NOVA Video Player

Name: NOVA Video Player
Rating: 4.17 (13429 reviews)
Author: Courville Software

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Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support

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Total installs: 4,713,509
Installs / day: 0
Rating: 4.2★
Released: 19 Aug 2018
Last update: 24 Sept 2026
Countries: —

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

Change timeline

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

estimate · charts of 12 Oct

Most downloads likely come from 🇷🇺 Russia (~17%), out of 34 countries where it is charted.

Russia17%#58 Top free · Video players
United States11%#162 Top free · Video players
Türkiye6.6%#172 Top free · Video players
France6%#64 Top free · Video players
United Kingdom4.8%#85 Top free · Video players
Germany4.8%#97 Top free · Video players
Poland4.4%#56 Top free · Video players
Spain4.4%#68 Top free · Video players
Ukraine3.9%#65 Top free · Video players
Italy3.8%#99 Top free · Video players
Argentina3%#153 Top free · Video players
Japan2.6%#132 Top free · Video players
South Korea2.6%#134 Top free · Video players
Algeria2.2%#190 Top free · Video players
Morocco1.9%#197 Top free · Video players
Australia1.7%#60 Top free · Video players
Czechia1.6%#27 Top free · Video players
Venezuela1.4%#187 Top free · Video players
Chile1.4%#189 Top free · Video players
Kazakhstan1.4%#146 Top free · Video players
Canada1.3%#106 Top free · Video players
Netherlands1.3%#65 Top free · Video players
Taiwan1%#87 Top free · Video players
Ghana1%#185 Top free · Video players
Greece1%#48 Top free · Video players
Romania1%#92 Top free · Video players
Belarus0.9%#65 Top free · Video players
Hungary0.9%#43 Top free · Video players
Serbia0.8%#49 Top free · Video players
Israel0.8%#63 Top free · Video players
Belgium0.8%#66 Top free · Video players
Hong Kong SAR China0.8%#69 Top free · Video players
Portugal0.7%#20 Trending · Video players
Bulgaria0.4%#82 Top free · Video players

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Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.

Top chart positions

as of 12 Oct

Chart	Country	Rank	Change
Trending · Video players	PT · 11 Oct	#20	—
Top free · Video players	CZ	#27	▲ 5
Top free · Video players	HU	#43	▼ 1
Top free · Video players	GR	#48	▲ 7
Top free · Video players	RS · 10 Oct	#49	—
Top free · Video players	PL	#56	▲ 9
Top free · Video players	RU	#58	▲ 10
Top free · Video players	AU	#60	▲ 4
Top free · Video players	IL	#63	▲ 27
Top free · Video players	FR	#64	▲ 12
Top free · Video players	BY	#65	▼ 8
Top free · Video players	NL	#65	▲ 14
Top free · Video players	UA	#65	▲ 14
Top free · Video players	BE	#66	▼ 2
Top free · Video players	ES	#68	▲ 2
Top free · Video players	HK	#69	▲ 13
Top free · Video players	BG · 10 Oct	#82	—
Top free · Video players	PT	#84	▼ 17
Top free · Video players	GB	#85	▼ 4
Top free · Video players	TW	#87	▼ 4
Top free · Video players	RO	#92	▲ 13
Top free · Video players	DE	#97	▲ 5
Top free · Video players	IT	#99	▲ 9
Top free · Video players	CA	#106	▲ 23
Top free · Video players	JP	#132	▲ 9
Top free · Video players	KR	#134	▲ 9
Top free · Video players	KZ · 10 Oct	#146	—
Top free · Video players	AR	#153	▲ 30
Top free · Video players	US	#162	▲ 1
Top free · Video players	TR	#172	▼ 12
Top free · Video players	GH · 10 Oct	#185	—
Top free · Video players	VE	#187	▼ 3
Top free · Video players	CL	#189	▼ 13
Top free · Video players	DZ · 10 Oct	#190	—
Top free · Video players	MA · 11 Oct	#197	—

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

No data shared with third parties
No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

19 in 5 groups

6 Sensitive7 Notable6 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Record sound using your phone's microphone
Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are using

Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO

Wi-Fi connection informationRoutine1

Access to details about Wi-Fi networks your device sees or uses

See whether Wi-Fi is on and details of the network you are connected toview Wi-Fi connections · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE

OtherSensitive13

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
See Bluetooth settings and connect to paired devices like headphones, speakers or watchespair with Bluetooth devices · BLUETOOTH
Turn Bluetooth on or off and find and pair with nearby Bluetooth devicesaccess Bluetooth settings · BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
Receive data sent to all devices on your Wi-Fi network, which uses more batteryallow Wi-Fi Multicast reception · CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
Connect to or disconnect from Wi-Fi networks and change saved Wi-Fi settingsconnect and disconnect from Wi-Fi · CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Send system messages that stay stored after sending; heavy use can slow your phonesend sticky broadcast · BROADCAST_STICKY
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
Read the TV channel list and program guide on your TV deviceread TV channel/program information · com.android.providers.tv.permission.READ_EPG_DATA
Add or change TV channel and program guide informationwrite TV channel/program information · com.android.providers.tv.permission.WRITE_EPG_DATA

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

Nova is an opeN sOurce Video plAyer designed for tablets, phones and AndroidTV devices.available at https://github.com/nova-video-player/aos-AVP Universal player: - Play videos from your computer, server (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV), NAS (SMB, UPnP) - Play videos from external USB storage - Videos from all sources integrated in a unified multimedia collection - Automatic online retrieval of movie and TV show descriptions with posters and backdrops - Integrated subtitle download Best player: - Hardware accelerated video decoding for most devices and video formats - Multi-audio tracks and mutli-subtitles support - Supported file formats: MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc. - Supported subtitle file types: SRT, SUB, ASS, SMI, etc. TV friendly: - Dedicated “leanback” user interface for Android TV - AC3/DTS passthrough (HDMI or S/PDIF) on supported hardware - 3D support with side-by-side and top-bottom formats playback for 3D TVs - Audio Boost mode to increase the volume level - Night Mode to dynamically adjust the volume level Browse the way you want: - Instant access to recently added and recently played videos - Browse movies by name, genre, year, duration, rating - Browse TV shows by seasons - Folder browsing supported And even more: - Multi-device network video resume - NFO metadata processing for descriptions and posters - Scheduled rescan of your network content (Leanback UI only) - Private mode: temporarily disable playback history recording - Manually adjust subtitles synchronization - Manually adjust audio/video synchronization - Track what your collection and what you have watched via Trakt Please note that for the application to display and play content, you need to have local video files on your device or add some by indexing network shares. In case you have an issue or a request about this app, please check our Reddit support community at this address: https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaVideoPlayer If you experience any issue with video hardware decoding you can force software decoding in the application preferences. You are welcome to contribute to the translation of the application at https://crowdin.com/project/nova-video-player NOVA stands for opeN sOurce Video plAyer.

What's new

- ffmpeg 9.0.1 upstep - fix jcifs-ng SMB preventing video playback - Add provisional video end time on OSD - Intro/outro auto-skip feature in player menu - Fix locale issues with SMB credentials and host navigation - Add option to ignoring leading articles in alphabetical title sorting - Fix Trakt resume position conflict handling - Restore SAMBA SMBv1 server compatibility by protocol level detection - Smarter TV show and movie media scraping - Many stability enhancement

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