videoLAN’s VLC Media Player is now also available for the Apple TV, which runs on tvOS. It allows you to get access to all your files and video streams in their native formats.
Main features:
Playback of all file formats
chapters navigation
multiple audio and subtitles tracks.
Play files from UPnP, Windows shares (SMB), FTP and Plex servers
download subtitles and artwork automatically
casting – send directly your video files for any browser or app to the Apple TV.
supports custom playback speed
displays any kind of text (srt, SSA, WebVTT, …) or bitmap subtitles including full support for Right-to-Left languages like Arabic and Hebrew, complex text layout for Malayalam or other Asian languages.
integrated with the community service hatchet.is
directly integrates with OpenSubtitles.org
integrates discovery of services on the local network, for Windows Shares (SMB), DLNA/UPnP media servers, FTP and PLEX servers.
Remote Playback – a custom way of casting media stored on other computers to the TV using a web browser.
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