10 useful MX Player features for Android video lovers

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Background playback, online video, child lock and other useful MX Player features you might not know about.

MX Player is the best video player on Android devices. It can open all popular media file formats, has modest system requirements and contains a huge number of different settings.

1. HW +

The MX player supports both hardware and software decoding. At the end of 2016, another HW + decoder appeared in the program. When activated, for video playback, codecs developed by the player's creator are used, and decoding occurs at the expense of the video accelerator of your device, and not the processor. This allows more video formats to be supported and smoother playback.

2. Background playback

By default, MX Player plays video when the application window is active. However, there is an option in the settings to enable background playback. Thanks to this, you can start any video and minimize the player window. This will not interrupt playback.

3. Setting the display of subtitles

Subtitle support is one of the greatest strengths of MX Player. With their help, you can watch new blockbusters and TV series even before they are officially localized. However, not everyone knows that the display of subtitles in the player can be fine-tuned: select a font, set its size, specify the position of the lines on the screen.

4. Online video

MX Player can play not only local files, but also online video. To do this, open the menu in the main window of the program, select the "Network stream" item and specify a link to the remote file.

5. Remembering the viewing position

In our hectic times, it's not always possible to watch a movie from start to finish. There is always some urgent matter or call that will interrupt you. In order not to look for the moment at which you stopped later, activate the "Continue" option in the MX Player settings.

6. Play audio

The main purpose of MX Player is to play video files. But if you want, you can use this program as a music player as well. To do this, it is enough to activate the "Audio Player" option in the "Audio" section. Also, don't forget to enable background playback for audio on the Player page.

7. Themes

Many users like to customize the appearance of programs to suit their tastes. MX Player has everything you need for this. The "Interface" page contains a huge number of design settings, ranging from themes to the location and appearance of controls.

8. Synchronization of settings

If you've spent a lot of time tweaking MX Player, then it will be a shame to lose it if there is any glitch. To prevent this from happening, save all the program settings using the "Export" command. You can upload the resulting file to your cloud storage and use it to synchronize settings if MX Player is installed on multiple devices.

9. Protection from children

If you want to keep your child busy for a while, turn on cartoons for him. To prevent him from switching files while browsing or exploring the contents of the smartphone, activate the lock. There are several types of them in the program, and one of them is designed specifically for children.

10. Hiding files and folders

By default, MX Player scans the memory contents and displays all available videos in the playlist. If you want to hide some videos from the program, then mark these files or folders and select the "Hide" command.