This is a continuation of the original thread on Google Groups.
Link to original thread: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mx-videoplayer/Xgb6KKj95vg/discussion
Thanks for starting this up here. Any updates on Chromecast support?
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Thanks for starting this up here. Any updates on Chromecast support?
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THIS is the Chromecast solution I feel I have been waiting an eternity for. Best of luck with ongoing development...
Well, Miracast accomplishes a similar result, but as it's live transcoding of your entire screen, it would only have decent video playback on higher-end devices. That and Miracast means you can't do a 2nd task on the phone when the video plays.
From my understanding of Chromecast support right now, Google is slowly rolling out support for different formats and file containers. Not sure how long this will take. MX Player transcoding should mean that anything would be playable, assuming your device can handle live transcoding.
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From my understanding of Chromecast support right now, Google is slowly rolling out support for different formats and file containers. Not sure how long this will take. MX Player transcoding should mean that anything would be playable, assuming your device can handle live transcoding.
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Google is slowly rolling out support for different formats and file containers
Where is the proof or where did you find that
ALSo. I wanted to ask.
Could you please not do one step at a time?
E.g add Chromecast support but for NORMAL. E.g. Basic support. For normal formats which work. Like avia media player.
Thank you
Supported formats: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media
As to your question about adding Chromecast support, that would be a question for the developer to answer. @bleu8888
Hopefully we will see this happening any time soon.
Thank you in advance, because we all know MX is the best out there.
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Ok, so what exactly does this mean? Is the developer working on Chromecast support? Any ETA for when it should be expected?
Yes he is working on it; no an ETA has not yet been indicated. Thing is, the developer wants ALL videos to work on Chromcast; this means MX Player must do live transcode on any format that Chromecast doesn't support.
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Yes he is working on it; no an ETA has not yet been indicated. Thing is, the developer wants ALL videos to work on Chromcast; this means MX Player must do live transcode on any format that Chromecast doesn't support.
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Any update to the progress or challenges? eagerly awaiting any news on this, as it would be super to unlock these features through MX player and ChromeCast!
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This is a continuation of the original thread on Google Groups.
Link to original thread: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mx-videoplayer/Xgb6KKj95vg/discussion
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What I don't understand is WHY don't you do 1 step at a time?
Why cant you simply right now, add the NORMAL chrome cast features, just MP4 files first.
and then later work on every single file format and transcoding?
Im sure many people would like this option?
Is it possible for a modern quad-core ARM phone/tablet to transcode video formats on the fly? I love MX because it literally plays anything I throw at it, but I don't know if this is the same as transcoding these different formats for casting.
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@Krisshp Don't know; it was the developer's decision.
@CAL7 well, for 10-bit I would assume it can't handle it, considering only the more recent phones were able to decode it. For 8-bit, it might be possible if the bitrate isn't too high.
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@Krisshp Don't know; it was the developer's decision.
@CAL7 well, for 10-bit I would assume it can't handle it, considering only the more recent phones were able to decode it. For 8-bit, it might be possible if the bitrate isn't too high.
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Cant you give this suggestion (which many ACTUALLY want) to the developer? and take it 1 step at a time?...
Thanks
there are many different options out there to use at the moment if you want to stream to chromecast. I agree with the developer having his standards of exactly what he wants his app to be able to do before releasing it... Kudos to him! :good:
I echo the same sentiment of playya.
I agree with you guys, no need to rush, it must come out when ready... But it would be very nice to be updated about the progress, just to know if we can expect it this month or in december 2015
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I agree with you guys, no need to rush, it must come out when ready... But it would be very nice to be updated about the progress, just to know if we can expect it this month or in december 2015
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...... Or just leave us in the dark, alone, crying about our insecurities, struggling to overcome our fear of the unknown, but in the end doomed to the abysses of hell. That's cool too.
Glad to see that there is a possibility of seeing a Chromecast compatible MX Player in the future. Kudos to the devs for wanting to keep the standards up. If you need a beta tester count me in. I have helped with other apps in development. Do love MX Player the best I 've found. Just updated to pro to hopefully help with Chromecast development.
