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I like Infuse Pro vs nPlayer Plus so have both. Each has advantages and disadvantages.

If you want simple with not a ton of features but still some nPlayer Plus. Otherwise Infuse Pro if you need quicker PiP and for 4k it is the only one that works mostly for that quality. Has mostly a better GUI and updated more yes.

Overall I prefer nPlayer Plus. Still have both installed. Neither are like Plex or Emby but there not suppose to be. Infuse Pro vs nPlayer Plus are just meant to be video players with either local files or remote files on cloud storage or wherever.

Do not know about how the technical behind the scenes, encoding I think it is called, on the fly that Plex and Emby can accomplish. Just do not like it lowest video quality and I guess sound quality too some. Still useful but sometimes still may not work if your in like a slow internet speed spot with any kind of mobile internet. Does not matter if you have all. Even that does not really help.

There is all one guaranteed way to be able to stream/play a high quality movie or tv show series.
 
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I use nPlayer primarily for videos I have stored locally on my Pro and Infuse for cataloging and playing from my extensive library of ripped DVDs stored on my NAS. I also use Infuse on my two Apple TV boxes. Both are very good.
 
I use nPlayer primarily for videos I have stored locally on my Pro and Infuse for cataloging and playing from my extensive library of ripped DVDs stored on my NAS. I also use Infuse on my two Apple TV boxes. Both are very good.
I do similar. Do you only use both locally basically?

Edited my post a little to include Plex and Emby. Know it is a totally different type of apps. Not strictly just a video player. Thank you for confirming too..
 
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I do similar. Do you only use both locally basically?

Edited my post a little to include Plex and Emby. Know it is a totally different type of apps. Not strictly just a video player.

Yes, locally on my network. If I want movies I own on travel, I'll copy them to an SSD and play on nPlayer.
 
Yes, locally on my network. If I want movies I own on travel, I'll copy them to an SSD and play on nPlayer.
Infuse and nPlayer both excel at being strictly a video player with content played locally either on the actual mobile device storage or on SSD, like you said.

Do not know of any other phones or tablets with up to 2 TB of device storage. Only ones are latest highest latest model iPhone now and iPad Pro any series model.
 
Infuse and nPlayer both excel at being strictly a video player with content played locally either on the actual mobile device storage or on SSD, like you said.

Do not know of any other phones or tablets with up to 2 TB of device storage. Only ones are latest highest latest model iPhone now and iPad Pro any series model.

I like the sharing of data - metadata, etc. - across devices with Infuse Pro as I have it on five different devices. Support for it is outstanding, with regular updates.
 
I use nPlayer primarily for videos I have stored locally on my Pro and Infuse for cataloging and playing from my extensive library of ripped DVDs stored on my NAS. I also use Infuse on my two Apple TV boxes. Both are very good.
I recall back when AirVideo HD app was popular… used that heavily for storing local content. Now that’s no longer an option… VLC is a good video player too. But it’s barebones. As the OP suggested theres really only two legitimate players in the game… Infuse Pro and nPlayer.

OutPlayer is a good alternative as well… if someone is trying to watch content on an external monitor while interacting with the iPad.
 
I like the sharing of data - metadata, etc. - across devices with Infuse Pro as I have it on five different devices. Support for it is outstanding, with regular updates.

Yes. Infuse Pro is updated the most and best support. Would be interesting if you could like turn certain extras on the gui off in it. Almost make it similar to nPlayer Plus even if only a little.
 
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