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VLC media player
Mac OS X-specific information


Welcome to the VLC media player! VLC media player is a multi-purpose multimedia tool. It can play DVDs, VCDs or read a stream from the network. It plays DivX/MPEG-4 files (and many other files) and is unaffected by the dreaded .avi bug which can cause choppy sound when playing DivX in QuickTime Player. You can also stream content to the networkor a file.
For a full list of features visit: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

VLC media player was originally developed for GNU/Linux systems, but has been ported to numerous operating systems, including Mac OS X and MS Windows. Though there probably are bugs, we are always working hard to improve VLC media player and if you think you can help us in any way, please drop us a line:http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html or http://forum.videolan.org/

The following frequently asked questions are answered below :
1. How do I install?
2. How do I use VLC media player?
3. How do I read a CD/(S)VCD/DVD?
4. The video is choppy! It's like we're dropping frames.
5. How do I remove VLC media player?
6. Where can I find an older version for Mac OS 9?
7. How do I changethe size of the video window?
8. I think I found a bug. What should I do?
9. Support for files with subtitles.
10. What do all the options in the preferences do?
11. How do i get fullscreen video on my other monitor?
12. Multiple sound-devices and multi-channel sound?
13. I have a problem or a feature request
14. VLC does not start anymore or does strange things


1. How do I install ?When you download VLC media player, you will end up with a VLC-1.1.x.dmg file. Double-click to open this file. An icon will now appear on your Desktop, right beside your drive(s). Open it and drag the VLC application from the resulting window to the place where you want to install it. Most often this is the directory Applications on your main harddrive.


2. How do I use VLC media player ?
Touse VLC media player, you will need to open the application first and then from the "File" menu open the file or disk, you would like to view. Double-clicking a file will result in QuickTime Player trying to open it. If you prefer, you can change this by selecting your file and choosing "Get Info" from the "File" menu of the Finder. In the "Open With" section you can select VLC and if you checkthe checkbox, then all files of the type you have selected will be opened in VLC media player if you double-click them from that moment on.


3. How do I read a CD/(S)VCD/DVD ?
To view a (S)VCD, DVD or Audio CD, you will need to choose "Open Disc" from the "File" menu. Choose your disk type and then choose the drive in which you inserted the disk. In most cases, VLC already detected the correctdrive. VLC media player is currently unable to read SVCD directly from the drive. Some SVCDs can be read if you tell VLC they're VCDs, in the "Open Disc" dialog.


4. The video is choppy! It's like we're dropping frames.
That's the normal behavior when the CPU isn't fast enough to decode all the frames. Though there is some room for improvement, don't ever expect VLC to be able to decodeMPEG-2 streams or high resolution DivX on a low-end G3 machine.

If you experience problems playing DivX/Xvid then you can try the following:
- Open the preferences.
- Now go to the Modules part of the preferences.
- Select decoder and then 'ffmpeg'
- Enable 'hurry up' -> click 'Save'

If VLC media player is slow on your G4 or Intel system, try to quit or hide all running applications. See withtop -u in a terminal window which applications take the CPU. Be aware of bouncing icons in the dock. Bounces seriously effect the performance of VLC. The same goes for any time interval process (Checking mail every 2 minutes).


5. How do I remove VLC media player ?
Simply drag VLC from the place where you had installed it, to the Trash. If you want, you can delete the preferences as well...