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How to prevent VLC from closing when paused for around 5 hour
At the moment, I use the VLC application for my music on my cellphone. Recently, they pushed out an update that moved everyone away from the beta application to the normal one. Since this update, I'm noticing the fact that the application shuts down after you pause the music for around 4-5 hours. Th...
At the moment, I use the VLC application for my music on my cellphone. Recently, they pushed out an update that moved everyone away from the beta application to the normal one.
Since this update, I'm noticing the fact that the application shuts down after you pause the music for around 4-5 hours.
This behavior ready broke my workflow, where before I only had to plug in my audio cable, I now need to plugin my cable, unlock my phone, open VLC, manually add every audio file in my files, and then turn on shuffle, before I can enjoy my music 2 times a day.
How do I make VLC stay active during periods of inactivity?
Ferrybig
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Apr 17, 2018, 04:00 PM
• Last activity: Jul 7, 2025, 05:05 AM
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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 as I understand, that's because something has changed in the format of 3D ISO files and Zidoo Z9X's...
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 as I understand, that's because something has changed in the format of 3D ISO files and Zidoo Z9X's processor does not support that new thing. Unfortunately, the own proprietary media player does not have a software mode (only hardware acceleration mode).
Zidoo Z9X is able to install Android apps as its OS is Android based.
Looking for a solution I installed VLC media player and enabled its software mode. As a result it was able to play 3D ISO files, but not in 3D mode. I did not find any way to activate the 3D mode in it.
So, the question is: I need an Android media player, which: a) supports software mode, b) is able to play 3D ISO files and c) can do this in 3D mode. Maybe, there is some VLC version, that can do this, but I was not able to find such version.
Please help.
Andriy Lesyuk
(111 rep)
Jun 22, 2025, 08:25 AM
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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 ?
Is there any playback history in VLC on Android TV?
I see history in an Android smartphone but don't on Android TV. Why ?
emoxam
(103 rep)
Jan 29, 2025, 10:13 AM
• Last activity: Jan 29, 2025, 11:24 PM
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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 playlist, only about 3 or 4 out of about 16 tracks will play before I have to reclick the cast icon and sele...
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 playlist, only about 3 or 4 out of about 16 tracks will play before I have to reclick the cast icon and select the paired Nest speakers again.
Some times it will resume casting itself after a delay of 5 minutes or so.
Help appreciated.
Steve
(75 rep)
Jul 1, 2024, 11:10 AM
• Last activity: Aug 4, 2024, 12:16 PM
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VLC for Android: Where does it stores playlist files?
I want to edit playlist files of VLC in Android as we can do in windows (.xspf files) I have searched in ***Android/data/org.videolan.vlc*** path but did't find anywhere.
I want to edit playlist files of VLC in Android as we can do in windows (.xspf files)
I have searched in ***Android/data/org.videolan.vlc*** path but did't find anywhere.
Harry
(93 rep)
Dec 7, 2017, 09:20 AM
• Last activity: Jul 31, 2024, 12:51 PM
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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.
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.
RHPT
(117 rep)
May 14, 2024, 07:29 PM
• Last activity: May 16, 2024, 12:29 PM
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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. Yet, my goal is to cast the signal to Chromecast. The official app doesn't feature a cast button, s...
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.
Yet, my goal is to cast the signal to Chromecast. The official app doesn't feature a cast button, so I'm trying VLC.
Yet, on both Chromecast and my Android phone, the stream plays for a couple of milliseconds (I see a bunch of frames and hear the sound, so it's actually playing the stream), only to exit immediately.
How can I force VLC on Chromecast to play the stream?
k0pernikus
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Feb 10, 2024, 04:49 PM
• Last activity: May 12, 2024, 05:44 PM
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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:////storage/emulated/0/VideoToPlay.mp4 However, I also have a SubStation Alpha subtitles file which goes alon...
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:////storage/emulated/0/VideoToPlay.mp4
However, I also have a SubStation Alpha subtitles file which goes along with this video, which in this example could be called
subtitles.ssa.
Is there any way using the "am start" command (or any other Android shell command, for that matter) where I can tell VLC to launch the VideoToPlay.mp4 video also with the subtitles.ssa subtitles?
