It's been quite a while since RockPlayer2 was made available to iOS users, and now is the time for Android fans to enjoy the new version of one of the most feature-rich cross-platform media playback and streaming apps for smartphones and tablets. RockPlayer2 has just hit the play store with a completely redesigned user interface and loads of powerful features, including universal media formats support, wireless media sharing across devices via RockShare, the reimagined Search bar (also known as FreeSeek), native UPnP client, improved media file management, subtitle support, HDMI copy, fully customizable control bar, and various gesture to control multimedia playback in the device with minimal effort. All in all, this is a massive update taking into account the significant changes in terms of the improved user interface as well as the new features.
Now you can get a sleek user interface with swipe side gesture support to help you quickly navigate to various functions of the app. Speaking of features, this is the RockPlayer2 packs:
- TV : Allows you to play content from online streaming sources. Supported protocols include HTTP, SSH, and RTSP, etc.
- Forum : Allows you to interact with the online community for RockPlayer opinions, updates, questions and answers, problems and their solutions. and so on
- Media library : The main application of the media browser and playlist management interface was divided into three segments - Video, Music and TV - each with thumbnail support.
- File Manager : build file browser to help you easily import your media files from specific locations on the SD card.
- Playlist : Start all your self-curated RockPlayer playlists.
- Red : Lists all UPnP devices available on your home network to allow remote content transfer across devices.
To share files remotely with other nearby RockPlayer2 users, you will first need to press the pencil button at the top left to enter selection mode. Then select the necessary files, tap on the Wi-Fi tab, select the recipient (s) and you're good to go. On the selection screen itself, you can also create new playlists, update app content, delete selected files, and hide personal content from prying eyes. Once you have selected the necessary files, you can shake the device to hide them from the list.
While watching videos or listening to music, the following gestures are available to you to control playback and other settings:
- With two fingers tap to play, pause or resume playback.
- Swipe left or right to go backward or forward, respectively.
- Swipe up to show or hide the media controls.
- Touch the left edge of the screen to display the brightness level slider.
- Touch the right edge of the screen to display the volume slider.
To customize the control bar, press and hold any button on the control bar. You have up to five different bar buttons to play with, and each can be assigned a different controller from the various available options, such as eject, backward, forward, play / pause, guide, brightness, subtitles. , audio track selection, control lock, window size, game mode, take a photo, action, HW / SW codec selection, and current time.
In general, the application impressed us with its long list of features, although we did see some room for improvement such as support for background playback of audio files, and better playback of 1080p videos, although the last bit it is not a big problem for most users at the moment. Despite these minor drawbacks, RockPlayer2 is one of the best media players available today, and it is capable of catering to the media for playing, streaming, and sharing needs quite well.
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