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VLC Player is a popular open-source, cross-platform media player that needs no long introduction. Whether you’re using Windows, MAC,
Linux or any other supported operating system for that matter, you must
have tried the media player at least once. Its universal support for
virtually all known multimedia file formats make VLC Player a the
default choice for many users. While the iOS variant of VLC Media Player
is available on Cydia, it’s the Android users who’ve been eagerly
waiting for the media player to be released to the Android Market. Well,
that day might not be very far away as Android developer CVPC has just
released a pre-alpha build of VLC Player. Details, screenshots and
download links after the break.
It seems as if the developer, like most Android users (including me),
thought it was about time the platform got its variant of the VLC Media
Player and so decided to come up with a build of his own. The developer
has created two variants of the app: NEON and NO-NEON for two types of
processors.
Here’s how to find out your device’s processor type:
Use any file manager with root access capability (Root Explorer, ES File Manager) to navigate to the /proc directory
Locate and open file cpuinfo in HTML Viewer
You should now be looking at detailed information about your processor. Try finding the word ‘neon’ in there
If you find it, then you must download the NEON version of the player.
If not, then continue with the NO-NEON variant (links at the end of the
post)
In order to install the downloaded APK, you must have the Unknown
Sources option checked (enabled) on the Menu > Settings >
Applications screen.
VLC Media Player opens in video mode by default. There’s a button at the
top-right corner to toggle between video and music mode. To start
playing files, you must first specify directories on your device that
contain media files. For this, tap Menu > Preferences >
Directories and select the desired folder(s). Depending upon the
selected player mode, you can view a list of all the music/video files
on your screen.
We tested the player on a couple of our devices (Samsung Galaxy S and
HTC Desire Z to be precise). While the APK was downloaded and installed
successfully, the app itself – we must admit – did disappoint. When put
to test with multiple video formats, the player seemed to take an
eternity to list them all. Moreover, the quality of the video files that
were played (eventually) wasn’t up to par as most of the files either
did not run smoothly or were filled with playback glitches. Still, this
is just a pre-alpha build and so it isn’t a big surprise that it isn’t
ready to replace your default media player.
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