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?

  • Kayel@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Looks like you have a project for yourself. I look forwards to the Sabre VLC Android fork

  • Bernard Marx@lemmy.peoplever.se
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    1 year ago

    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.

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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