VLC Media Player | AppleVis

Description of App

VLC is a free and open-source cross-platform media player and media platform. VLC plays a wide range of media files, as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and network streams.

Simple, fast, and powerful
Plays everything - Files, discs, external devices, and streams
Understood most codecs without additional packages - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...
Works on all platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android ...
Completely free - no spyware, no ads, and no user tracking.

Version

3.0.21

Free or Paid

Free

Version Of macOS App Was Tested On

15.5

Accessibility Comments

From my experience, I can say that the app is fully accessible with VoiceOver.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

I use this app to listen to MP3 files. I am satisfied with everything. If you find any accessibility issues, please leave a comment.

Developer Website

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

Recommendations

3 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Ekaj 2 hours 17 minutes ago

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Comments

Haven't Used It Much But...

A life-skills coach/personal assistant installed this on my Mac a few years ago, because I was having an issue with my Western Digital external hard drive and we tried to figure out what exactly was going on. This app definitely seems accessible enough, but I'm unclear on how to use it. I believe it opened up by default for some files which I had downloaded. I'm going to check out their website. By default all or most audio files open in Apple's native music app, which works well for me.

VLC has no windows

Other than a few unlabelled buttons, it seems OK. However, once I start playing something, every time I press VO+right I hear "VLC has no windows" before it tells me what button I have selected, which is usable but annoying. If I choose full screen this problem goes away. Not sure if there is a proper fix.