https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer

An Android native video player
https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer

android exoplayer ffmpeg ffmpeg-android jetpack-compose jni-android kotlin kotlin-android kotlin-coroutines media3 player room-database video-player

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An Android native video player

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer
• Owner: anilbeesetti
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2023-02-08T05:34:22.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-09T23:06:25.000Z (14 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-10T00:20:32.298Z (14 days ago)
• Topics: android, exoplayer, ffmpeg, ffmpeg-android, jetpack-compose, jni-android, kotlin, kotlin-android, kotlin-coroutines, media3, player, room-database, video-player
• Language: Kotlin
• Homepage:
• Size: 23.4 MB
• Stars: 2,540
• Watchers: 19
• Forks: 129
• Open Issues: 307
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
![Next player banner](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/featureGraphic.png)

# Next Player

[![GitHub release (latest SemVer)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/anilbeesetti/nextplayer.svg?logo=github&label=GitHub&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer/releases/latest)

[![Google Play](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?color=green&logo=google-play&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.cuzi.workers.dev%2Fplay%3Fi%3Ddev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer%26l%3DGoogle%2520Play%26m%3Dv%24version)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer)

[![IzzyOnDroid](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/api/v1/shield/dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer)](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer)

[![F-Droid](https://img.shields.io/f-droid/v/dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer?logo=f-droid&label=F-Droid&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer)

[![GitHub all releases](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/anilbeesetti/nextplayer/total?logo=github&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer/releases/latest)

[![Google Play](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?color=green&logo=google-play&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.cuzi.workers.dev%2Fplay%3Fi%3Ddev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer%26l%3Ddownloads%26m%3D%24totalinstalls)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer)

[![Weblate project translated](https://img.shields.io/weblate/progress/next-player?logo=weblate&logoColor=white&cacheSeconds=36000)](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/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](https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer/issues) section.**

[](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer)

[](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer)

[](https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer/)

## Screenshots

### Media Picker



[](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/1.png)

[](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/2.png)

[](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/3.png)

[](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/4.png)

[](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/5.png)



### Player Ui



[](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/6.png)

[](fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/7.png)



## 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](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/8435)

## 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)](https://m3.material.io/) support

- Media picker with tree, folder and file view modes

- Play videos from url

- Play videos from storage access framework (Android Document picker)

- Control playback speed

- External Subtitle support

- Zoom gesture

- Picture-in-picture mode

## Planned Features

- External Audio support

- Background playback

- Android TV version

- Search Functionality

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

### Translating

You can help translate Next Player on [Hosted Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/next-player/).

[![Translate status](https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/next-player/-/multi-auto.svg)](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/next-player/)

## Credits

### Open Source Projects

- [Findroid](https://github.com/jarnedemeulemeester/findroid)

- [Just (Video) Player](https://github.com/moneytoo/Player)

- [LibreTube](https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube)

- [ReadYou](https://github.com/Ashinch/ReadYou)

- [Seal](https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal)

- ...

### Special Thanks

[](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/next-player/)

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](LICENSE) file for more information.