🎬 Supported Codecs
MPEG-2, VC-1 (WMV), some MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, AV1. NVDEC cannot hardware-accelerate every video codec or every video format / profile.
NVDEC-Play 1.0 key bindings and mouse controls.
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| AUDIO --- m | Pressing m toggles audio mute on or off during playback at any time with one keystroke. |
| FRAME --- COMMA | Comma moves backward by one video frame and pauses playback when you press it. |
| FRAME --- POINT | The period key advances the video by one frame, then pauses playback during playback. |
| PAUSE --- SPACE | Toggles playback between playing and pausing. Right-click with your mouse to do the same. |
| FULLSCREEN --- f | Toggles fullscreen. You can also click the left mouse button to do the same. |
| QUIT --- q ESC CLOSE_WIN | Quits NVDEC-Play. You can press q, Esc, or click the X button on the window. |
| SEEK --- LEFT ARROW | Seeks backward by 5 seconds when you press the key or scroll the mouse wheel upward. |
| SEEK --- RIGHT ARROW | Seeks forward by 5 seconds when you press the key or scroll the mouse wheel downward. |
| SEEK --- UP | Seek 1 minute forward. |
| SEEK --- DOWN | Seek 1 minute backward. |
| A-B LOOP --- l | l set the loop start (A), press l to set the loop end (B) or clear the A–B loop if you press l again. |
| INFO --- i | Displays video information for 5 seconds. Checks hardware decoding; nvdec is NVIDIA’s video decoder. |
| INFO --- o | Shows the current time, total duration, playback position, and other playback information. |
| INFO --- P | Show playback progress. |
| SCREENSHOT --- s | Take a screenshot at the original video resolution without subtitles. |
| SCREENSHOT --- Alt+s | Automatically screenshot every frame; issue this command again to stop taking screenshots. |
| VIDEO --- 1 2 | Increase or decrease brightness. |
| VIDEO --- 3 4 | Increase or decrease contrast. |
| VIDEO --- 5 6 | Increase or decrease saturation. |
| VIDEO --- 7 8 | Increase or decrease gamma. |
| VIDEO --- r | Reset all adjustments: brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma. |
| VIDEO --- A | Override video aspect ratio: "16:9" "4:3" "2.35:1" "Original" |
🧩 Vulkan GLSL Shaders
+ Vulkan DeblockForge-8X8 2.0 + Vulkan ChromaFromLumaPrediction 1.1
These shaders are only applied when a video is upscaled. More shaders soon.
🌐 Fedora 43 only. (Oct 22 2026)
NVDEC-Play 1.0 NVDEC-Play is complex, it doesn’t work with AppImage (bundles the application along with its dependencies). More Linux distributions will be supported soon. AppImage file deleted for now.