VLC

VLC media player app is an open-source Multimedia Player for smartphones. Easily play and enjoy all video formats on your phone. Play AVI and MP4 formats on your phone and watch high-definition movies with 4K and 8K playback. You can adjust the contrast and aspect ratio of the videos that you watch on VLC.

The VLC media player has come a long way from being an MKV player on your PC to VLC for Android smartphones. The best thing about this Android video player is that it is free. Also, it is an open-source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files and network streaming protocols.

Features VLC media player:

The VLC media player is free of cost, without ads and in-app purchases. Also, its source code is available for free. You can easily download and add subtitles to your movies. The app also offers Gesture control which enables its user to adjust volume and brightness with gestures.

Starting with the video playback, users can easily lock the menu when viewing a movie or a video on VLC. This gives you a perfect viewing experience without any distractions from the menu. Add subtitles easily with the touch of a button. Not only this you can download subtitles directly from the VLC menu while watching the video.

Set a sleep timer and VLC will automatically take care of your device in case you fall asleep. This will also show a pop-up and will remind you to take some rest. Change the playback speed easily, and increase or decrease it according to your liking. Users can easily fast-forward with the jump button.

To enhance the audio quality you can tweak the equalizer and set it according to your video genre plus you now get 360° video and 3D audio. The latest update also supports the background play mode. just play a video and minimize it while you browse something else on your phone. Or you can pop up a floating video and enjoy the picture in picture mode.

Formats and Cross-Platform Support:

VLC for Android plays most local videos and audio files, as well as network streams (including adaptive streaming), and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC. It also supports disk shares.

Using the VLC Player for Android you can play video formats such as Mkv, mp4, MOV, Avi, Ogg, FLAC, ts, m2ts, WV, aac, etc. Codecs are available without any further downloading. With the VLC media library for audio and video files, the user can search through folders directly.

All of this is supported by a built-in media library that browses your device folders and collects and sorts all your audio and video files into a single place for easy access and listening. You can use the VLC media player for Android as an audio player on the go. It has support for multi-track audio and subtitles.

It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headset control, and covers art making it more attractive and easy to use. But like all other apps, it requires access to your phone and SD card storage to browse and access files. For more information about VLC for Android visit videolan.org.

Considerations:

• VLC, unlike MX Player, does not show directories that contain video only. Users think that adding this feature will make VLC a better app.
• Users complain that the Casting Icon often fails to appear.
• The recent updates have excluded the Quick Buttons for the locked screens.
• The video stops midway when orientation is changed. The problem started with the new update.