When it comes to play videos on your smartphones, there is always a question about Video Players for Android, are they supports all video formats to play videos. As I am one of the android user, I know the basic video players for most of the Android devices, is quite dull and lacks support for most common video codecs.
So if you own an Android phone, you will definitely need a third party video players unless you want to spend your life converting videos to your phone’s supported format. Android has quite a few mobile video players available in the market so as it’s always difficult to choose the best without trying them all one by one.I have compiled a list of best video players available for android, see the list below;
10 Best Video Players for Android Phones
1. VPlayer
This is my personal favorite from available video players. I am using pro version of the VPlayer. VPlayer is the best video player for Android phones.
Video formats: divx/xvid, wmv, m4v, flv, rmvb, avi, mkv, mov, mp4, 3gp, ts, tp and so on. Streaming: http, rtsp, mms and m3u(apple http stream, m3u8). If you’re going after a relevant video player using the best consumer experience and interface then VPlayer Professional will probably be your ultimate choice.
2. RockPlayer Lite
RockPlayer is high performance, almost all formats media player with a lot of functions. It saves your time and disk space to transcoding or format converting. Just put your video on sdcard or click the URL in browser to watch it.
3. MX Video Player
MX Video Player – The best way to enjoy your movies. It plays almost every video files with multi-core decoding capability. HD Playback, Simple UI,Remembers playback position, Software/Hardware Decoder, Subtitles (with custom font, color, size).
4. MoboPlayer
Mobo Player is one of the best video player available for android phones. You can watch any of your videos on a phone without conversion, anytime and anywhere. You will get the best playback experience and quality.
Video player supports: All video formats and Popular subtitle formats such as SRT, ASS, and SAA Subtitles built in MKV, MPV, MOV, and others Multi-audio streams and multi-subtitles Playlists and continuous play on same type files Videos streamed through HTTP, RTSP protocols Media libraries and sort videos by type Thumbnail displays of videos.
5. mVideoPlayer
mVideoPlayer is the best video player replacement application available for Android, with a lot of useful and handy features and a nice and clean interface it greatly improves on Android’s built-in video player. The application is freely available here on the Android market.
6. BSPlayer lite
BSPlayer for Android is a versatile media player for Android smartphones and tablet PCs. Main features: Support for almost all media files (video and audio player), such as: avi, divx, flv, mkv, mov, mp4, m4v, rmvb, wmv, 3gp, mp3… and streaming content such as http and rtsp. Multiple audio streams and subtitles. Playlist support and various playback modes.
7. Meridian Media Player Revolute
The most functional and customizable player for your video and music in phone. The video and music player with most customizable space. Convenient gestures to control. Advanced media folder settings, you can set including and excluding folders — in ANY DEPTH. Not only one level under /sdcard now.
8. VitalPlayer
VitalPlayer supports almost all video and audio codecs. This powerful software codecs provide smooth quality video. System mode play(hardware codec use) , SMI,SRT support – Brightness control , Resume play previously , Gray screen(software codec only) , Various font size & color & type and so on.
9. RealPlayer
Entertainment on your Android. RealPlayer is one of the best Android apps to enjoy your music, videos, and photos. More user-friendly than ever, RealPlayer includes an intuitive user interface, playlist editor, widgets, searching, content folder selection, fast scrolling, and a ton of other features to make your media experience more enjoyable.
10. DicePlayer
Diceplayer is a HW accelerated Media player for android. It use HW video decoder at various containers and audio codecs combination. Dual Core/High end devices ( Sensation , Galaxy S/S2 , Nexus-S ) can play 720p MKV/AVI. Diceplayer drains less bettery than SW based players.
Hey Vishal…nice post! I like reading up on comparisons and the benefits they each offer. I downloaded RealPlayer for the exact reasons you mentioned. I’m pretty much a novice and it really is “user friendly.” I’ve been very satisfied. I found this useful as well if anyone else may be interested http://www.real.com/resources/realplayer-android Thanks again!
Hi Vishal, fantastic post, but there is a detail I’m interested but couldn’t find anything about it, any of these players has the ability to download subtitles by itself like MediaPlayerClassic does in PC environment?
Eugenio, I don’t think so there is any player on android provide such feature, If I will come across any such video player, will let you know.
I am glad that you liked the article and the video player listed here.