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Taking your movies and music everywhere you go is one of the many benefits of having a smartphone or tablet. You never know when you'll have some downtime to listen to some music during a break or watch a movie during a long flight. A big problem with the stock Android video player is that, in some cases, it doesn't have all the necessary codecs you might need and a few helpful features are missing. Google's in-house media player may be limited for some people, but luckily the Play Store is flooded with alternatives.
VLC Media Player
VLC for Android is an open source video player that will play most video and audio files, streaming protocols, and even DVD ISOs. VLC for Android has separate folders for media and audio, allows you to view files directly, support for multi-track audio and subtitles, an audio control widget, and even more features. VLC even works with Android TV, making it the perfect solution for all of your rich content.
MX Player
MX Player is another great video player, particularly because of how powerful it is. It features hardware acceleration, multi-core decoding for better video performance, gesture controls, subtitle gestures, and kids lock, a feature that stops kids from making calls or touching other apps. If you're looking for a player with great performance, MX Player is the way to go.
MoboPlayer
MoboPlayer might not be the most beautiful media player out there, but it supports all video formats, multi-audio streams, multi-subtitles, continuous play for identical file types, media libraries, sorting options, streaming through HTTP and RTSP protocols, and more. The developer, Euphmia, says MoboPlayer offers some of the best video playback and quality and, in testing, competitors do have some high standards to live up to.
RockPlayer 2
RockPlayer is unique in that it plays almost everything — 720p, 1080p, Full HD, and even 2K or 4K Ultra HD content. It'll tax your processor big time, but if you can keep it on the charger while watching video, you'll be able to see some gorgeous and crisp content. It also has standard features including support for all video formats, gesture control, network streaming, and media file management. RockPlayer keeps it simple while powering through all types of media.
Video Player Ultimate
Video Player Ultimate has a few handy features of its own: memory optimization, fast startup times, sleep time settings, and it will even automatically search all of your audio and video files on your device and fluently insert them into the library. It has all of the standard video player features, too. But what makes it unique from everyone else is its Smart Core technology, automatically detecting audio and video formats and improves playback, making it a smoother experience for the user.
Closing
The major benefit of grabbing a third-party video player from the Google Play Store is that they're packed with technical features that all work towards making your viewing experience the best it can be. Not only that, but sometimes you'll have a video file on your device that your native video player just doesn't support. And that's where great programs like VLC come in. Give one of them a try, it'll make your content much more pleasurable to watch.
I guarantee it.
ArkMC is where?
NO BSPlayer?! Plays everything.
Archos Video Player is better than all of these. BSPlayer didn’t even make this list.