v0.5.0 - Software vp8 and vp9 codecs

New Features

• Add software vp8 and vp9 decoders by @anilbeesetti in #444
• Add folder size label by @anilbeesetti in #452
• Add monochrome icon (Android 13+ only) by @milindgoel15 in #446

Improvements

• Enabled software decoders by default by @anilbeesetti in #458

Fixes

• Default playback speed is not applied while playing video through url by @anilbeesetti in #442

v0.4.0 - Software h264 and hevc decoders

New features

• Add ffmpeg video decoders for h264 and hevc (experimental) by @anilbeesetti in #357

  • NOTE:- To use these codecs, enable experimental software video decoders in decoder settings

• Decoder preferences by @anilbeesetti in #411

• App is usable without granting storage permission by @anilbeesetti in #418

• Minsdk is now api21 LOLLIPOP by @anilbeesetti in #407

• Media delete and share actions by @anilbeesetti in #428

• Preference to select subtitle text encoding by @anilbeesetti in #429

Improvements

• Embedded styles preference by @anilbeesetti in #421
• Controller timeout preference by @anilbeesetti in #422
• Seek increment preference by @anilbeesetti in #424

Fixes

• Position not remembered on activity stop and restart for videos not in media library by @anilbeesetti in #400

v0.3.1

Fixes

• Seek back is not smooth and sometimes not possible by @anilbeesetti in #394
• Default preferences are used in player on cold start by @anilbeesetti in #393
• Deleted videos still visible in app by @anilbeesetti in #397

v0.3.0

New Features

• Add support for external subtitles by @anilbeesetti in #331
• Add screen rotation button by @anilbeesetti in #334
• Add preference to set default playback speed by @anilbeesetti in #355
• Add dialog to enter url to stream by @anilbeesetti in #362
• Add subtitle appearance preferences by @anilbeesetti in #381
• Add Fab to open file through storage access framework by @anilbeesetti in #383

Fixes

• Video opened through file manager repeats itself due to mismatched content uri by @anilbeesetti in #330
• Add screen rotation state icons by @anilbeesetti in #369
• Add database caching for media for faster load times by @anilbeesetti in #346

v0.2.0

New Features

• Add support for online stream [http ,hls ,dash ,rtsp and so on] by @anilbeesetti in #267
• Add playback speed selection by @anilbeesetti in #269
• Save playback speed between sessions by @anilbeesetti in #278
• Show video resolution info on video item by @anilbeesetti in #286
• Show thumbnails that are provided in the same folder as video by @anilbeesetti in #294
• Add preference to set preferred language for audio and subtitle by @anilbeesetti in #299
• Add force scan storage option in settings page by @anilbeesetti in #304
• Add preference to exclude some folders to show in media library by @anilbeesetti in #305
• Application icon by @anilbeesetti in #310

Improvements

• Player controls lock layout by @anilbeesetti in #266
• Playlist Manager to improve player performance by @anilbeesetti in #256

Fixes

• coroutines running on main thread causes delay in navigating between screens by @anilbeesetti in #257
• Jank when naviating to FolderVideoPickerScreen by @anilbeesetti in #260
• Long player loading time with playlist manager integration by @anilbeesetti in #256
• Player not playing new intent data by @anilbeesetti in #265
• User selected theme not applying to player activity by @anilbeesetti in #303
• Jank on scrolling videos by @anilbeesetti in #306

v0.1.0 - Initial public release

Features

• Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface
• Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions
• Audio/Subtitle track selection
• Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right)
• Horizontal swipe to seek through video
• 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
• Material 3 (You) support
• Media picker with folder and file view
• Light & dark theme