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

FeaturesVLC 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

PermissionsVLC 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.It needs "draw over other apps" to start the custom picture-in-picture widget.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 on Android TV devices.It needs "microphone" to provide voice search on Android TV devices, only asked on Android TV devices

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Feb 20, 2023
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10/10, this app is exactly what I wanted. I wanted an mp3 player app, and this is the best one out there. No ads, no corporate gimmicks, no"features" poorly hiding microtransactions. Just a nice, easy-to-use media player for all your downloaded content. Has an audio mixer and some other handy settings as well, for the audiophiles out there. Perfect app

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Brian G
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March 7, 2023
Most media players allow you to select a song in your folder and then you can go to the next song or you can back up to a previous song but not this one. VLC won't let you skip to the next song and instead you get a message that it's the only song in your playlist even though you haven't created a playlist with just one song in it. Counterintuitive and terrible. Also add the entire music folder into a playlist I created called All Music however I can't find it anywhere

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Chad Pettit
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February 27, 2023
I've been using VLC ever since Googleoff Play Music. There was a bug for the past few months that would prevent the music from resuming playback automatically, but that seems to have been resolved by the recent update. It seems VLS has returned to its former glory, and I'm thrilled about it

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What's new
* Fix media controls not working after some time on Android 13 * Fix audio notification icon transparency * Fix some Android Auto and Android TV behaviors * Fix opening from other apps * Bluetooth fixes * Minor interface fixes * Crash fixes