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right-click a card and see everything on it, clips, audio and raw stills, in one window. check exposure, then cull your stills for lightroom.

features
01

plays what your cameras shoot

prores, dnxhr, hevc 10-bit, av1, mxf and the usual mp4 and mov, on the gpu. no codec packs.

02

editor keys and timecode

j/k/l up to 16x and in reverse, frame stepping, loops and source timecode.

03

exposure checks

.cube luts, false color and zebras, like a camera monitor.

04

raw stills that page like jpegs

25+ raw formats open straight from the camera's preview.

05

culling for lightroom

stars, picks and rejects go into .xmp sidecars that lightroom classic reads on import.

in use
aps player showing a clip from a camera card, with the card's other clips in a strip below the picture.
every clip on the card, one click apart.
aps player with the seek bar being dragged and a small frame preview above it.
scrub any clip; the frame follows your hand.
aps player showing a camera raw photo just marked as a pick, the card's photos in the strip below.
press p to keep a photo; the mark saves alongside.
aps player with the card's photos in the strip, each one marked as a pick.
a card culled: clips watched, keepers picked.
how it works
  1. buy it once and download it from your account page.
  2. right-click a clip, a photo or a card folder and choose 'play with aps player'.
  3. step through with pgup/pgdn, check exposure, rate your stills.
details
requirements
  • windows 10 (version 2004 / build 19041 or later) or 11, 64-bit
  • a graphics card with directx 11 drivers
  • about 70 mb installed, plus a preview cache
  • online once every 30 days for the license check
good to know
  • it's a viewer: no trimming, clip export or transcoding.
  • prores raw, arriraw, nikon n-raw and canon cinema raw light aren't supported. a .braw file opens in blackmagic's free raw player.
  • marks reach lightroom for raw files like arw, cr3, nef and raf, not for dng or jpeg.
the installer

our installers aren't code-signed, so windows may say it doesn't recognize the app. choose 'more info' and 'run anyway', but only for an installer you downloaded from your account page.

version 1.1.3 · released 3 nov 2026.

privacy and trademarks

no ads, no analytics. it only goes online for the license check, for updates and for feedback you choose to send. questions: 'send feedback' in aps player or [email protected].

other product names are trademarks of their owners. aps player isn't affiliated with them.

third-party notices

questions
i already have vlc. why pay for this?

for plain playback you don't need to. you pay for what's around it: j/k/l with reverse, source timecode, luts, false color, zebras and raw culling in one window.

will my ratings show up in lightroom?

yes, for raw files like arw, cr3, nef and raf. a pick arrives as a green label and a reject as a -1 rating.

does it play blackmagic raw?

no. a .braw file opens in blackmagic's free raw player if you have it.

does it work with files on a nas or onedrive?

yes. cloud placeholders open right away, and a read-ahead cache keeps nas playback smooth.

is there a mac version?

no. windows 10 and 11, 64-bit, only.

what does buying once get me?

the app, for good: every 1.x update, on 3 machines at a time. if it's not for you, ask for a refund within 14 days. the license page has the details. an aps suite subscription unlocks this app too.

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  2. aps encode

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