VLC

VLC

The best video and music player. Fast and “just works”, plays any file

Cast Local Media Player

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Description

Video and audio player that supports a wide range of formats, for both local and
remote playback.

Audio:

* Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC1, ATRAC3, ATRAC3Plus and ATRAC9) and PSX ADPCM
* Adobe SWF ADPCM and Nellymoser Asao
* ALAC
* AMR-NB, AMR-WB (a.k.a. G.722.2)
* DK ADPCM Audio 3/4, On2 AVC and iLBC
* DSS-SP
* DTS Coherent Acoustics (a.k.a. DTS or DCA), DTS Extended Surround (a.k.a. DTS-ES), DTS 96/24, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS Express (a.k.a. DTS-HD LBR), DTS-HD Master Audio, QDesign Music Codec 1 and 2
* DVI4 audio codec
* Full Rate (GSM 06.10), AC-3 (Dolby Digital), Enhanced AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) and DTS Coherent Acoustics (a.k.a. DTS or DCA)
* iLBC, Opus and Comfort noise
* IMA ADPCM
* MLP / Dolby TrueHD
* MP1, MP2, MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, MPEG-4 ALS, G.711 µ-law, G.711 A-law, G.721 (a.k.a. G.726 32k), G.722, G.722.2 (a.k.a. AMR-WB), G.723 (a.k.a. G.726 24k and 40k), G.723.1, G.726, G.729, G.729D, IEC DV audio and Direct Stream Transfer
* QCELP-8 (a.k.a. SmartRate or IS-96C), QCELP-13 (a.k.a. PureVoice or IS-733) and Enhanced Variable Rate Codec (EVRC. a.k.a. IS-127)
* RealAudio v1 – v10
* SMPTE 302M
* Speex, Vorbis, Opus and FLAC
* Truespeech
* TwinVQ
* Windows Media Audio (WMA1, WMA2, WMA Pro and WMA Lossless), XMA (XMA1 and XMA2), MS-GSM and MS-ADPCM

Containers and muxers:

* 3GP (.3gp)
* AIFF (.asf, .wmv)
* ASF (.asf, .wmv)
* AU (.au)
* AVI (.avi)
* DivX (.divx)
* FLV (.flv)
* MOV (.mov)
* MP4 (.mp4)
* OGG (.ogm, .ogg)
* MKV (.mkv, .mka)
* MPEG-2 / TS (.ts, .mpg)
* MPEG-2 / ES, PS, PVA, MP3 (.mpg, .mp3, .mp2)
* NSC (.nsc)
* NSV (.nsv)
* Nut (.nut)
* Real (.ra, .ram, .rm, .rv , .rmbv)
* Raw (a52, dts, aac, flac, .dv, .vid) (.a52, .dts, .aac, .flac, .dv, .vid)
* True Audio Codec (.tta, .tac)
* Ty Tivo (.ty)
* Wav (.wav, .dts)
* WebM (.webm)
* Xa (.xa)

Video:

* Animated GIF
* APNG
* ASUS V1/V2 codec
* ATI VCR1/VCR2
* Autodesk Animator Studio Codec and FLIC
* Avid 1:1x, Avid Meridien, Avid DNxHD and DNxHR
* AVS video
* Cinepak (Apple Compact Video), ProRes, Sorenson 3 Codec, QuickTime Animation (Apple Animation), QuickTime Graphics (Apple Graphics), Apple Video, Apple Intermediate Codec and Pixlet
* Divx, DIV1, DIV2, DIV3, mp41, mp42, MPG4, MPG3
* Duck TrueMotion 1, Duck TrueMotion 2, Duck TrueMotion 2.0 Real Time, VP3, VP5, and animated WebP
* HQ, HQA, HQX and Lossless
* IBM UltiMotion
* Matrox Uncompressed SD (M101) / HD (M102)
* Microsoft RLE, Microsoft Video 1, Cinepak, Indeo (v2, v3 and v5), Microsoft MPEG-4 v1, v2 and v3, Windows Media Video (WMV1, WMV2, WMV3/VC-1), WMV Screen and Mimic codec
* MPEG-1 Part 2, H.261 (Px64), (MPEG-H Part 2), Motion JPEG, IEC DV video and CD+G
* RealVideo Fractal Codec (a.k.a. Iterated Systems ClearVideo), 1, 2, 3 and 4
* RTV 2.1 (Intel Indeo 2)
* Screen video, Screen video 2, Sorenson Spark and VP6
* Silicon Graphics RLE 8-bit video, Silicon Graphics MVC1/2
* Smacker video and Bink video
* SMPTE 314M (a.k.a. DVCAM and DVCPRO), SMPTE 370M (a.k.a. DVCPRO HD), VC-1 (a.k.a. WMV3), VC-2 (a.k.a. Dirac Pro), VC-3 (a.k.a. AVID DNxHD)
* SpeedHQ
* Theora
* TXD
* AV1

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
3.7.1 current
4a9144fadfd8606c…
2026-05-10 47 MB API 17
3.7.1
44d46c60f74ac8aa…
2026-05-10 46 MB API 17
3.7.1
355ff246a0348c09…
2026-05-10 46 MB API 17
3.7.1
0c316a06fdb44efb…
2026-05-10 45 MB API 17
3.7.0
a60901b1273bbed3…
2026-02-24 49 MB API 17
3.7.0
a689ead7608050a5…
2026-02-24 46 MB API 17
3.7.0
0c1671a5cb9048dc…
2026-02-24 48 MB API 17
3.7.0
dc2a7b4a8c319529…
2026-02-24 45 MB API 17
3.6.5
c7afc8bc00f1cdda…
2025-05-14 47 MB API 17
3.6.5
23a4dcce6833412a…
2025-05-14 46 MB API 17

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • permission.READ_EXTENSION_DATA
  • permission.BIND_DATA_CONSUMER
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  • Bluetooth connectionConnect to paired Bluetooth devices.
  • READ_LOGS
  • Full file accessAccess all files on the device.
  • VibrationControl the vibration alert.
  • System settingsChange system settings.
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  • Read storageRead files on the device storage.
  • Write storageCreate and change files on the device storage.
  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
  • MicrophoneRecord audio.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
  • Change networkChange network connections.
  • MusicRead audio files from the media library.
  • VideosRead videos from the media library.
  • PhotosRead images from the media library.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • Audio settingsAdjust volume and audio output.
  • BluetoothConnect to Bluetooth devices.
  • Display over other appsDraw content on top of other apps.
  • providers.tv.permission.READ_EPG_DATA
  • providers.tv.permission.WRITE_EPG_DATA
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • vlc.MEDIA
  • vlc.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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