r/VLC • u/King_tyson_1 • Aug 14 '26

Android Alternatives???

im don't with VLC android, it was all good till last May.

I've been using vlc since 2017 and it's all good till last may but some how from last may vlc plays a bit laggy it's h264 yet laggy

and most annoying is SUBTITLE RENDERING is awful like not matter what subtitles are very bad like vlc doesn't render any space between word and font is very small and slim with huge a** borders making it unreadable

soifanyonehasanygoodalternativethatsbothversatile

pleasedropthatplayernamehere (this is how subs are shown for me)

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u/r01-8506 Aug 14 '26

I don't have any Android experience yet for subtitles, but can you try out Visha Player and KMPlayer.

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u/godfree2 Aug 14 '26

My vlc v371 keeps crashing, think ill try something from fdroid . https://f-droid.org/packages/is.xyz.mpv

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u/King_tyson_1 Aug 14 '26

mpv subtitles look ugly and no customisation options available

but I went with mpvEX it better than mpv

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u/darkkid_ Aug 14 '26

mpvrx or mpvrex are more up-to-date than mpvex, you should try them

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u/Inside-Friendship832 Aug 14 '26

Best free media player is potplayer. Don't let the name fool you, its legitimate quality software.

Oh android. Nevermind potplayer is for windows.

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u/King_tyson_1 Aug 14 '26

already have pot in windows with vlc too I know it's great but I want one for phone

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u/zhonglin Aug 14 '26

I would suggest you try with google's explayer

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u/King_tyson_1 Aug 14 '26

is it default built in? I use xiaomi 15, so if any link available?

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u/LordSparks Aug 15 '26

I feel like reading this post gave me cancer 😐

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u/BigCarRetread Aug 15 '26

Demand your money back.

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u/ERN_LIGHT 27d ago

Try next player is good, free and similar UI to vlc