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Is there something specific to the platform that is preventing enhanced .m4a support on Android? As far as I can see from scouring the internet, it looks like we don't have a single media player that supports the enhanced features of chaptering and embedded images offered by enhanced .m4a files. This is supported in every apple device, if I am not mistaken.
Any ideas?
Found One!
In case anybody is interested, somebody on reddit came through for me:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.akimbo.abp.trial&feature=search_result
Akimbo is an audiobook reader that handles .m4a chaptering and images pretty perfectly. Their library setup is a ****ty mess, but it has otherwise been strong so far.
yes this one works........ nearly.
The enhanced podcasts I use have several differant images per chapter, and the player moves onto the next image only at the next chapter so come the 2nd chapter it is several images behind.
.m4a files play just fine on the stock music player of my LG vortex, and the blur'd music player of the DX2. where are you encountering issues playing .m4a file?
the audio playback is fine on every player its the images encoded into the podcast that dont display properly
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yes this one works........ nearly.
The enhanced podcasts I use have several differant images per chapter, and the player moves onto the next image only at the next chapter so come the 2nd chapter it is several images behind.
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Same issue here. I want to access enhanced podcasts from Coffee Break Spanish but I couldn't. Those podcasts also have multiple images per chapter.
I'm very interested in this as well. I've been using Pocket Casts which is a great player but doesn't support the contextual images and links.
My example Specifically is the "Rooster Teeth Podcast".
On my old iPhone the embedded images displayed perfectly in apps like Downcast and the native iTunes Player had functional Live links some of the time.
I'm desperately searching for one, but I've had no luck.
has anyone had any luck yet with this one? I am thinking about using my old hd2 just for m4a playback
I asked the developer of Pocketcasts about this. And it seems they're missing the tools to make this.
" We've been looking into it, but that format is a proprietary Apple standard that no one else has support for. So our iOS app supports it out of the box, because Apple has the developer tools for us to do that. On Android Google don't, and we've yet to find a third-party library we can use that does, which leaves us stuck. So short story: yes we'd love to, but we don't think we can."
Bummer.
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I asked the developer of Pocketcasts about this. And it seems they're missing the tools to make this.
" We've been looking into it, but that format is a proprietary Apple standard that no one else has support for. So our iOS app supports it out of the box, because Apple has the developer tools for us to do that. On Android Google don't, and we've yet to find a third-party library we can use that does, which leaves us stuck. So short story: yes we'd love to, but we don't think we can."
Bummer.
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The feature is supported by VLC on the desktop (and likely other open source desktop apps). Handbrake also supports it; it can encode the chapter data into m4v files. In reading about it, it seems like the chapter data is simply encoded into the file in plaintext. I don't know how easy or hard it is to read that data on Android, but it definitely seems do-able (seeing as how the above 2 open source apps do it).
Any update on this?
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Any update on this?
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I've had no joy. I have tried most new players added to the marketplace.
I don't believe that windows mobile has one up over android ??
It seems like Podcast Republic does the job ? unfortunately is has some bugs on my LG G3, like background play doesnt work, and rotating the devices skips chapters :silly:
Hopefully it will be resolved in a newer version.
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It seems like Podcast Republic does the job ? unfortunately is has some bugs on my LG G3, like background play doesnt work, and rotating the devices skips chapters :silly:
Hopefully it will be resolved in a newer version.
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This app is absolutely useless.!!! It has NO idea about chapters, let alone that there ARE chapters in the podcast....
I'm so vukking fed-up with Android's incompetence!!!!
The only way to even remotely use chapters is to play AAC files with an accompanying CUE sheet with PowerAmp...
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This app is absolutely useless.!!! It has NO idea about chapters, let alone that there ARE chapters in the podcast....
I'm so vukking fed-up with Android's incompetence!!!!
The only way to even remotely use chapters is to play AAC files with an accompanying CUE sheet with PowerAmp...
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Well, it Works for me with chapters for the few podcasts i subscribe to like Hardwell on air and Tiesto Club life.
