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Install adapter with Homebrew Cask
Converts video, audio and images. Version 2.1.6 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Converts video, audio and images
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Project history and usage
Adapter is Macroplant’s graphical converter for video, audio, and image files on macOS and Windows. It provides individual and batch conversion through a desktop interface and relies on established media engines rather than presenting itself as a command-line codec suite.
Project history
Official Macroplant posts document active Mac and Windows releases by 2011. Version 2.1.0 for Mac arrived in 2014 with an updated FFmpeg backend, integrated VLC previews, layers, and broader image-sequence workflows.
The official downloads page distributes Adapter 2.1.6 for macOS and 2.1.2 for Windows.
Adoption history
Macroplant shipped Adapter for both macOS and Windows. Official 2011 release posts show early updates responding to crash reports and adding presets for contemporary devices such as the Kindle Fire, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2.
Adapter 2 remained freeware and expanded the application from straightforward transcoding into operations such as watermarking, subtitle burning, animated-GIF creation, image-sequence conversion, and time-lapse output.
How it is used
Users add one or more media files, choose an output format or device-oriented preset, optionally configure layers or other transformations, and run the conversion.
The application is commonly useful when a graphical batch workflow is preferable to direct FFmpeg usage.
Why package nerds care
Adapter is notable as a graphical, freeware front end around established media components, especially FFmpeg and VLC. Its Homebrew cask offers macOS users a package-managed way to install a consumer-friendly transcoder without constructing FFmpeg command lines.
Timeline
- 2011: Official Macroplant posts document Adapter 1.x releases for Mac and Windows.
- 2014: Adapter 2.1.0 for Mac adds an updated FFmpeg backend, integrated VLC previews, layers, and expanded image workflows.
- Current official download surface: Adapter 2.1.6 for macOS and 2.1.2 for Windows.
Related projects
- FFmpeg supplies Adapter’s core media-conversion capability.
- VLC is used for media preview functionality.
Sources
- Official historical release posts: https://macroplant.com/blog/page/19 and https://macroplant.com/blog?tag=audio+converter
- Official license: https://macroplant.com/adapter/eula
- Official product and downloads pages: https://macroplant.com/adapter and https://macroplant.com/downloads
- Official tutorials and support: https://macroplant.com/adapter/tutorials and https://helpdesk.macroplant.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001487673-Adapter
security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for adapter. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-09-19
manager version2.1.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://macroplant.com/adapter
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://macroplant.com/adapternone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:adapter |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/adapter |
| Homepage | https://macroplant.com/adapter |
| Upstream docs | https://macroplant.com/adapter |
| Source archive | https://assets.macroplant.com/download/4/Adapter-2.1.6.dmg |
| SHA-256 | ef2de9f0795cd446d26a4de1180b2580402abe8e5f13368e42d8da39eadde729 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | adapter |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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