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In general apk file VLC has rating is 8.1 from 10. This is cumulative rating, most best apps on google play store have rating 8 from 10. Total reviews in google play store 1766159. Total number of five star reviews received 1103924. This app has been rated like bad by 216627 number of users. Estimated number of downloads range between 100,000,000+ downloads in google play store VLC located in category Video Players & Editors, with tags and has been developed by Videolabs. You can visit their website http://www.videolan.org or send videolan.android@gmail.com to them. VLC can be installed on android devices with 2.2(Froyo)+. We provide only original apk files. If any of materials on this site violates your rights, report us You could also download apk of Google and run it using android emulators such as big nox app player, bluestacks and koplayer. You could also download apk of VLC and run it on android emulators like bluestacks or koplayer. Versions of VLC apk available on our site: 3.5.4, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, 3.5.1, 3.5.0 and others. Last version of VLC is 3.5.4 was uploaded 2023/22/02
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Description of VLC (from google play)

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.
• It needs "draw over other apps" to start the custom picture-in-picture widget.
• 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 on Android TV devices.
• It needs "microphone" to provide voice search on Android TV devices, only asked on Android TV devices.

Version history VLC
New in VLC 3.5.4
* Fix media controls not working after some time on Android 13
* Fix audio notification icon transparency
* Fix some Android Auto and Android TV behaviors
* Fix opening from other apps
* Bluetooth fixes
* Minor interface fixes
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.5.3
* Fix permission check on Android 12
* Fix the video playlist mode on TV
* Minor graphical fixes and improvements
New in VLC 3.5.2
* Fix UPnP/DLNA discovery
* Widget fixes and improvements
* Improve the history settings
* Improve the screenshot feature
* Minor graphical improvements
* Fix some playback issues
* Fix some thumbnail generation issues
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.5.1
* New wigets!
* Redesign of the audio list, album and about screens
* Improve tablet and foldable support
* Network indexation
* Improved accessibility
* a lot of fixes and improvements
3.5.1:
* Take a screenshot of your video
* Widgets improvements
* Fix UPnP/DLNA files listing
* Fix empty notification icons on Android 4
* Increase the video controls delay when hitting play * Playback fixes
* UI fixes
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.5.0
* New wigets!
* Redesign of the audio list, album and about screens
* Improve tablet and foldable support
* Network indexation
* Improved accessibility
* a lot of fixes and improvements
New in VLC 3.4.4
* Use the new file permission
* Fix the subtitles not working on some Android 12 devices
* Fix the grid/list button state
* Fix loading of media when opening the app
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.4.3
* Use the new file permission
* Fix the subtitles not working on some Android 12 devices
* Fix the grid/list button state
* Fix loading of media when opening the app
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.4.2
* Android auto: better covers
* Android auto: +/- 10 seconds quick seek
* Playback fixes
* Fix loading of media when opening the app
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.3.4
* Fix Chromecast playback
* Allow sorting albums by artist
* Fix some RTL issues
* Improve playback resume
* Persist audio player time mode
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.3.2
* Android Auto new navigation
* Video group improvements
* Fix playlist items management
* Multiple interface fixes and improvements
* Samba network fixes
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.3.1
* Video: mark as played
* Audio: chapter selection for audio books
* TV: improve PiP behavior
* Video player: increase icons' size
* Thumbnails: fix quality issue
* Fix Chromecast disconnection
* Remove sliders haptic feedback
* Crash fixes
New in VLC 3.2.12
* Fix TV player button focus state and order
* Fix app not launching if installed on SD card on some Android versions
* Improve DVD/BD menu support
* Fix crash in audio category
New in VLC 3.2.11
Application:
* Fix network server edition
* Fiw subs not loaded on video playback restoration
* Fix loading states in lists when content is empty
* TV: Fix video playback restoration
* Fix crashes

VLC:
* Security fixes
* AV1 decoding performances improvement
New in VLC 3.2.10
* Reduce installation size on Android 6+
* Do not show controls overlay on seek gestures
* Fix crashes
New in VLC 3.2.9
Application:
* Improve browser performances
* Fix videos playlist restoration in player
* Fix podcast playback sometimes not saved
* Fix crashes

VLC:
* Improve SMB 2/3 performances
New in VLC 3.2.7
* Support Picture-in-Picture on Chrome OS
* Fix video as audio playback resume
* Video player: Correctly apply extra title
* misc. crash fixes
New in VLC 3.2.6
* Allow displaying the playlists in list mode
* Fix PiP aspect ratio
* Fix Media library loading on Android Auto
* Fix album view thumbnail size
* Fix double tap timing issue
* Misc. fixes

TV:
* Fix browsers showing 65 first files only
* Fix background transitions
* Fix flickering in browsers
* Fix subs dl focus for DPAD navigation
* Fix video count on TV main screen
New in VLC 3.2.3
* UI redesign, including player and TV browsers
* Add Group videos by name feature
* Subtitles are now saved in the media folder when possible
* Video player controls reorganization
* Improve SMBv2 support
* Improve media titles
New in VLC 3.1.7
Application:
- Video: Fix subtitles lost on multitasking
- Fix media loading & page refresh, it could sometimes fail
- Misc. crash fixes

Chrome OS:
- Prevent video playback to be stopped on laptop <-> tablet modes switch
- Disable volume/brightness touch gestures

