XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-03-05 04:23, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> These appear to be cross platform:   
   >>> VLC   
   >>   
   >> VLC is opensource, no adds, but the reproduction of a video stops if I   
   >> switch to another app or tap the power button to close the display.   
   >>   
   >> However, if it is a an audio file, it continues playing.   
   >> Maybe there is a setting to continue playing a video, but I have not   
   >> looked.   
   >   
   > Hi Carlos,   
   >   
   > Yes. VLC is behaving normally on your phone. On Android, VLC supports   
   > background audio by default but not background video.   
   >   
   > Android pauses video when the screen turns off unless the app runs a   
   > special foreground video service but VLC apparently does not implement it.   
   >   
   > That is why audio continues but video stops. I could be wrong but I looked   
   > it up and there is no VLC setting to change this. As I noted in my response   
   > to Nick, some Android apps (like NewPipe) do support screen-off video, but   
   > VLC intentionally does not, where I can't blame them as, at least on   
   > Windows, it's easy to rip the audio out of a video using the VLC freeware.   
   >   
   > Carlos is on Linux where VLC for Android supports playing the audio track   
   > of a video in the background,   
      
   Caveat: depending on the desktop, when the desktop doesn't have the   
   seat, audio stops or pauses. Audio control is given to the seat.   
      
   Meaning, that Linux being a multiuser OS, there can be two users using   
   the machine, and control of the audio is given to the user it thinks is   
   sitting at the computer. For instance, if I switch to text mode using   
   xtrl-añt-f1, sound stops. I'm unsure if it stops or it pauses, depends   
   on the application. Similarly if I switch to another graphical user.   
   Possibly the application might continue playing, just the sound would be   
   cut off.   
      
   With variances depending on distributions and desktop.   
      
      
   > but Android (or iOS) VLC apparently does not   
   > include any feature to save or export that audio as a separate file.   
   > Unfortunately, the iOS/Android VLC lacks the "Convert/Save" functionality   
   > that exists in VLC for Windows, macOS & Linux where we can rip easily.   
   >   
   > With that in mind, here's a summary of background audio with no screen.   
   >   
   > Android with the screen turned off:   
   > a. Background audio: Allowed   
   >     But only if the app implements MediaSession + foreground service.   
   > b. Background video: Not allowed    Unless the app implements a special   
   > foreground video service (rare).   
   > c. VLC: Audio continues while video stops.   
   >   
   > iOS with the screen turned off:   
   > a. Background audio: Allowed   
   >     But only if the app declares the audio background mode.   
   > b. Background video: Never allowed.   
   > c. VLC: Audio from video is not reliably allowed as iOS often suspends it   
   >     (based on reports that I unearthed in researching this for iOS)   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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