App Detail » Playr

Published by: Bitfield AB

iPhone App - Designed for iPhone, compatible with iPad

Price: $8.99
Current Version: 2.7
Released: November 05, 2013

What's New

- Hardware decoding on the GPU for H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) video tracks.
- Hardware decoding also works for containers like .MKV (Matroska)
- Hardware decoding saves battery life and CPU cycles.
- Easily plays 4K video when hardware decoding is available.
- FFmpeg version 4.4 "Rao".
- Other minor fixes and tweaks.

App Description

Playr was made solely to focus on your video viewing experience. It's not crammed with extra features for organizing files or to make playlists. You don't need to install any extras or plug-ins to watch your favorite movies, it just works. Playr has been carefully developed using the latest available technologies with a meticulous attention to details. It's user interface is clean, stylish and simple to use. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Main features

- Play almost any video file without the need for extra system extensions or plug-ins.
- Hardware decoding on the GPU for H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) video tracks.
- Hardware decoding supports other containers like .MKV (matroska).
- Hardware decoding saves battery life and CPU cycles.
- Easily plays 4K video when hardware decoding is available.
- Automatically loads and displays embedded subtitles or subtitles from external files.
- Smart built-in subtitle search engine... find your movie or tv show subtitles in a breeze.
- Supports all the major subtitle formats.
- Supports styling tags in subtitle files like italic, bold and underlined.
- Fully customizable subtitle display (font, size, color, shadows, etc).
- Retina resolution subtitles.
- Export subtitle tracks into file in many popular formats like SRT, STL and WebVTT.
- Convenient metadata inspector that automatically pulls info from the net... with links to IMDb.
- Detailed movie inspector for all those nitty gritty details.
- Color controls.
- Fullscreen player built-in (of course).
- Touch Bar support.
- 64-bit native for Intel and Apple Silicon.

NOTE! Playr can't play movies purchased in the iTunes store due to Apple DRM protection.

Please report any problems/bugs to [email protected] or use the built-in feedback feature and I will get back to you.