PCAPdroid
No-root network monitor, firewall and PCAP dumper for Android (by emanuele-f)
Player
▶ Simple and lightweight, yet polished and powerful Android video player based on ExoPlayer (by moneytoo)
| PCAPdroid | Player | |
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| 16 | 90 | |
| 1,913 | 1,360 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.0 | 8.1 | |
| 2 days ago | 17 days ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | The Unlicense |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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PCAPdroid
Posts with mentions or reviews of PCAPdroid.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
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⟳ 0 apps added, 41 updated at f-droid.org
PCAPdroid (version 1.6.9): No-root network monitor and traffic dump tool for Android devices
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⟳ 0 apps added, 11 updated at apt.izzysoft.de
PCAPdroid mitm (version 16): Mitm addon for PCAPdroid
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Need an app that sniffs HTTP/HTTPS requests that are made by apps
https://github.com/emanuele-f/PCAPdroid is very good, shows content too (for http)
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Scraping data from an app: real world example
There's also PCAPdroid [1] which you can run straight from your phone with no root. Works with https traffic too when you enable the mitm setting.
[1]: https://github.com/emanuele-f/PCAPdroid
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Downloading file using HTTP Request GET or PUT results in an empty file
Also whenever I mess around with http stuff I like to use tools like Fiddler Classic (PC) and PCAPdroid (Android) to know what I need to do vs. what I'm sending/requesting. With this you can perform the desired action manually while capturing all the packets of that action with headers. Then when you replicate the functionality, you capture the packets again and compare both to verify that your code behaves identically/similarly to what you manually did.
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Found unknown app using data on my phone by using the glass wire app.
Try PCAPdroid. It'll show the app as well as the destination IP.
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⟳ 8 apps added, 86 updated at f-droid.org
PCAPdroid (version 1.5.1): No-root network monitor and traffic dump tool for Android devices
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Questions about Android version updates and security update support for Xiaomi
I'm rather fond of PCAPdroid, just leave everything to default and start monitoring. Ideally you should only see ~100b be sent via netd and nothing else if you are not using your phone (and disabled background update checks in say NetGuard, Firefox, etc.). It takes up the VPN slot so be aware of that.
- PCAPdroid: no-root Android app to monitor, inspect and block the connections made by the other apps in the device. It can now inspect HTTP and decrypt TLS directly from the app
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LOTS of activity on wifes phone between midnight and waking hours
PCAPdroid should do the same thing
Player
Posts with mentions or reviews of Player.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-14.
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Is there any alternative frontend for `mpv-android`?
No, but you can try another player that might be better for you like https://github.com/moneytoo/Player
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MX Player automatically reads and pastes from your clipboard.
Not relevant to this thread , but I personally use 'just player' , no bullshit lightweight video player app, although it doesn't offer as much features as MX or VLC for that matter, but works for almost all videos and have never ran into any issue with it.
- can i side-load a version of vlc that supports dv?
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Enhancement Request
Also I might be wrong I don't know much about coding and stuff but if it's possible then this app could rely on JustPlayer as the video player in the app. This may reduce NOVA's developer workload for video player. This app could be an awesome media library with modern design.
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Video player to use with newpipe offline
Just (Video) Player
- What player should I be using to play Dolby Vision (Profile 8) MKV over usb?
- my Dolby vision files look desaturated
- The Pain of DV/Atmos 4K Remux playback without glitches or stutters via USB
- Play Local/Downloaded Dolby Vision content on Mi/Redmi TV Android
- Which player do you use for Dolby Atmos/Dolby vision?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PCAPdroid and Player you can also consider the following projects:
termux-app - Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.
mpv-android - #mpv-android @ libera.chat
FoxMagiskModuleManager - A module manager for Magisk because the official app dropped support for it
Exoplayer - An extensible media player for Android
driftnet - Driftnet watches network traffic, and picks out and displays JPEG and GIF images for display
libretrack - Private, cross-platform package tracking app
scrambled-exif
Aegisub-Motion - Lua plugin for Aegisub auto4 that parses motion tracking data and applies it to selected subtitles.
duckduckgo-privacy-extension - DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension for Firefox, Chrome.
Frost-for-Facebook - An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook
DeepLAndroid - Unofficial Android App for DeepL Translator
aos-AVP - NOVA opeN sOurce Video plAyer: main repository to build them all
PCAPdroid vs termux-app
Player vs mpv-android
PCAPdroid vs FoxMagiskModuleManager
Player vs Exoplayer
PCAPdroid vs driftnet
Player vs libretrack
PCAPdroid vs scrambled-exif
Player vs Aegisub-Motion
PCAPdroid vs duckduckgo-privacy-extension
Player vs Frost-for-Facebook
PCAPdroid vs DeepLAndroid
Player vs aos-AVP