Hands On: VideoLAN Releases Beta VLC for Android App

news · July 5, 2012

VideoLAN, the developers behind the popular free and open source media

player VLC have crafted an Android version that has recently reached

beta status. For everyone not in North America, you can grab the free

VLC application from the Google Play Store. The restriction is

reportedly a result of the developers not having access to American

versions of the smartphones in question. If you are in North America

and would still like to test out the app, you will need to grab it

from either the VideoLAN nightly build server or the Jenkins server

which both compile and store the latest builds on a daily basis. Once

youÂ’ve downloaded that app, navigate to it on your Android phone and

choose to open it with the Package Installer.

Quote: "Speaking of playback; for the video testing, I tried the VLC

for Android application with a 720p video recorded using the Samsung

Infuse 4G's own camera as well as a DVD rip of the movie Live Free or

Die Hard. The DVD rip was encoded using the H.264 codec in an MP4

container with a bitrate of about 1500 kbps. After enabling hardware

acceleration, the VLC app was able to play back the DVD rip acceptably

(there were a few artifacts and audio issues but it was watchable)."

Thanks for a post!!

Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com

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