Codecs Video For Mac



Popular video codecs in Motion. In Motion, you can use video compressed with nearly any video codec. However, it’s best to use high-quality codecs with a minimum of compression. Codecs that highly compress files, such as MPEG-4 or Sorenson, are less suitable for creating high-quality work. Not all codecs support alpha channels. You can use the codec without any limitations. The codec supports 8 and 10bit color depth, alpha channel, resolutions up to 4K (SD, HD, 2K, but even any format like e.g. Grass Valley HQX Codec Pack for Win (Version: 8.50, exe, 37,9MB) Grass Valley HQX Codec Pack for Mac (Version: 1.05, exe, 0,5MB).

  1. Mp4 Codec Mac
  2. Quicktime Codecs For Mac
  3. Xvid Video Codec For Mac

Devices and Mac OS X version

VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.

Web browser plugin for Mac OS X

Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.

Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player

We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.


Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.

Mp4 Codec Mac


Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required

Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.


Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required

Codecs Video For Mac

Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.

Quicktime Codecs For Mac


Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.


Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma

Xvid Video Codec For Mac

Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.