VLC for Android, Windows PC, and Apple Mac can cast videos and audios to any Chromecast-enabled device. That means, if you use VLC to watch a movie, you can instead stream it to a Chromecast-connected big-screen living room TV. You can also stream just your music playlist to any device that has a Chromecast. For […]
Category: VLC for Android
VLC For Android – Your Complete Guide
VLC for Android is one of the branches of the popular cross-platform media player that is available for free. The latest one branded with the version number 3.*.* was introduced in Android along with other popular platforms like Windows, Mac, and iOS. This introductory guide is here to answer the questions that you might have […]
VLC for Android, App: How to Add Subtitles to Your Movies
We can easy add subtitles to movies playing in VLC for Android. It can be done automatically as well as manually. The automated option will search for a matching subtitle. If found, it will download it and automatically load it on the player. While watching a movie, you just have to tap on screen to […]
Android TV – How to Install and Use VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player is universal and is available for Android TVs. Besides being freely available for desktops/laptops (PC/Windows, Mac and Linux) and Mobile Devices (Android, iPhone/iPad and Windows Mobile), it can be installed on our big screens. That is if our big screens is powered by Android TV or if we have an Android TV […]
Choosing, Scanning and Browsing Media Library in VLC for Android
Once you’ve installed VLC Media Player on your Android phone, the app scans for all the media on your phone. The main dashboard displays all the video files found on your device. It groups them in a certain order. But what if you want to exclude certain videos from certain folders? They could be private […]
VLC for Android- How to Backup and Restore Playlists (vlc_media.db)
To export a backup database of everything in VLC for Android, all we have to do is go to Settings > Advanced > Dump media database. It will export a vlc_media.db file which is in SQLite format. However, there isn’t a complementing feature which allow us to import the vlc_media.db file in the Android app. […]
VLC Android: Access Graphic Equalizer & Other in-player Options
The Graphic Equalizer and other in-player options are useful when playing media. It can be brought up from the interface itself. We have to go to More Options to bring up settings like Equalizer, Playback speed, Sleep timer, and others. VLC for Android has a number of settings and options. The way they are accessed […]
Top 10 Cool Tricks and Features of VLC for Android
Supporting more platforms than one can count, VLC must be the top media player used by any person on this planet. Everyone seems to recognize the cone icon and how it represents supporting any media file-type that we’ve heard of. With builds for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and other mobile devices, VLC is universally present. […]
VLC for Android, app: Create and Use Playlist and Sleep Timer
In VLC for Android, we can make use of the playlist feature to create and manage lists of our favorite songs. We can access such lists any time and also use a sleep timer to automatically stop the playback. Now, playlists in VLC for Android has been upgraded to be able to include both audio […]
VLC for Android, App: Widgets for the Home Screen Mini Player
One way to quickly access VLC for Android to make it play music immediately is by using the app’s widgets. In Android, there are special widgets that can be placed on the home screen that are different than app shortcuts. It loads up a widget called VLC Mini Player. The widget or mini player is […]