VLC for Android
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia
player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and
network streaming protocols.
This is the port of VLC media player
to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio
files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD
ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.
VLC for Android is a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.
VLC
is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no
in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers.
All the source code is available for free.
Features
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VLC
for Android™ plays most local video and audio files, as well as network
streams (including adaptive streaming), DVD ISOs, like the desktop
version of VLC. It also support disk shares.
All formats are
supported, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and
AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads. It supports
subtitles, Teletext and Closed Captions.
VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files, and allows to browse folders directly.
VLC
has support for multi-track audio and subtitles. It supports
auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments and gestures to control volume,
brightness and seeking.
It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art and a complete audio media library.
Permissions
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VLC for Android needs access to those categories:
• "Photos/Media/Files" to read your all media files :)
• "Storage" to read your all media files on SD cards :)
•
"Other" to check network connections, change the volume, set the
ringtone, run on Android TV and display the popup view, see below for
details.
Permission Details :
• It needs "read the contents of your USB storage", in to order to read your media files on it.
• It needs "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage", in order to allow deletion of files and store subtitles.
• It needs "full network access", to open network and internet streams.
• It needs "prevent phone from sleeping" in order to prevent... your phone from sleeping when watching a video.
• It needs "change your audio settings", in order to change audio volume.
• It needs "modify system settings", in order to allow you to change your audio ringtone.
• It needs "view network connections" in order to monitor whether device is connected or not, to hide the streaming parts.
• It needs "draw over other apps" to start the popup menu.
• It needs "control vibration" to give feedback on the controls.
• It needs "run at startup" to set recommendations on Android TV launcher screen, only used with Android TV version.
What's New
VLC on Android 2.0.6
2.0.6 is an update fixing crashes, updating codecs and saving the audio delay for BT headphones.
2.0
introduces a large number of features, notably network disk browsing
(Windows shares, UPnP, NFS, SFTP...), favorite folders and URLs, video
playlists, popup video, new permissions support, subtitles download,
rewritten notifications and control, and a new history.
The Android TV and Android versions were merged, so that every device can get the updated Android TV look.
Additional information
Content Rating
Rated for 3+
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