<div class="tab-content-content">VLC media player is a free and open source multimedia player that can play most multimedia files, including discs, devices, and network streaming protocols. It is available on multiple platforms, including Android. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs. It is a full audio player with a complete database, an equalizer, and filters, playing all audio formats. VLC is free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying, and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.</div><div class="tab-content-content"></div><div class="tab-content-content">VLC for Android supports all formats, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv, and AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads. It supports subtitles, Teletext, and Closed Captions. VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files and allows browsing of folders directly. It also supports multi-track audio and subtitles, auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments, and gestures to control volume, brightness, and seeking. It includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art, and a complete audio media library.</div><div class="tab-content-content"></div><div class="tab-content-content">VLC for Android requires access to "Photos/Media/Files" to read all media files, "Storage" to read all media files on SD cards, and "Other" to check network connections, change the volume, set the ringtone, run on Android TV, and display the popup view. It needs "read the contents of your USB storage" to read media files on it, "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage" to allow deletion of files and store subtitles, "full network access" to open network and internet streams, "prevent phone from sleeping" to prevent the phone from sleeping when watching a video, "change your audio settings" to change audio volume, "modify system settings" to allow changing of audio ringtone, "view network connections" to monitor whether the device is connected or not, "draw over other apps" to start the custom picture-in-picture widget, "control vibration" to give feedback on the controls, "run at startup" to set recommendations on Android TV launcher screen, and "microphone" to provide voice search on Android TV devices. </div><div class="tab-content-content"></div><div class="tab-content-content">In summary, VLC for Android is a free and open source multimedia player that supports all formats, including network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs. It has a media library for audio and video files, supports multi-track audio and subtitles, and includes a widget for audio control. It requires access to various permissions to function properly.</div>