• Screenshots
• Features
• Prepare videos
• Prepare videos (advanced users)
• Controls
• Supported languages
• Supported codecs
• Links
• Build
• Recommended resolution
• Benchmark
• Patch note
• Credits
• Donation

With multiple audio tracks support

With subtitles

With night mode

And many more...

Hardware accelerated decoding(*0)✅
Hardware accelerated color conversion✅
Multiple video codec support ✅
Multiple audio codec support ✅
Multiple Subtitle support ✅
Seek ✅
3D video(*1)✅
Zoom in/out video ✅
Move video ✅
File explorer ✅ Fullscreen mode ✅

⚠️ *0 New 3DS and New 2DS only
⚠️ *1 New 3DS and 3DS only, software decoder only, in order to see 3D video as 3D
you need to enable 3D mode in settings(settings->LCD->Screen mode->3D)

If you are advanced user, see Recommended resolution and Benchmark for performance then use commandline in the Prepare videos (advanced users).

If not, you can use these tools :

• Nintendo Video Convertor (by T0biasCZe)
• VideoPlayer3DS DS Assistant (by JustScratchCoder)

• Download ffmpeg
  • For NEW3DS and NEW2DS type :
  • ffmpeg -i {input_file_name} -acodec aac -vcodec libx264 -s 800x240 -preset medium -crf 25 {output_file_name}
  • For OLD3DS and OLD2DS type :
  • ffmpeg -i {input_file_name} -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -s 400x240 -crf 25 {output_file_name}
• Copy generated video files to your 3DS (anywhere on your SD card)

Replace {input_file_name} with your input file name and {output_file_name} with your output file name.
e.g. : ffmpeg -i original_video.mp4 -acodec aac -vcodec libx264 -s 800x240 -preset medium -crf 25 converted_video.mp4

for 3D video, referer this : How to convert your 3d video for 3DS (by T0biasCZe)

• In normal mode
  • A : Play/Pause
  • B : Stop
  • Y : Open settings menu
  • X : Select a file
  • R : Zoom in
  • L : Zoom out
  • CPAD : Move a video and/or subtitle
  • DPAD ←→ : Seek
  • DPAD ↑↓ : Change screen brightness
  • START : Back to main menu
  • SELECT : Enter fullscreen mode
  • Touch on the bar : Seek
• In fullscreen mode
  • A : Play/Pause
  • DPAD ←→ : Seek
  • DPAD ↑↓ : Change screen brightness
  • SELECT : Exit fullscreen mode

• English
• Japanese/日本語
• Hungarian/Magyar (translated by vargaviktor)
• Simplified Chinese/简体中文 (translated by LITTOMA)
• Italian/Italiano (translated by dixy52-beep)
• Spanish/Español (translated by Cookiee)
• Romanian/Română (translated by Tescu48)
• Polish/Polski (translated by JustScratchCoder)

Supported video codecs

• AV1
• H.261
• H.262
• H.263
• H.263+
• H.264 (AVC, MPEG4 part10)
• H.265 (HEVC)
• Motion jpeg
• MPEG1video
• MPEG2video
• MPEG4 (MPEG4 part2)

Supported audio codecs

• aac (Advanced audio coding)
• ac3
• mp1 (MPEG audio layer 1)
• mp2 (MPEG audio layer 2)
• mp3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
• pcm audio
• ogg (Vorbis)

Supported subtitle codecs

• movtext
• subrip
• subviewer (No style support)

Discord channel
GBAtemp thread

If you want to build only .3dsx :

• Install devkitpro
• Clone this repository
  • On windows open build.bat
  • On other system, type make (make -j for faster build)

If you want to build .3dsx and .cia :

• Install devkitpro
• Download bannertool and makerom
• Copy them in your path (e.g. in {devkitPro_install_dir}\tools\bin)
• Clone this repository
  • On windows open build.bat
  • On other system, type make (make -j for faster build)

On NEW 3(2)DS, it is recommended to use patched Luma3DS for better performance.

Videos that in this resolution will be played without any problems in most of the situations.

Videos that in this resolution may be played without problems if video is not moving a lot.

Note : Video resolution that exceeds screen resolution (400x240 on OLD2DS, 800x240 on OLD3DS, NEW2DS and NEW3DS) has little visible effect.

⚠️ Decoding speed depends on encoder option, video type, video scene, etc...
⚠️ This table shows average fps, so you may hear stutter audio if you use this framerate.
(Lower video resolution or framerate in that case)
Software decoding in this table uses only one thread not multi-threaded decoding.

