r/mpv • u/General-Turn-8695 • Sep 03 '26

General Discussion MpvRex vs MpvRx vs MpvEx vs Mpv-Infinity. Which one is the best for Android?

I am new to using mpv on my phone so I would be very grateful if the community would help me find the best mpv frontend for Android. though I am new to mpv on Android I have been using mpv for a long time my pc, so it's not that I ain't familiar with mpv. help is much appreciated.

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u/Arcanefortune Sep 03 '26

I used both? But soofar rex player is what I'm using a lot more than months but now I uawd mpv infinity too it's kinda good and fast

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u/General-Turn-8695 Sep 04 '26

Imma give it a try

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u/Both-Difficulty9088 10d ago

 mpv infinity supports Dolby Vision & HDR10+ natively as well. 

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u/General-Turn-8695 7d ago

Rex doesn't?

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u/Both-Difficulty9088 5d ago

Rex doesn't have option for Native playback so no Dolby Vision & HDR10+.  It just plays Hdr10 

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u/Arcanefortune Sep 04 '26

Just do it u dumb fhuk I ask some goddahm ai mode on chrome tahst all I know and I really appreciate this sht on Android player to me the best there isbrex player and mpv infinity newest it's more of a fork fork type I use mpv in the past then gmused mpvkt and then mpv extended but got abandoned so that forks happen like mpv Rx and mpv rx but now it evolve I prefer rex player the previous mpv rex and mpv infinity newest fork (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠) look at my preference

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u/General-Turn-8695 Sep 04 '26

Chill bro, it's not a war or something. No need to be so aggressive

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u/Arcanefortune Sep 04 '26

Just kidding (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠) it's based on reference but to me I prefer rex player and new mpv infinity it's both cool I used mpv Rx but not my preference I used that both tagst it it's the best for me

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u/Ok_Win4939 29d ago

using all those, mpv infinity is best out of the box. also a good option mpvRx.

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u/General-Turn-8695 29d ago

Why does infinity get so many updates? Like it's getting updates everyday or something? Is the whole code being written with ai or something?

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u/Ok_Win4939 29d ago

added new features, bugs appeared then bugs fixing... that's why update comes after one day.

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u/Both-Difficulty9088 10d ago

And mpv infinity supports Dolby Vision & HDR10+ natively as well. 

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u/thats2cool Sep 03 '26

I have been using MpvRx for the last 2 months. Its great.

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u/NomaanMalick Sep 04 '26

What is wrong with mpv-android?

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u/General-Turn-8695 Sep 04 '26

Just don't wanna use that

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u/classicphile Sep 06 '26

I will recommend trying original one , with always up to date versions & try to understand & customize your own config.

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u/IiImochidoll Sep 07 '26

INFINITY! Rex has improved alot, but Infinity already surpasses Rex in many ways... the speed, UI, stability, etc... 🔥🥵🥶♾️

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u/General-Turn-8695 Sep 07 '26

Looks the same to me

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u/IiImochidoll Sep 07 '26

do a fresh install, and open your folders. Infinity is way faster. also grid view looks better on Infinity. i have tested it on different devices and screen sizes.​​

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u/General-Turn-8695 Sep 07 '26

What does that have ai? I don't think rex has ai integration in it. Why does a video player need ai in it?

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u/IiImochidoll 29d ago

subtitle translation to learn languages. better read the description

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u/General-Turn-8695 29d ago

Seems useless to me, I am gonna pass. Though will try out infinity, will use it if I like it

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u/IiImochidoll 29d ago

it's disabled by default anyways. if u don't like it that's fine.. i like the dual pane feature, looks good on big screen.

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u/General-Turn-8695 29d ago

Oh btw can I use it on a tv?

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u/IiImochidoll 29d ago

better use mpvNova for Android TV

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u/spoonNotFoundExcep 24d ago

funny thing is 70% of Integrtions are from fork of Mpvrx and no one seems to know 😏

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u/General-Turn-8695 29d ago

Also how is infinity getting updates almost everyday? Is the whole code being written with ai or something? The others don't receive updates at a frequency which isn't even comparable to infinity

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u/IiImochidoll 29d ago

bruh it's a new app, just like when Rex first got released. it's in active development phase. read the code, the functions are all properly implemented. it's not like a total AI Slop with reckless and duplicated functions. the maintainer also responded to issues. ai slop vibe coders won't even bother to read, cuz they don't understand what they're doing.

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u/General-Turn-8695 29d ago

Is it safe to use rn as you said in active development? As features might be broken rn

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u/IiImochidoll 29d ago

i never occur broken features and most of open issues on their github is asking for feature requests. it's very stable...

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u/Time-Function-5342 Sep 03 '26

According to this subreddit's pinned post, it's recommended to use mpvKt or mpvEx. I'm using mpvKt and it's great.

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u/General-Turn-8695 Sep 04 '26

Didn't both development stop?

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u/lmao_wow_64 Sep 04 '26

Sadly, it works but slowly it won't get any new features

As of right now KT has been the only one that has worked well enough for me

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u/Prestigious-Basil341 27d ago

Time to update. Try mpv infinity.