VLC for Android
★ 3.8What it actually doesA free multimedia player that plays most audio and video formats locally and from network sources, but suffers from bugs in playlist management and stability.
Actually does
- ✓Video player45% of reviews
- ✓Music player35% of reviews
- ✓Open source
- ✓Ad-free10% of reviews
- ✓Медиатека и сканирование15% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠No telemetry
- ⚠Поддержка субтитров и телетекста
- ⚠Несколько аудиодорожек
- ⚠Эквалайзер
- ⚠Сетевые потоки и DLNA
- ⚠Widgets
- ⚠Воспроизведение DVD ISO
Common complaints
- ✗Broken playlist management: cannot create, edit, or delete playlists15% of mentions
«Cannot add files to playlist; doesn't save the playlist, resets settings»
- ✗App crashes and instability25% of mentions
«Freezes and restarts when searching for DLNA on the router; Constant app crashes»
- ✗Equalizer does not turn on or does not work5% of mentions
«What did you do to the equalizer... it's impossible to turn it on»
- ✗Incomplete format and codec support (especially high-bitrate FLAC)10% of mentions
«doesn't handle FLAC 25-192; doesn't play back all video formats correctly»
- ✗Does not save playback position when playing video5% of mentions
«Does not remember the playback position, always starts from the beginning»
What people praise
- ★Support for multiple formats and codecs
«opens everything; my favorite offer in this segment»
- ★Completely free without ads and spam
«The best, opens everything. And no ads either; a good video and audio player, unlike the built-in ones that throw ads at you»
- ★Good sound quality
«Complicated player, but there's nothing better for sound quality»
- ★Works well with large video files
«handles mov with video clips that are 3 minutes long and weigh up to 11 GB, no problem»
- ★Easy to use and intuitive interface
«I found everything—songs, podcasts, and videos»