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VLC is available for both flavors of phone/tablet, you don't need an SD card, builtin storage is fine.
by samatman 4y ago
VLC is available for both flavors of phone/tablet, you don't need an SD card, builtin storage is fine.
- autoexec 4y agobuiltin storage is tiny (typically 128 or 256 GB) to force people into keeping all their data in the cloud, which doesn't help you when you're offline.
- nijave 4y agoOn Android, you can usually plug flash drives into the phone's USB port (either USB-C drives or using the correct dongles/adapters). They might insist you format them first so make sure you start by plugging them in and formatting on the phone before adding media. I think there's some apps that can read, for instance, NTFS (although I remember it being a little flakey)
- autoexec 4y agoI never heard about that before, but if that works it'd be amazing! Now I just have to dig up an adapter...
- dredmorbius 4y agoA feature to look for is OTG (USB On The Go) connectors and devices. This allows storage, peripherals (wired headphones!) to connect to the USB-C port: <https://www.minitool.com/news/what-is-otg.html https://www.minitool.com/news/what-is-otg.html> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go>
- TheNewsIsHere 4y agoYou can also do this with iOS/iPadOS devices, although it won’t write NTFS.
- samatman 4y agoYou get what you pay for, iPhones, for example, top out at 1TB. If the tiny built in storage is to "force people" to do things, what are the models with lots of storage for? Or, if that's your thing, feel free to cheap out on the phone and make up for it with a microSD card, that's why they still sell those models. I'm sure it'll get lots of security updates too, right? Point being VLC doesn't care whether your phone has a headphone jack. Sorry, I meant SD slot.