VLC Player is extremely respected and is safe for your mac ONLY if you download it from the source website:
VLC Media Player is an Open Source Multimedia Player licensed with GPL that allows you to view videos and listen to audios in practically any format. VLC Media Player can play any video or audio format, including MPEG, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MKV, H.264/AVC, FLV, MP3 and OGG, along with many others. Mac users interested in Vlc for os x 10.5.8 generally download: VLC media player 3.0 Free VLC media player is one of the most popular video players on the market. VideoLAN is now publishing the VLC 3.0.10 release, which improves DVD, macOS Catalina, adaptive streaming, SMB and AV1 support, and fixes some important security issues. More information available on the release page. We are also releasing new versions for iOS (3.2.8) and Android 3.2. VLC media player for Mac OS X. VLC media player 3.0.11 (latest) VLC media player 2.2.8 VLC media player 2.1.5 See all. No specific info about version 1.2. VLC media player 2.06 See all VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Note that you may be prompted to authenticate as an administrator when copying to the Applications folder. Once installed and opened in that manner it will function normally when opened thereafter.
Jul 24, 2016 8:34 PM
We have been using VLC Media Player as our media player of choice for a long time and generally are very happy with it. However we have one problem that has been challenging us for a while despite a few hours of searching the web for a possible solution.