Windows Getting Started and General Help

CnX's library with a mini player card in the bottom right corner.

Watch in the mini player while browsing your library

CnX Player 5.0: keep watching in a mini player inside the library, use playback controls and expand back to the full player.

Videos: PantheraLeo1359531 and Rose Abrams / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0; “Big Buck Bunny” and “Sintel” © Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0; “Sol Levante” by Akira Saitoh, Production I.G / Netflix Open Content, CC BY 4.0.

CnX Player's library in the dark theme: a grid of video thumbnails with titles and details.

Search videos in your Windows library

CnX Player 5.0: search your video library by name and check that the source folder is included when a video is missing.

Videos: PantheraLeo1359531 and Rose Abrams / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0; “Big Buck Bunny” and “Sintel” © Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0; “Sol Levante” by Akira Saitoh, Production I.G / Netflix Open Content, CC BY 4.0.

Hide or show videos in earlier Windows versions

Earlier Windows instructions for hiding folders from the CnX Player library. Hiding library items is not a security or access-control feature.

CnX's tracks panel on its Subtitles tab over a frame from Sintel: the subtitle languages on the left, the text size, colour, style and position on the right.

Add subtitles and adjust their appearance

CnX Player 5.0: select subtitles, adjust timing, size, colour and position, and choose preferred language and style settings.

“Sintel” © copyright Blender Foundation | durian.blender.org, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).

Getting started with CnX Player for Windows

CnX Player 5.0: add your video folders, browse the Windows library and open a video. Casting and 10-bit HDR are Pro features.

Videos: PantheraLeo1359531 and Rose Abrams / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0; “Big Buck Bunny” and “Sintel” © Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0; “Sol Levante” by Akira Saitoh, Production I.G / Netflix Open Content, CC BY 4.0.

CnX Player's Settings window on the General tab, showing CnX Player Lifetime.

Manage watch history

CnX Player 5.0: find Clear watch history in Settings, General. Earlier History Count instructions are retained separately.

Choose subtitle languages in CnX Player

CnX Player 5.0: choose an available subtitle language, set appearance preferences and consult an earlier subtitle format reference.