VLC Player

I love using VLC media player. It is the best way to watch a movie on my laptop. My favorite reasons for using VLC player are the add-ons which enable me to find and download subtitles from the player itself or another add-on that gets me related information from Wikipedia about the movie I am viewing.

As I use a Android phone, I am quite kicked about seeing VLC Beta on Google Play.

VLC on Android: Features

Most music and video files on your phone should play easily on VLC player for Android.
Users can avail of a media library and supports browsing through folders.
The media player has the usual features like support for auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments and volume adjustments on touch surface.

VLC Beta for Android is requires Android 2.1 or higher but the added requirement is that this beta version works only devices with CPU ARMv7. Versions for different devices will be released soon.

If you are a fan of VLC on Desktop and want it on your Android phone or tablet, give it a try and drop in your comments and views.

Link: VLC Beta for Android

Get Information From Wikipedia Directly on VLC Player

In the past I wrote about a add-on for VLC (VideoLan) player, that allows viewers to download subtitles from online sources directly from the player itself. I watch a lot of movies on my computer and Wikipedia is my favorite source for additional information on the movie I am watching.

I came across an add-on that allows looking up related information from Wikipedia while I am watching a movie, from the player itself.

The latest version of VLC player can be found from here. Make sure you upgrade to it.
Now visit Wikipedia Information add-on page and download the ULA extension.
If only a code is shows up, copy paste it into a notepad and save the file with .ula extension.
Save the file to this path if you are using windows.

Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%VideoLANVLCluaextensions

Now as you can see in the image above, while watching a movie, just click on View >> Wikipedia Lookup.

In case you liked this article, you might want to check how to use VLC keyboard shortcuts to Fix Audio/Video delay.

To drop in your comments.

Link: Wikipedia Lookup