Waydroid Reviews

PotPlayer Reviews

Waydroid mentions (86)

• Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)

  Android on the desktop works very well on Wayland with Waydroid and it even supports Google Play store. https://waydro.id/ Great running apps not available on Linux with a touchscreen PC. It only seems to run Android apps compiled for x86, but it is very fast. There are practical use cases, and it is very usable. I haven’t tried it on WSL2, but it seems like a practical approach without reliance on Microsoft. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)

  > What's the best alternative? Waydroid runs Android apps on Linux and some people claim have gotten it to work on WSL. - Waydroid: https://waydro.id Reddit threads: - https://www.reddit.com/r/bashonubuntuonwindows/comments/eofn5s/run_anbox_on_wsl_2/ - https://www.reddit.com/r/waydroid/comments/10y813d/is_it_possible_to_install_waydroid_on_wsl/ -... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Sxmo: Linux tiling window manager for phones

  There's a piece of software called Waydroid[1] that allows you to run Android applications on GNU/Linux platforms - including the PinePhone. Sxmo, despite its name, can run Wayland instead of X and therefore supports Waydroid. Personally, I haven't managed to get Waydroid to work, a task hindered due to some massive initial downloads which are required to set it up. However, I haven't tried particular hard, and... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Google Play Android Self-Certification

  I thought it was uncharacteristic of to see a service like this offered by a large tech company, and wanted to share. Found whilst installing Waydroid: https://waydro.id/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Can I view Waydroid on a different display on a VNC viewer?

  I have setup an Arch linux server on my old pc. I mainly use it for plex, transmission, docker etc and it works pretty well! I wanted to install Waydroid https://waydro.id/ on that server. Is there a way that I can view waydroid using a VNC viewer on my laptop on the same network? Is it possible or would I have to install a GUI like xfce before installing waydroid to view the same on tigervnc or some other VNC... Source: 8 months ago

PotPlayer mentions (87)

• A music app on windows that will let me play about 10 tb at once in one playlist?

  I started using Potplayer for this and never looked back. Source: 8 months ago

• How to play ProRes 4K 60FPS video on Windows imported from iPhone 15 Pro?

  That should be sufficient. Try this player https://potplayer.daum.net/ and make sure hardware acceleration is enabled. Source: 9 months ago

• What is the most frequently updated program you have encountered?

  PotPlayer (portable) - video player (H/W acceleration, codecs included, border-less, auto-hide controls/playlist, 3D, TTS - subtitles reading, visualizations, slideshow, filters, extensions, presets, skins, fully customizable layout and keyboard/mouse/global/multimedia shortcuts and xbox controller support...). Source: 10 months ago

• Rokid Max Review and Many Tips

  The requirement is that your stereoscopic 3D content be in side-by-side (SBS) mode, which for movies means that they must either be already encoded as such, or that you are using a video player (like PotPlayer for PC) that can decode packed 3D (BluRay) content to SBS. Source: 11 months ago

• Best video player to play .ts files?

  Any of the top video players like vlc or potplayer should work. If either fails, the .ts file may be encrypted. Source: about 1 year ago