If you are a movie buff, I’m sure that you’ve come to understand the importance of subtitles. See More: How to Block Unwanted YouTube Videos With YouTube Restricted Mode 3. Unlocking the child’s lock isn’t a child’s play after all. When enabled, whenever your child taps on the screen it will feature a slew of colorful icons in the shapes of animals and birds to delight the little one. On the contrary, MX Player has a pretty creative child lock which goes by the name of Kids lock (+Touch effects). VLC has a simple lock in the seek bar, which unfortunately can be unlocked by a simple tap. Thankfully, both the VLC and the MX Player sport child lock. Kids can get over-enthusiastic while watching videos, which in turn can disturb the video flow.

Though the placement of the options button doesn’t really make a lot of difference, unless you plan to operate the phone with a single hand. Instead of the handy icons in VLC, it has the conventional settings menu at the upper-left corner. MX Player too has almost the same settings, albeit a tad differently. From equalizer and subtitle settings to the sleep timer - all you need to do is to tap on the options icon to access the menu. Speaking about the ease of access, VLC has most of the controls below the seek bar. What I like about both the apps is that you can go to a particular portion of the video by swiping left or right. From brightness adjustments to volume control - you can do it all with a simple swipe. When it comes to gestures, thankfully, both the MX Player and VLC Player sport awesome touch-based controls. Find Out: How to Add Extensions to VLC Player 1.

The former just has a white background with the media library options arranged in a list, the later has a stylishly designed interface displaying the video thumbnails.īut let’s not get swayed by the first impression, let’s go deeper and see which app provides better control.

On one hand, we have the slightly underwhelming looks of the MX Player, while on the other, we have the sophisticated looks of the VLC player. When it comes to the app interface, we can’t help but see the contrasting dissimilarity between the two. Also See: How to Play YouTube Videos After Locking Your Phone Screen Interface

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