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The most battle-tested open-source video player component for React Native with support for DRM, offline playback, HLS/DASH streaming, and more.

• 📱 Plays all video formats natively supported by iOS/Android
• ▶️ Local and remote playback
• 🔁 Streaming: HLS • DASH • SmoothStreaming
• 🔐 DRM: Widevine & FairPlay (See free DRM stream example)
• 📴 Offline playback, video download, support for side-tracks and side-captions (viaoptional SDK)
• 🎚️ Fine-grained control over tracks, buffering & events
• 🧩 Expo plugin support
• 🌐 Basic Web Support
• 📱 Picture in Picture
• 📺 TV Support

react-native-video v7 introduces full support for the new React Native architecture, unlocking better performance, improved consistency, and modern native modules.

• 📖Documentation
• 📦Example: Free DRM Stream
• 📦Example: Offline SDK integration

# Install dependenciesyarn add react-native-video# Install podscd ios&& pod install

importVideofrom'react-native-video';exportdefault()=>(<Videosource={{uri:'https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4'}}style={{width:'100%',aspectRatio:16/9}}controls/>);

If you're building a video-first app and need todownload HLS streams for offline playback, you're in the right place.

This SDK supports:

• 🎞 Offline HLS playback
• 🎧 Multi-language audio track downloads
• 💬 Subtitles support
• 🔐 DRM license handling
• 📊 Analytics & state tracking

• Get afree trial (no credit card required)
• Use ourstarter project to see it in action
• Integrates with bothv6 andv7 versions

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Write your own plugins to extend library logic, attach analytics or add custom workflows -without forking the core SDK.
→Plugin documentation

See howTWG helpedLearnn ship a world‑class player in record time -case study.

Contact us athi@thewidlarzgroup.com

• 🐦X / Twitter -follow product & release updates
• 💬Discord -talk to the community and us
• 💼LinkedIn -see TWG flexing

• 🗽React Summit US – How TWG helped Learnn boost video performance on React Native.
  Watch the talk »

• 🧨v7 deep dive – Why we’re building v7 with Nitro ModulesWatch on X »

• 🛠️Well-maintained open-source library - What does it truly mean? - Bart's talk for React Native WarsawWatch here »

• 📺“Over the Top” Panel - Building Streaming Apps for Mobile, Web, and Smart TVs - Bart giving his insights on the industryWatch here »