better_player_windows

Windows implementation of the better_player plugin.

Usage

This package is a federated plugin implementation. Do not depend on it directly. Use the main better_player package instead:

dependencies:
  better_player: ^1.21.0

Requirements

  • Windows: Windows 10 (version 1809) or higher (64-bit).
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 or compatible graphics hardware or driver.

Features

  • High-performance playback engine powered by libmpv and FFmpeg.
  • Video rendering via Flutter's TextureRegistrar.
  • Full HLS adaptive bitrate streaming (.m3u8) and MPEG-DASH (.mpd).
  • RTSP live streaming support.
  • Subtitle parsing and audio track switching.
  • Custom HTTP headers and network buffering configuration.

mpv-2.dll requirement

better_player_windows relies on mpv-2.dll (or libmpv-2.dll) for media playback and software frame rendering. Due to its binary size (~35 MB), the native DLL is not packaged with the pub.dev distribution by design.

To run your Windows application:

  1. Download the mpv-2.dll Windows 64-bit build (e.g. from mpv-player-windows on SourceForge).
  2. Place mpv-2.dll into your application's output directory alongside the executable (e.g. build/windows/x64/runner/Debug/ or Release/), or place it into packages/better_player_windows/windows/libs/mpv-2.dll so CMake automatically copies it on build.

Libraries

better_player_windows