This is do-able in Linux by adding a --sub-file /path/to/subtitles.ssa argument to the shell command line which would launch a video via VLC, and I'm wondering if there's some way to do this in the shell in Android, as well.
Thank you in advance.
HippoMan
(955 rep)
Feb 28, 2024, 02:23 PM
• Last activity: Mar 1, 2024, 12:48 AM
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VLC accesses NFS share but cannot play videos
The NFS share (configured as read-only) was added via the 'Local Network' option in the VLC app. The NFS share's directory and contents are displayed in the VLC app; however, when a video is selected, a "Playback error" results. Unfortunately, the error message is displayed for a fraction of a secon...
The NFS share (configured as read-only) was added via the 'Local Network' option in the VLC app.
The NFS share's directory and contents are displayed in the VLC app; however, when a video is selected, a "Playback error" results. Unfortunately, the error message is displayed for a fraction of a second, and is therefore illegible.
The NFS share is accessed via multiple computers, which employ the desktop version of VLC to play videos, so the share is functioning correctly. When copies of the videos are in local storage, they play without issue.
Why are the videos unplayable?
UPDATE: Audio files contained in the NFS share are able to be played without issue.
Alex Willison
(111 rep)
Feb 19, 2018, 04:57 PM
• Last activity: Oct 18, 2023, 03:55 AM
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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 SSH server via Termux. How would I supply my ssh keys to VLC?
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 SSH server via Termux. How would I supply my ssh keys to VLC?
David Alsh
Feb 12, 2023, 09:29 AM
• Last activity: Feb 12, 2023, 10:24 AM
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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 checked in the VLC video settings and I have confirmed that PiP is disabled. How do I force VLC to not...
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 checked in the VLC video settings and I have confirmed that PiP is disabled. How do I force VLC to not resize whenever I hit either the intentions button or the home button?
Dong Li
(133 rep)
Dec 1, 2022, 07:39 AM
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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 config tweaks (like increasing buffer time, changing smb settings) to no avail. I’ll usually need to r...
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 config tweaks (like increasing buffer time, changing smb settings) to no avail. I’ll usually need to restart the app when this happens. I just tried with another app and didn’t get any problem. I'm not having any problem with VLC for PC.
I tried enabling debug logs and now the log section is completely grayed out and I can't interact with it at all :(
Does anyone else experience this? Any help much appreciated!
Sam
(111 rep)
Sep 11, 2022, 10:08 PM
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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 that the share is indeed shared via this on that Linux host that has the samba service activated: $ sm...
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 that the share is indeed shared via this on that Linux host that has the samba service activated:
$ smbclient -L wilddog
Enter WORKGROUP\XXXX's password:
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
samba_share Disk Shared Folder
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (XXXXX server (Samba, Ubuntu))
testprinter Printer
SMB1 disabled -- no workgroup available
$
From the VLC For Android app, all I see now is this:
EDIT: I have rebooted both the phone, and the Linux server, to no avail. I've also restarted the samba server on the Linux server, also to no avail.
What do I need to do to diagnose this?
EDIT: I have rebooted both the phone, and the Linux server, to no avail. I've also restarted the samba server on the Linux server, also to no avail.
What do I need to do to diagnose this?
bgoodr
(440 rep)
May 27, 2022, 03:12 AM
• Last activity: May 27, 2022, 03:23 PM
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Playing VLC streams directly from web page?
I found several pages that provide streams directly (e.g. [JaGledam.com](https://www.jagledam.com)) and in this example, the first two tabs require x-google-vlc-plugin to play the stream. I can use the link with the Flash player, but I'd prefer to watch them via VLC (either VLC Player for Android or...
I found several pages that provide streams directly (e.g. [JaGledam.com](https://www.jagledam.com)) and in this example, the first two tabs require x-google-vlc-plugin to play the stream.
I can use the link with the Flash player, but I'd prefer to watch them via VLC (either VLC Player for Android or directly from the web page).
Is there any way to watch VLC streams from Android (if relevant, Nexus 5)?
