Nova Video Player

3.7
AndroidGoogle Play

What 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

65%Marketing ≈ reality45%Stability96%Live project

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»

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