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Switch for Mac

Switch 5.1

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Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Switch 5.1.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Switch for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

New features & improvements:
Vector Scopes (Technical Preview):
- Added several video scopes, including a luma scope for plotting histograms of brightness, a vector scope for plotting U-V brightness distribution, and a component parade for plotting RGB brightness distribution. Note that this is the initial implementation of video scopes, which is being considered a technical preview, not a completely finished feature set. Future releases of Switch will add more capability to the video scope features.

Index Advancement During Seek:
- Added the ability to advance the indexer during any seek operation, including flag navigation, chapter navigation, jump to mark in/out, 10 second skip, etc. Use the normal controls but hold down the option (Mac) or alt (Windows) keys. Once you do this, subtitle/caption playback will be disabled, as that requires indexing the entire file. Also, our support for advancing the indexer only exists in MPEG-2 TS and MPEG-2 PS containers. If the indexer cannot advance to the desired point within 30 seconds, the operation will be aborted.

Other New Features:
- Added the ability to play Microsoft ADPCM audio from a WAV file
- Added the ability to play AMR audio files
- Added the ability to play HEVC MPEG-2 PS files
- Added support for displaying timecode from SEI, MPEG-4 Sony Metadata, Seachange ANC & VBI

Fixed:
- a bug that caused scrambled playback for non-standard resolutions, wherein widths were not a multiple of sixteen, on macOS
- a bug that prevented the display of outlines of subtitles for SMPTE Timed Text files generated by EZ Titles
- a bug that could cause audio from ASF files to go out of sync with the video if the file specified a pre roll
- a bug that prevented playback of Broadcast Wave (BWF) files from Logic Pro X
- a bug in dark mode on macOS where the timecode source popup in the jump-to- time interface was obscured