Most players decode Dolby Vision down to SDR before it ever reaches your screen. DreamPlayer hands the raw signal to the display — on Android, iPhone and iPad. And SMB talks to your NAS directly, so you don't need a second app just to browse it.
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Two things decide whether a player is actually good: whether the picture stays HDR all the way to the panel, and whether you can reach your files without installing anything else.
Video is rendered into a real hardware surface, so Dolby Vision P7/P8/P9, HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG reach the display as PQ/BT.2020 instead of being tone-mapped to SDR in software. On panels that support it, you get the highlights the file actually has.
Media3 · AetherEngine · SurfaceViewSMB is built in on every platform, including iPhone and iPad. Browse shares, open a file, seek instantly, and keep playing when the network wobbles — no companion SMB utility, no separate login.
SMB 3.1.1 · libsmb2 · jcifs-ngDTS-HD Master Audio, TrueHD, E-AC3, AC3 and 24-bit multichannel FLAC are decoded properly — and passed through bit-for-bit over HDMI when the receiver can take it. Atmos and DTS:X included.
FFmpeg audio · AudioTrack passthroughPoint it at a folder, a share, a server or a link. DreamPlayer keeps one library and one player regardless of where the bytes come from.
DreamPlayer plays files you have the right to play — yours, your NAS, your Jellyfin. It does not and will not decrypt Netflix or other Widevine/FairPlay streams. That is a deliberate line, not a missing feature.
Native decoders handle the mainstream formats at full rate. If a chip misreports its own capabilities, a bundled FFmpeg path takes over instead of failing.
See the real codec, resolution, HDR format and audio layout of whatever is playing — not what the filename claimed.
Chapter markers are parsed from MKV and MP4 and drawn on the seek bar, so you can jump straight to the good part.
Keep playing with the screen off or the app in the background, with lock-screen and headset controls that actually respond.
Float playback over other apps on Android, iPhone and iPad, with working transport controls.
Posters, overviews, cast and episode stills from TMDB, with TheTVDB as an optional second provider when you need it.
A real ten-foot experience with D-pad navigation — verified on Fire TV Stick 4K with Dolby Vision and Atmos passthrough to the panel.
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Android is free forever — no purchase, no account, nothing to unlock. iOS is a one-off app purchase with a subscription option, because Apple requires in-app purchase for anything unlocked in the app.
Every feature, including HDR passthrough, lossless audio and SMB. Paid builds on GitHub Releases.
Get the APKOn iOS you can start a free seven-day trial of the full app from the purchase screen — opt-in, never automatic. It is a single unlock, not a per-playback meter, and it does not restart when you seek or come back later.
On Android, playback runs through Media3 into a hardware surface, so Dolby Vision and HDR10 signals are handed to the display rather than converted to SDR in software. On iOS, playback uses the native AVPlayer path for the same reason. On a panel without Dolby Vision, P7/P8 profiles play as HDR10 HEVC — which is what those base layers are — instead of failing.
No. DreamPlayer speaks SMB itself on every platform, so your NAS is browsable and playable without installing anything else.
No, and that is intentional. Those streams are DRM-protected and DreamPlayer does not implement Widevine or FairPlay. It plays files you own or have rights to.
Embedded tracks in the file, plus every subtitle sitting next to it — SRT, ASS/SSA, WebVTT, TTML, SAMI, MicroDVD, MPL2, SubViewer, PGS and DVB bitmap ones. Sidecars are matched to the video automatically, and OpenSubtitles search is built in for when they are not.
Yes — Android TV is supported, including Fire TV Stick 4K, with full Dolby Vision and audio passthrough to the panel and soundbar. The app is the same build as the phone.
No. There is no sign-in, no analytics and no advertising SDK. Your library, history and metadata stay on your device.
Android builds are published on GitHub Releases and cost nothing. On iOS, Apple requires in-app purchase for anything unlocked inside the app, so the optional features are sold there. The Android build is never gated.
Yes, GPLv3. The source is on GitHub, and issues and pull requests are welcome — including the ones that turn out to be hardware quirks nobody else has hit yet.
Free on Android and Android TV. On the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
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