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Video player for 3DS v1.8.0 by Core-2-Extreme

Released Sep 11, 2026 · Apps
246,851 downloads on GitHub · Source code

Plays videos from the SD card, with hardware decoding on the New 3DS, subtitles and 3D video

Apps.3dsx.cia

Install on your 3DS

QR code of the download link for Video_player_for_3DS.cia

Method 1Scan the QR code
With FBI (Remote Install › Scan QR Code) or 3dsDL (Scan QR Code). Either one installs it.

Method 2Send it to your 3DS
Open 3dsDL › Receive on the same Wi-Fi, then press:
Send to 3dsDL

Other ways to install

From your SD card: copy Video_player_for_3DS.3dsx into /3ds/ and start it from the Homebrew Launcher.

Files

FileSizeSHA-256
Video_player_for_3DS.3dsx15.0 MB 3d05e14d…8e1d Download
Video_player_for_3DS.cia11.4 MB c1c2c90b…6016 Download
Video_player_for_3DS_high_ram.cia11.4 MB 8bdc8076…1309 Download

Downloads come from the developer's GitHub release while it's there. If GitHub stops serving a file, or the file there changes, the same link serves our copy.

All versions (20)

Screenshots

Video player for 3DS screenshot
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Video player for 3DS screenshot
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Video player for 3DS screenshot
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Video player for 3DS screenshot
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About Video player for 3DS

Find a file with the built-in file browser and it plays. On a New 3DS or New 2DS it can decode in hardware. Files with several audio tracks or with subtitles work, and you can seek, zoom, move the picture around or go full screen. There's a night mode too.

3D videos play on a New 3DS or 3DS with the software decoder. Set Screen mode to 3D or Auto in the LCD settings to see them in 3D.

Videos usually need converting to a size and format the 3DS can handle first. Nintendo Video Convertor by T0biasCZe and VideoPlayer3DS DS Assistant by JustScratchCoder do that, or you can use ffmpeg yourself.

Release notes

v1.8.0 · Video player for 3DS v1.8.0 · Sep 11, 2026

![Discord](https://discord.gg/MMsAXvetpR) ![GBAtemp](https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-video-player-for-3ds.586094)

Changes \
Added FTP server.
> [!CAUTION]
> ⚠️ Background transfer while watching videos is possible, but may affect playback performance (especially on OLD3DS).

Updated devkitARM to r68-1. \
WebVTT has been supported (#71). \
PGSSub has been supported (#91). \
H266 (VVC) has been supported.

Fixed bugs \
One eye freeze on dual-track 3D videos have been fixed (#87). \
Crash on HW decoder when try to play 1920px+ videos has been fixed (by disabling HW decoder on such videos).

About high RAM cia \
..._high_ram.cia can use more RAM than normal .cia and .3dsx, this can reduce chance of getting out of (linear) memory errors. \
When you open/close it your 3DS will reboot so it may take a while to open/close the app, and you can't use the Internet browser while you are using it.

This is free software, but I accept donation.

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