

REX Player
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mpvRex is an advanced, customizable video player for Android. It combines the versatility of libmpv with a modern Jetpack Compose interface and unique user-centric features.
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Customizable
Features
- Support for 4K
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- No Tracking
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- Sleep Timer
- Material design
- Support for subtitles
- Offline
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- OrdinaryPerson updated REX Player
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REX Player information
What is REX Player?
mpvRex is an advanced, customizable video player for Android. It combines the versatility of libmpv with a modern Jetpack Compose interface and unique user-centric features.
Features:
Playback & Gestures
- Seek Cancellation — cancel a seek mid-gesture by dragging backwards, with interactive pointer-scaling feedback animations
- Subtitle Drag-to-Reposition — tap and drag subtitles vertically to position them anywhere on screen
- Subtitle Swipe Seeking — swipe horizontally to jump precisely between subtitle lines
- Top Seek Capsule OSD — pill-shaped overlay showing double-tap seek feedback without blocking the video
- Dynamic A-B Loop & Frame Navigation — set loop points with adjustable vertical bias; fine-tune with a floating, non-colliding frame-by-frame panel
- Persistent Video Pan & Zoom — zoom and position settings saved per video, with quick sliders in the Aspect Ratio menu
- Keyboard-Free Sleep Timer — touch-friendly bottom sheet to schedule sleep times without opening a keyboard
- Onboarding Tutorials — step-by-step in-player guides for speed lock and subtitle gestures
- Refined Tap & Lock Logic — custom exclusion zones, optional seekbar tap prevention, and one-tap control lock
UI & Aesthetics
- Dynamic Tab Manager — hide, show, and reorder dashboard tabs to fully customize your bottom navigation
- Material You — player controls dynamically match your Android system accent or app theme
- Animated Splash Screen — custom vector-art launch animation with light/dark mode support
- Clean Preferences — organized Jetpack Compose preference screens with fully localized strings
File Explorer & Media Library
- Unified Explorer Engine — ensures every browsing mode (local storage, network shares, and playlists) looks, feels, and behaves identically
- Multi-Select Range — select a range of items easily by long-pressing the first file and tapping the last
- Sectioned Grid/List Layouts — independently customizable inside tree subdirectories
- Folder Metadata — recursive file counts, watched/unplayed dimming, and reactive "NEW" badges
- Breadcrumb Navigation — toggleable path breadcrumbs in the tree view
- Advanced Sorting — by Name, Date, Size, and Duration
- Network Streaming Proxy — high-performance proxy for WebDAV, SMB, and FTP streams with image preview caching
- Mark As System — mark videos as watched, skipped, or flagged; filter your library accordingly
- Media Library View — browse your full video collection outside the file tree
- Shorts Mode — vertical video playback with auto-swipe for Reels-style content
Engine & Customization
- HDR-to-SDR Tone Mapping — high-quality tone mapping via hdr-toys shader pipeline
- Smart Orientation — force landscape/portrait per video, stored as a preference
- Audio Support — scan, display, and play standalone audio files directly inside the file explorer and player







Comments and Reviews
It's truly a great app, the best and most powerful alternative to MX Player and VLC for android, with very advanced features and a powerful video playback engine.