# jhomlala/betterplayer

Better video player for Flutter, with multiple configuration options. Solving typical use cases!

Repository: https://github.com/jhomlala/betterplayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/betterplayer
Language: Dart
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: dart, player, flutter, flutter-package, flutter-plugin, dart-library, dartlang, android, ios, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-31T21:08:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2372, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 0.5, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1021, forks 1393 (observed 2026-09-01T02:14:03.285412+00:00)

## What it is
Better Player is a feature-rich video player plugin for Flutter built on top of the official video_player plugin. It adds adaptive streaming (HLS/DASH), DRM support, subtitles, caching, picture-in-picture, and highly customizable playback controls.

## Use cases
- play hls and dash videos in a flutter app
- add drm-protected video playback with widevine and fairplay
- show subtitles with a video player in flutter
- play videos in a scrolling listview without jank
- add picture-in-picture video playback on android and ios
- build a custom video player ui with playlist support
- cache videos for offline playback in a mobile app

## When to choose
- you need advanced playback features like adaptive streaming, DRM, or PiP beyond what video_player or Chewie offer
- you are building a Flutter media app on Android or iOS and want configurable controls, subtitles, and playlists out of the box

## When to avoid
- you target platforms other than Android or iOS, since support is focused there
- you need only basic playback and prefer the lighter official video_player or Chewie plugins
- you need a guaranteed long-term maintained dependency for a production app and want to verify recent activity first

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, ui-components, plugin-system
- domain: mobile-development, media, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: video-player, flutter-plugin, hls, dash, drm, subtitles, picture-in-picture, media-playback, flutter, android, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- jhomlala/betterplayer (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:03.285412+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:09:17.621017+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jhomlala/betterplayer (fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:03.285412+00:00, sha 498851fc5d51)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.