VLC
The best video and music player. Fast and “just works”, plays any file
- License
- GPL-3.0-only
- Package
org.videolan.vlc- Category
- Cast, Local Media Player
- Latest version
- 3.7.2 · Oct 16, 2026
- Minimum Android
- Android 4.2
Screenshots
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
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
All versions
| Version | Released | Minimum Android | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7.2 (4 builds) | Oct 16, 2026 | Android 4.2 | 49.1 MB |
| 3.7.1 (4 builds) | May 10, 2026 | Android 4.2 | 47.2 MB |
| 3.7.0 (4 builds) | Feb 24, 2026 | Android 4.2 | 49 MB |
| 3.6.5 (4 builds) | May 14, 2025 | Android 4.2 | 47.3 MB |
| 3.6.4 (4 builds) | May 11, 2025 | Android 4.2 | 47.3 MB |
| 3.6.3 (4 builds) | Feb 20, 2025 | Android 4.2 | 46.8 MB |
| 3.6.0 Beta 3 (4 builds) | Nov 15, 2024 | Android 4.2 | 45.9 MB |
| 3.6.0 Beta 2 (4 builds) | Oct 20, 2024 | Android 4.2 | 45.9 MB |
| 3.5.7 (4 builds) | Oct 20, 2024 | Android 4.2 | 36.6 MB |
| 3.5.6 (4 builds) | Oct 13, 2024 | Android 4.2 | 36.6 MB |
| 3.5.5 (4 builds) | Oct 7, 2024 | Android 4.2 | 36.6 MB |
| 3.5.4 (4 builds) | Feb 23, 2023 | Android 4.2 | 36.6 MB |
| 3.5.3 (4 builds) | Nov 18, 2022 | Android 4.2 | 36.6 MB |
| 3.5.2 (4 builds) | Sep 23, 2022 | Android 4.2 | 36.1 MB |
| 3.5.1 (4 builds) | Sep 5, 2022 | Android 4.2 | 36 MB |
| 3.4.4 (4 builds) | Mar 2, 2022 | Android 4.2 | 33.6 MB |
| 3.4.3 (4 builds) | Jan 27, 2022 | Android 4.2 | 33.6 MB |
| 3.4.2 (4 builds) | Dec 2, 2021 | Android 4.2 | 33.6 MB |
| 3.4.0 (4 builds) | Oct 1, 2021 | Android 4.2 | 33.5 MB |
| 3.3.4 (4 builds) | Feb 17, 2021 | Android 4.2 | 31.4 MB |
| 3.3.3 (4 builds) | Dec 24, 2020 | Android 4.2 | 31.3 MB |
| 3.3.2 (4 builds) | Dec 13, 2020 | Android 4.2 | 31.2 MB |
| 3.2.12 (4 builds) | May 11, 2020 | Android 4.2 | 27.9 MB |
| 3.2.11 (4 builds) | Apr 15, 2020 | Android 4.2 | 57.3 MB |
| 3.2.9 (4 builds) | Apr 1, 2020 | Android 4.2 | 27.7 MB |
| 3.2.7 (4 builds) | Feb 12, 2020 | Android 4.2 | 27.7 MB |
| 3.1.7 (3 builds) | Jul 2, 2019 | Android 4.2 | 26.2 MB |
| 3.1.6 (3 builds) | May 30, 2019 | Android 4.2 | 26.2 MB |
| 3.1.4 (3 builds) | May 11, 2019 | Android 4.2 | 26.2 MB |
| 3.1.2 (3 builds) | Apr 16, 2019 | Android 4.2 | 26.1 MB |
| 3.1.1 (3 builds) | Mar 31, 2019 | Android 4.2 | 26.1 MB |
| 3.1.0 (3 builds) | Mar 25, 2019 | Android 4.2 | 26.1 MB |
| 3.0.13 (3 builds) | Jul 26, 2018 | Android API 9 | 22.6 MB |
| 3.0.12 (3 builds) | Jul 25, 2018 | Android API 9 | 22.6 MB |
| 3.0.11 (3 builds) | Jul 23, 2018 | Android API 9 | 22.5 MB |
| 2.5.17 (3 builds) | Feb 16, 2018 | Android API 9 | 19.2 MB |
| 2.5.12 (3 builds) | Dec 15, 2017 | Android API 9 | 18.9 MB |
| 2.5.9 (3 builds) | Nov 28, 2017 | Android API 9 | 18.9 MB |
| 2.5.8 (3 builds) | Nov 14, 2017 | Android API 9 | 19.3 MB |
