AIX Player features, one page each

AIX Player is a free video player for Windows 11 and 10. It opens supported video files and provides playback controls; casting is available through AIX Pro or its free allowance. Each feature below has one page that explains it in full, and whatever needs AIX Pro is labelled where it appears.

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Windows 11 & 10 · AIX Player 3.0.16.0 · Updated 28 October 2026

AIX Player showing mushroom-capped forest sprites in a sunlit clearing, from the Blender film Sprite Fright, with its timeline and playback controls visible.

Play almost any file

Video formats81 video file types, with HEVC, AV1, H.264, VP9 and more decoded inside the app. No codec pack to install.4K HDR video playerSupported 4K and 10-bit SDR video is free. HDR: 180 playing minutes once per install, then unlimited with AIX Pro.Native on x64 and Arm64A native build for Intel and AMD x64 PCs and another for Snapdragon Arm64 PCs.

Watch and listen

SubtitlesLoad embedded tracks or SRT, ASS and VTT files, restyle them, fix their timing and show them on the TV.SoundAudio boost to 200% and a 10-band equalizer, free. Dialogue boost and auto volume with AIX Pro.Picture controlsBrightness, contrast, fit, zoom and rotate, free. Saturation, gamma, hue and presets with AIX Pro.Player controlsSpeed from 0.25× to 2×, A-B repeat, chapters, bookmarks, resume and snapshots. Precise seek with AIX Pro.Picture-in-pictureFloat the video above your other apps with Ctrl+Shift+P and keep working.Keyboard shortcutsPlay, seek, volume, tracks, chapters and snapshots, each on one key.Gesture controlsTap the centre to play or pause; double-tap the video for fullscreen, with media keys too.

On the TV

Cast to TVSeven TV families, found on your network. 60 casting minutes in total, once, then unlimited with AIX Pro.Subtitles when castingThe subtitle you choose on the PC shows on the TV, external files included.Casting, not mirroringWhy AIX Player sends the video itself instead of copying your desktop.

Your videos, wherever they are

Video libraryYour folders as a gallery with thumbnails, search, sort, favourites and playlists. Free.Network sharesPlay from a NAS or Windows shared folder on your PC, free with no time limit. HDR has its own allowance.Jellyfin, Emby and PlexBrowse and play your media server on the PC. 180 minutes in total, once, then unlimited with AIX Pro.Play video URLs and live streamsDirect media and stream links; Go to live is available for detected live playback with a cached seek window.Offline downloadsSave a link on your PC at the quality you choose. 10 completed downloads in total, once; unlimited with Pro.

Make it yours

17 languagesThe whole interface in 17 languages, right to left for Arabic and Hebrew.Free and ProEverything that is free, every free allowance, and what AIX Pro adds.

Free, and what AIX Pro adds

Playing your own SDR files is free with no time limit, and there are no ads in either version. The library, the equalizer, subtitle styling, playback speed, A-B repeat and picture-in-picture are all in the free app. AIX Pro removes the limits on HDR, casting, media servers and downloads, and adds the finer picture and sound tools, a second subtitle track, external audio tracks and frame-accurate seek. The Microsoft Store shows the current price for your region.

One player for the whole collection.

Playing your own SDR files is free with no time limit and no ads. HDR, casting, media servers and downloads each have a free allowance, listed on Free and Pro.

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4K · HDR · 10-BIT UHD · CAST

Film shown on this page: Sprite Fright © Blender Foundation / studio.blender.org, CC BY 4.0. The AIX Player window is a real capture, cropped and composited; no endorsement is implied.