anilbeesetti/nextplayer

An Android native video player

Next Player

Next Player is an Android native video player written in Kotlin. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices

This project is still in development and is expected to have bugs. Please report any bugs you find in the Issues section.

Screenshots

Media Picker

Player Ui

Supported formats

• Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1
  • Support depends on Android device
• Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE (μ-law, A-law), MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR (NB, WB), AAC (LC, ELD, HE; xHE on Android 9+), AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD
  • Support provided by ExoPlayer FFmpeg extension
• Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT, DVB
  • SSA/ASS has limited styling support see this issue

Features

• Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface
• Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions
• Software decoders for h264 and hevc
• Audio/Subtitle track selection
• Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right)
• Horizontal swipe to seek through video
• Material 3 (You) support
• Media picker with folder and file view
• Play videos from url
• Play videos from storage access framework (Android Document picker)
• Control playback speed
• External Subtitle support
• Zoom gesture

Planned Features

• External Audio support
• Picture-in-picture mode

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

Translating

You can help translate Next Player on Hosted Weblate.

Credits

Open Source Projects

• Findroid
• Just (Video) Player
• LibreTube
• ReadYou
• Seal
• ...

Special Thanks

Thanks to Weblate for providing free hosting for the project.

License

Next Player is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for more information.

nextplayer's Issues

[BUG] Many thumbnails appear in black

I understand that the application takes the first or one of the first frames of each video to generate its thumbnail on the initial screen.

I think it is a common thing that many videos start with a solid color, I think if the thumbnail was generated from a few seconds later many videos would have a better thumbnail.

Screenshot

Add volume booster

Add a feature to increase the volume upto 200 %.

Support dual subtitle

I want to see a movie with two subtitles.
Please add this feature.
Thanks.

[Request] Subs selection improvements

1. When there's a subs file with the same name with the video file in the same folder, the subs track should be selected by default. Now you have to manually select it.
2. Add the option to select a subs track with any filename that's in the same folder with the video file. Now only subs of the exact same filename are selectable.
3. When a subs filename has the [ ] characters, those characters are not displayed properly in the subs track selection menu.

[Request] Search Option

[Request] Fast rewind

We need an option for accelerated video playback x1.25, 1.5, x2 or make a slider to select the value.

Just installed your app and already love it, good job

Doesn't play MKV

The error is on Xiaomi Redmi 9. I don't know if it's phone related or not. I installed ver0.2.0 universal and arm7
The video player doesn't show thumbnails for videos it does not play.

Playback speed bar

First of all, I apologize that this is again a "bug" and not a "query", I do not know how to label it differently.

I propose to make a bar speed playback, instead of options 0.5x, x1, 1.5x, etc., so you can much finer set the desired speed playback (also propose to expand the range to 3x)

Scrolling feels jittery

I'm on android 7 and scrolling through the videos feels a bit jittery. It can be the issue with the old device but VLC and MX player doesn't feel like it. Other than this, thank you for this app.

App is incompatible with android 6

Please support android 6

Android TV Support and addition to TV Play Store?

I'd like to be able to use this player on my Android TV device and for it to be on the Android TV Play Store. Can you add support for using this player on Android TV devices with full remote control support?

[BUG] Subs not selectable when video opened through file manager

Version 0.2.0 has a problem with subs. Tapping the subs selection button does nothing. Subs can't be selected. This didn't happen with 0.1.0. ☹️
Using Nokia 6.2, with stock Android 11.

I want to help with Spanish translation

Hi, I have been waiting for a long time for an open source video player alternative with a good design. I understand that the development of this app is early, even so it already looks very good.

I would like to help with the translation of the application to Spanish, I don't know much about programming but I have helped before in the translation of other applications.

How could I help with the translation?

[REQUEST] Online Stream

Please add online stream support for watching any online streaming media

[Request] Play Torrent link media

You can refer to this torrent library

https://github.com/RangerMauve/bt-fetch and https://github.com/RangerMauve/bt-mut

https://github.com/webtorrent

[BUG] Embedded Thumbnails not being Displayed

I have youtube videos downloaded with yt-dlp-application, YTDLnis, which have embedded YouTube thumbnails into videos. MX Player displays thumbnails correctly over videos but Next Player is not showing any thumbnails over videos.

Add an option for Network Streaming

Include an option to stream from direct urls or server streams.

[Request] Listen in the background

Continue playback when the screen is off

Storage Access Framework

Hi, I really love your video player. I noticed that it doesn't currently support accessing files stored in Document Providers. I was wondering if you would consider adding support for the Storage Access Framework to your app so users can easily access files from their preferred cloud storage providers. It would be a great addition to your already amazing app. Thanks!

[Request] Video resolution info

Would it be possible to add in the file info of video files, in the media picker, the video resolution? There's space next to the video file size. Like e.g. 120MB, 1280x720.

I would like to help translate the app into Chinese (Simplified) （我希望可以帮忙汉化这个应用）

Hello, I have been using this app for some time, and although it is not yet very comprehensive, but I really like it. The only regret is that it doesn't have Chinese, I want it to become better.

So can I help translate it into Simplified Chinese?
How should I do?

Add Video screen orientation settings?

Can you add settings for video orientation similar to VLC?

