Better Player

Better Player is the complete, production-grade video player for Flutter. It provides native OS performance, multi-platform support (Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, and experimental Tizen), and built-in commercial streaming features including HLS/DASH adaptive bitrate switching, Widevine and FairPlay DRM, offline caching, VAST/VMAP advertising, and short-form video feeds.

Key Features

Better Player provides a complete set of features designed for production applications:

• Reliability: Fixes for common bugs found in other players.
• Advanced Configuration: Granular control over player behavior and appearance.
• Refactored Controls: Modern, customizable user interface.
• Playlist Support: Play sequences of videos continuously.
• Feed & List Pooling: High-performance vertical swipe feeds (BetterPlayerFeed) and bounded controller pooling (BetterPlayerPool) to prevent hardware decoder exhaustion.
• Comprehensive Subtitles: Support for SRT and WebVTT formats (with HTML tags), TTML, HLS segmented subtitles, and multiple subtitle tracks.
• Adaptive Streaming: Full support for HLS and DASH, including track, subtitle, and audio track selection.
• Performance & Optimization: Integrated cache support and alternative resolution selection.
• Advanced Capabilities: Support for Picture-in-Picture (PiP), DRM (Token, Widevine, FairPlay EZDRM), and custom HTTP headers.
• VAST & VMAP Ads: Client-side linear video ads (VAST 2.0/3.0/4.x, VMAP) with dual-texture player stacking, tracking beacons, and custom UI overlays (see VAST & VMAP Ads).
• Dynamic Watermarking & Screen Shield: Forensic viewer overlays and native OS screen capture protection across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows (see Dynamic Watermarking & Screen Shield).
• Platform Features: Native notifications and comprehensive BoxFit support.
• macOS Support: Dedicated desktop playback powered by native AVPlayer, AppKitView, and FFI bindings.
• Windows Support: Desktop playback powered by libmpv and Direct3D 11 texture sharing.
• Linux Support: Desktop playback powered by libmpv and FlPixelBufferTexture.
• Web Support: Advanced web playback using Shaka Player for HLS, DASH, and DRM.
• Tizen Support (Experimental): Native playback for Samsung Smart TVs and Tizen devices powered by the native Tizen Multimedia API (<player.h>).
• ... and much more! See the detailed Platform Support matrix.

Migration Guides

Switching from another package? Follow our step-by-step migration guides:

• Migrating from video_player: Replace VideoPlayerController and remove separate UI packages.
• Migrating from chewie: Consolidate your player and controls into a single controller.
• Migrating from media_kit: Reclaim 30-50 MB of mobile app size and switch to native OS media engines.
• Migrating to 1.x.x (from 0.0.84 & better_player_plus): Upgrade from legacy 0.0.84 or community forks (better_player_plus, better_player_enhanced) using automated dart fix.

Important Information

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Better Player is currently under active development. While we aim for stability, breaking changes may occur between versions.

This plugin is developed as a community-driven project. If you require a feature that is currently missing or supported by other players on pub.dev, we highly encourage you to submit a Pull Request. All valuable contributions are welcome!

Screenshots

Mobile Overview	Native Picture-in-Picture (PiP)

Web & Desktop Overview	Touch & Fullscreen Controls

Adaptive HLS Quality & Track Switching	Styled Subtitles (WebVTT / TTML / SRT)