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Supports installation on external storage.
Target: Android 9.0 (Pie, API 28)
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VLC for Android release notes
Changes between 3.1.0-RC1 and 3.1.0-RC2:
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Application:
* Retain current renderer object
* Disconnect from renderer on app going background (if not playing)
* Minor bugfixes
TV:
* Improve Homescreen channel
Changes between 3.0.99 and 3.1.0-RC1:
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Application:
* Improved onboarding screen
* Handle UI Mode change in video player
* History now displays covers/thumbs
* Fix playback of streams with '?' in url
* Various crash fixes
What's new in VLC for Android
Application:
* Fix subtitles not reloaded when multitasking
* Fix forward/rewind actions with Assistant
* Improve video player accessibility descriptions
* Stability improvements
* Misc. fixes
TV:
* Video player: improve use of seekbar with remote
* Fix crashes in main screen
* Restore recommendations on Oreo
VLC:
* Update VLC core
About 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.
• It needs "record audio" to provide voice search on Android TV devices, only used with Android TV version.
VLC for Android 3.1.0-RC2 variants
This release comes in several variants (we currently have 4). Consult our handy FAQ to see which download is right for you.
Version:1.7.5
Uploaded:January 4, 2016 at 10:03AM UTC
File size:14.55 MB
Version:3.5.4(13050405) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:February 21, 2023 at 12:44AM UTC
File size:35.82 MB
Downloads:3,315
Version:3.5.3(13050305) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:November 24, 2022 at 8:09PM UTC
File size:35.78 MB
Downloads:693
Version:3.5.2(13050205) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:September 20, 2022 at 5:22AM UTC
File size:35.41 MB
Downloads:296
Version:3.5.1(13050105) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:August 8, 2022 at 6:46PM UTC
File size:35.33 MB
Downloads:324
Version:3.5.0(13050005) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:July 20, 2022 at 2:44PM UTC
File size:34.87 MB
Downloads:199
Version:3.4.4(13040405) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:February 14, 2022 at 8:37PM UTC
File size:32.84 MB
Downloads:601
Version:3.4.3(13040305) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:January 6, 2022 at 3:57PM UTC
File size:32.83 MB
Downloads:351
Version:3.4.3 Beta 4(13040245) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:December 4, 2021 at 6:27PM UTC
File size:32.81 MB
Downloads:44
Version:3.4.2(13040205) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:October 18, 2021 at 3:39PM UTC
File size:32.83 MB
Downloads:446
Version:3.4.1(13040105) for Android 4.2+ (Jelly Bean MR1, API 17)
Uploaded:October 11, 2021 at 5:38PM UTC
File size:32.83 MB
Downloads:168
Version:3.5.4
Uploaded:February 21, 2023 at 12:44AM UTC
File size:34.27 MB
Downloads:42,623
Version:3.5.4 Beta 3
Uploaded:February 14, 2023 at 10:09PM UTC
File size:34.27 MB
Downloads:1,406
Version:3.5.4 Beta 2
Uploaded:January 25, 2023 at 9:59PM UTC
File size:34.27 MB
Downloads:1,310
Version:3.5.4 Beta 1
Uploaded:December 16, 2022 at 10:09PM UTC
File size:34.27 MB
Downloads:3,237
Version:3.5.3
Uploaded:November 24, 2022 at 8:09PM UTC
File size:34.2 MB
Downloads:12,023
Version:3.5.3 Beta 2
Uploaded:October 20, 2022 at 11:51PM UTC
File size:34.2 MB
Downloads:985
Version:3.5.3 Beta 1
Uploaded:October 6, 2022 at 4:12AM UTC
File size:34.2 MB
Downloads:857
Version:3.5.2
Uploaded:September 20, 2022 at 5:22AM UTC
File size:34.11 MB
Downloads:5,062
Version:3.5.2 Beta 1
Uploaded:September 15, 2022 at 4:21PM UTC
File size:34.11 MB
Downloads:538
Version:3.5.1
Uploaded:August 8, 2022 at 6:46PM UTC
File size:34.03 MB
Downloads:5,893