09.12.2025
While tech giants kept building bloated media apps, a scrappy open-source project called VideoLan quietly ate their lunch by playing every weird file you could throw at it. Here's how
VLC Player on Mac
VLC is a free, open source media player that runs on Apple devices. Its main strength is wide format support without external codecs.
The program didn't come from a corporate skunkworks or a Silicon Valley incubator. It started in 1996 in Paris, when students just wanted to stream TV across campus.
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09.12.2025
While tech giants kept building bloated media apps, a scrappy open-source project called VideoLan quietly ate their lunch by playing every weird file you could throw at it. Here's how
VLC Player on Mac
VLC is a free, open source media player that runs on Apple devices. Its main strength is wide format support without external codecs.
The program didn't come from a corporate skunkworks or a Silicon Valley incubator. It started in 1996 in Paris, when students just wanted to stream TV across campus.
Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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