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Latest revision as of 10:11, 19 January 2016
This page is about the different VLC media player versions.
Contents
Windows
Version compatibility summary
| VLC version | 0.8.6 | 0.9.x/1.0.x | 1.1.x |
2.0.x/2.1.x/2.2.x | 3.0.x | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 95/98/ME | Yes | No | No | No | No | Use KernelEx to use latest versions. |
| Windows NT 4.0 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Windows 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Installation of SP4 is mandatory |
| Windows XP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, SP2 or newer | Middle, update your windows | Installation of SP3 is recommended |
| Windows 2003 R2 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, SP1 or newer | Middle, update your windows | Installation of SP3 is recommended |
| Windows Vista | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | It is highly recommended to install the Platform Update 1 |
| Windows 2008 / 2008R2 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Windows 7 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Installation of SP1 is recommended, for safety |
| Windows 8/8.1 | No | No | No | Yes, since 2.0.4 | Yes | |
| Windows 10 | No | No | No | Yes, since 2.2.1 | Yes |
VLC 1.0.0 does not work on Vista or 7
This is a know limitation. Please use VLC 1.1.11 or more recent
VLC 0.9.0/1.0.0/1.1.0 doesn't work on Win9x
This is by design. You need at least Windows 2000 to run latest VLC 1.1.x.
For earlier Windows release, use VLC 0.8.6i or check out this forum post for tips running latest VLC under Windows 98 or Windows Me.
VLC 2.0.0 doesn't work on Windows 2000 or Windows XP SP1
This is by design. You need at least Windows XP SP2 to run latest VLC 2.0.x.
Please upgrade your Windows or use VLC 1.1.11.
Mac OS X
Version compatibility summary
| VLC version | 0.8.6 | 0.9.x | 1.0.x/1.1.x | 2.0.x | 2.1.x/2.2.x | 3.x | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.3 Panther | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Use 0.8.6i on Mac OS X 10.3.9 with QuickTime 7 |
| 10.4 Tiger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Use 0.9.10 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 with QuickTime 7 |
| 10.5 Leopard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | It works both for PPC and Intel |
| 10.6 Snow Leopard | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, 64bit only | No | 10.6.3 or later strongly recommended |
| 10.7 Lion | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10.7.2 or later strongly recommended |
| 10.8 Mountain Lion | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10.8.2 or later strongly recommended |
| 10.9 (Mavericks) and later | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Mac OS X 10.1 can run up to VLC 0.7.0.
Mac OS X 10.2 can run up to VLC 0.8.4a, with QuickTime 6.5.2.
*nix
| Linux | Yes | VLC works perfectly under linux.
The team supports the Debian version. However Ubuntu, Gentoo, OpenSuse, |
|---|---|---|
| *BSD | Yes | VLC should work without any problem. |
| Solaris / OpenSolaris | Middle | VLC is buildable under Solaris after some adaptations.
Reports have said that those were doable. |
| Other Unixes | Middle | Same as Solaris |
| BeOS | Yes | Only old versions. |
iOS
Version compatibility summary
| VLC version | 1.x | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 6.0 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 6.1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 7.0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
This page is part of the informal VLC Support Guide.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
