Feature | Version 1.x | Version 2.0 | Version 2.1 | Version 2.2 | Version 2.3 | Version 2.4 | Version 2.5 | Version 2.6 |
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iTunes File Sharing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WiFi Upload | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Download from device via WiFi | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Box Integration | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Streaming from Box | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Dropbox Integration | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Streaming from Dropbox | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iCloud Integration | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Streaming from iCloud | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Google Drive integration | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Streaming from Google Drive | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
OneDrive Integration | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Streaming from OneDrive | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
HTTP Downloads from Web | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FTP Downloads from Web | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Opening Network Streams | No GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
UPnP discovery and streaming | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Plex server discovery and streaming | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Password-protected Plex shares | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Downloads from UPnP multimedia servers | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FTP discovery, streaming and downloading | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Store FTP server bookmarks | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Audio Playback via AirPlay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Video Playback via AirPlay | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Audio Playback via Connector Cables | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Video Playback via Connector Cables | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Subtitles playback | No | Western languages only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Subtitles Font Customization | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Closed Caption playback | No | No | Yes [2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Teletext subtitles playback | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi-track audio handling | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Video Filtering incl. Screen Brightness | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Video Cropping and Aspect Ratio variation | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Deinterlacing | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Playback Speed control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Audio/Subtitles delay control | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Repeated playback | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gestures based playback control | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Playback of Audio-only media (mp3, m4a, flac, …) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Audio Playback in Background | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mini playback view | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Playback timer | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Chapter & title selection | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
10-band equalizer | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Playback UI Lock | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Smart Media Library sorting for audio albums and TV shows | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Media Library Search | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Passcode Lock | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
VoiceOver support | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Organize media in folders | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Use folders as playlists | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Loop playlists | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Playback control through headphones, multi-tasking bar or lock screen | No | No | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Playback is paused when headphones are unplugged | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WiFi upload and HTTP downloads in background | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Support for password protected HTTP streams | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sharing files with further apps | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Custom vlc:// protocol | No | No | No | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Support for x-callback-url | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Apple Watch extension | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Supported User Interface Languages | English | English, Danish[1], Dutch[1], Finnish, French, German, Hebrew[1], Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese[1], Slovak[1], Spanish, Turkish[1], Ukrainian[1], Vietnamese[1] | Same as 2.0 plus Bosnian, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Hungarian[2], Marathi, Portuguese, Slovenian, Swedish[2] | Same as 2.1.2 plus Czech, Malay, Persian, Spanish (Mexico), Sinhala (added in 2.2.1) | Same as 2.2.1 plus British English, Latvian, Romanian | Same as 2.3 plus Traditional Chinese | Same as 2.4 plus Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Khmer, Faroese, Belarusian, Serbian (Latin), Tamil, Afrikaans | Same as 2.5 |
iOS 5.1 support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
iOS 6.0 support | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
iOS 6.1 support | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iOS 7.x support | No | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iOS 8.x support | No | No | No | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iOS 9.x support | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Partial |
Option name | Version 2.0.x | Version 2.1.x | Version 2.2 | Version 2.3 | Version 2.4 | Version 2.5 | Version 2.6 | Details |
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Passcode Lock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | When enabled, VLC for iOS will ask for the passcode 5 min after leaving the app when using version 2.0 or 2.1. In 2.2, the app will ask for it right away. |
Optimize item names for display | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Disable removal of unneeded characters, when shown within the media library. |
Network caching level | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Adapt the network caching level to your needs. |
Control playback with gestures | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Disable playback gestures if desired. |
Default playback speed | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Play video in fullscreen | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes [2] | On by default. When disabled, video plays minimized by default. |
Deblocking filter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Switch deblocking aggression level. Trade-off between quality and speed. |
Deinterlace | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Deinterlace video image: always or never. |
Subtitles Font | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Relative Subtitles Font size | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Use Bold Font | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Subtitles Font Color | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Text Encoding | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Set the subtitles text encoding mostly used by you |
Audio time-stretching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Improves listening experience |
Audio playback in background | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Audio playback continues when leaving VLC for iOS |
Unlink from Dropbox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [1] | No | Unlink the app from your Dropbox account |
Unlink from Google Drive | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [1] | No | Unlink the app from your Google Drive account |
IPv6 support for WiFi sharing | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Off by default. |
Text Encoding for FTP Connections | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |