nGenePlayer

nGenePlayer brings a media library published on a Mac to iPhone for verified offline playback, with an Apple Watch companion for controlling playback on the paired iPhone. A compatible library must first be published with nGenePlayer for Mac using the same Apple Account, with iCloud Drive enabled. ONE-WAY ICLOUD LIBRARY • Browse the published library by folder and search by filename or path. • Choose 1 to 12 simultaneous downloads in Settings; the default is 6. • Follow progress for files, bytes, active transfers, elapsed time, deferred items, and errors. • Play verified files while remaining downloads continue. • Keep completed, verified media when Sync is stopped or retried. • Recover unfinished Sync work when the app becomes active again. Sync supports background processing when permitted by iOS. Transfers may be paused or deferred by the system; completion timing depends on network, storage, power, and iCloud availability. SAVED VIDEO THUMBNAILS Receive and cache video thumbnails created and saved by the Mac. Available frames can appear before the entire library finishes downloading. One saved frame is enough; multiple frames can alternate when available. FOCUSED PLAYBACK • Play compatible local audio and video. • Use Repeat One, enabled by default, or Repeat All. • Choose Random or Sequential playback for items of the same media type in the current folder. • Scrub, skip backward or forward by 15 seconds, and move between items. • View a seekable waveform for supported audio tracks. • Edit A-B loop points with draggable markers, a slider, and 0.1-second adjustments. • Start, stop, edit, or clear a selected loop. • Reopen Now Playing from the mini player. • Rotate video to landscape. • Continue audio playback in the background. Use the Lock Screen, Control Center, and supported Apple Now Playing surfaces for playback controls. APPLE WATCH COMPANION • Play or pause, seek, and move between items on the paired iPhone. • View playback progress and available waveform data. • Edit A-B loop points and reset the loop. • Change repeat mode and playback order. • Adjust playback volume with the Digital Crown. • Add nGene Current Media to a compatible circular complication slot for the latest received playback information. The Watch app requires an available connection to a paired iPhone running nGenePlayer. It does not download the library or provide standalone playback. DEVICE STORAGE The trash button starts removal immediately, stopping playback and Sync. It removes app-managed media and thumbnail caches and clears the displayed library. The Mac library and cloud originals are preserved. Downloads remain suspended until Sync is explicitly started again. PRIVATE AND READ-ONLY No nGenePlayer account is required. There is no advertising, analytics, tracking, or developer-operated server. The app reads the private nGenePlayer iCloud container for the signed-in Apple Account. It cannot publish, rename, edit, or delete the Mac library or cloud catalog. Playback information is shared with Apple's system media controls and the paired Apple Watch. Media, playback history, and diagnostics are not automatically sent to the developer. Diagnostic logs can be explicitly copied for support. FORMAT COMPATIBILITY Playback uses AVPlayer. Some formats supported by the Mac version through VLCKit may not play on iPhone. Waveforms require an AVFoundation-readable audio track.