Every video player I try to play downloaded movies is broken; either the subtitles aren't detected, the video or audio tracks don't play correctly, the media library isn't detected, or the player can't handle a certain codec/file.
So far VLC is the one that works best, however subtitles causes the playback to stutter.
Any feedback would be appreciated!
Kodi is the best I found, but you gotta be willing to use the whole deal.
If you just want a player to quickly play something, probably vlc? Too many issues for my liking but it is what it is.
They all are kinda dogsh*t.
The droidlogic "movie player" included with some builds is usually tru to spec, so I usually prefer that over vlc and kodi. But it is not available as a standalone app. And even though playback is accurate, it is not full of features.
Have u tried MX Player Pro??
As I see it, there are two ways of playing content nicely. Number one is to pay for the content. Generally, YT, Netflix, and all the other streaming services work really well. They have to since their user base is paying.
Number two, when you are downloading, you 'pay' with your time to get it set up properly, but it is never going to be quite as user friendly and straightforward. The other aspect to this, is that no matter what you do, if you don't have the processing power, you are going to get stuttering, whereas streaming doesn't require that same demand.
So, there might not be a perfect solution for you, that is just going to work perfectly.
My recommendation would be to try Plex. It is really good at playing all file types to all devices, but as I said, if the computer running it doesn't have the processing power, you might still have issues. When the 'player' doesn't match with the video file, Plex transcodes the file to a format that will work, but that takes a LOT more processing power. If you want to spend the time, you can make sure that all of your video files are in the proper format for whatever device you are using, but this takes time to learn about and reformat the files (or just try to download the proper filetype in the first place). You can set everything up so that subtitles are provided automatically, but it might take some time to get it working the way you like. But like I said, I don't think there is a 'plug and play' option that works for everyone in this type of situation.
kodi and Nova Player mostly do the job but suck in some ways
I use MX Player on an old Xiaomi stick no problem. But it was a hassle trying to locate proper codecs. BUT....once you get it loaded up properly, it's smooth.
Plex? Although subtitles do add significant overhead.
I like /r/novavideoplayer the best