Manage Videos and Playlists on Windows

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

Add videos to your CnX Player library

CnX Player 5.0: add a video folder through Manage Folders, then browse Folders or All Videos in your Windows library.

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.

Open a single video without adding its folder

Open one video without adding its folder: locate Open in the CnX Player 5.0 and consult clearly labelled earlier Windows methods.

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.

Delete videos: earlier Windows instructions

Earlier Windows video-deletion instructions and the difference between deleting a file from your PC and removing an item from the library.

Remove videos from the library without deleting files

Understand library removal versus file deletion, with earlier Windows instructions for removing a folder from CnX Player without deleting its videos.

CnX's player playing a forest video, with the queue open on the right: the playing video highlighted and the next ones below it.

Create a playlist from your video queue

CnX Player 5.0: check the video queue, shuffle a line-up and save it as a playlist to find again in Library.

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.

Add a folder’s videos to a playlist

Folders, queues and playlists in CnX Player: save a line-up for later, with separate folder-to-playlist instructions for earlier Windows versions.

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.

Add videos to Favourites

CnX Player 5.0: use the heart beside a library video and return to saved videos from Favourites.

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's library grouped into HDR and Standard sections.

Sort and group videos in the library

CnX Player 5.0: arrange the library with sorting, group videos by HDR, resolution or folder, and choose grid or list presentation.

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.

Add videos to a playlist

CnX Player 5.0: understand the queue and saved playlists, with earlier-version add-to-playlist instructions clearly identified.

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.