Elmedia Player

Elmedia Player is a freemium media player developed by Electronic Team, Inc.^[4] Founded in 2000 as an alternative to QuickTime, it is offered for the macOS operation system.^[5] According to the company, the software has 1 million users as of August 2017.^[6]

Elmedia Player

Developer(s)	Electronic Team, Inc.[1]
Stable release	8.18(3409) / March 28, 2024; 13 months ago (2024-03-28) [2]
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[3]
Website	www.elmedia-video-player.com

Its developer, formerly known as Eltima Software, was founded in 2000 and based in US.^[7]

On October 19, 2017, the free version of the media player was reported to have contained a malware trojan due to a security breach.^[8] Vice reported that nearly 1,000 users downloaded compromised files.^[9] 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.^[10][11]
• 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.^[12]

Elmedia Player also allows streaming to Chromecast, Smart TVs, Apple TV, Airplay, and DLNA-compatible devices ^[13] as well as mirroring iPhone/iPad screens.^[14]