[Android Apps and Games] Sib64:
VideoLan Client For Android Gets Unofficial Hourly Alpha Builds, Courtesy Of A Generous Developer

8 months ago, I had written a post for Htc Desire S and Asus TF101 tablet forums about the VLC application. It was a pre-alpha version which was distributed. Today, it's a beta version, which is proposed. I let you read more on this news.

I will try to follow all differents updated builds for this beta version.

How do you find out if your device is NEON or No-NEON ?

Simply use a file manager app, dig around in your system files and locate the folder /proc/cpuinfo and then take a look inside. You should see something like this:

Or an easier was to check for neon is to run this command:

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -e neon

Update Jun 22 - Compilation 59 - And download apk

VLC-NEON.apkhttp://d-h.st/qLW => MD5 Sum: 2f2bc265d5797be4b677181c58e10911 - Size: 7.49 MB (7852747 bytes)

VLC-NO_NEON.apk => MD5 Sum: 37f87d3c05f799b724e8e9cfbfa4be6a - Size: 7.64 MB (8013494 bytes

[B]Modifications - Last Part
#59 (22 juin 2012 09:01:26)
Rename AudioSongsListAdapter to AudioListAdapter — jb / gitweb
use setKeepScreenOn on the surfaceview — xilasz / gitweb
AudioService: always stay alive + always block headset button events from the OS — xilasz / gitweb

#58 (22 juin 2012 02:01:32)
audiotrack: revert latency changes of c7d10e49bd7 — funman / gitweb

#57 (22 juin 2012 01:01:27)
don't use deprecated getWidth & getHeight + remove unused imports — xilasz / gitweb
SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK is deprecated, use setKeepScreenOn instead. — xilasz / gitweb
URLDecoder.decode(string) is deprecated, use the encode(String,String) instead — xilasz / gitweb
AudioFormat.CHANNEL_CONFIGURATION_STEREO is deprecated — xilasz / gitweb

#56 (21 juin 2012 22:01:25)
src: Delete directoryList as well — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Add DirectoryViewFragment and related missing files — edward.c.wang / gitweb

#55 (21 juin 2012 21:01:25)
src: Don't leave an empty string when stripping the trailing slash — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Add directory view through the menu — edward.c.wang / gitweb
src: Remove directory view from the audio media library — edward.c.wang / gitweb

#54 (21 juin 2012 19:01:30)
Java code improvements and code cosmetics — jb / gitweb

#53 (21 juin 2012 18:01:25)
disable SongList from AudioPlayerActivity for now. — xilasz / gitweb
Bind/unbind are designed for activities, it should not be used on fragments. — xilasz / gitweb
Complete the release process — jb / gitweb
About Section — jb / gitweb
fix crash if tab is changed while swiping in audiobrowser — xilasz / gitweb
Code is GPLv3, because of Apache libs — jb / gitweb
AudioBrowser: prevent the user to scroll the header — xilasz / gitweb

#52 (21 juin 2012 17:01:29)
Allow to build for releases — jb / gitweb

#51 (21 juin 2012 14:01:25)
AudioDirectoryAdapter: support video as well — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Move AudioListActivity to Fragment — jb / gitweb
Refactore AudioListActivity into AudioListFragment — jb / gitweb
src: Update tag of AudioListFragment — edward.c.wang / gitweb
#50 (21 juin 2012 13:01:25)
util: use proper methods name — etix / gitweb
Disable the indeterminate progress bar on pre-ICS devices — etix / gitweb
src: Add an utility function to strip spaces — edward.c.wang / gitweb
res: add plurals for subfolder — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Add a directory browsing view — edward.c.wang / gitweb
src: AudioBrowserActivity was renamed to AudioBrowserFragment — edward.c.wang / gitweb
src: Load media information when using directory view — edward.c.wang / gitweb
src: Missing debug tag in VideoListFragment — edward.c.wang / gitweb
src: correct hideous spelling error — edward.c.wang / gitweb
AudioDirectoryAdapter: less debug — edward.c.wang / gitweb

