better_player_plus 1.2.1

Advanced video player based on video_player and Chewie. It's solves many typical use cases and it's easy to run.

Better Player Plus

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Advanced video player for Flutter, based on video_player and inspired by Chewie and Better Player. It solves many common use cases out of the box and is easy to integrate.

Features

• ✔️ Fixed common playback bugs
• ✔️ Advanced configuration options
• ✔️ Refactored, customizable player controls (Material & Cupertino)
• ✔️ Playlists
• ✔️ ListView/feeds autoplay support
• ✔️ Subtitles: SRT, WebVTT (HTML tags), HLS subtitles, multiple tracks
• ✔️ HTTP headers support
• ✔️ BoxFit for video
• ✔️ Playback speed control
• ✔️ HLS (tracks, segmented subtitles, audio tracks)
• ✔️ DASH (tracks, subtitles, audio tracks)
• ✔️ Alternate resolutions
• ✔️ Caching
• ✔️ Notifications
• ✔️ Picture-in-Picture
• ✔️ DRM (token, Widevine, FairPlay via EZDRM)

Installation

Add the dependency in your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  better_player_plus: ^1.2.0

Import the package:

import 'package:better_player_plus/better_player_plus.dart';

Quick start

Minimal example showing a network source:

final dataSource = BetterPlayerDataSource(
  BetterPlayerDataSourceType.network,
  'https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4',
);

final controller = BetterPlayerController(
  const BetterPlayerConfiguration(),
  betterPlayerDataSource: dataSource,
);

// In your widget tree
BetterPlayer
(
controller
:
controller
);

Documentation

• Installation notes: doc/install.md
• Example application: example/

Important information

This package is actively evolving. Breaking changes may appear between versions. Contributions are welcome — please open issues or pull requests.

License

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.

Recent Updates (v1.2.0)

• SDK Update: Dart SDK >=3.11.0, Flutter SDK >=3.41.0, Android Media3 1.10.0
• iOS Fixes: Preserved playback speed across seek/pause/resume; fixed AVPlayer aspect ratio issues; added wakelock (disable auto-sleep) support
• Audio: Fixed audio track override not being cleared before applying a new one; improved HLS default audio source selection
• Controls: Fixed controlsVisibilityStream feedback loop and auto-hide emit behaviour
• Code Quality: Zero dart analyze issues — all errors, warnings and info resolved

Credits

This work builds on the great foundations of Chewie and the original Better Player. Thanks to all contributors of those projects.

Special Thanks: This project benefited greatly from Cursor AI assistance during the iOS Objective-C to Swift migration process.