VLC for Android can play YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo and other online video streams just like its desktop counterpart. The Android app can open videos using their URL and it will begin to stream immediately. Just copy and paste the link to the video in ☰ > Stream and it will load the video within the […]
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VLC for Android, App: Syncing Subtitles by Adjusting Subtitle Delay
In the Android version of VLC Media Player, a quick on-screen setting is available for syncing subtitles. The option is there on the screen to bring out the controls. It’s the three dots … on the app’s interface. You will find it on the bottom of the screen when a video is playing. Tap on […]
VLC for Android, App: Formatting Subtitles (Size, Color, Background, Bold)
In the Android version of VLC, you can easily format the subtitles from the settings. Just go to Settings from the Menu ☰ and navigate to Subtitles where you will find all the options for formatting text. You can choose the size and color. In VLC for Android app, you can also bold the on-screen […]
VLC for Android, App: Syncing Sound by Adjusting Audio Delay
In VLC for Android, if you find that the audio of a particular movie or video is out of sync, then you can fix it using the audio delay feature. You can specify how much to delay the sound by, in terms of milliseconds. If a sound is delayed by 1000 milliseconds then it will […]
VLC For Android, App: Play Video, Audio Slow or Fast – Speed Controls
Sometimes, you might have to slow down the playback speed of a video or audio in VLC for Android. During other times, you might have to increase the playback speed to play a video or audio faster than the normal speed. These two simple but important settings are controlled from the on-screen settings in the VLC […]
Using VLC for Android as a Music Player for your Smartphone
If you listen to music on your Android phone or tablet then VLC can serve as your default music app. It has everything that a modern music player needs. It can list and play songs. It has a bunch of sorting and playing tools. It supports all the popular audio formats and can read meta […]
Grouping, Listing and Video Orientation in VLC for Android
In VLC for Android, you can group videos by name and display them on a grid or as a list. You can also separate the seen videos from the ones that you haven’t played. There are also options to set the default video orientation as per your taste. This post deals with those fine-tuning options. […]
Enable/Disable Playback History and Clear it in VLC for Android
When you play several media files using VLC Media Player for Android, you have a choice to save the playback history and there’s also an option to clear it. You can also erase the media database i.e. clear Android’s data and cache. There’s also a neat option to dump what’s in the media database into […]
Background/PiP mode (Picture-in-Picture) Mode or Pop-Up Video in VLC for Android
Android has a Picture in Picture or Pop-up Player mode and you can see apps like YouTube use it in full effect. What this means is that you have videos playing right on the screen when you’re browsing other contents of the app itself or your phone. It allows you to stay in your media […]
Pause or Resume Playback Options in VLC for Android
VLC for Android has different options to control what happens when your media playing experience is interfered by a call, a headset insertion or when you exit the player manually. You can choose whether to continue your media immediately after the interference or you can make it so that you will have to do it […]