Plays everything. Converts nothing.
That MKV your "modern" player refuses to open. The RMVB from 2009. The 8-bit-era AVI, the WebM from the web, the camera's MOV, the .ts capture. KenjaPlayer opens them all — with hardware-accelerated 4K/8K HDR playback — and it stays out of the way while it does.
Two engines, one player
KenjaPlayer routes every file to the engine that plays it best: Apple's AVFoundation when it fits, and a bundled libmpv when it doesn't. You never pick — the right decoder just happens.
- AVFoundation — native, battery-friendly playback for Apple-native media.
- libmpv (MPV) — the engine the video community trusts, for everything exotic.
- Hardware acceleration — 4K and 8K, HDR and 10-bit, decoded on the GPU.
- Automatic routing — files open instantly in whichever engine fits.
The format matrix
The short list of a very long list. If a format plays on a modern computer, it probably plays here.
| CATEGORY | SUPPORTED | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Containers | MKV · MP4 · AVI · RMVB / RM · WMV · FLV · WebM · MOV · TS / M2TS · DivX · 3GP · OGV | 100+ total via libmpv |
| Video codecs | H.264 / AVC · H.265 / HEVC · AV1 · VP9 · VP8 · MPEG-1/2/4 · DivX / XviD · RealVideo | Hardware-decoded where the SoC supports it |
| Quality | Up to 4K / 8K · HDR · Dolby Vision · 10-bit | GPU-accelerated pipeline |
| Audio | AAC · MP3 · FLAC · ALAC · AC-3 / E-AC-3 · Opus · Vorbis · DTS | Pass-through on supported setups |
| Subtitles | SRT · VTT · ASS / SSA (embedded) · PGS | Plus live AI-generated tracks |
Missing something? Tell us — format support keeps expanding.
A player that respects the film
Format support is table stakes; the experience is the game. KenjaPlayer borrows the best ideas from desktop players like IINA and polishes them for touch and remote.
- Immersive, borderless window on Mac — nothing between you and the picture.
- Collapsible translucent control bar — shrinks to a line when idle, draggable where you want it.
- Full Apple platforms — iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV from one download.
- AI on top — any format, any language, subtitled live.