In short
VLC for Android beta is a free Android app developed by Videolabs. This app is recommended for guys. This is a good app to have shortcut.
Highlights
Works perfectly with google chromecast device
User interface is excellent
But it's lack some customization options
Also would be nice to have a shortcut or gesture for playback speed
VLC is the perfect app for Android
It can play many format movie and use as default player at ease
Video playback is perfect
Two thumbs up to you guys
Plays variety of formats
Player is excellent like on desktop version
Fails to play video for others
It is very annoying and make impossible to watch movies
But it wont work on my asus zenpad
It gets stuck after forwarding a video file
This version is only approved work on budget tablet
Doesn't read all my video files
This is really waste app
0 and the addition of screen casting to Chromecast functionality
Won't play anything and keeps crashing on a ASUS 10 inch ZenPad
The files list is just irritating
Description
This application is DEPRECATED! Move to the new application here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc
The new application is faster and has more features!
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 a BETA version of the port of VLC media player to the Android platform. It plays both audio and video.
It is intended for everyone, but this version is not perfectly stable.
It is still a beta, so it might kill your kitten or destroy your house, but it should be mostly fine now.
Use it at your own risk. Have fun! :)
NOTA BENE
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This version is for devices with an ARMv7 CPU or a x86 CPU. ARMv6 devices will be supported in a future release.
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.
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 and brightness.
It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art and a complete audio media library.
Missing Features
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As this is an early BETA version, a lot of things are not finished, but will change for the final release:
• Hardware decoding works only with a limited set of hardware;
• Other unknown issues.
Permissions
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VLC for Android Beta needs acces to :
• "Device & app History"to be able to read logs, during the beta, to help understand crashes and issues.
• "Photos/Media/Files"to read your media files
• "Device ID & call information"in order to pause music/video during incoming calls
Permission Details :
• It needs "read phone status an identity", in order to pause music during incoming calls.
• It needs "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage", in order to allow deletion of files.
• It needs "read the contents of your USB storage", in to order to read your media files on it.
• It needs "full network access", to open network streams.
• It needs "control vibration", in order to provide UI feedback when seeking in the audio player.
• It needs "prevent phone from sleeping"in order to prevent... your phone from sleeping.
• 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.
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