- Another possible way to fix the VLC Player no sound problem is update VLC to the latest version. It might be possible that your VLC media player is outdated, and that caused this audio issue. You can fix it by upgrading the current VLC version to the latest one to get a.
- Problems such as no sound and subtitle errors also appear sometimes. VLC can not help with the playback of M4V or M4A files on Mac computer. VLC lacks some crucial features like the adjustment of audio codec, bit rate, sample rate etc. VLC is absolutely an outstanding media player for you to play diverse media files.
Devices and Mac OS X version
If the problem on VLC Media Player not playing sound is caused by it, then you can check and set the Windows Volume Mixer as follows. Open the Volume Mixer by clicking the icon at the bottom of your taskbar near your clock on Windows. Unmute Your VLC Player. If VLC media player is playing video but no sound playing, the probable. MPlayerX is an alternative to VLC Media Player for Mac. Because is it a media player based on FFmpeg and MPlayer that supports most videos and audio files. Moreover, you can take advantage of some advanced features, such as the playlist support, Apple remote service, and more other Apple devices.
VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. 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.
If you need help in finding the correct package matching your Mac's processor architecture, please see this official support document by Apple.
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.
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
Vlc Player Mac No Sound Downloads
QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required
Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.
Free Vlc Player Mac
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma
Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.