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Kotlinvideo player for Android based on libmpv ↦ #mpv-android @ irc.libera.chat
android-appaudiompvmultimediavideovideo-player
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mpv for Android
mpv-android is a video player for Android based on libmpv.
Features
- Hardware and software video decoding
- Gesture-based seeking, volume/brightness control and more
- libass support for styled subtitles
- Secondary (or dual) subtitle support
- High-quality rendering with advanced settings (scalers, debanding, interpolation, ...)
- Play network streams with the "Open URL" function
- Background playback, Picture-in-Picture, keyboard input supported
Library?
mpv-android is not a library/module (AAR) you can import into your app.
If you'd like to use libmpv in your app you can use our code as inspiration.
The important parts are MPVLib, BaseMPVView and the native code.
Native code is built by these scripts.
Downloads
You can download mpv-android from the Releases section or
Note: Android TV is supported, but only available on F-Droid or by installing the APK manually.
Building from source
Take a look at the README inside the buildscripts directory.
Some other documentation can be found at this link.
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