a Universal Binary. Google Chrome and Zoom do the same. All other apps just distribute a single Universal Binary.
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Why get the extra weight if you don't need it? I prefer the slimmer m1 only build
 
BollywooD said:
I'm not a fan of VLC's UI...
Im hoping iina gets M1 support soon.
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Having never heard of it, I googled iina.

“For and only for modern macOS.”​

Pft yeah no. I don’t need that brand of elitist nonsense, thank you.
VLC works equally well across multiple platforms and is compatible with pretty much everything. I’ve been running it for over a decade and have never had any issue with it, and that is what I’ll continue to use. I certainly won’t trade it for some smug app that has to make a point of advertising it only works on one and only one flavor of OS like that’s something to brag about or feel pride over.
 
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Haven't tested this new 3.0.12 on the Macs, but on the NUC and W10 I still can't get HDR to SDR tone mapping working correctly. It feels a bit washed out and dim. Kodi DSPlayer + MadVR works but stutters heavily. So far Plex has been working the best on that device. Correct and smooth 4k HDR to SDR tonemapping for 1080p screens without any stuttering.

If anyone knows how to get tonemapping working correctly on VLC, please let me know. I've tried cycling through the various Output Modules.
 
sweet. Now mabye they'll add the ability to step through a video frame by frame forwards or backwards. Silly that it can't do that at version 3.
 
dukee101 said:
Anyone else seeing how in the System Information app, VLC now shows up as being of kind: 'iOS'? (if you go under 'Software' > 'Applications')

True native apps would be of kind: 'Apple Silicon'. So I'm just curious about how VLC has approached this, and whether iOS makes any difference and it's native as native can be!
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Yeah I came here to post the same thing. If you Get Info on the app icon it reads Apple Silicon but in System Report it says iOS. Weird.
 
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TwoBytes said:
Really a fan of https://iina.io
it's really lightweight and feels a lot less sluggish than VLC. Maybe because it's new code written in Swift.
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Didn’t know about the existence of it... will give it a try.

VLC although it’s hands down super reliable at playing any format that’s thrown at it, I also do find it quite sluggish and sometimes downright weird, like when trying to play a list of short videos (say, checking a footage library of muzzle flash effects), there’s no real way to stop it, it will go file after file in the list even after hitting the pause button. And trying to go to the previous file with the back arrow button, good luck with that.
 
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ateslik said:
sweet. Now mabye they'll add the ability to step through a video frame by frame forwards or backwards. Silly that it can't do that at version 3.
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ateslik said:
sweet. Now mabye they'll add the ability to step through a video frame by frame forwards or backwards. Silly that it can't do that at version 3.
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FYI, hitting the E key in VLC does forward frame by frame, but there isn’t a backwards that I have found.
 
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MacBH928 said:
No one appreciates VLC enough.
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I appreciate it a lot. I remember the days of having to install multiple codec packs and struggling to get everything to play. VLC was like a breath of fresh air and I'd feel lost without it now.

I've never found anything it won't play and never had any issues with it stuttering. I still use it daily.
 
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I love VLC on Linux and Windows but IINA is hands down the better player on Mac, so glad I switched after someone recommended it to me on these forums.

It plays everything VLC can (including AV1) whilst being extremely lightweight and in keeping with the macOS UI. VLC on macOS always felt like a sluggish after thought.
 
Johnny907 said:
Having never heard of it, I googled iina.

“For and only for modern macOS.”​

Pft yeah no. I don’t need that brand of elitist nonsense, thank you.
VLC works equally well across multiple platforms and is compatible with pretty much everything. I’ve been running it for over a decade and have never had any issue with it, and that is what I’ll continue to use. I certainly won’t trade it for some smug app that has to make a point of advertising it only works on one and only one flavor of OS like that’s something to brag about or feel pride over.
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I was in the same boat, been using VLC since VLC existed and loved it. On my Windows and Mac machines it's my default and for a time it was my default on macOS too... Until I tried IINA and it was just as good a video player (even plays AV1) but much much faster, UI perfectly matches macOS. It's how I wish VLC was on macOS.

You should give it a try. I love VLC and IINA but VLC's sluggish and ugly UI leaves a lot to be desired on macOS.
 
Feek said:
I appreciate it a lot. I remember the days of having to install multiple codec packs and struggling to get everything to play. VLC was like a breath of fresh air and I'd feel lost without it now.

I've never found anything it won't play and never had any issues with it stuttering. I still use it daily.
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I do remember the horrors of trying to play .wmv on QuickTime with something like a QT swiss army knife or something like that.
 
I have a bunch of HDR files that I use to test my OLED tvs for break in, etc. How do I ensure I'm seeing HDR when playing them on the MacBook screen?
 
VLC can't output HDR. There is a patch in the work for mpv.

The only HDR player I know it's QuickTime.
 
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