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Has potential

Been using this as a replacement for Infuse in conjunction with my Plex server. It works great on my iPhone and MacBook, however when playing 4K videos on my Apple TV 4K (Gen 1) the video always stutters even when Plex is showing that the video is not being transcoded. Infuse has no problems playing the same videos on the same ATV - not really sure what the problem is but makes it difficult to move away from Infuse.
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Response from developer

Thanks for giving our app a shot! I'm thrilled to hear that it's been working smoothly on your iPhone and MacBook. As for the stuttering issue on your Apple TV 4K, I totally get how frustrating that can be, especially when you're trying to enjoy your 4K content. Our team is always working hard to improve compatibility and performance, so I'll make sure to escalate this issue to them. In the meantime, feel free to reach out if you need any assistance or have more feedback. We're here to help!

Powerful player

Infuse support for jellyfin has gotten so bad that I had to find something else. VidHub is awesome for that, very fast and snappy interacting with the media server, and I love how feature rich the player is - some stuff like the hold to speed up is genuinely progress and brilliant. The most glaring missing feature is picture in picture on iPad, but you can still play videos in the background audio only. Personally I’d like the option to default to my media server since I only use that and no SMB shares, would save a few clicks on startup. Will definitely do 5 stars if PiP is added. And please don’t remove any of the nerdy features in the player like bitrate and screenshot button to be more “user friendly”, it’s so awesome how it is and plenty intuitive.
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Response from developer

This feature has been temporarily taken offline for fixing due to a bug~

I hope to add a new function

Add a new default to open the specified page. For example, I only need the emby function, and I can set the default to the emby home page.

Response from developer

There isn't an ETA for this right now, but I can pass along your feedback.

This app is INSANE

Was looking for a new Plex-compatible player since Infuse’s recent downgrade (7.7 update)…was not expecting much from a free app, but it's the best player I’ve ever seen!

Gesture control, live stats, exact file/folder info, expansive subtitle options, and an overlay to adjust hue/saturation/contrast etc whilst watching your media play behind it...Never thought I’d see anything beat VLC in image control.

If a subscription/paid option comes out, I’m sold - this is the kind of player I want to see more of.

(For any fellow ex-infusers, SORT WORKS)

Hope they add a loop option - but otherwise app is literally perfect.
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Response from developer

Thanks. Glad to be helpful~ We will definitely get better and better!

Great App with Speedy Metadata Scraping

This app excels at rapid metadata extraction, outperforming Infuse and other apps I have previously used in terms of speed. However, it lacks one crucial feature that I highly value: the ability to read .nfo files located within a movie's folder. If this could be addressed, it would significantly enhance the app's functionality for users like myself.
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Response from developer

It's on our to do list.

It's good but....

It would be brilliant if not for the fact that local server keeps disappearing after a few days....

Response from developer

Sorry, the new version has fixed this issue. You can upgrade now.

PiP (Picture-in-Picture) option no longer available in latest update?

This is the best iOS media app I’ve found for connecting to Plex/Jellyfin media servers. However, the latest update no longer gives the option to play video in PiP on iPhone 11 (iOS 17.4)

Did I screw up a setting on my iPhone? Or was this a change by the developer?

I’ll be changing my rating & review to 5 stars if this can be fixed
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Response from developer

This feature has been temporarily taken offline for fixing due to a bug~

Almost perfect

Everything was working great on appleTV until the latest update. While the first episode you play plays normally off a jellyfin server, the next episode when playing automatically is sound only (image is just a black screen), forcing you to exit the current playback and selecting the episode manually.
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Response from developer

It's on our to do list.

Great one to get video played

I need to many type video to play, it suit for me. thanks

Response from developer

thank you~~

截图字幕有黑色背景 subtitles in the video screenshots have a black background

用的外挂字幕看视频,在播放界面用左侧的截图按钮截图,最后截图中的字幕会有黑色的背景(实际播放的时候没有)

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为什么视频截图中的字幕有黑色背景呀,之前好像都是没有的。Why do the subtitles in the video screenshots have a black background? It seems that there was none before.

Response from developer

感谢感谢,在邮件中看到了这个信息,可以把字幕文件也发给我们一下,我们去做调研

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