Just (Video) Player vs Rhythm
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Just (Video) Player
Android video player based on the ExoPlayer library. It uses ExoPlayer's FFmpeg extension with all its audio formats enabled (it can handle even special formats like AC3, EAC3, DTS, DTS HD, TrueHD etc.). It properly syncs audio with the video track when using Bluetooth earphones/speaker. Supported formats * Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE (Ī¼-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 * Containers: MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, Ogg, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, FLV * Streaming: DASH, HLS, SmoothStreaming, RTSP * Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT HDR (HDR10+ and Dolby Vision) video playback on compatible/supported hardware. Features * Audio/subtitle track selection * Playback speed control * Horizontal swipe and double tap to quickly seek * Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right) * Pinch to zoom (Android 7+) * PiP (Picture in Picture) on Android 8+ (resizable on Android 11+) * Resize (fit/crop) * Volume boost * Auto frame rate matching on Android TV/boxes (Android 6+) * Post-playback actions (delete file/skip to next) * Touch lock (long tap) * No ads, tracking or excessive permissions To load external (non-embedded) subtitles, long press the file open action in the bottom bar. The first time you do that, you will be offered to select root video folder to enable automatic loading of external subtitles.
Rhythm
Your Music, Your Rhythm Open-source Material You music player with audiophile-grade audio, zero tracking, and zero ads. š Sound That Moves You ā¢ Bit Perfect Playback ā pure audio sent direct to your hardware ā¢ 10-Band Equalizer + 6,000+ AutoEQ device presets ā¢ Gapless playback, EAC3-JOC/Dolby Atmos codec support ā¢ FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, Opus, WAV, OGG & more šØ Design That Delights ā¢ Material 3 Expressive ā adaptive shapes, fluid motion ā¢ Material You dynamic colors from your wallpaper (Android 12+) ā¢ Album-art-driven player colors & immersive lyrics view ā¢ Home screen widgets with responsive Material 3 layouts š Library Power ā¢ Multi-select batch actions ā queue, share, delete at once ā¢ Shuffle whole albums in correct track order ā¢ Full-scan media scanner ā reliable, no songs missed ā¢ Songs, Albums, Artists, Genres, Playlists, Folders š¤ Lyrics & Metadata ā¢ Synced lyrics via LRCLib with word-by-word highlighting ā¢ Local lyrics editor for custom offsets and edits ā¢ Full metadata editor with artwork support āļø Power Features ā¢ Sleep timer, queue management, M3U import/export ā¢ Settings search, playback stats, Android Auto ā¢ Deezer & YouTube Music artwork integration ā¢ In-app auto-updates from GitHub š Privacy First No ads. No analytics. No accounts. 100% offline-capable. GPL v3. š„ Get it on GitHub, F-Droid & IzzyOnDroid ā Google Play coming soon ā
| Feature | Just (Video) Player | Rhythm |
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| License | Unlicense | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | MusicMedia PlayerVideo | MusicMedia PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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