[B]Modifications - Part# 3/4[/B]
#49 (21 juin 2012 12:01:28)
makefile: add an uninstall rule — etix / gitweb
Add the refresh button in the ActionBar if there is enough room — etix / gitweb
Do the same for the "open MRL" menu — etix / gitweb
Use the proper drawable for the search button — etix / gitweb
Remove unneeded title — jb / gitweb
Adapt the FlingView assert to fragment — jb / gitweb
Do not hardcode /sdcard — jb / gitweb
#48 (21 juin 2012 11:01:25)
Allow deletion in AudioListActivity too — jb / gitweb
#47 (21 juin 2012 10:01:25)
We don't need a full size image — etix / gitweb
Create a custom VLC style for the ActionBar — etix / gitweb
don't handle call headset button during phone calls, leave it to android — xilasz / gitweb
Set the logo used in the ActionBar — etix / gitweb
Fix issue with Android pre-4.x — etix / gitweb
#46 (21 juin 2012 08:01:25)
Audio context menu: factorization — jb / gitweb
Rename activities that are now of type fragment — etix / gitweb
#45 (21 juin 2012 06:01:25)
apkclean: use --force for rm — etix / gitweb
Re-enable the context menu — etix / gitweb
Fix a crash in the VideoList fragment — etix / gitweb
#44 (21 juin 2012 05:01:25)
Consistent imports — jb / gitweb
Git Ignore keystores — jb / gitweb
Fix the audiolist crash — jb / gitweb
#43 (21 juin 2012 00:01:25)
Audio: fix browsing — xilasz / gitweb
#42 (20 juin 2012 18:01:25)
Support for fragments in the VideoList Menu — jb / gitweb
Deactivate the context menu for the night, until un-breakage — jb / gitweb
#41 (20 juin 2012 17:01:27)
show focused items in lists — xilasz / gitweb
Add ActionBarSherlock library — etix / gitweb
Modernize the code for Android 4.x — etix / gitweb
Use the progress bar provided by the action bar — etix / gitweb
Add gitignore to ActionBarSherlock — etix / gitweb
Code cleanup — etix / gitweb
ActionBarSherlock: use an env variable to find the SDK path — etix / gitweb
VideoListActivity requires a specific theme — etix / gitweb
Add a apkclean target in the Makefile to clean java code — jb / gitweb
Remove unused code for apiSdk — jb / gitweb
Add video context menu — jb / gitweb
Missing drawable — etix / gitweb
Missing animations — etix / gitweb
#40 (20 juin 2012 16:01:25)
src: add a VLCCallbackTask to make threading easier — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Use threading as to not block the UI thread when checking for video tracks — edward.c.wang / gitweb
#39 (20 juin 2012 15:01:25)
hide list selection in preview — xilasz / gitweb
Audio: invert songs and album/artist — jb / gitweb
#38 (20 juin 2012 14:01:25)
Do not hardcode debuggable in the manifest — jb / gitweb
Cleanup headers — jb / gitweb
native audiotrack: add synchronisation and pause support — funman / gitweb
#37 (20 juin 2012 13:01:25)
res: Strings cleanup — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Completely hide what is hidden — jb / gitweb
Info: make the OK button smaller — jb / gitweb
French translation — jb / gitweb
#36 (20 juin 2012 12:01:25)
Info_dialog: fix on smaller layouts — jb / gitweb
Remove unnecessary includes — jb / gitweb
#35 (20 juin 2012 11:01:25)
Delete song in contextMenuListener (detail / gitweb)
Handle headset buttons (detail / gitweb)
#34 (20 juin 2012 10:01:25)
Support more protocols (detail / gitweb)
#33 (20 juin 2012 07:01:25)
Release monitor when done (detail / gitweb)
#32 (19 juin 2012 23:01:25)
Move length_change_monitor to top of file so that it can be used in the entire file — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Use length_change_monitor to wait until the demux is working — edward.c.wang / gitweb
src: Allow opening network streams — edward.c.wang / gitweb
#31 (19 juin 2012 17:01:25)
Don't crash if there are no subdirectories or they are inaccessible — edward.c.wang / gitweb
#30 (19 juin 2012 14:01:25)
res/values-de: don't translate stuff which isn't supposed to be — fkuehne / gitweb
Revert "res/values-de: don't translate stuff which isn't supposed to be" — edward.c.wang / gitweb
res: Allow translating about text — edward.c.wang / gitweb
Media: Do not display non-sensical infos — jb / gitweb[/B]

[B]Modifications - Part# 2[/B]
#29 (19 juin 2012 13:01:25)
res: updated German translation — fkuehne / gitweb
res: more updates for the German translation and some improvements — fkuehne / gitweb
gitignore: ignore .DS_Store — fkuehne / gitweb
res: some more minor improvements to the German translation — fkuehne / gitweb
#28 (18 juin 2012 13:01:25)
Build contribs with -g (detail / gitweb)
#27 (18 juin 2012 11:01:25)
Avoid Lint error about DimStatusBar for api >= 11 (detail / gitweb)
Remove ... and use the xml entity (detail / gitweb)
#26 (18 juin 2012 10:02:39)
Abort thumbnailer if no video is coming after 10 seconds (detail / gitweb)
#25 (18 juin 2012 09:01:18)
Always show the open warning (detail / gitweb)
Improved welcome text for beta (detail / gitweb)
#24 (11 juin 2012 17:00:44)
Java is a proper noun (detail / gitweb)
#22 (11 juin 2012 15:00:44)
configure.sh: why we need android-9 (detail / gitweb)
configure.sh: Fix ARMv6 illegal instruction errors (detail / gitweb)
#21 (1 juin 2012 13:00:45)
enable ass/ssa subtitles (detail / gitweb)
#20 (29 mai 2012 14:00:44)
subtitle track selection (detail / gitweb)
vmem is required for thumbnails (detail / gitweb)

[B]Modifications - Part# 1[/B]
#18 (28 mai 2012 12:00:44)
Add a contrib patch for libxml and activate it in the build (detail / gitweb)
#17 (26 mai 2012 14:02:42)
Move modules blacklisting in shell script (detail / gitweb)
blacklist a few more modules (detail / gitweb)
#15 (24 mai 2012 14:00:44)
add ARM/NEON simple channel mixer patch (detail / gitweb)
UI: show last position of last video played (detail / gitweb)
#14 (23 mai 2012 15:00:45)
Fix audio patch with updated vlc.git — jb / gitweb
#11 (21 mai 2012 09:00:45)
Use the new option name — jb / gitweb
#10 (20 mai 2012 18:00:45)
Fix sem_destroy — funman / gitweb

If you want more, VLC Hourlies

If you want to learn more about "what's NEON", you can read this info about this : ARM The Architecture For The Digital World and about differents Proc Cortex A series

For those who want to build something themselves, information is available on their wiki: VLC Wiki: AndroidCompile.

Official site VLC

VLC media player for Android