- PriceFree
- CategoryEntertainment
- First releasedDecember 21, 2010
- Versions8 archived
- Installable5 of 8
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerHobbyist Software
- Bundle IDcom.HobbyistSoftware.VLCStreamerFree
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueSit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad. VLC Streamer streams movies from your computer to your iDevice. Winner *Best Entertainment App* Chip.de.
You can watch anything from your movie collection. No need for complex conversion processes. No need to manually transfer programs to your device.
“Can these guys do no wrong? Seriously, if only other app devs knew how to make apps as well as these guys, the world would be a better place. Or at least my device would be less buggy. I was just watching a Full HD copy of Avatar Extended Edition being streamed from my PC on my iPod Touch 2nd Generation and it looked and played amazingly.” - UK Reviewer
“…it's as good as having the original VLC player on your iOS device…” - CallingAllGeeks.org
“…Setup is a snap and literally takes 2 seconds. You can browse through all your movies from your device and click any one to start playing. It even works if you have the movies stored on a USB drive connected to the host computer.” -The Times of India
“Took me seconds to setup to stream from a secondary drive in my home office. Going straight out to get a cable for my TV.” - USA Reviewer
“….This sucker can stream off the pc and plays virtually anything you throw at it. Download it now!” - TaxiDriver at Blippy.com
There are a huge number of movie formats, and VLC can convert most of them - but it can't convert everything. If you have any doubts, then please try the free version of this application first.
• Features include •
- Free helper app gets you streaming quickly and allows you to browse local drives, and Windows network shares - Stream over wifi directly from your computer - Customisable gesture controls - Support for multiple resolutions and streaming quality levels - Live streaming of video after a few seconds of processing (assumes a reasonably powered computer)
• System Requirements •
- VLC Streamer will not play DRM protected videos. Videos from the iTunes store do include DRM. - VLC Streamer is designed to work on your local network, and the free helper app has to run on your Mac or PC. - Supports Windows, Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 - Supports Mac OS 10.7 and above.
• Response to feedback •
-If you do have any problems streaming movies, then please just check the help instructions in the app. Feel free to drop me an email (my personal mail is in the app) if you need help.
• Subscription Information •
VLC Streamer is supported through an auto-renewing subscription which you can choose to purchase within the app.
• The subscription is called 'VLC Streamer Annual Subscription ' • It is an annual subscription. It gets rid of the adverts and unlocks all functions, including downloading movies to your device • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Terms of use are available at https://HobbyistSoftware.com/terms • Privacy policy is available at https://HobbyistSoftware.com/privacy
Enjoy!
Bundle Size Over Time
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 6 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 2010 | — | — | 8 | Free |
| April 30, 2011 | 1.62 | — | 170 | Free |
| January 3, 2012 | — | — | 667 | Free |
| November 30, 2022 | 6.22.0 | ★ 4.4 | 335 | Free |
| December 9, 2023 | 6.23.5 | ★ 4.4 | 380 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25It’s a great piece of software designed by greedy little goblins. You’d have to be insane to pay $5.99/mo because these goblins hold a 6th of your screen hostage You can do the same thing for free and without an artificial ad in the VLC app if you know what you are doing.
Pc program says it works with windows xp yet when installing on windows 7 it says I need to install net framework. I’m not ruining my machine with that.
One of my favorite apps on my iPad. Allows me to access my entire library. Since I assume the last update however, my iPad can't find my computer. Not sure what is up.
Crashes constantly. Also has a horrendous ad banner that makes watching any video annoying. There are many apps that can share your videos on your own network and do it better than this app does. Some are even free.
If streaming from internet addresses every time phone rings or you leave/connect to a WiFi it stops streaming and have to completely kill and restart app even if you don’t answer call.
Banner ad blocks subtitles. I have no problem with ads but you can’t even watch something with subtitles. Also can’t fast forward more than a couple of minutes at a time.
While the automatic connection doesn’t always work, this is such a useful app for me! I’m certainly glad you made it and I hope it continues to survive. Particularly, it’s great to be able to watch my DVD’s on my iPad. I also appreciate that there was careful effort put into writing the various instructions on the site.
This app is absolute trash, no where near as good as the official VLC app. It requires processing of all. Ideas before it will let you watch them which takes a long time and worst of all, many are converted into very low quality files, even when quality settings are on high. VLC official app does not require conversion, it just streams files. Unfortunately there is a bug in the streaming feature so I was forced to download this trash until they fix it, but omg this app is HORRIBLE. iPhone 6s Plus
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.