Video player 3DS

Video player
File:Videoplayerfor3DS.jpg
General
Author	Core-2-Extreme
Type	Media players
Version	1.5.3
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2023/03/13
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Homebrew video player for the 3DS. It supports English, Japanese and Hungarian/Magyar. On NEW 3(2)DS, it is recommended to use patched Luma3DS for better performance.

Features

• Hardware accelerated decoding (New 3DS or New 2DS only).
• Hardware accelerated color conversion.
• Multiple video codec support(MPEG4, H.264, H.265, Motion Jpeg).
• Multiple audio codec support (mp1, mp2, mp3, ac3, aac, ogg, pcm audio).
• Seek.
• 3D video (New 3DS or 3DS only, software decoder only.).
• Zoom in/out video.
• Move video.
• File explorer.
• Multiple languages (English, Japanese and Hungarian/Magyar by vargaviktor).

User guide

Performance

Software decoding
Old 3DS	256x144 (144p) @ 30fps (H.264)
New 3DS	640x360 (360p) @ 24fps (H.264)
Hardware decoding
New 3DS	854x480 (480p) @ 40~50fps (H.264)

Supported codec

Video	Audio
Motion jpeg	mp1 (MPEG audio layer 1)
MPEG4 (MPEG4 part2)	mp2 (MPEG audio layer 2)
H.264 (MPEG4 part10)	mp3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
H.265 (HEVC)	ac3
	aac (Advanced audio coding)
	ogg (Vorbis)
	pcm audio

How to watch 3D video

This feature is for new 3DS or 3DS only, software decoder only.

To see 3D video as 3D, enable 3D mode in settings (Settings> LCD> Screen mode> 3D).

Controls

A - Play, Pause

B - Stop

Y - Debug

X - Select file

R/L - Zoom in/out

D-Pad/Circle Pad - Move video

Touch the bar - Seek

Changelog

v1.5.3 2023/03/13

• Changes
  • Audio files more than 2ch (e.g. 2.1ch) has been supported.
  • Many pixel formats have been supported, however, YUV420P is recommended for performance reason.
  • Ryukyuan(琉球諸語) translation has been added (by kuragehimekurara1).
  • Auto mode for top screen mode has been added, when this is enabled (settings -> LCD -> screen mode -> auto) you can just use 3d slider to change between 3D <-> 800px mode.
  • Simplified Chinese(简体中文) translation has been updated.
• Fixed bugs
  • Many problems with seek function including backward seeking has been fixed.
  • Problem that it won't enter sleep mode in some case has been fixed.
  • Problem that h263p video is not played correctly in some resolution has been fixed.

v1.5.2 2022/09/21
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)

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

v1.5.1 2022/07/14

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

v1.5.0 2022/03/29

• 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 "↓").
• Other minor changes.
• 0 No style support, only plain text.

v1.4.2 2022/01/09

• 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.

v1.4.1 2021/12/11

• 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).

v1.4.0 2021/10/25

• 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).

v1.3.1 2021/08/28

• 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.

Release notes.

Credits

• 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)
• T0biasCZe (Nintendo Video Convertor)
• kuragehimekurara1 (Ryukyuan translation)

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/Core-2-Extreme/Video_player_for_3DS
• GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-video-player-for-3ds.586094