MPEG1video
MPEG1video test file was encoded following command :
ffmpeg -i {input_file_name} -acodec copy -vcodec mpeg1video -s {width}x{height} -r 30 -q:v 15 {output_file_name}

MPEG2video
MPEG2video test file was encoded following command :
ffmpeg -i {input_file_name} -acodec copy -vcodec mpeg2video -s {width}x{height} -r 30 -q:v 15 {output_file_name}

H263+
H263+ test file was encoded following command :
ffmpeg -i {input_file_name} -acodec copy -vcodec h263p -s {width}x{height} -r 30 -q:v 15 {output_file_name}

H264
H264 test file was encoded following command :
ffmpeg -i {input_file_name} -acodec copy -vcodec libx264 -s {width}x{height} -r 30 -preset fast -profile:v baseline {output_file_name}

H265
H265 test file was encoded following command :
ffmpeg -i {input_file_name} -acodec copy -vcodec libx265 -s {width}x{height} -r 30 -preset fast -profile:v main {output_file_name}

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• v1.1.1
• v1.1.0
• v1.0.1
• v1.0.0

Changes
Ignore unsupported codec so that you can play supported codec only
(e.g. You can now play videos that contain unsupported subtitles/audio)

Fixed bugs
Hardware decoder won't play videos that contain B-frames smoothly has been fixed
(It means you don't have to care about B-frames when encoding to H.264 videos)

Added features
Screen update frequency in audio only files have been increased
Performance has been improved by adding DMA
Video playback is automatically paused when runs out of buffer
(You can change threshold by changing 'Restart playback threshold' settings)
Seeking speed has been improved

Changes
Disallow sleep when only headset is connected
(allow sleep if headset is disconnected during playback)
App directory has been changed from sdmc:/Video_player/ to sdmc:/3ds/Video_player/
(App will automatically move folder)
Simplified Chinese(简体中文) translation has been updated
Enabled 'correct aspect ratio option' by default

Fixed bugs
Crashes in hw decoder in some videos have been fixed
Automatically enter full screen mode even file explorer is opened has been fixed
App will freeze if you seek after EOF has been fixed
Unable to pause/resume in tagged mp3 has been fixed
Video position won't be saved in some cases have been fixed
Glitch on video in full screen mode has been fixed
Some directories can't be entered have been fixed
Some videos won't be played at correct speed has been fixed
Frame desync in some 3D videos have been fixed

Subtitles have been supported (*0)
Disable video, audio and subtitle have been added
Audio desync has been fixed
AV1 videos have been supported
The problem some video won't play smoothly in sw decoder has been fixed
Screen brightness adjustment function has been added (DPAD "↑" and "↓")
*0 No style support, only plain text
Other minor changes

Unexpected touch in Nintendo's home menu has been fixed
Multi-threaded decoding stability has been fixed and it is enabled by default
Seeking stability has been fixed
Repeat, in order, random playback mode have been added
Other minor changes

The "FSUSER_OpenFile() failed" error has been fixed
Adjusted font and button size in settings menu
Multi-threaded decoding is disabled by default because it has stability problem
Polish(Polski) translation has been added (by JustScratchCoder)
Other minor changes

Decoded image(raw) buffer has been added and it makes playback
much much much much better (especially on OLD3DS) Spanish(español) translation has been added (by Cookiee)
Romanian(Română) translation has been added (by Tescu48)
Other minor changes

'aspect ratio 10:3 mode' has been changed to 'correct aspect ratio mode' (follow sar value(*0))
Color conversion speed has been improved
Simplified Chinese(简体中文) translation has been added (by LITTOMA)
Italian(italiano) translation has been added (by dixy52-beep)
*0 if video size is 800x240 and no sar value is set, it autmatically apply sar 1:2
Other minor changes

Added aspect ratio 10:3 mode (for 800x240 videos)
Added disable resize and move video mode
Added remember video pos mode (resume from that pos next time)
Other minor changes

Volume adjustment has been added (from 0% to 999%)
Direction pad seeking has been added (from 1 second to 99 seconds)
Hungarian(magyar) translation has been added (by vargaviktor)
Other minor changes

The video that has more than one audio tracks has been supported (Press Y key-> select audio track to select track)
Multi-threaded decoding has been supported (Press Y key-> use multi-threaded decoding to toggle)
Hardware decoder has been merged (Press Y key-> use hw decoder to toggle)
Full screen mode has been supported (Press select key to toggle)
Other minor changes

Hardware decoding won't work in .cia has been fixed
Hardware decoding won't work in some resolution has been fixed
Added hardware color conversion for software decoder
Added 3D video support(software decoder only)
Other minor changes and optimization

Video will not be decoded correctly in hardware decoder has been fixed

Added hardware decoder (β)

Added allow skip frames option

Initial release

• Core 2 Extreme
• dixy52-beep (icon, banner, in app texture, Italian translation)
• windows-server-2003 (bug fix)
• vargaviktor (Hungarian translation)
• HIDE810 (bug fix)
• LITTOMA (Simplified chinese translation)
• Cookiee (Spanish translation)
• Tescu48 (Romanian translation)
• JustScratchCoder (Polish translation)

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