So it might be useless for you .. but for me its the best player out there for android ..
Go buy yourself and iPhone or calm Down :laugh:
I enjoy watching videos that are hosted on my PC though Windows File Staring. MX Player plays them fine but does not buffer enough video to prevent hiccups in playback. This is especially true with very complex scenes in 1080p. Copying the same video to my device will play uninterrupted, leading me to believe this is an inadequate buffering issue. Pressing pause will not pre-buffer any large amount of video as the user might expect.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 P600
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I enjoy watching videos that are hosted on my PC though Windows File Staring. MX Player plays them fine but does not buffer enough video to prevent hiccups in playback. This is especially true with very complex scenes in 1080p. Copying the same video to my device will play uninterrupted, leading me to believe this is an inadequate buffering issue. Pressing pause will not pre-buffer any large amount of video as the user might expect.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 P600
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It's a well known issue. Since it's already listed in priority list hopefully the developer will improve it in next major version mx player v2.0
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It's a well known issue. Since it's already listed in priority list hopefully the developer will improve it in next major version mx player v2.0
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Version 2.0 huh. I was hoping this would be something that finds its way into [perhaps] the next minor update. Change some integer value from 50 to 300 and call it good.
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Hello, Do not know if this is the thread for my question or not!? I want to know one thing; when reproduced before a live network link, entering places where (playing from network) and the link was there. Now not find it. And is there the last link I've attached. Me question is: I need to change something in the settings to locate? Or should I do?
Thank you friends for your attention.
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Hello, Do not know if this is the thread for my question or not!? I want to know one thing; when reproduced before a live network link, entering places where (playing from network) and the link was there. Now not find it. And is there the last link I've attached. Me question is: I need to change something in the settings to locate? Or should I do?
Thank you friends for your attention.
Regards
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Hello mrsdan1940: I don't understand your question. So let me gather some information to see if I can help you. Is your primary language English? Are you using the program MX Player for Android? It's a video audio media player for your mobile or tablet device.
This app has set the standard and it's only 2nd to plex player because they undercut you on their price for their app (you get what you pay for, right?) but I'd like to make a suggestion for a feature that I think, and maybe many others along with me, should've been in mx player all along. Playback speed control! The only player that I've seen with playback speed control is VLC player but it's in beta and playback orientation is always a hassle or issue with it so PLEASE OH PLEASE implement playback speed control. You ARE my go to video player 99% of the time!
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This app has set the standard and it's only 2nd to plex player because they undercut you on their price for their app (you get what you pay for, right?) but I'd like to make a suggestion for a feature that I think, and maybe many others along with me, should've been in mx player all along. Playback speed control! The only player that I've seen with playback speed control is VLC player but it's in beta and playback orientation is always a hassle or issue with it so PLEASE OH PLEASE implement playback speed control. You ARE my go to video player 99% of the time!
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1-It's already on the list of feature requests with high priority
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High Priority
Adjustable playback speed: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mx-videoplayer/NbY9Xp6lRjI/discussion
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2-Actually every modern player supports this feature, for example: BS Player, Dice Player, XBMC...etc
3-You'll have to wait too long, but it's coming at the end.
4-A little off-topic but, next time try to make the title a brief description of your problem/issue/feature request.
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This app has set the standard and it's only 2nd to plex player because they undercut you on their price for their app (you get what you pay for, right?) but I'd like to make a suggestion for a feature that I think, and maybe many others along with me, should've been in mx player all along. Playback speed control! The only player that I've seen with playback speed control is VLC player but it's in beta and playback orientation is always a hassle or issue with it so PLEASE OH PLEASE implement playback speed control. You ARE my go to video player 99% of the time!
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1-It's already on the list of feature requests with high priority
2-Actually every modern player supports this feature, for example: BS Player, Dice Player, XBMC...etc
3-You'll have to wait too long, but it's coming at the end.
4-A little off-topic but, next time try to make the title a brief description of your problem/issue/feature request.