| 2.5.2 (3 builds) | Oct 8, 2017 | Android API 9 | 19.3 MB |
| 2.1.20 (3 builds) | Oct 8, 2017 | Android API 9 | 19.9 MB |
| 2.0.6 (3 builds) | Feb 12, 2017 | Android API 8 | 17.8 MB |
| 1.9.0 (3 builds) | Mar 4, 2016 | Android API 8 | 16.3 MB |
| 1.6.6 (3 builds) | Oct 26, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.9 MB |
| 1.6.5 (3 builds) | Oct 26, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.9 MB |
| 1.6.4 (3 builds) | Oct 17, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.8 MB |
| 1.6.1 (3 builds) | Oct 12, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.9 MB |
| 1.5.2 (3 builds) | Aug 22, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.9 MB |
| 1.5.1.1 (3 builds) | Aug 15, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.9 MB |
| 1.4.1 (3 builds) | Aug 14, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.4 MB |
| 1.4.0 (3 builds) | May 14, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.3 MB |
| 1.3.2 (3 builds) | May 2, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.3 MB |
| 1.2.6 (3 builds) | Apr 11, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13 MB |
| 1.2.5 (3 builds) | Apr 9, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.2 MB |
| 1.2.4 (3 builds) | Apr 3, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.1 MB |
| 1.2.3 (3 builds) | Apr 1, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.1 MB |
| 1.2.2 (3 builds) | Apr 1, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.1 MB |
| 1.2.1 (3 builds) | Mar 29, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.1 MB |
| 1.2.0 (3 builds) | Mar 29, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.1 MB |
| 1.1.6 (3 builds) | Mar 21, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.1 MB |
| 1.1.5 (3 builds) | Mar 16, 2015 | Android API 7 | 13.1 MB |
| 1.1.3 (3 builds) | Mar 11, 2015 | Android API 7 | 12.9 MB |
| 1.0.1 (3 builds) | Feb 1, 2015 | Android API 7 | 11.7 MB |
| 0.9.10 (3 builds) | Oct 19, 2014 | Android API 7 | 11.6 MB |
| 0.9.9 (3 builds) | Sep 6, 2014 | Android API 7 | 11.6 MB |
| 0.9.8 (3 builds) | Aug 4, 2014 | Android API 7 | 11.4 MB |
| 0.9.7.1 (2 builds) | Jul 10, 2014 | Android API 7 | 11.3 MB |
| 0.9.7 (2 builds) | Jul 8, 2014 | Android API 7 | 11.3 MB |
| 0.9.6 (2 builds) | Jun 24, 2014 | Android API 7 | 11.2 MB |
| 0.9.1 (2 builds) | Apr 8, 2014 | Android API 7 | 10.5 MB |
| 0.9.0 (2 builds) | Apr 2, 2014 | Android API 7 | 10.5 MB |
| 0.1.3-ARMv7 | Oct 24, 2013 | Android API 7 | 8 MB |
| 0.1.3-ARM | Oct 24, 2013 | Android API 7 | 8.5 MB |
| 0.1.3-x86 | Oct 24, 2013 | Android API 7 | 9 MB |
| 0.0.11-mips | Mar 23, 2013 | Android API 7 | 8.6 MB |
| 0.0.11-ARM | Mar 23, 2013 | Android API 7 | 8 MB |
| 0.0.11-ARMv7 | Mar 22, 2013 | Android API 7 | 7.6 MB |
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