Playback and inspect the files ordinary players cannot handle.
n.Player is built for post-production, broadcast QC, and archive teams that work with professional media formats every day. Open MXF, XDCAM, XAVC, ProRes, DNxHD/DNxHR, AVC-Intra, DVCPRO HD, and other production files with frame-accurate control and technical inspection tools.
Powerful features
For demanding post-production, broadcast, and archive workflows.
n.Player is more than a preview tool. It helps users play, compare, inspect, troubleshoot, and prepare professional media files without first transcoding them into a consumer format.
Native professional formats
Play production media directly, including MXF OP-Atom/OP1a, XDCAM HD/EX, XAVC/XAVC-I, ProRes, DNxHD, AVC-Intra, and DVCPRO HD.
Frame-accurate playback
Step forward and backward frame by frame with full LTC/VITC timecode display and optional timecode burn-in overlay.
Inspection tools
Use MXF Explorer and MP4 Explorer to inspect tracks, descriptors, atoms, essence containers, and file structure for troubleshooting.
Trim, cut, remux
Trim fragments, combine chunks, and process files without unnecessary re-encoding where supported, keeping quality and saving time.
EBU R128 normalizing
The nablet MXF normalizer adds a function to normalize MXF audio to comply with the EBU R128 loudness standard.
Closed captions
Supports CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions, including services 1–63, for professional review and QC workflows.
Extended metadata preview
Preview extended metadata for MP4 and MXF files so technical users can verify file structure and key stream properties without leaving the player.
Sony FX5 support
Coming soon.
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What’s new
A completely new interface, built around workspaces.
Move and dock widgets where you need them, switch between default workspaces for playback, trimming and analysis, and keep the nablet tools one click away.
Dockable widgets
Rearrange the interface freely. Widgets can be moved and docked at different positions to match the task and the screen.
Default workspaces
Three ready-made workspaces, including Video Playback and Work / Trim, take you from review to editing and analysis without rebuilding the layout.
Smart rendering trim
The Work / Trim workspace adds a new smart rendering engine with support for many HEVC profiles.
Enhanced side-by-side
Compare two files with joint play/pause, individual timecode preview and individual audio on/off.
SDI in and out
Play from SDI and play to SDI with Blackmagic Decklink devices.
Integrated nablet tools
A tools panel opens TS Explorer, MXF Explorer, MP4 Explorer and Zond 265 to inspect, MeExpress, Video Search and the Normalizer to process, and Screen2MXF to capture.
Latest camera data
A realtime-metadata extension supports the latest camera data, and Sony X-OCN files are now supported.
Audio, refined
A cleaned-up audio meter, an enhanced EBU R128 normalizer and an audio buffer loop (beta). S3 playback and MXF components are updated and fixed.
n.Player is available for Windows and for macOS (Apple Silicon). Available features can differ between Standard and Pro.
Many new analyzers
See what is inside the picture and the stream.
Dock the analyzers next to the video and watch them while you play, scrub or step through frames.
Scopes
Y-Histogram, Luma Waveform, RGB Parade, Vector Scope and HDR Waveform for exposure, color and HDR checks.
Stream and bitrate
Bitrate display with current, peak and average values, a decoding buffer view and a coded frame index with IDR details.
Content detection
Find black frames, green frames and scene changes, and jump straight to them.
Sync check
LipSync check (beta) to help verify audio and video alignment.
Inside n.Player
What it looks like in daily use.
A professional player built for inspection, not just playback — file analysis, smart trimming, mediaEngine-powered transcoding, metadata preview, and side-by-side review in one workflow.
QC and troubleshooting
When playback must also explain what is inside the file.
Editors, broadcast engineers, archive operators, and imaging technicians need to know not only whether a file plays, but also whether its container, tracks, metadata, timecode, and essence are valid for the workflow.
Who uses it
Built around real professional-media jobs.
Editors and post-production
Verify source files, EDLs, timecode, and playback before conforming or delivery. Troubleshoot problematic media faster.
Broadcast QC and engineers
Open difficult production and broadcast files, inspect container structure, compare versions, and validate file properties.
Archivists and imaging technicians
Check that archived files can still be played faithfully and that important metadata is present and understandable.
Video Search integration
Open hard-to-play files and check nearby matches.
n.Player connects naturally with Video Search. Files that Video Search cannot play directly, such as certain professional MXF formats, can be opened in n.Player by pressing a button. In the other direction, n.Player users can check whether the current playback position, around ±5 seconds, has matches in the content selected in Video Search.
Editions
Choose Standard or Pro depending on how deep your workflow goes.
Standard covers professional playback and inspection; Pro adds file repair, MXF processing, smart trimming, and transcoding.
Standard
Professional playback and inspection for daily post-production and QC use.
- Professional file playback (DNxHD, DNxHR, ProRes, XDCAM, XAVC, AVC-Intra and more)
- Growing file playback support
- Frame-by-frame stepping and timecode
- Split-screen / side-by-side mode
- Audio meter
- H.264, H.265 and MPEG-2 elementary streams
- MP4 and MXF file analysis and validation
Pro
Everything in Standard, plus deeper processing tools for file repair, professional MXF workflows, smart trimming, and transcoding.
- Everything in Standard
- File remuxing and repair
- Professional MXF processing
- EBU R128 audio normalizing (MXF)
- Trim with Smart Renderer
- Transcoding
- Advanced workflow utilities
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