VLC MEDIA PLAYER - DOWNLOAD AND REVIEW (ANDROID)

VLC media player (commonly known as VLC) is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols written by the VideoLAN project. Android version of this real cool software is developed as well as distributed by Videolabs. Those who have used VLC in any of their devices should download this and those who have not should at least try this. Now lets see its description and specs which are given by its publisher 'Videolabs' :

Publisher's Description :

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.

New features :

This release fixes ARMv8 processors, Android 5.0 crashes and minor improvements.
The 0.9.x series is major release with hardware decoding and a new interface available in dark or white colors. It integrates DVD iso and menu support, an equalizer, playlist management, Widi screens support and updated SD cards detection.
Hardware acceleration is now enabled by default on 4.3+ and has better subtitles support. Software decoding has been accelerated too.

System requirements :

To install VLC in your Android device successfully your device must meet the following requirements :

Andriod :