Next Player vs Virtuosity
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Next Player
Next Player is a native video player written in Kotlin and jetpack compose. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices This project is still in development and is expected to have bugs Supported formats: * 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 * Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1 * Streaming: DASH, HLS, RTSP * Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT Key Features: * Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface * Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions * Material 3 (you) support * Audio/Subtitle track selection * Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right) * Horizontal swipe to seek through video * Media picker with tree, folder and file view modes * Playback speed control * Pinch to zoom in and zoom out * Resize (fit/stretch/crop/100%) * Volume boost * External subtitle support (long press subtitle icon) * Controls lock * No ads, tracking or excessive permissions * Picture in picture mode Project Repo: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer If you like my work, consider supporting me by buying me a coffee: - UPI: https://pay.upilink.in/pay/anilbeesetti811@ybl - PayPal: https://paypal.me/AnilBeesetti - Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/anilbeesetti
Virtuosity
Virtuosity helps you organize and track your music practice, allowing you to your reach musical goals faster. Organize Create routines of the exercises you wish to practice. Practice Stay focused while practicing with a built in timer. Measure View logs of your previous practice sessions, as well as detailed graphs showing your performance (BPM) over time. Offline, ad-free, and open source No advertisements, annoying notifications, intrusive permissions, or trackers in this app. Your data is yours. The complete source code is available under an open-source license (GPLv3).
| Feature | Next Player | Virtuosity |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | MusicMedia PlayerVideo | MusicNotesProductivityMedia PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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