Arctic Video Player

Arctic Video Player is a powerful, lightweight, and modern video player designed for smooth playback and easy file management. No ads, no tracking — just pure video experience.

Key Features:

🎬 High-performance video playback

- Supports MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, TS, MTS, and many more formats
- Hardware acceleration for smooth, battery-efficient playback
- Remembers last playback position for each video
- Auto-play next video in folder

🖼️ Custom video thumbnails

- Change any video thumbnail permanently (embedded in file)
- Two methods: direct attachment or convert to MP4 first
- Reset to original thumbnail anytime

📁 Smart folder explorer

- Browse internal storage, SD cards, USB OTG
- Favorites — pin important folders
- Sort by name, date, or size
- Grid 2-3 column or list view
- Show/hide hidden folders

🎚️ Gesture controls

- Horizontal swipe to seek
- Tap to show/hide playback controls

📝 Subtitles support

- Load external .SRT files
- Download subtitles online (OpenSubtitles.com)
- Embedded subtitles for MKV files (multi-track selection)
- Adjust font size (12–28sp)

🔊 Volume & speed control

- Independent app volume (saved between sessions)
- Playback speed: 0.5x – 2.0x
- Quick mute/unmute

📸 Screenshots

- Floating screenshot button (draggable, show/hide)
- Two capture methods: PixelCopy or MediaRetriever
- Saved to Pictures/ArcticVideoPlayer

🗑️ File management

- Delete videos (internal + external storage with permission)
- Rename videos without losing extension
- Open with external video apps
- Clear default app preference

🎨 Modern UI

- Material 3 design
- Light/dark theme follows system
- Fullscreen landscape playback with immersive mode (auto-hide controls)
- Breadcrumb navigation for fast folder switching

Why Arctic Video Player?Many video players are slow, bloated, or full of ads. Arctic focuses on what matters: playing your videos instantly, organizing your files easily, and giving you full control without distractions.

Permissions explained:

- Storage — to access your videos and save screenshots
- Foreground service — to process thumbnails in background without freezing UI

Note for Android 11+:To delete or modify files on external SD card/USB, you may need to grant "All files access" once. The app will guide you when needed.

Open source libraries:

- ExoPlayer — video playback
- FFmpegKit — thumbnail modification
- Accompanist — permissions and system UI
- OpenSubtitles API — subtitle search

Support & feedback:If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please contact us via email. We're continuously improving Arctic Video Player.

Download now and enjoy your videos, the way they should be!