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Hello, I wanted to create an AVI file then found that the file generated, and copied to an USB drive stick, cannot be read on my home DVD player, several TV sets (mine, and friends' ones), even a DVB-T receiver. These devices are about 6-8 yrs old or newer. Of course and happily the AVI file is read...

Hi, I don't know which one is related to this, but here is my user experience: mkv files can be read and casted to tv set under Android 7. From time to time the cast icon doesn't appear on VLC screen (phone). In this case I force casting with Google Home. The reverse issue also happens at stop of re...

I suggest a workaround : install and use Google's Home application to force launching the screen cast.
I also notice from time to time the chromecast icon doesn't appear in VLC or doesn't work well.
Best regards

Hello, after more investigation, I found the reason of this failure: a conflict between VLC browser and one file manager (FM). It's Xiaomi's Mi File Manager. As soon as I browse the external drive with this FM, VLC browser doesn't detect the external files anymore. Closing this FM using the Recent A...

Hello, after some investigations, it appears this issue (no access to USB external storage) is related to compatibility between VLC and the various versions of Android. With Android 8, the behaviour is as described by @sun14, but not with Android 7. But nevertheless one odd remains under Andr 8 : th...

Hi, thanks for your replies and help. At least one-half of my problems is solved. @sun14 : formatting the flash drive with exFAT solves the second issue that I briefly mentioned (when copying a large file e.g. 1.3 GB video to internal storage, the transfer stops at about 800 MB wih an error message,...

Hello, I'm a newby, thank you for receiving me. I would like to use VLC 3.3 for Android with an external USB drive. But it doesn't detect (display) any video file on external storage. Is there a reason for this and is there a workaround ? I must transfer the file(s) to the internal storage, which in...