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NOVA Video Player

Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

NOVA Video Player is a media player, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing: subtitles and casting to other devices (Chromecast, DLNA…).

Services and protocols mentioned: WebDAV, SFTP, FTP and SMB.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Play videos from your computer, server (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV), NAS (SMB, UPnP)” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Hardware accelerated video decoding for most devices and video formats” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

NOVA Video Player is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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