Enhanced Media Playback for Android
The JW Player Android SDK is built on top of native player frameworks. This allows you to take advantage of the flexibility of the native OS, and extend it into a complete video experience with faster load times, a modern UI, and best-in-class monetization.
FEATURES
JW SDK
EXOPLAYER
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER
HLS
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
✓
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
✓
MPEG-DASH
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
✓
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
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User-selectable Playback Quality
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
Partial
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
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Native VAST 3.0
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
-
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
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Google IMA
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
-
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
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Playlists
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
-
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
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Autostart
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
✓
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
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Chromecast
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
-
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
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Variable Rate Playback
JW SDK:
✓
EXOPLAYER:
✓
ANDROID MEDIA PLAYER:
✓
VIDEO & AUDIO FORMATS
MP4 / H.264 (Baseline, Main, High profiles)
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WebM / VP8 & VP9
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AAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Opus
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STREAMING & PLAYBACK
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) - VOD and live streams
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MPEG-DASH
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Progressive download MP4 videos (single- or multi-rate/resolution)
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Playback of AES-encrypted HLS streams
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Multiple audio tracks (MPEG-DASH)
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Audio-only playback (AAC)
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ID3 Timed Metadata
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Local File playback
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Playback of video resolutions from mobile to HD
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Live DVR
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Multiple audio tracks (HLS & MPEG-DASH)
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Background audio support
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Google Widevine decryption
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Variable Rate Playback
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PLAYER FEATURES
Playlists
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Picture-in-Picture
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Thumbnail preview
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Fast forward and rewind buttons
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Google Chromecast support
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MONETIZATION & ADS
VAST 3.0
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Google IMA
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IMA DAI
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ACCESSIBILITY
Out-of-band Captions (Sidecar) WebVTT, SRT, TTML (DFXP)
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Multiple caption tracks
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In-Band 608 Captions
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HLS in-manifest captions
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