

(*According to the developer, MoboPlayer can play AVI, MP3, RMVB, RM, 3GP, WMV, MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, 3GPP, MPG, MLV, MPEG, M2V, VOB, TP, TS, ASF, RA, RAM, HLV, OGG, F4V, and M4V files. MoboPlayer is the only free video player I found that can play almost all video types*, supports subtitles, has a user friendly interface with touch gestures support, allows users to create playlists, can play streaming videos (via HTTP/RTSP protocol), and is ads-free. Indeed what I thought would be a hard verdict turned out to be very simple: MoboPlayer blows the competition out of the water. However, after researching and testing over a dozen video players, I have discovered no video player comes even close to MoboPlayer. When I started writing this article, I thought I had a tough job ahead of me on the count of there being so many video players on Android Market. Has extra codec plugins – downloadable from Android Market – for users who have trouble playing videos.Can play HTTP/RTSP protocol streaming videos.Has a user friendly interface with support for touch gestures.Has extensive codec support: Plays almost all videos.Feel free to drop by when you have time! Table of Contents


This article is part of our Best Free Android Apps repository. Luckily, you have dotTech to help you find the best free video player. If you are one of the unlucky Androidities who’s phone cannot play all the videos you want, you need a third party video. My Nexus S, on the other hand, does not have this extensive codec support and I am sure many other Android phones don’t either. One of the best features on my Samsung Galaxy S was that it supported most, if not all, video codecs and could play almost any type of video.
