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| Developer(s) | Electronic Team, Inc. |
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| Stable release | 8.18(3409) / March 28, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-03-28) |
| Operating system | OS X |
| Available in | English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Swedish |
| Type | Media player |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www |
Elmedia Player is a freemium media player developed by Electronic Team, Inc. Founded in 2000 as an alternative to QuickTime, it is offered for the macOS operation system. According to the company, the software has 1 million users as of August 2017.
Its developer, formerly known as Eltima Software, was founded in 2000 and based in US.
On October 19, 2017, the free version of the media player was reported to have contained a malware trojan due to a security breach. Vice reported that nearly 1,000 users downloaded compromised files. Within a short time, the developers stopped the spread of this malware successfully.
Media formats
Elmedia is capable of playing the following formats:
- Video: MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, H.266/VVC.
- Audio: MP3, AAC, MP2, Monkey's Audio, Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC.
- Container: AVI, MKV, VOB, MP4, WEBM
In the July 2023 update, the developers integrated support for H.266/VVC standard, allowing VVC playback up to 8K.
Elmedia Player also allows streaming to Chromecast, Smart TVs, Apple TV, Airplay, and DLNA-compatible devices as well as mirroring iPhone/iPad screens.
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- Thomson, Iain (2017-10-20). "Malware hidden in vid app is so nasty, victims should wipe their Macs". The Register. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- Calderone, Nicholas (2022-05-27). "Elmedia Player For Mac 2022 REVIEW". MacSources. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- Bookwalter, J.R. (2016-02-02). "Elmedia Player Pro review: Better, stronger, faster than QuickTime Player". Macworld. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- Calderone, Nicholas (2022-05-27). "Elmedia Player For Mac 2022 REVIEW". MacSources. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- Palmer, Danny (2017-10-20). "Mac OSX Trojan malware spread via compromised software downloads". ZDNet. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- Constantin, Lucian (2017-10-20). "Hackers Distribute Malware-Infected Media Player to Hundreds of Mac Users". Vice. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- Rudd, Emilia. "Elmedia Supported Formats | KB". Electronic Team, Inc. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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- "Fraunhofer HHI and Electronic Team demonstrate how VVC technology provides a greatly enhanced multimedia experience". www.hhi.fraunhofer.de. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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