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VLC media player vs IINA: catalog facts
VLC media player	IINA
Free Free software from a non-profit; there is no paid tier and no advertising in the player.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS	macOS
Plays an unusually wide list of codecs and containers out of the box, including MPEG-1/2, H.264, H.265, VP8/VP9… No spyware, no advertising and no user tracking, stated on the project feature page	mpv decoding with a genuinely native macOS interface Picture-in-picture, gestures, Touch Bar and a standalone music mode
The stable desktop line is still 3.0.23; the 4.0 interface rewrite has not shipped The interface is functional rather than modern, and advanced options are buried in preference dialogs	macOS 11 or newer only Nightly builds exist but the project warns they may be unusable
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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