The AIX Player blog
Articles on playing video on Windows, casting it to a TV, subtitles, sound and picture. Each topic has one page, and every article is listed here, newest first.
Newest articles
Sound but no picture? Fix a black video screenWhy a video plays its sound over a black screen, and the steps that bring the picture back.Video has picture but no sound?The volume, the audio track, the output device and the downmix, checked in order.Make AIX Player your default video playerOpen with for one file type, or Default apps in Windows Settings for all of them.MKV player for Windows 11 and 10MKV files with every audio and subtitle track, 4K, HEVC and 10-bit, no codec pack.Video formats AIX Player playsThe 81 file types, the codecs inside them, and what container and codec mean.
More topics
Longer reads that already live in the Help Center and on the casting page.
Cast video from your PC to a TVHow casting works across seven TV families, with subtitles drawn into the picture.Subtitles when castingWhy subtitles vanish on the TV, and how they reach it here.Jellyfin, Emby and Plex on WindowsBrowse your media server and play on your PC, directly or server-converted.Native on x64 and SnapdragonA native Arm64 build for Snapdragon and Copilot+ PCs, beside the x64 one.HEVC / H.265 on Windows 11Play H.265 without a codec pack.What 10-bit video meansBanding, colour depth, and why the number matters.Picture-in-picture on WindowsKeep a video floating while you work in other apps.AVI files on Windows 11DivX and Xvid video from old drives, opening again.
Looking for a quick answer instead? The FAQ has short answers, each with a link to the page that explains more.
Open the file that would not play.
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