Platforms

Platforms

VLC Redesign runs on Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit (x64). That is the only platform with a build today. The other platforms have been studied: which ones are possible, how, at what cost, and in which order. Nothing below is started, and the order is a plan, not a promise.

The full study, with the evidence from VideoLAN's build system and this project's code: docs/PLATFORMS.md. The status of each platform is kept in platforms.yml.

At a glance

Platform	Status	Notes
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit (x64)	Available	The installer and the portable zip, with small updates in the app: Install and update
Windows on ARM64	Planned (next)	The x64 build already runs on Windows 11 ARM64 under emulation
Linux (x64)	Planned	Builds from the same source; the first milestones were checked on Linux, the latest work only on Windows
Samsung Smart TV (Tizen)	Planned	A receiver for casting, not VLC itself
macOS	Idea
Android (phones, tablets, TV)	Idea
iPhone, iPad, Apple TV	Idea
Windows 32-bit, Windows 7, 8, XP	Not planned	See below

Windows 10 and 11 today

• 64-bit only, Windows 10 from version 1809 (build 17763): the interface is built on Qt 6.8, which needs it. The installer refuses an older Windows, and vlc.exe on one says This version of VLC media player needs Windows 10 version 1809 or later.
• No graphics card needed: it also runs in Windows Sandbox, decoding on the processor.
• On Windows 11 ARM64, the x64 installer runs and installs (the installer accepts any x64-compatible Windows); Windows emulates it, which is slower. A native ARM64 build is the next step below.

What is planned, in this order

#	Platform	How	Effort to a first build
1	Windows on ARM64	The same source, built with VideoLAN's llvm-mingw image for ARM64 (Snapdragon PCs); its own installer and update channel	1–2 weeks
2	Linux (x64)	The same source; Flatpak first, then AppImage, a .deb last	3–5 weeks
3	macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)	The same source, with VLC's Qt interface turned on (VideoLAN's Mac VLC has its own native interface)	4–6 weeks
4	Android phones, tablets and TV, and ChromeOS	A separate app: VLC for Android with its screens redrawn in the design; most Chromebooks run the Android app, others the Linux Flatpak	10–16 weeks
5	Samsung (Tizen) TVs, then LG webOS	Not VLC itself: a TV web app that plays what the desktop casts to it, with the TV's own player	4–7 weeks (3–5 for Tizen, 1–2 more for webOS)
6	iPhone, iPad, Apple TV	A separate app: VLC for iOS with its screens redrawn	10–16 weeks

Why this order: ARM64 is the smallest step, entirely in the current build and installer. Linux and macOS share the same work (an HTTP backend for updates and online subtitles, an update channel of their own). Android reaches the largest new audience. The TV receiver builds on the casting work and can go in parallel with Android, since it is web code. The Apple apps carry the most store risk.

What each needs

Platform	Main blocker
Windows on ARM64	Qualcomm graphics drivers with the interface's DirectComposition path, untested; an ARM64 test PC
Linux	The Windows-only parts of this project (HTTP, updater, firewall, menus); Qt 6.8 on older distributions
macOS	Qt is off on macOS upstream and untested there; an Apple Developer account for signing and notarization
Android	A new interface in Kotlin; the phone and TV frames do not exist in the design; Google's developer verification
Samsung and LG TVs	No native code for third parties on either: the TV decodes, so the formats are the TV's
iPhone, iPad	GPL code cannot go to the App Store; Apple's review; Qt has no tvOS

Versions and repositories

Steps 1 to 3 are the same desktop program, in this repository, with one version number. Each separate app (Android, iOS, the TV receiver) would get its own repository, following its own VideoLAN upstream, and its own version from its first published build. Issues stay in this repository, with a label per platform.

What is not planned

• Windows 32-bit, Windows 7 and 8, and older versions such as Windows XP. Qt 6, which draws the interface, supports only 64-bit Windows 10 and 11, and VLC Redesign relies on Windows features that Windows 7 does not have (DirectComposition, the acrylic blur, the rounded window corners). 32-bit Windows exists only as Windows 10, whose support ended on 2025-10-14, and Windows 11 is 64-bit only. Every extra Windows build would also double the release files, the small updates and the signing. On Windows 7, 8 and 32-bit Windows, VideoLAN's VLC 3 remains the player to use.

Good to know. Interested in a platform? Say so in Discussions (the Ideas category): it helps decide what comes first.

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