Questions tagged [vlc]
VLC media player, a free software cross-platform multimedia player and framework.
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Android 3D media player
I have Zidoo Z9X media player, which is able to play 3D ISO files using his own proprietary media player app. However, it cannot play the most recent 3D ISO files (released during last years). As far ...
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Is there any playback history in VLC on android TV?
Is there any playback history in VLC on Android TV? I see history in an Android smartphone but don't on Android TV. Why ?
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Casting VLC from a Pixel to 2 paired Nest audio speakers halts before the playlist has ended
Happens on a Pixel 6a and 8 Pro The MP3s are in the Internal Storage > Music folder. I created a VLC playlist and selected these tracks. The playlist looks fine. However, everytime I play the ...
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Adding videos to VLC
How can I add video files to an Android tablet so that it can be played by VLC? There isn't an obvious way to do this with the app.
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Running VLC from the shell in Android and also passing in a subtitles file?
I know how to launch a video in VLC from the shell under Android as follows: am start -n org.videolan.vlc/org.videolan.vlc.gui.video.VideoPlayerActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d file:////...
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How to fix TV stream over VLC Android crashes instantly, yet plays on Windows?
I have a FRITZ!Box 6690 Cable that offers TV streams. I can watch TV on the official Fritzbox TV App on my One Plus 9 Pro (Oxygen 13.1), I can open the stream on Windows through VLC and it plays fine. ...
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Stream video on VLC Player Android over SFTP with SSH key authorization
I would like to connect via SFTP with public/private key encryption with VLC on Android (both on my Chromecast TV and Android phone). I have installed Termux, configured my keys, and can access the ...
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How to stop vlc from resizing on home button touch
I have vlc installed on my Android phone running Android version 11, whenever there is a video playing and then I hit the home button it resizes and continues to play the video in Pip mode, I have ...
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VLC for Android TV keeps freezing with 4K videos
My VLC (version 3.5.1) for Android TV (Sony tv with Android TV OS 10) keeps freezing after 10-15 min of 4K video from lan computer over wifi. I have no trouble with 1080p videos. I tried a bunch of ...
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VLC for Android: No connection to local network
All of a sudden, my VLC for Android app just up and stopped showing the local LAN network shares which are Samba running on a Xubuntu 20.04 host. I have no clue to what caused this. I have verified ...
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Forward video stream to PC via USB-tethering
On my Android phone, I run AirReceiver which mirrors the screen of my iPad connected to it via mobile hotspot. In the app, I can choose the player (VLC, the default player, etc.) to play this video ...
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How can I disable subtitles by default on VLC for android?
I went to options > subtitles > and unchecked "auto load subtitles". Still every time I load a video it auto loads the subtitles?
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Looking for an interface for numerous video files
I'm using VLC on LineageOS, to browse and play files (audio or video) in folders that can have hundreds of items. The LineageOS native file manager doesn't let me play some files (notably, Opus), ...
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How can I play a video in the earpiece with VLC?
By default, videos play in speaker with VLC. How can I play a video in the earpiece with VLC? I don't see any option:
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Can not install apks from File Manager or browser?
In the answer to this question I specifically discovered that I could not install the VLC nightlies. It had nothing to do with that answer, which was on a question about which version of VLC was right ...