It’s very frustrating that your iPhone 7 won’t play your favorite video or movie files like in MKV, AVI, WMV, MPG, VOB, TiVo. So, the problem we need to resolve immediately is how to play video on iPhone 7 in different formats, and what is the best video player for iPhone 7? Fortunately, we’ve work out a list of the top 5 free video player for iPhone 7 which enables you to play MKV/AVI/WMV/MPG/VOB on iPhone 7 without any limit.

Best Video Player App for iPhone 7:

1. VLC for iOS

VLC is a free and open-source media player developed by VideoLAN. It has been famous especially among Americans for many years. It can play many codecs without the need of codec packs. It has multiple versions, including iOS, Android, Microsoft, Mac and Linux.

VLC for iOS is as excellent as that we have been using for years on PCs. You don’t need any converter as this iPhone 7 video player can play any file format including MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, FLV, etc you throw at it and supports multiple audio tracks including 5.1 and subtitles tracks including SSA. You can use VLC for iOS to adjust video speed, brightness, volume, etc and forward or backward as you like. Better still, VLC iOS video player for iPhone 7 supports AirPlay that you can enable VLC AirPlay to enjoy media files on multi-screen display without cost a dime.

2. Player Xtreme HD

This player supports a lot of different video formats and also supports streaming over Wi-Fi and even UPNP and SMB. You can control the way your subtitles look and also protect your library with a password. It works on both iPhone and iPad.

This iPhone video player could be a free iPhone 7 video player to help you play videos in most video formats on your iPhone 7 and other iPhone models. But to enjoy the full features, you need to pay for $2.99 to get the Pro version.

3. KMPlayer for iPhone

KMPlayer, originally designed for PC users and now has Mac version, has become one of the most popular multimedia players in the world with over 300,000,000 users in more than 230 countries and is supported in 36 languages. KMPlayer video player for iPhone 7 contains all the codec you need like 4K video codec, H.265, VP9, etc and supports for high movies including 3D, 4K UHD, 1080p, etc. This iPhone 7 video player app also offers the posibility for you to control the volume, the navigation, and turn on/off subtitles.

4. 8Player

8player is a multifunctional application for Video, Music & Image playback capable of working as a DLNA / UPnP, SMB, FTP player and controller. It doesn’t support almost all video formats but you can play even your 1080p videos too. The app offers some of the best customization features which lets you use the app the way you feel best. It also offers 3G playback too.

8player provides for a wide range of possibilities, including:

Media streaming from any compatible DLNA / UPnP, SMB, FTP server;
Playback of local files stored in 8player library on your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch which you can either add via iTunes on your Mac/PC or download from a DLNA / UPnP, SMB, FTP server;
Remote control of your DLNA / UPnP compatible renderers;
Creating and managing custom music playlists inside 8player;
Remote access to your DLNA / UPnP server over 3G/4G or access from any other external network.
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5. OPlayer Lite

Oplayer Lite is currently one of the best video players for iPhone 7/7 Plus and has great popularity on iTunes Store. Without any conversion, you can play various kinds of videos movies and audios directly (SD/HD videos like MKV, MP4, H265, FLV etc and auidos like MP3, AC3, FLAC etc). It also comes with subtitle (SRT, ASS, SUB etc) support as well. Besides an iPhone 7 video player, OPlayer Lite also gives you the flexibility to be able to download your files to your device, stream video/audio over the Internet and browse a SAMBA/FTP/UPnP/DLNA share over the network.

Supported file format: Nearly all file formats like avi, wmv, mkv, flv, mpg, mp4, webm, vob, mp3, wma, wav, ogg, flac, etc

Alternative Way to Play Videos on iPhone 7:

If you don’t want to install 3rd-party iPhone video player app, or the installed video player can’t play your videos smoothly, you could try iPhone video converter. An iPhone video converter could help you convert video to iPhone supported formats like M4V, MOV and MP4 from various formats like AVI, MKV, MTS, MPG, FLV, etc.

Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is a professional iPhone video converter software app that could help you easily convert AVI, WMV, MPG, VOB, TiVo, FLV, 3GP, WebM, WVM, etc videos to iPhone supported formats in simple clicks. You could use this iPhone video converter to convert video to any iPhone model including iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, etc. For guys who are running on Windows, Brorsoft Video Converter is right for you.

Converting VOB/AVI/WMV/MPG/MKV for playback on iPhone 7

1. Install and run iPhone 7 video converter. Click Add button to load MPG, WMV, MKV, VOB, AVI files from hard drive for converting.

2. iPhone supports M4V, MP4 and MOV format. So in this step, you can choose one of them as the output format. Or you can directly select “iPhone” > “iPhone 6 H.264 Full HD 1080P(*.mp4)”. The preset could fit on iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus perfectly.

3. When you finish all settings, simply click the big Convert button to start converting videos to iPhone 7. After the conversion, you can locate the resulted videos with the best quality as you want.

[Tricks:] If you’ve stored some videos on iPhone, follow the step-by-step guide- how to play a movie, TV show, etc., from Videos on your iPhone:

1. From the Home screen, tap Videos.

If you haven’t previously loaded anything, tap Store (located in the upper-left) to view available content.

2. Select a category from the bottom of the screen:

The categories may vary depending on available content.
– Movies
– Rentals
– TV Shows
– Home Videos

3. Locate the video then tap the Play icon .

4. To exit the video, tap Done (located in the upper-left).