Nova Video Player
★ 3.8What it actually doesNova is an open-source video player developed for tablets, phones, and Android TV devices, available at https://github.com/nova-video-player/aos-AVP
Actually does
- ✓Video player95% of reviews
- ✓Open source
- ✓Dark mode
- ✓File sharing72% of reviews
- ✓Document Management48% of reviews
- ✓Ad-free(bonus)18% of reviews
- ✓Sync across devices12% of reviews
- ✓Поддержка нескольких субтитров и звуковых дорожек12% of reviews
- ✓Автоматическая мультимедийная библиотека24% of reviews
- ✓Аппаратное ускорение декодирования видео6% of reviews
- ✓watchOS support24% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Progress Tracking
Common complaints
- ✗Crashes and black screen on startup34% of mentions
«Stopped working and hangs until you force quit it; the app just doesn't work. Opens and shows black screen»
- ✗Does not play 4K video or crashes during playback12% of mentions
«4K doesn't play. Disappointed by this; 4K video from PC on phone doesn't work at all, crashes after 5 seconds»
- ✗IPTV, m3u, internet streams do not work18% of mentions
«IPTV, m3u, internet streams don't work; no casting to TV»
- ✗Posters and metadata stopped loading or work unstably18% of mentions
«Posters for movies stopped being added recently; constantly loses the database of recognized videos»
- ✗Does not save playback position or loses viewing history12% of mentions
«Does not save playback position; constantly loses the database of recognized videos»
What people praise
- ★Automatic search library with covers and descriptions
«Automatic library with covers and descriptions is just fantastic; you can't believe it's free and ad-free»
- ★Free and ad-free
«You can watch movies; works smoothly compared to other players»
- ★Excellent playback from network sources (SMB, NAS)
«As a network player, it's completely unbeatable; Great! Installed it on Chromecast and connected via wi-fi to an smb server»
- ★Excellent player for Android TV and NVIDIA SHIELD
«I use Nova Player on NVIDIA Shield and it's perfect; best player for TV»
- ★Plays formats when others cannot
«Good player, plays formats when others can't. Honestly didn't expect it»