nPlayer Plus | AppleVis

Description of App

** nPlayer officially supports DTS (DTS HD ), DTS Headphone:X, Dolby (AC3, E-AC3).

** nPlayer is the universal app. You can install it in any other iOS device without additional purchase.

** nPlayer Plus officially supports Dolby Audio codec and Dolby Sound Effect. But if you don't mind using Dolby Audio codec embedded in iOS, please update your iOS to 9.3 version or later and purchase nPlayer in the lower price.

- You don't need to convert video files to MP4 to play them in your mobile device. nPlayer enable you to play all kinds of video formats and codecs without file converting efforts.

- You don't need to store video files in your device with limited storage space. nPlayer's powerful and various network technologies will help you to stream them from remote devices.

- With your finger tip, you can adjust playback position, move to previous and next subtitle position, adjust location and font size of subtitles, control volume and brightness.

- Experience nPlayer, thousands of users recommendations.

* Features

- Supports officially DTS audio codec (DTS HD)
- Supports officially Dolby audio codec (AC3, E-AC3)
- Supports Dolby Mobile Surround Sound

- Supports iXpand Drive
- Supports Chromecast
- Supports video cast for Smart TV
- Supports HDMI output

- Supports video files : MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, OGV, RMVB, TP etc.
- Supports audio files : MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE etc.
- Supports subtitle files : SMI, SRT, SSA, IDX, SUB, LRC, SUP, MLP2 etc.
- Supports image files : JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF etc.
- Supports playlist files : CUE, M3U, PLS

- Supports WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, SMB/CIFS, NFS
- Supports UPnP/DLNA (supports subtitles if DLNA server provides subtitles information.)
- Supports cloud service (Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk)
- Supports in-app web browser
- Supports iTunes video/audio play (except for DRM contents)
- Supports videos and pictures in Album

- Playback speed control : 0.5x ~ 4.0x
- Resume playback
- AB repeat(specific section repetition)
- Screen lock

- Supports AV1/HEVC/H.264/MPEG4 Hardware acceleration
- Supports 3D video mode
- Screen flip horizontally, vertically. brightness and saturation control
- Aspect ratio : Default, 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:3, 16:9, 1.85:1 etc

- Supports multi-track audio
- Supports audio boost
- Supports audio sync
- Supports lyrics display
- Supports Dolby, DTS HDMI Bitstream (Passthru)

- Supports embedded subtitles
- Supports multi-track subtitles
- Supports user’s selection of subtitle files
- Supports addition of optional subtitle files while playback
- Supports subtitles font, color, shadow, outline customization
- Supports subtitles sync
- Supports external subtitle fonts
- Supports SAMI(SMI) tag
- Supports SSA/ASS with full styling, embedded subtitles

- File management : Delete, Move, Rename, Create a folder
- Playlist management : Add, Delete, Modify
- Supports recently played list
- Folder lock
- Supports Open-in

- Supports UI theme

* Gesture Features

- Tap : Menu
- Double tap : Pop-up play
- Drag horizontally : Playback position adjustment
- Drag vertically on right half of the screen : Volume control
- Drag vertically on left half of the screen : Brightness control
- Pinch on the screen : Screen size adjustment
- Drag horizontally on subtitle text : Move to previous/next subtitle text
- Drag vertically on subtitle text : Subtitle position adjustment
- Pinch on subtitle text : Subtitle font size adjustment
- Supports finger gesture customization

Version

2.3

Free or Paid

Paid

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

Accessibility Comments

I haven't seen every single screen the app has to offer, but so far I've had no issues except for the problem of VoiceOver losing focus when you put the player in full-screen mode. From trying other apps I'd say this is a universal problem. I recommend avoiding the full-screen player unless you want to use the various custom gestures you can set up within the app (which requires turning off VoiceOver). And even if you do use the full-screen mode, the issue of VoiceOver losing focus is rare.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

This app is what all the others promise to be, minus the frustration of inaccessibility. It plays audio just as well as video!

App Store Link

https://apps.apple.com/app/id539397400

Developer's Website

http://n-player.net/

Recommendations

3 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Davy Kager 9 years 4 months ago

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Comments

Hi, I have had a brief look

Hi, I have had a brief look at this app, and yes I agree all buttons I have scene so far do seem clearly labeled. However I have found the focus getting stuck issue happens with me quite a bit when using this app. More importantly though I haven't been able to quickly move forward and backward through a file, I have found one slider but it didn't seem to respond to VoiceOver when I adjusted it normally by sliding on it. When I tapped an held on it then tried to change the value I think that changed the volume level. However I haven't found any form of slider for quickly advancing through a file. Has anyone found such a slider?

Seeking

Yes, there is one if you maximize the player window. I believe double-tap-and-hold is the only way to operate it. Two alternative methods would be: - Turn VoiceOver off and swipe left/right in the maximized player window (or maybe you can double-tap-and-hold, then swipe horizontally, I haven't tried that). - If you're using an iPhone headset, open the Settings tab and assign the previous/next track buttons to fast forward/rewind.

Hi, thanks for the info about

Hi, thanks for the info about the slider. Just wondering have you been in touch with the developer about accessibility? it should be quite straight forward to make sliders accessible normally without having to tap and hold. If you haven't been in touch I might try dropping an email after Christmas explaining how this can be done.

I haven't, but I'll probably

I haven't, but I'll probably send them a message soon'ish. Still, it doesn't hurt if others do, too. It merely indicates people care.

Seeking

It turns out the seek slider is also visible in the split-screen layout, when both file list and player are visible. I'm having trouble accurately adjusting it, though. Contacting the authors to ask if they can implement VoiceOver's increment/decrement gesture sounds like a good idea.

Version 2.4

In the recently released version 2.4, I can swipe up/down on the seek slider with VoiceOver and it works as expected. This with seeking set to the default "fast" mode as opposed to the "accurate" mode. I'm not sure if this is an enhancement in the new version or if it all depends on the content you're playing. Either way, swiping up/down seeks in 10-percent intervals. I believe it didn't do that in version 2.3.

Does this app have a

Does this app have a customizable EQ? And do you have to jailbreak to load WMA files?

I don't think this app has an

I don't think this app has an EQ (as it's mainly a movie player), though I haven't looked too hard. I can't really say anything about WMA since I don't have files of that type to play. However, if the app claims it is supported, it ought to be safe to assume that it is.

Subtitles

I am glad to see that in version 3.4.1 VoiceOver reads subtitles. The subtitle document must be in .srt format. Make sure the .srt file is in the video folder and that it is named according to the video name.

Subtitles are nice, but

The fact that it reads subtitles is very nice, however they need not necessarily be in .srt format. If you have an MP4 video file with a text subtitle track, that also will read properly. Note that the subtitle track must be in text, not an image. These tracks may also read in .mkv files, however I don't have any of those to test.
However, there is an unwelcome side effect. Because chapterized MP4 files (such as audio books) also use this text track to supply chapter information, if you play one of these audio files while your device is locked, you hear your iOS default text-to-speech voice say the name of the chapter whether you want it or not, and it says this at a very slow rate. Quite bothersome. I wish we could toggle voicing of subtitles off for files like this, or else that text track voicing simply would not occur when the device is locked.

Subtitles can be read on braille display and disabling subtitles

Hello,

the subtitles are appearing even on a connected braille display. You can configure how long the subtitles stay by going to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille and setting the display time for the notifications.

Regarding the possibility to disable spoken subtitles, it is possible by disabling subtitles entirely from the video playback screen by tapping Settings button, then Subtitle tab and switching the Show subtitles option.

Kind regards