Development of VLC for Mac 64-bit is on hold, project needs developers

Development on the 64-bit edition of VLC Player for Mac has impact the pause button. The Videolan aggroup is looking for Mac utilization talent to hold move the send forward, and revamp the program's programme to be more Mac-like. While the aggroup says that reports of VLC Mac's modification are 'greatly exaggerated,' they could definitely ingest whatever help.

As we've mentioned before, VLC is a free, unstoppered maker media contestant that supports different audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX/Xvid, Ogg, and whatever more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and streaming protocols. While the 32-bit edition still entireness dustlike on Snow Leopard, the 64- taste edition (which shortly appeared as 1.0.3, exclusive to disappear again with 1.0.4) is intended to be higher-performance; it also would work more seamlessly with the 64-bit edition of Handbrake.

The programme of VLC for Mac's 64-bit freezeout started today with this place on videolan.org:

This is feat to sound same a PBS sponsorship drive, but it needs to be said:

While VLC is an unstoppered maker send provided to you liberated of charge, as with another unstoppered maker projects, its cosmos depends on everyone who provides hold to the project. This hold crapper come in whatever forms, much as:
- joining the aggroup and tributary code
- spending time in the installation serving out another VLC users
- making a donation

Every taste helps, since without it the community dies and the send with it.

As mentioned [earlier] we are in fearless requirement of Mac developers who crapper hold reassert the Mac lateral of VLC. If you or someone you undergo is in function to join the aggroup then gratify permit us know. Until we have more Mac developers then the 64-bit edition of VLC for MacOS X module be on hold!

Though the new QuickTime X Player has much shack for improvement, I've gotten quite utilised to it and check every my movie files in it save WMV (which QuickTime plays via the Flip4Mac plugin). From whatever reason, QTX requires WMV files to go finished a weight process before you crapper remove finished the video. On VLC there is no weight process for WMV files before you crapper skim. This is exclusive one of the whatever benefits of using VLC, as I'm sure whatever of our readers crapper attest.

There are still whatever alternatives to VLC, including 3ivX, FFmpeg and Perian. There's also this lowercase preference pane to attain QTX more enjoyable. But these are every alternatives, not replacements for this enthusiastic app. Here's hoping that the pass fiber module enliven a few Mac devs to travel up and ready VLC moving forward.