NOVA Video Player | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository (2024)

Nova is an opeN sOurce Video plAyer designed for tablets, phones and AndroidTV devices.available at https://github.com/nova-video-player/aos-AVP

Universal player:
- Play videos from your computer, server (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV), NAS (SMB, UPnP)
- Play videos from external USB storage
- Videos from all sources integrated in a unified multimedia collection
- Automatic online retrieval of movie and TV show descriptions with posters and backdrops
- Integrated subtitle download

Best player:
- Hardware accelerated video decoding for most devices and video formats
- Multi-audio tracks and mutli-subtitles support
- Supported file formats: MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc.
- Supported subtitle file types: SRT, SUB, ASS, SMI, etc.

TV friendly:
- Dedicated “leanback” user interface for Android TV
- AC3/DTS passthrough (HDMI or S/PDIF) on supported hardware: Nexus Player, NVidia SHIELD TV, Rockchip and AmLogic based TV-boxes
- 3D support with side-by-side and top-bottom formats playback for 3D TVs
- Audio Boost mode to increase the volume level
- Night Mode to dynamically adjust the volume level

Browse the way you want:
- Instant access to recently added and recently played videos
- Browse movies by name, genre, year, duration, rating
- Browse TV shows by seasons
- Folder browsing supported

And even more:
- Multi-device network video resume
- NFO metadata processing for descriptions and posters
- Scheduled rescan of your network content (Leanback UI only)
- Private mode: temporarily disable playback history recording
- Manually adjust subtitles synchronization
- Manually adjust audio/video synchronization
- Track what your collection and what you have watched via Trakt

In case you have an issue or a request about this app, please check our Reddit support community at this address: https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaVideoPlayer

If you experience any issue with video hardware decoding you can force software decoding in the application preferences.

You are welcome to contribute to the translation of the application at https://crowdin.com/project/nova-video-player

NOVA stands for opeN sOurce Video plAyer.

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• This app promotes or depends entirely on a non-changeable or non-free network service

Versions

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• Version 6.2.57 (602057)suggestedAdded on Feb 13, 2024

  arm64-v8aarmeabi-v7ax86x86_64

  This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

  It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

  Permissions

  • android.permission.USB_PERMISSION

  • change your audio settings

    Allows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.

  • access Bluetooth settings

    Allows the app to configure the local Bluetooth phone, and to discover and pair with remote devices.

  • pair with Bluetooth devices

    Allows the app to view the configuration of the Bluetooth on the phone, and to make and accept connections with paired devices.

  • run foreground service

    Allows the app to make use of foreground services.

  • This app can appear on top of other apps

    This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.

  • prevent phone from sleeping

    Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

  • have full network access

    Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.

  • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage

    Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.

    (10)

  • read image files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read image files from your shared storage.

  • read audio files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read audio files from your shared storage.

  • read video files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read video files from your shared storage.

  • read the contents of your shared storage

    Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.

    (12L)

  • show notifications

    Allows the app to show notifications

  • view network connections

    Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.

  • view Wi-Fi connections

    Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.

  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi

    Allows the app to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points and to make changes to device configuration for Wi-Fi networks.

  • allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception

    Allows the app to receive packets sent to all devices on a Wi-Fi network using multicast addresses, not just your phone. It uses more power than the non-multicast mode.

  • send sticky broadcast

    Allows the app to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. Excessive use may make the phone slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory.

  • run at startup

    Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.

  • com.android.providers.tv.permission.READ_EPG_DATA

  • com.android.providers.tv.permission.WRITE_EPG_DATA

  • record audio

    This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.

  • org.courville.nova.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

  Download APK74 MiBPGP Signature|Build Log

• Version 6.2.55 (602055) - Added on Feb 11, 2024

  arm64-v8aarmeabi-v7ax86x86_64

  This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

  It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

  Permissions

  • android.permission.USB_PERMISSION

  • change your audio settings

    Allows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.

  • access Bluetooth settings

    Allows the app to configure the local Bluetooth phone, and to discover and pair with remote devices.

  • pair with Bluetooth devices

    Allows the app to view the configuration of the Bluetooth on the phone, and to make and accept connections with paired devices.

  • run foreground service

    Allows the app to make use of foreground services.

  • This app can appear on top of other apps

    This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.

  • prevent phone from sleeping

    Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

  • have full network access

    Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.

  • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage

    Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.

    (10)

  • read image files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read image files from your shared storage.

  • read audio files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read audio files from your shared storage.

  • read video files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read video files from your shared storage.

  • read the contents of your shared storage

    Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.

    (12L)

  • show notifications

    Allows the app to show notifications

  • view network connections

    Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.

  • view Wi-Fi connections

    Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.

  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi

    Allows the app to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points and to make changes to device configuration for Wi-Fi networks.

  • allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception

    Allows the app to receive packets sent to all devices on a Wi-Fi network using multicast addresses, not just your phone. It uses more power than the non-multicast mode.

  • send sticky broadcast

    Allows the app to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. Excessive use may make the phone slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory.

  • run at startup

    Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.

  • com.android.providers.tv.permission.READ_EPG_DATA

  • com.android.providers.tv.permission.WRITE_EPG_DATA

  • record audio

    This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.

  • org.courville.nova.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

  Download APK74 MiBPGP Signature|Build Log

• Version 6.2.54 (602054) - Added on Feb 02, 2024

  arm64-v8aarmeabi-v7ax86x86_64

  This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

  It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

  Permissions

  • android.permission.USB_PERMISSION

  • change your audio settings

    Allows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.

  • access Bluetooth settings

    Allows the app to configure the local Bluetooth phone, and to discover and pair with remote devices.

  • pair with Bluetooth devices

    Allows the app to view the configuration of the Bluetooth on the phone, and to make and accept connections with paired devices.

  • run foreground service

    Allows the app to make use of foreground services.

  • This app can appear on top of other apps

    This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.

  • prevent phone from sleeping

    Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

  • have full network access

    Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.

  • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage

    Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.

    (10)

  • read image files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read image files from your shared storage.

  • read audio files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read audio files from your shared storage.

  • read video files from shared storage

    Allows the app to read video files from your shared storage.

  • read the contents of your shared storage

    Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.

    (12L)

  • show notifications

    Allows the app to show notifications

  • view network connections

    Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.

  • view Wi-Fi connections

    Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.

  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi

    Allows the app to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points and to make changes to device configuration for Wi-Fi networks.

  • allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception

    Allows the app to receive packets sent to all devices on a Wi-Fi network using multicast addresses, not just your phone. It uses more power than the non-multicast mode.

  • send sticky broadcast

    Allows the app to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. Excessive use may make the phone slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory.

  • run at startup

    Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.

  • com.android.providers.tv.permission.READ_EPG_DATA

  • com.android.providers.tv.permission.WRITE_EPG_DATA

  • record audio

    This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.

  • org.courville.nova.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

  Download APK74 MiBPGP Signature|Build Log