Help bring VLC and Apple Silicon support to Jubler

Jubler currently uses two components that are becoming problematic:

1. mplayer for video playback — no longer actively maintained
2. ffdecode for preview and waveform display — difficult to update and lacks support for modern codecs and Apple Silicon

This means all users are limited when working with newer video formats, and Apple Silicon Macs cannot natively use Jubler’s preview features. Additionally, Apple may restrict Rosetta 2 compatibility in future macOS versions, which would completely break preview functionality.

VLC has become the de facto standard for media playback and can replace both mplayer and ffdecode. Migrating Jubler to use VLC will provide modern codec support and native Apple Silicon compatibility, but it requires a lot of time and effort to implement properly.

Instead of promising fundraising campaigns, Patreon tiers, or future “maybe” goals, I prefer to keep things simple and honest: I have already started the work to bring VLC support into Jubler.

If this feature matters to you, please consider supporting the effort with a donation. Every contribution helps cover the time and energy required to make this transition possible.

Thank you for supporting open source development and helping Jubler move forward.

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