After over two years of silence, the developers of the VLC media player are bringing the app to the iPhone and iPad today. The app will be available for download later today as noted by Mac Stories.
Two years ago, the popular media player for the desktop, VLC launched on the iOS App Store. But it did not last for long. The app was pulled from the App Store for various reasons.
According to Federico Viticci, the app has got some great upload and download options in this version:
Aside from improvements under the hood, there are several new options for uploads and downloads: available in the Settings, VLC supports a “WiFi Upload” feature that lets you upload files through a desktop web browser running on the same local WiFi network, as well as a new “Download from Web Server” option where you can enter the URL of a file you want to download within the app. The app comes with support for Network streams, iTunes file sharing (which I have been using to load files from my Mac), and Dropbox integration. Dropbox is interesting, as it lets you download any file from your Dropbox account, but I don’t like the way the VLC team implemented navigation across folders: if you navigate inside a sub-folder, you’ll notice that there’s no way to go back to the main folder because the Back button takes you straight to the Settings, where you’ll have to tap on Dropbox again and start over. The VLC team says that more cloud services will be added in the future, and I’m also looking forward to improved navigation.
The app will be available for free on the App Store later today. And I’ll keep this post updated about the links.
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