Been using VLC for Android for like a year now. It’s basically that video player you probably used on your computer back in the day, but now it’s on your phone. Honestly it’s become my go-to when the default video app can’t handle some weird file format or when I need to stream something from my network.
Here’s what’s cool – you can throw pretty much any video file at this thing and it’ll play. I’ve tried some ancient .avi files from like 2005 and it handled them no problem. There’s also network streaming which is handy for watching stuff from my home server, and it’s got a decent equalizer if you’re into audio stuff. Took me a minute to figure out the interface but it’s not too complicated once you get used to it.
Look, if you’re someone who deals with a lot of different video formats or needs to stream content, you’ll probably love this app. It’s not the prettiest player out there – the UI feels a bit dated – but it gets the job done where other apps fail. Definitely worth having installed just in case.
