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VLC Media Player for Mac

Popular multimedia player.

Free
In English
Version 3.0.21
4.3
Based on 598 user rates

VLC Media Player overview

VLC Media Player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, OGG, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.

What’s new in version 3.0.21

  • Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

VLC Media Player for Mac

Free
In English
Version 3.0.21
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Performance
Design
User Experience

What needs improvements

Bug fixing

VLC Media Player qualities

Value
5.0
Ease of use
5.0
Features
5.0
Reliability
5.0
Customer support
5.0

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4.3

(1179 Reviews of VLC Media Player)

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Aargl
Aargl
May 26 2024
3.0.20
4.0
May 26 2024
4.0
Version: 3.0.20
Found another bug: sometimes VLC doesn't output any sound, I open the same movie or stream in another player and it's ok... 🙄
Mikael-B
Mikael-B
Feb 11 2024
3.0.20
5.0
Feb 11 2024
5.0
Version: 3.0.20
Number of problems I've had with VLC the last 20 years I couldn't easily fix: 0. A more flexible video player might not exist.
Aargl
Aargl
Oct 17 2023
3.0.19
4.0
Oct 17 2023
4.0
Version: 3.0.19
I quite can't believe it, but I must say that v3.0.19 really seems to have finally fixed every bug brought by v3.0, many years ago! :-o Compared to v2.2.8, it eats less cpu and the subtitles are way bigger (sometimes overflowing out of the screen), but the subtitles menu works (which was not the case in v2.2.8). So hurray! VLC has come back! :-D I give it back one more star.
Aargl
Aargl
Dec 2 2022
3.0.18
4.0
Dec 2 2022
4.0
Version: 3.0.18
VLC v3 looks like a desperate case... The first mp4 I've tested on v3.0.18 has the audio slightly delayed, while it reads perfectly on VLC 2.2.8 and IINA (the current best alternative to VLC in many points). Strange enough, the .ts format has no issue (while, if you read my former reviews, it was precisely that format that had issues in the first v3 versions...) Hoping everything gets fixed someday. ;-)
Aargl
Aargl
Jun 28 2021
3.0.16
4.0
Jun 28 2021
4.0
Version: 3.0.16
What do we complain about? It only took 3 years and nearly 4 months for v3 to be on a par with v2.2.8... ;-) v3.0.16 seems to have finally ironed out all the brand new bugs of v3.0.0. Well, I've already had a very strange bug where VLC seemed to suddenly try opening every system file it could find! :-o But except for that, after a few days trial, I can say all works ok! — not that I've found anything better in v3 compared to v2.2.8, but at least it works. :-)
Mikael-B
Mikael-B
Feb 11 2024
3.0.20
5.0
Feb 11 2024
5.0
Version: 3.0.20
Aargl
Aargl
Oct 17 2023
3.0.19
4.0
Oct 17 2023
4.0
Version: 3.0.19
didifri
didifri
Oct 13 2023
3.0.19
5.0
Oct 13 2023
5.0
Version: 3.0.19
Ekchong
Ekchong
Sep 20 2023
3.0.18
5.0
Sep 20 2023
5.0
Version: 3.0.18
aguycalledkwest
aguycalledkwest
Aug 15 2023
3.0.18
4.0
Aug 15 2023
4.0
Version: 3.0.18
Sigsgaard
Sigsgaard
Mar 22 2023
3.0.18
5.0
Mar 22 2023
5.0
Version: 3.0.18
The_Blinded
The_Blinded
Dec 2 2022
3.0.18
4.0
Dec 2 2022
4.0
Version: 3.0.18
Drtyrell969
Drtyrell969
Mar 31 2022
3.0.16
5.0
Mar 31 2022
5.0
Version: 3.0.16
Quirop-Pa
Quirop-Pa
Sep 24 2021
3.0.16
5.0
Sep 24 2021
5.0
Version: 3.0.16
iAziz
iAziz
Sep 6 2021
3.0.16
5.0
Sep 6 2021
5.0
Version: 3.0.16
serenitymiller891
serenitymiller891
Sep 2 2021
3.0.16
4.0
Sep 2 2021
4.0
Version: 3.0.16
Saneman1
Saneman1
Jun 12 2021
3.0.15
5.0
Jun 12 2021
5.0
Version: 3.0.15
dbona475
dbona475
Jun 2 2021
3.0.14
3.0
Jun 2 2021
3.0
Version: 3.0.14
mdorian339
mdorian339
Jun 1 2021
3.0.14
5.0
Jun 1 2021
5.0
Version: 3.0.14
stphnjayson
stphnjayson
Jun 1 2021
3.0.14
4.0
Jun 1 2021
4.0
Version: 3.0.14
Alfie_m
Alfie_m
May 19 2021
3.0.14
3.0
May 19 2021
3.0
Version: 3.0.14
chestmeto
chestmeto
May 13 2021
3.0.14
5.0
May 13 2021
5.0
Version: 3.0.14
davylagui3217
davylagui3217
Jan 26 2021
4.0
Jan 26 2021
4.0
Version: null
Rex
Rex
Jan 22 2021
3.0
Jan 22 2021
3.0
Version: null
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jan 20 2021
5.0
Jan 20 2021
5.0
Version: null
PauloFut
PauloFut
Jan 19 2021
5.0
Jan 19 2021
5.0
Version: null
ERNEST UNGUREANU
ERNEST UNGUREANU
Jan 19 2021
5.0
Jan 19 2021
5.0
Version: null
tumnuch86
tumnuch86
May 26 2020
5.0
May 26 2020
5.0
Version: null
facthai
facthai
May 25 2020
5.0
May 25 2020
5.0
Version: null
scilliers5104
scilliers5104
May 20 2020
5.0
May 20 2020
5.0
Version: null
Ahmicdf
Ahmicdf
May 19 2020
5.0
May 19 2020
5.0
Version: null
usefih
usefih
May 18 2020
1.0
May 18 2020
1.0
Version: null
dhillonp
dhillonp
Apr 30 2020
5.0
Apr 30 2020
5.0
Version: null
DistrictDawg
DistrictDawg
Apr 6 2020
4.0
Apr 6 2020
4.0
Version: null
rafabass05
rafabass05
Jan 19 2020
5.0
Jan 19 2020
5.0
Version: null
johnnylemmer
johnnylemmer
Jan 4 2020
5.0
Jan 4 2020
5.0
Version: null
ocean442
ocean442
Nov 7 2019
3.0
Nov 7 2019
3.0
Version: null
blancaberger
blancaberger
Oct 14 2019
5.0
Oct 14 2019
5.0
Version: null
DragonMaster
DragonMaster
Sep 9 2019
5.0
Sep 9 2019
5.0
Version: null
gremlinpfc
gremlinpfc
Aug 10 2019
4.5
Aug 10 2019
4.5
Version: null
poeaaron24
poeaaron24
Jun 24 2019
5.0
Jun 24 2019
5.0
Version: null
Christel1987
Christel1987
Jun 8 2019
5.0
Jun 8 2019
5.0
Version: null
Sgilbert
Sgilbert
Jun 7 2019
4.5
Jun 7 2019
4.5
Version: null
boymch
boymch
Mar 13 2019
2.5
Mar 13 2019
2.5
Version: null
diamondrogue
diamondrogue
Feb 15 2019
5.0
Feb 15 2019
5.0
Version: null