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Developer is already working on it. Hope it will be available in upcoming 1.8.[emoji3] [emoji3]
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4-A little off-topic but, next time try to make the title a brief description of your problem/issue/feature request.
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@bluevmax92 this. I've edited your title to something more useful.
And yes, it's exactly as almousawi has pointed out; it's already on the list.
EDIT: a related feature request is frame-by-frame stepping: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mx-videoplayer/7G_9M7FBGe8
Cannot wait !
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@bluevmax92 this. I've edited your title to something more useful.
And yes, it's exactly as almousawi has pointed out; it's already on the list.
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Very glad to see that the speed control is already on your top priority list.
May it be moved towards the top of this very list! :fingers-crossed:
Thank you so much for your efforts at developping such a stable and well designed application. :good:
"Set for all files" checkbox on the playback speed adjustment interface
One thing I noticed on players featuring playback speed control is that they tend to reset the playback speed each time they start playing a file. For example, when a video has been split into numbered parts, no matter which speed you have set for the part that is playing, the player will reset it to normal speed when it starts playing the next part. Some of them also tend to reset the playback speed when your phone switches to screen-saver mode. As you can imagin, having to readjust playback speed all the time can quickly become annoying.
My suggestion would therefore be to add a checkbox on the playbak speed adjustment interface, by which the user can set wether she or he wishes to keep the new playback speed permanently or only for the file being played.
In advance, thanks a lot!
Any closer ?
Are we any closer to implementing this feature along with frame by frame advance?
It's been on priority for quite some time now and I'm hoping this will happen soon.
Otherwise this is pretty much the best player out there.
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Are we any closer to implementing this feature along with frame by frame advance?
It's been on priority for quite some time now and I'm hoping this will happen soon.
Otherwise this is pretty much the best player out there.
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My sentiments exactly. I've had to use "more primitive" android video players that offer the playback speed control function that I've been lead to believe was in development for well over a year now.
In fact, I'm easily willing to pay more for this feature (as well as the pop-out ability) if necessary.
Just as louiscar mentioned, this player would - hands down - be the best player available if these features were (finally) added to MX Player Pro.
There is a translation about Playback speed in crowdin. May be developer is willing to release this feature soon.
Latest Beta v1.8.1 works on my Galaxy S5 w/4.4.2 Kitkat
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(but only in SW mode, local & network)
still no playback speed support for mx player pro? :"(
would be the absolute best hands down if it does, but until then, i still need vlc for high speed video playback
hoosdathu said:
still no playback speed support for mx player pro? :"(
would be the absolute best hands down if it does, but until then, i still need vlc for high speed video playback
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Try lateat beta version.
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Try lateat beta version.
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Do you mean the Alpha test version here? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/mx-player-1-8-0-alpha-test-t3239819
I read something about it crashing if a pro license if present should I uninstall that?
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Do you mean the Alpha test version here? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/mx-player-1-8-0-alpha-test-t3239819
I read something about it crashing if a pro license if present should I uninstall that?
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No, it might be a device specific issue. AFAIK MX Player Pro has issues only on Android N (7.0) developer preview due to the new restrictions implemented in it. It's default version for Marshmallow devices. For pre marshmallow it's not yet released to public.
You can download the latest nightly version from the official beta webpage ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build )
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Try lateat beta version.
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vairable speed playback works now!
absolutely the best imho
i love the floating button shortcut to last played video too
http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/05/23/hacked-in-translation/
Seeing as how VLC, Kodi and Popcorn Time are vulnerable I figured that they are probably using the same libraries and there was a fair chance that MX Player is similarly affected. Please let us know and if so the expected timeline for a fix.
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http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/05/23/hacked-in-translation/
Seeing as how VLC, Kodi and Popcorn Time are vulnerable I figured that they are probably using the same libraries and there was a fair chance that MX Player is similarly affected. Please let us know and if so the expected timeline for a fix.
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MX Player is not vulnerable to this issue
Video Players | Security breach report
Hi guys,
I don't want to alarm anyone and I'm new on this forum.
