Elmedia Player

{{Short description|Video and audio media player software for macOS}}

{{Infobox software

| title = Elmedia Player

| logo = Elmedia - Icon 256x256.png

| developer = Electronic Team, Inc.{{cite web |url=https://www.electronic.us/ |title=USB over Ethernet Technology solutions by Electronic Team}}

| latest release version = 8.18(3409)

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|03|28}} {{cite web |url=https://help.electronic.us/support/solutions/articles/44002280353-elmedia-player-from-the-electronic-team-website |title=Elmedia Player from the Electronic Team website |publisher=Emilia Rudd |access-date=March 28, 2024}}

| operating system = OS X

| language = English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Swedish

| genre = Media player

| license = Freeware{{cite web |url=https://help.electronic.us/support/solutions/folders/44001226785 |title=Elmedia Player Licenses}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.elmedia-video-player.com/}}

}}

Elmedia Player is a freemium media player developed by Electronic Team, Inc.{{Cite web |last=Thomson |first=Iain |date=2017-10-20 |title=Malware hidden in vid app is so nasty, victims should wipe their Macs |url=https://www.theregister.com/2017/10/20/mac_os_reinstall_eltima_elmedia_malware/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=The Register |language=en}} Founded in 2000 as an alternative to QuickTime, it is offered for the macOS operation system.{{Cite web |last=Calderone |first=Nicholas |date=2022-05-27 |title=Elmedia Player For Mac 2022 REVIEW |url=https://macsources.com/elmedia-player-for-mac-2022-review/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=MacSources |language=en-US}} According to the company, the software has 1 million users as of August 2017.{{Cite web |last=Bookwalter |first=J.R. |date=2016-02-02 |title=Elmedia Player Pro review: Better, stronger, faster than QuickTime Player |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/227298/elmedia-player-pro-review-better-stronger-faster-than-quicktime-player.html |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Macworld |language=en}}

Its developer, formerly known as Eltima Software, was founded in 2000 and based in US.{{Cite web |last=Calderone |first=Nicholas |date=2022-05-27 |title=Elmedia Player For Mac 2022 REVIEW |url=https://macsources.com/elmedia-player-for-mac-2022-review/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=MacSources |language=en-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.{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Danny |date=2017-10-20 |title=Mac OSX Trojan malware spread via compromised software downloads |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/trojan-malware-for-mac-osx-spread-via-compromised-media-player-downloads/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=ZDNet |language=en}} Vice reported that nearly 1,000 users downloaded compromised files.{{Cite web |last=Constantin |first=Lucian |date=2017-10-20 |title=Hackers Distribute Malware-Infected Media Player to Hundreds of Mac Users |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/elmedia-player-malware-hack-mac-trojan/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Vice |language=en}} Within a short time, the developers stopped the spread of this malware successfully.