[Request] Ability to watch video while it's downloading

Internet access permission

What's the internet permission needed for? 🤔

[BUG] can't delete video from next player it self.

Describe the bug
Thers is no option to delete video from next player.

Enable select external subs

Please enable using subs that are not embbed in the media file, i need sometimes to select the external sub but the video player won't ler me

[BUG] Icon is not supported on Android 7.1.1

Icon is not supported on Android 7.1.1.
In place of the icon , only an android icon is shown on the launcher.

Allow users to configure how long the Player UI stays onscreen?

When you open a video, it takes 5 seconds for the UI to go away. That seems way too long, especially for short videos. It should be 2 seconds. Better yet, I'd like the ability to change that setting myself.

Can we have the ability to configure the time that the player UI stays onscreen?

[Request] Choice of button locations

I am not very comfortable when these buttons are on the left, so I propose to make an option where you can choose where they are on the right or left

Help with translation into Brazilian Portuguese

I would like to translate the app into Brazilian Portuguese

[Request] Grid View

An option to change layout between List and Grid.

[BUG] Already deleted files are displayed

Already deleted files are displayed in next player application

[Request] Sort by Date

Please add an option for sorting videos by date/time.

[Request] Samba support

Browsing Samba would be great.

BUG - videos take a long time to open (AV1 codec)

First, after I clicked on the video, the app froze for 4 seconds. Then a black screen appears, and after another 4 seconds a dialog box appears saying that the app is "not responding". If I press wait, the endless black screen continues.

miui, android 12, f-droid 0.1.0

Also, when I try to open a folder with more than 200 videos, I have to wait 2 second for it to open. This is also a waiting problem.

Request: Seeking Help to Create Application Icon

As a non-designer, I lack the necessary skills and knowledge to create a good-looking application icon. By seeking assistance from the community, I hope to leverage the expertise and creativity of talented individuals who can contribute to the visual appeal and branding of the app.

[ Feature ] add audio file

this feature is my favorite feature in Mx player player. Thanks to this, more audio files can be added to the video

[Request] Single Tap Pause/Resume feature.

Please add an option for pausing and resuming playback with a single tap on the screen.

[Request] Allow us to disable some folders

Under settings there should be option to exclude some folders from video list. No one want WhatsApp video in the play list. If we have option to hide it. It's great.

[Request] Additional extension support

Please add option to add any extra extension for video to see in app.
Ex. When I download any video from chrome the video extension contains ".crdownload" during download.

[Request] Subs encoding selection

Please, add an option to select the subs file characters encoding. Some Greek subs for example are not displayed properly.

Move the subtitle to top

I want to move the subtitle to the top of screen. (Like Aves gallery app)

[Request] Grouping Sub folders into Parent Folder

Please add an option in quick settings for grouping subfolders into parent folders for a minimal number of folders on the homepage.

[Suggestion] Early Access Google Play release

I think it'd be very usefull to make the app available on Google Play, maybe as an early access one. That would not only make it more widely known and famous, but mainly it will increase its users, and thus more people wil use it, test it, and report bugs.

Add a option to remember playback speed (entire app)

[Request] Pip

We need the ability to watch videos in a window, as in "Just player"

Translation license

It is usually the case that people want GPLv3-or-later when Weblate forces specifying one or the other.
"-only" means there is less flexibility in importing from other projects, and/or going AGPLv3, or possibly GPLv4 when or if that happens.

It can be changed in https://hosted.weblate.org/settings/next-player/android-strings-core/

Getting it adjusted now means not having to negotiate with multiple translators down the road. :)

Edit: There was also

nextplayer/app/build.gradle.kts

Line 47 in 09a13e6

excludes.add("/META-INF/{AL2.0,LGPL2.1}")

Icon is missing

Icon is missing. Android shows default android icon instead...

Double tap to play and pause video

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• Update aboutlibraries to v11.1.3 (com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin, com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries-compose, com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries, com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries-core)
• Update androidxMedia3 to v1.3.1 (androidx.media3:media3-ui, androidx.media3:media3-session, androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-rtsp, androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls, androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-dash, androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer, androidx.media3:media3-common)
• Update dependency com.google.devtools.ksp to v1.9.23-1.0.20
• Update androidGradlePlugin to v8.3.2 (com.android.library, com.android.application, com.android.tools.build:gradle)
• Update dependency androidx.compose:compose-bom to v2024.04.00
• Update nextlib to v0.7.0 (com.github.anilbeesetti.nextlib:nextlib-mediainfo, com.github.anilbeesetti.nextlib:nextlib-media3ext)
• Update gradle/wrapper-validation-action action to v3
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.github/workflows/github_release.yaml

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build.gradle.kts

app/build.gradle.kts

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build-logic/convention/build.gradle.kts

core/common/build.gradle.kts

core/data/build.gradle.kts

core/database/build.gradle.kts

core/datastore/build.gradle.kts

core/domain/build.gradle.kts

core/media/build.gradle.kts

core/model/build.gradle.kts

core/ui/build.gradle.kts

feature/player/build.gradle.kts

feature/settings/build.gradle.kts

feature/videopicker/build.gradle.kts

gradle/libs.versions.toml

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gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

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