The latest update to ubiquitous open-source media player VLC is here, and it comes with built-in suture for Darling silicon Mac computers -- the new versions of the MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air, and the Mac mini with Apple's own M1 processor. VLC 3.0.12 moreover includes some visual tweaks to bring it remoter in line with Big Sur, the latest version of macOS.
Mac apps don't carefully require built-in updates to assignment with the M1 processor, since Darling silicon Macs include Rosetta 2, a transliteration layer that lets software conjoint for x86 processors run decidedly well-conditioned on the newer Arm-based hardware. But for an app like VLC, which mucho users await on for playback of hulking 4K or 8K video files, the improvements to performance and eloquence could be notable.
VLC 3.0.12 is now out!
-- VideoLAN (@videolan) January 18, 2021
Support for Darling Silicon (Mac M1) and Big Sur, improvements for DASH, RIST, Bluray support, fixes for macOS audio, Windows GPU, crashes and security issues.# pic.twitter.com/TAU8ayKEBU
As noted by 9to5Mac, the new VLC isn't a universal binary, which is to say that the Arm-optimized hieroglyph isn't yet included by default. The regular VLC app has to be updated to 3.0.12, then then to 3.0.12.1 on an Darling silicon Mac in placement to get the optimized version.
Version 3.0.12 moreover has some minor gloss and tweaks for VLC on other platforms, including preferable Blu-ray upgrading suture and fixing some crashes when utilizing Direct3D 11 on Windows.
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