VLC was once the best in class. Not only was it a great piece of legacy software, the Android team were so passionate that they took that reputation and all the expectations that go along with it and exceeded it.
But as time has gone on, it’s just started to languish. If you attempt to rewind a few too many times, the video freezes and you get audio. You can’t play a folder on a NAS without creating a playlist. You play a folder locally without VLC losing its place. Every time the screen goes off, it needs to scan the device anew. And despite being at the forefront of Holo Design and Material Design 1, it’s yet to implement Material You.
It feels like VLC for Android has been forgotten… So what do people recommend as a replacement?
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I recommend lower expectations.
Also - patches are welcome.
I highly recommend VLC
It still is, but it used to be too
mpv
What do you recommend?
VLC
VLC for life.
Looks like you have a project for yourself. I look forwards to the Sabre VLC Android fork
😂
i personally run my own jellyfin server. the interface isn’t quite there yet, but it’s overall more usable. not sure it’d fit your use case though.
Thank you for asking, I’ve been thinking about this lately. Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer for you
The only problem I have with VLC is audio sync for stuff on my SD card 😭
VLC is still my favorite all around player, and I would recommend supporting them with some funding to fix the bugs. You can try Auxio for local music and MPV for videos. There are many clients for streaming from your own server or others. It just depends on the protocol or platform you want to scrape.
Hasn’t VLC in general been forgotten by the devs ? I don’t remember last when I updated VLC (I don’t have automatic updates enabled).
Not that this is a concern for my usecase though, I’m okay as long as it is chugging along.
Edit: I meant to specify that I don’t just mean the android port, Windows and Linux as well.
Oh, noes, almost a full Year old!!! Version 3.0.18 Release date 2022-11-29
Release-history
Version Codename Release date
3.0.16 Vetinari 2021-06-21
3.0.17 2022-04-19
3.0.18 2022-11-29
4.0.x Otto Chriek
Nova player
I use PotPlayer extracted and run in portable mode.
SVPlayer or VLC.
