VistaPlayer – 4K Video Player

4K HDR playback, flawless ASS and dual subtitles, SMB/WebDAV streaming from your NAS, thumbnail seek and smart gestures. Drop in any video and VistaPlayer just plays it.

VistaPlayer is the private, all-format video player for iPhone and iPad. Built on the mpv engine with hardware decoding, it plays the files other players refuse — MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, WebM, TS and more — without converting a single byte. Stream from your NAS over SMB or WebDAV, or paste a link and watch.

PLAY ANYTHING

• MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, WebM, TS, M2TS, VOB and dozens more, with no conversion

• 4K HDR hardware decoding via VideoToolbox: smooth playback and longer battery life

• 10-bit colour, 5.1 and 7.1 surround, automatic fallback to software decoding

YOUR NAS, YOUR CINEMA

• Connect SMB and WebDAV servers, browse folders and tap any file to play it

• Seeking works while streaming, so no file has to be downloaded first

• Import from the Files app, AirDrop, or the built-in Wi-Fi transfer page

SUBTITLES, DONE PROPERLY

• Pixel-perfect ASS and SSA rendering with libass, effects and karaoke intact

• Two subtitle tracks at once, each with its own delay and position

• External subtitles matched automatically, with GBK, Big5 and Shift-JIS detection

CONTROL AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

• Swipe for brightness and volume, or to seek with live thumbnail previews

• Long-press for a speed boost, or pick 0.5x to 4x as a fixed speed

• Resume where you left off: position, audio track and subtitles remembered

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

• No account, no advertising, no third-party analytics and no tracking

• Your library, history and settings stay on your device, credentials in the Keychain

• Open source core: mpv, FFmpeg and libass under LGPL v2.1

• Tip: long-press the screen during playback for a temporary speed boost • Tip: set preferred subtitle and audio languages so the right track is picked automatically • Tip: raise the network cache in Settings if a remote file stutters • Tip: the advanced options page passes mpv options straight through • Tip: the Wi-Fi transfer page accepts uploads from any computer on the network

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Video containers: MKV, MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, FLV, WMV, WebM, TS, M2TS, MPG, VOB, RMVB, 3GP, OGV, ASF, DIVX, XVID, F4V, MXF, M2V, RM, DV Video codecs: H.264 / AVC, H.265 / HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV3, ProRes, MJPEG, H.263, DNxHD, Theora, 8-bit, 10-bit Audio codecs: AAC, MP3, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, OGG Vorbis, Opus, AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, PCM, APE, WMA, AMR, AIFF, M4A, 5.1 and 7.1 surround Subtitle formats: SRT, ASS, SSA, VTT, SUB, IDX, SUP, PGS, SMI, SAMI, TTML, MPL2, MicroDVD, embedded and external tracks, GBK, Big5, Shift-JIS, UTF-8 Network sources: SMB / CIFS with SMB2 and SMB3, WebDAV over HTTP and HTTPS, direct HTTP(S) links, HLS (m3u8), guest or credentialed login, custom ports Playback: Hardware decoding via VideoToolbox with software fallback, network cache tuning, 0.5x to 4x speed, long-press boost, playlists, loop, shuffle Subtitle rendering: Pixel-perfect ASS and SSA rendering with libass, styles and effects intact, per-track size, colour, position and delay, secondary track Touch controls: Vertical swipe for brightness and volume, horizontal swipe to seek, live thumbnail preview, tap and double tap, orientation lock, full-screen seek System: iOS and iPadOS 17 or later, iPhone and iPad, Picture in Picture, background audio, lock screen and Control Centre, Files app, AirDrop, Wi-Fi transfer Engine and privacy: mpv engine with FFmpeg and libass under LGPL v2.1, mpv option passthrough, no account, no advertising, no analytics, no tracking Quality: 4K, 2160p and HDR10, video zoom, aspect override via mpv options, playback history with resume, sorting by name, date or size

VistaPlayer is made for people who keep their own media. Point it at a folder or a server, press play, and it gets out of the way. If something will not play, tell us the format and where the file lives. Support and privacy details are on our support page.

Also supported mpeg-ts,mpeg-ps,prores,mpeg-4,h.264,h.265,10-bit,8-bit,dts-hd,truehd,e-ac-3,webm,hevc,vp8,vp9,theora,microdvd