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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.

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Application types

Platforms

  • Android
  • Android Tablet
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Support for 4K
  2.  No registration required
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  Works Offline
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Sleep Timer
  8.  Material design
  9.  Support for subtitles
  10.  Offline

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  • AhmedRX20 reviewed REX Player  

    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.

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    POX added REX Player as alternative to VLC Media Player, MPC-HC, PotPlayer and SMPlayer + 42 similar activities
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GitHub repository

  •  584 Stars
  •  43 Forks
  •  100 Open Issues
  •   Updated  
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about REX Player, and it has gotten 3 likes

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Comments and Reviews

   
Ahmed Facih
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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.

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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