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!

Recent changes:
New update