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→About anilbeesetti/nextplayer
anilbeesetti/nextplayer is an open-source project on GitHub, mainly written in Kotlin. An Android native video player It currently holds 4,477 stars and 336 forks with 478 open issues, and was last pushed on 2026-10-06 (repository created 2023-02-08).
Project Overview
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GitHub Repository Details
README
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.
For Github releases, you can verify the app with the SHA-256 fingerprint certificate: D3:7C:AB:F3:67:6C:F5:82:24:FB:24:2C:8D:D2:09:12:9D:05:88:03:79:29:5F:AA:A6:D0:FB:60:7B:EC:13:1B
Screenshots
Phone
Player UI
Android TV
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,
- 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 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
- Background playback
- Android TV version
- Search Functionality
- Subtitle delay
- Network storage support (SMB/FTP/SFTP/WebDAV)
Planned Features
- External Audio support
- Online subtitles download
Contributing
Contributions are welcome!
Developer documentation
Translating
You can help translate Next Player on Hosted Weblate.
Credits
Open Source Projects
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.
GitHub Stars & Activity
4,477Stars
336Forks
478Open issues
KotlinLanguage
GitHub Popularity
GitHub stars4,477
Forks336
Open issues478
Primary languageKotlin
LicenseGPL-3.0
Stars gained today0
Created2023-02-08
Last pushed2026-10-06
Trending History
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