Vireo Player · Features
Vireo Player features
All features, grouped by area. Each one is included on every plan unless the comparison table below says otherwise.
Playback
5 features
Plays everything
AV1, HEVC, H.264, VP9, ProRes and more in MKV, MP4, MOV, WebM and TS containers.
Hardware decoding
D3D11 on Windows, VideoToolbox on macOS, VA-API and Vulkan on Linux.
Frame stepping
Step forward and back one frame at a time, with the exact timecode shown.
A–B loop and clip export
Loop a section and export it as a lossless clip without re-encoding.
Automatic chapters
Files without chapters get markers from scene detection, editable and saved per file.
Subtitles
4 features
Auto-sync
Matches subtitle timing to the speech in the audio track, correcting offset and drift.
All common formats
SRT, ASS/SSA with full styling, WebVTT, PGS and VobSub image subtitles.
Dual subtitles
Show two tracks at once, for example the original language above a translation.
Per-file style
Size, position, font and colour are remembered for each file or for each folder.
Picture and sound
6 features
HDR tone mapping
HDR10 and HLG mapped to your display's peak brightness with BT.2390, Hable or Mobius curves.
Display profiles
One calibration profile per monitor, switched automatically when you move the window.
Shader presets
Sharpening, debanding and upscaling presets you can toggle while watching.
Bit-perfect output
WASAPI exclusive mode on Windows and CoreAudio hog mode on macOS.
Passthrough
Dolby TrueHD, Atmos, DTS-HD MA and E-AC-3 sent unchanged over HDMI or S/PDIF.
Loudness normalization
EBU R128 levelling so dialogue is clear and loud scenes don't startle.
Library
4 features
Network sources
Browse SMB, NFS and WebDAV shares with saved credentials in your OS keychain.
Watch folders
New files in a watched folder appear in your library automatically.
Resume everywhere
Position, audio track, subtitle track and delay are remembered per file.
Casting
Send playback to Chromecast and DLNA renderers on your network.
Specifications
The technical details.
- Containers
- MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, WebM, TS/M2TS, FLV, OGG
- Video codecs
- AV1, HEVC/H.265, H.264, VP9, MPEG-2, ProRes
- Audio codecs
- FLAC, ALAC, Opus, AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, TrueHD, WAV, DSD (DoP)
- Languages
- English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Japanese
- Current version
- 1.4.2 (October 2026)
System requirements
Windows
- Windows 10 (1909) or Windows 11, 64-bit
- DirectX 11 compatible GPU
- 4 GB RAM, 150 MB disk space
macOS
- macOS 12 Monterey or later
- Apple silicon or Intel
- 4 GB RAM, 160 MB disk space
Linux
- Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 39+, or any distro with Flatpak
- Vulkan or VA-API capable GPU
- 4 GB RAM, 170 MB disk space