Yowitza
(11 rep)
Dec 27, 2014, 05:23 PM
• Last activity: Apr 4, 2022, 06:05 AM
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Delete all files from an Artist/Album with VLC
VLC has the ability both to remove items from a playlist, but also to delete the filesystem data for a particular item or selection of items. To delete in VLC 3.0.1, open list of items, (e.g. by Artist, then Album) and then long press to select items. After selection, long press again to interact wi...
VLC has the ability both to remove items from a playlist, but also to delete the filesystem data for a particular item or selection of items. To delete in VLC 3.0.1, open list of items, (e.g. by Artist, then Album) and then long press to select items. After selection, long press again to interact with a context menu which includes the **Delete** option.
However, I can't seem to find an option to delete all items in a particular set (e.g. Artist, Album) in one swoop. Do I have a way to delete these items other than by selecting them individually?
palswim
(303 rep)
Feb 28, 2018, 07:58 AM
• Last activity: Jan 24, 2022, 07:05 AM
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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 stream in. I would like to redirect this video stream from the phone to my Linux 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 stream in. I would like to redirect this video stream from the phone to my Linux PC via USB-tethering. Is there a way to achieve it?
My current solution is to mirror the phone's screen with the video running in the foreground via scrcpy. However, the iPad's and the phone's screen have different dimensions, the resolution is lost and the video has to be cropped on the PC.
I was thinking of using VLC direct somehow but I don't know how.
Thanks for any tips!
Pavel
(121 rep)
Oct 21, 2021, 04:58 PM
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VLC for Android -- resume from stopped position when clicking on History
Let's say I'm listening to a 14 hour long audiobook (on VLC for Android). I pause at the 5 hour point. Then I don't use VLC for a week. Then I go back, and go to History, and click on the title of that audiobook. In my experience, it starts playing from the start of that file. I want it to start pla...
Let's say I'm listening to a 14 hour long audiobook (on VLC for Android). I pause at the 5 hour point.
Then I don't use VLC for a week.
Then I go back, and go to History, and click on the title of that audiobook. In my experience, it starts playing from the start of that file. I want it to start playing from the 5 hour point. Is there a way to do this? (If not, it would be a nice feature to have.)
thanks_in_advance
(251 rep)
Dec 1, 2017, 10:26 PM
• Last activity: Jul 19, 2021, 10:33 AM
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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?
I went to options > subtitles > and unchecked "auto load subtitles". Still every time I load a video it auto loads the subtitles?
Scorb
(223 rep)
Jul 10, 2021, 04:04 AM
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VLC speed play in Android app
In VLC player there is a "faster" and "slower" button that makes the video go faster or slower so that if you need to learn something (for example a guitar solo) you can slow it down a bit or if someone is talking too slow in a documentary you can speed it up a bit. Does anyone know any Android app...
In VLC player there is a "faster" and "slower" button that makes the video go faster or slower so that if you need to learn something (for example a guitar solo) you can slow it down a bit or if someone is talking too slow in a documentary you can speed it up a bit.
Does anyone know any Android app that does the same? I have a couple of documentaries that I need to speed up on my tablet and it's driving me nuts that I cant do it.
I have tried these apps so far:
- VLC (neon)
[UPDATE: VLC does support playback speed adjustment by now. (See
answer below.)]
- MX player
- Poweramp
- *and a couple others*
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!
Ryan
(143 rep)
Oct 1, 2012, 07:44 PM
• Last activity: May 31, 2021, 10:36 PM
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Sound from VLC video after locking screen
So I'm watching a video talk in VLC on my Samsung I9305 rooted stock 4.4.4 with Xposed Framework, and I want to lock the screen and put the phone in my pocket, but still continue listening to the audio of the talk. Is it possible to do this with VLC, or do I have to switch to another media player?
So I'm watching a video talk in VLC on my Samsung I9305 rooted stock 4.4.4 with Xposed Framework, and I want to lock the screen and put the phone in my pocket, but still continue listening to the audio of the talk. Is it possible to do this with VLC, or do I have to switch to another media player?
Fiksdal
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Dec 29, 2015, 02:53 PM
• Last activity: Apr 30, 2021, 12:31 AM
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