TV:
- Leave video player when device is shut down

LibVLC:
- Fix vtt subtitles rendering
- Updated youtube lua scripts
New in VLC 3.1.6
Application:
* Fix external device detection, should fix medialibrary issues
* Fix keyboard not shown on search
* Fix crash when no brightness setting is found
* Fix crash in player option when no chapter is found
* Updated translations
* Misc. fixes

VLC:
* updated on v3.0.7 with security fixes
* dav1d decoder v0.3.1
New in VLC 3.1.4
Application:
* Fix video player stopped after multitasking
* Fix sleep timer in audio player
* Fix sorting impossible after categories switch
* Fix History not always refreshed
* Various bugfixes and UI improvements

TV:
* Fix Medialibrary not scanned at startup
* Add a 'refresh' card
New in VLC 3.1.2
Application:
* minSDK is now 17 (Android 4.2)
* Onboarding screen for new users
* Option to group videos by folders
* Android Auto is back!
* External storages support on Chromebooks (ChromeOS v72+)
* Launcher shortcuts
* OTG devices browsing
* A-B repeat
* Sorting preferences are now saved
* Improve support of very large media libraries

TV:
* Homescreen channels
* Media sorting and videos grouping
* Manual network share setting

VLC:
* SMB 2/3
* AV1 software decoding
New in VLC 3.1.1
Application:
* minSDK is now 17 (Android 4.2)
* Onboarding screen for new users
* Option to group videos by folders
* Android Auto is back!
* External storages support on Chromebooks (ChromeOS v72+)
* Launcher shortcuts
* OTG devices browsing
* A-B repeat
* Sorting preferences are now saved
* Improve support of very large media libraries

TV:
* Homescreen channels
* Media sorting and videos grouping
* Manual network share setting

VLC:
* SMB 2/3
* AV1 software decoding
New in VLC 3.0.13
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
New in VLC 3.0.5
Android Auto has been disabled due to Google claim, it will come back in v3.1

Application:
* Audio digital output (passthrough) is now disabled by default
* Fix video seek at wrong time on playback resume
* Fix renderer staying 'connected' when wifi is turned off
* Video tracks selector in video player
* Fix load last playlist from headset on Android 2-4
* Misc. fixes

VLC:
* Chromecast improvements
* stabilization
New in VLC 3.0.4
Application:
* Chromecast support (beta)
* Playlist files are now scanned
* Faster seek in videos
* Delete now possible SD Cards
* Fixed delete on Oreo devices
* Options to disable subs auto-loading
* Fixed artists/Album classification
* Performance improvements
* Misc. fixes
New in VLC 3.0.1
Application:* Chromecast support (beta)* Playlist files are now scanned* Faster seek in videos* Delete now possible SD Cards* Fixed delete on Oreo devices* Options to disable subs auto-loading* Fixed artists/Album classification* Performance improvements* Misc. fixes
New in VLC 3.0.0
Application:* Chromecast support (beta)* Playlist files are now scanned* Faster seek in videos* Delete now possible SD Cards* Fixed delete on Oreo devices* Options to disable subs auto-loading* Fixed artists/Album classification* Performance improvements* Misc. fixes
New in VLC 2.5.17
Application:* Show FAB for albums in Artist/Genre view* Fix playback rate not saved for video* Fix file deletion on Oreo (Internal storage only)* Fix saving as playlist appending to an existing one instead of overwriting it* Fix widget updates on Oreo* Fix resume sometimes plays the wrong position* Misc. fixes.Chromebook:* Implement right-click support on media items* Implement Drag&Drop to play a mediaVLC:* Update VLC to VLC 3.0-RC4
New in VLC 2.5.13
Some users were unable to see some of their Artists/Albums in media library. We are sorry for and this update should fix it.It will also try to recover your playlists from the old database to the new one.* Fix videos not disappearing after deletion* Restore WhatsApp videos for those who didn't had it anymore* Add WhatsApp videos to quick access shortcuts* Fix 'seen' check on RTL devices* Fix some chromebooks showing TV interface
New in VLC 2.5.12
360° videos supportAndroid Auto implementationMore dynamic and Material-compliant UIEnable Picture-In-Picture mode on Android ORefactored MediaLibraryDayNight mode integrationNew Search activity and integration with Google NowResume position for audio media tagged as audiobook or podcastDouble tap on screen edges in video player to seek by 10sAudio boost in video playerCustom equalizer presetsImprove RTL supportImprove app & video player startup speed
New in VLC 2.5.11
VLC on Android 2.0.62.0.6 is an update fixing crashes, updating codecs and saving the audio delay for BT headphones.2.0 introduces a large number of features, notably network disk browsing (Windows shares, UPnP, NFS, SFTP...), favorite folders and URLs, video playlists, popup video, new permissions support, subtitles download, rewritten notifications and control, and a new history.The Android TV and Android versions were merged, so that every device can get the updated Android TV look.
New in VLC 2.0.6
VLC on Android 2.0.62.0.6 is an update fixing crashes, updating codecs and saving the audio delay for BT headphones.2.0 introduces a large number of features, notably network disk browsing (Windows shares, UPnP, NFS, SFTP...), favorite folders and URLs, video playlists, popup video, new permissions support, subtitles download, rewritten notifications and control, and a new history.The Android TV and Android versions were merged, so that every device can get the updated Android TV look.
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