

The latest version is believed to be a minor update, with support for folders. Every Mac user needs a solid video playback app, and there exists nothing better than the open source and free app VLC, now maintained by VideoLAN. Version 2.4.x, first launched a year ago for various platforms, adding streaming from both Dropbox and Google Drive. Just to add to the entertainment, that version turned out to have a bug, was pulled and a revised version was submitted. Tap on your Mac name to open the Connect to Server screen. VLC should automatically detect your Mac SMB File Server. Run the player, tap on its icon at the top left corner to open the side menu. It allows users to remote play videos and music from network devices.

The lead developer stated shortly before the holidays that the app would be returning “soon,” and Apple subsequently approved a new version of the VideoLAN app. Get the VLC media player from App Store onto your iPhone. The app finally returned in 2013 before disappearing once more last September … VLC for iOS is a port of the free VLC media player to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.\ It can play all your movies, shows and music in most formats directly without conversion. The app has something of a checkered history in the App Store, first removed from the store way back in 2011 after a licensing dispute the original open-source developers claiming that the App Store terms were incompatible with the GNU Public License for the code.

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Some existing US users (us included!) are also reporting on Reddit being able to update to the latest version (2.4.1) if they have the previous version from before it was removed. The VLC for iOS app–a favorite media player for many–has returned to the App Store in some countries and is expected to be available for all shortly.
