MX Player does offer the possibility to enable 'Audio playback will be continued in the background even after the screen turns off' and it brings back the behavior I used to have. Update : Hurray, a Twitter comment saved the day: However, I still lose the ability to turn on the screen to watch the video content whenever appropriate.ĭo you have any idea how I can get my 'video playback while LCD is turned off'-feature back? This works with LCD turned off and on - as usual. My favorite video playback app Meridian offers the ability to play back the audio of video files. I disabled all battery optimizing settings for those apps with no change in behavior. I tested three Android video player apps (including VLC) and got the same behavior. At least the playback position within the video is preserved. When I turn on the display after unlocking it, the video playback is continued again. Now, my (unchanged) video player Meridian stops the playback when the display is turned off. I am using this method for years and I took it for granted. It is important to know that this LCD on/off switching is seamlessly: the audio never stops or pauses. After the visual information is not that important any more, I press the on/off button and the display is black again. In case there is something mentioned by the speaker which does seem to relate to any visual content, I unlock the device and thus turn on the display to watch this scene. Usually, I've got one plug of my headphones in an ear while the video is played on my phone while the LCD is off (device locked). With the latest update of my OnePlus 5 Android smartphone, I lost a feature which was very important to me: While commuting or killing some other waiting period, I use to listen to videos of talks I downloaded from the web to my phone.

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