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Nova Video Player vs mpv-android: catalog facts
Nova Video Player	mpv-android
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Android	Android
Plays videos from network shares as well as local storage Organises videos into a library	Hardware and software decoding Styled subtitles through libass
Android only Project site is mainly a source repository	Plain interface with no media library Android only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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