Vlc For Apple Silicon
Apple TV’s new beta version tvOS 9.2 has some noteworthy features, but videophiles seem more excited for the new VLC media player app now available for the set top box, released by VideoLAN. What’s all the excitement about, how’s it benefit Windows users, and how does it work?
If you’re not familiar with VLC, it’s software that allows for video and audio playback regardless of the file format. It’s also a great way to stream videos, and is quite popular with Windows users. Free and open source, VLC has been download over a billion times since 20015, and now that it has been made available to Apple TV users, you can expect that number to rise even more.
“Immediately after Apple announced the future of television, we started to develop for the new box and now it is finally ready to be published. This is the first app we release with the increased limit of 2000 TestFlight beta testers, who had access to our app since mid November and greatly influenced the result. We were excited about the amazing amount of feedback we received,” VideoLAN wrote in a separate blog post.
Features for Apple TV
Playback
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Devices and Mac OS X version. 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 processors is no longer supported. @stardomains My understanding is that Apple Silicon Macs can now run iOS Apps natively. So it is possible for VLC-iOS to be made available for Apple Silicon, obviously not the same feature set as the macOS Intel version. In this category, we’re listing some of the best apps for the Apple Silicon Macs that can enhance your productivity. There are a lot of apps here. VLC is free to download and use. Windows 10 support for Arm-based Apple M1 Macs is nowhere in sight, but Microsoft has updated several of its productivity apps to run natively on Apple silicon. Microsoft is updating most of its Microsoft 365 suite of apps for the Mac to provide native support for the latest Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro 13.
Just like on any iOS device, or computer for that matter, the Apple TV version of VLC allows users to play, pause and seek, as well as navigate by chapter and titles, or even select content including multiple audio and subtitles tracks. You can also customize the playback speed. Also, VLC has tapped community service hatchet.is so the music playback function not only displays album artwork, but artist imagery and biographies as well.
Subtitles
Not all videos come with subtitles, so if a user come across one that needs to be dubbed, they can do so within the playback thanks to OpenSubtitles.org. VLC supports texts such as srt, SSA, WebVTT, bitmap subtitles, and even Right-to-Left languages like Arabic and Hebrew, complex text layout for Malayalam, and other Asian languages.
Content discovery
VideoLAN promises users access all their files and video streams, without having to convert anything, as VLC on Apple TV automatically discovers storage and shares on your local network using the SMB, UPnP media server, FTP and PLEX protocols. on their Apple TV.
Remote playback
As for something specific to Apple TV, the VLC app allows for ‘casting’ or Remote Playback, a feature that allows the user to directly send video files from any browser or app to the Apple TV. To cast, just drop one or more files in the browser to play videos or audio instantly, and the copies will remain available to the device cache locally as long as there is space.
You can also paste streams from compatible URLS to the Apple TV, and actions can be sent to create a current playlist. The web interface can also be used to control play, pause, and seek.
To the future!
VideoLAN also announced that native integration with cloud services such as Dropbox, OneDrive and Drive is already in beta testing and the feature will be available in the future release of VLC. It was not made clear whether the said feature will be immediately available in the next release of VLC.
You can get the VLC app for free here, and it is compatible with the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, aside from the Apple TV.
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Apple Silicon, better known as the company's own 'M1' processor, is a game-changer. The new Mac computers (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini) powered by this new ARM-based processor have been very well received by critics and consumers alike.
I was personally fascinated by this new CPU, so I recently purchased my own 2020 Mac mini. Guess what, folks? The hype is real. The performance is exceptional while the fan almost never kicks in. It is a silent and powerful computing experience. Not to mention, the new Mac mini is quite affordable, but I digress.
Apple Silicon isn't just brilliant with native software designed for it, but when running emulated x86_64 software via Rosetta 2 as well. It is such a seamless experience, that you often don't even realize when apps aren't native to ARM.
For the best performance, however, we will need developers to compile their apps for Apple Silicon. Microsoft has already done so with Office 365, which is very much appreciated.
Unfortunately, one app that I, and many others, depend on was not yet optimized for Apple's M1 processor -- VLC. While the popular media player app ran fine in emulation, many people -- including me -- have been clamoring for a version of VLC that would be optimized for Apple Silicon.
Thankfully, today, VLC finally gets a true Apple Silicon version. Beginning with VLC 3.0.12.1, it will no longer be emulated through Rosetta 2. If you want to try it for yourself, you can download it here now. The changelog is found here.
If you do run it on an M1 Mac, I ask you to please share your experience with me in the comments below. Specifically, do you notice any difference between this new native version and the previous variant that used Rosetta 2 emulation?
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