Archos Video Player: An Uncompromised Video Experience


The critically acclaimed Archos Video Player app offers an exceptional video experience on tablets, phones, and AndroidTV devices.

Play Everything



  • Play videos from your computer, server, or NAS (SMB, UPnP, FTP*, SFTP*)

  • Play videos from external USB storage

  • Seamless integration of videos from all sources in a unified collection

  • Automatic online retrieval of movie and TV show descriptions with posters and backdrops

  • Integrated subtitle download

  • Torrent streaming* (previously downloaded .torrent files can be opened directly; note that no torrent search engine is included in the application)

Best Player Features



  • Hardware accelerated video decoding for most devices and formats

  • Support for multi-audio tracks and multiple subtitles

  • Supported file formats: MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc.

  • Supported subtitle file types: SRT, SUB, ASS, SMI, etc.

TV Friendly



  • Dedicated “leanback” user interface for Android TV

  • AC3/DTS passthrough (HDMI or S/PDIF) on supported hardware: Nexus Player, NVidia SHIELD TV, Rockchip, and AmLogic based TV boxes

  • 3D support with side-by-side and top-bottom playback modes for 3D TVs

  • Audio Boost to increase the audio level of poorly encoded files

  • Night Mode to dynamically adjust audio levels

Browse the Way You Like



  • Instant access to recently added and recently played videos

  • Browse movies by name, genre, year, duration, and rating

  • Browse TV shows by seasons

  • Folder browsing supported for those who prefer an old-school style

And Even More!



  • Share and track what you've watched using Trakt scrobbler*

  • Multi-device network video resume

  • Use descriptions and posters from NFO files when available

  • Scheduled rescan of your network content (Leanback UI only)

  • Private mode: temporarily disable playback history recording

  • Manually adjust subtitles synchronization

  • Manually adjust audio/video synchronization

* Note: Some features are only available in the premium/paid version.


To access the full version of the application (all features, no ads), you can either purchase the Paid app or use the in-app purchase option in the free version.

Support and Compatibility


If you have any issues or requests regarding this app, please check our Google+ support group.


If you encounter any issues with video hardware decoding, you can force software decoding in the application preferences.


Archos Video Player is compatible with Android 4.0 and above.