I'm not a developer of any kind but I've recently came across an article that's affecting many of the video players used in android.
Is MX player at risk and are there any measures taken to address this situation?
Thanks in advance for your assistance
Give the details of the report.
I am assuming that you're talking about the one with able to remote access victim's computer with specially prepared movie subtitles? Is that the one?
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Give the details of the report.
I am assuming that you're talking about the one with able to remote access victim's computer with specially prepared movie subtitles? Is that the one?
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply since it's my first thread ,I cannot quote any external sources to provide more information.
The one that you're describing is exactly the one.
Thank you
Unfortunately, it was not disclosed publicly hot to exploit the issue is but I don't believe there was any indication of an Android app being affected (it requires VNC server so presumably not).
MX Player developers will need to address this one, I imagine once there are more details
My bad, actually it's already covered in https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/mx-player-subject-to-todays-subtitle-t3611258/ - MX Player is safe
Thanks for the ref post that confirm the issue covered
Regards
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Is it possible to have PiP mode in Android O?
So far handful apps supporting it but no video player.
Thanks
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No one?
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Try vlc player it is currently supporting.Mx player will be adding it in future
This is my #1 most requested feature for MX Player. I really hope it is implemented as I keep checking this forum and general updates every day. I have tried VLC player and it works very well with PiP but find MX Player better in every other aspect.
Could a dev let us know if this is actively being worked on and if so, is it anywhere near release?
Thank you very much
Is the pip available in any of the latest versions? else hope PIP is on the todo list, the PIP in VLC is really useful and cool.
Still waiting
Aswin08 said:
Is the pip available in any of the latest versions? else hope PIP is on the todo list, the PIP in VLC is really useful and cool.
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Yeah, I’ve already switched to VLC. It works really well
Couldn’t keep waiting for MX Player to catch up...
Yeah +1
All video players have either pip or floating window mode except mx player.. the devs have been promising this essential functionality for too long.. mx is great but watching in split window of nougat isn't practical as it takes a large part of the screen and disappears when the keyboard is open.. and many apps don't support being put in split screen
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Yeah +1
All video players have either pip or floating window mode except mx player.. the devs have been promising this essential functionality for too long.. mx is great but watching in split window of nougat isn't practical as it takes a large part of the screen and disappears when the keyboard is open.. and many apps don't support being put in split screen
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I only use mx player, but why it still no pip?
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I only use mx player, but why it still no pip?
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The developers are lazy
We have some plans for supporting PIP in future.
But, It may need lot works as MX Player is very complicated in nature when compared to others. So, we can't provide any timelines about the availability.
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We have some plans for supporting PIP in future.
But, It may need lot works as MX Player is very complicated in nature when compared to others. So, we can't provide any timelines about the availability.
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Just to get a clearer picture
Did you start working on it already or is it just a plan for the future?
Do you reckon it'll take days, weeks or months until a release?
Development of new features are slow as snail, with new VLC 3 I'm dumping MX Player completely, used it since it's inception. Time to move on.
I Have vlc 3 and it's much more polished than before. You just press home for the pip instead of navigating your way to so it. I HAVE no idea what mx hasn't added it. I know that they are capable. It's got to be one of the most featured requests. Android P dev preview will be out first though ha.
I hope they will add it soon.
It's been some eight months since we started asking about PIP. Still no road map?
Have others started moving away from Mxplayer and to VLC?
Vlc wastes 5 times the amount of battery MX player does. Probably the complexity the dev was talking about. It's not an option for me. I'll manage MX till PiP is supported
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Well, another month goes by and the latest update still doesn't have PiP feature...
I really want to stick with this player but it's falling behind with pip.
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It's been some eight months since we started asking about PIP. Still no road map?
Have others started moving away from Mxplayer and to VLC?
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Because of lack of PIP I tried moving to VLC several times, but i have so much of videos and there is no video folder view like in MX, VLC just shows every videos in its home or useless storage view where its shows every folder in device.
So eventually i come back to MX. But PIP is too usefull. I may need to try some other video players.