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river_player

Same good old Better Player but it will get updated and fixed.

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Install package

flutter pub add river_player

Package Overview

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River Player is a maintained and updated fork of Better Player, designed to provide a reliable, feature-rich video playback experience for Flutter applications. It supports Android and iOS platforms, offering smooth streaming, customizable controls, and robust error handling. Built with performance and developer experience in mind, River Player ensures ongoing improvements and bug fixes without requiring users to manage outdated dependencies. Ideal for apps needing high-quality video playback with minimal setup.

Use cases

  • Streaming video content
  • Offline video playback
  • Customizable video UI
  • Live video streaming
  • Educational app videos

Key features

  • Active maintenance and updates
  • Improved stability over Better Player
  • Support for multiple video sources
  • Built-in gesture controls
  • Extensible player configuration

Suitable for

  • Developers seeking a modern alternative to Better Player
  • Apps requiring consistent video playback
  • Projects prioritizing long-term package support

Considerations

  • Requires Flutter SDK 3.0 or higher
  • Limited documentation compared to original Better Player
  • May have breaking changes in future updates

Original README

Original README snapshot from the linked source repository. Visit the repository for the latest content.

This is the same good old Better Player with fixes and updates, Because the publisher of Better Player doesn't maintain it anymore.

Changes

Fixes:
✔️ Migrated to AndroidX Media3
✔️ Dependency updates jhomlala/betterplayer#1291
✔️ Changed Gradle Wrapper version to v7.5
✔️ Changed Gradle Build Tool version to v7.4.2
✔️ Changed Kotlin Plugin version to v1.8.10
✔️ Refactoring and Deprecated Api replaces
✔️ iOS Fix RevEngine3r/river_player/pull/1

Features:
✔️ Added Persian language support jhomlala/betterplayer#1250

River Player

pub package pub package

Advanced video player based on video_player and Chewie. It's solves many typical use cases and it's easy to run.

Introduction

This plugin is based on Chewie. Chewie is awesome plugin and works well in many cases. Better Player is a continuation of ideas introduced in Chewie. Better player fix common bugs, adds more configuration options and solves typical use cases.

Features:
✔️ Fixed common bugs
✔️ Added advanced configuration options
✔️ Refactored player controls
✔️ Playlist support
✔️ Video in ListView support
✔️ Subtitles support: (formats: SRT, WEBVTT with HTML tags support; subtitles from HLS; multiple subtitles for video)
✔️ HTTP Headers support
✔️ BoxFit of video support
✔️ Playback speed support
✔️ HLS support (track, subtitles (also segmented), audio track selection)
✔️ DASH support (track, subtitles, audio track selection)
✔️ Alternative resolution support
✔️ Cache support
✔️ Notifications support
✔️ Picture in Picture support
✔️ DRM support (token, Widevine, FairPlay EZDRM).
✔️ ... and much more!

Documentation

Important information

This plugin development is in progress. You may encounter breaking changes each version. This plugin is developed part-time for free. If you need some feature which is supported by other players available in pub dev, then feel free to create PR. All valuable contributions are welcome!

Categories

Video

Dependencies

Dependency list 8 items

Source repository

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