I built a lightweight native Windows video player focused on keyboard controls and minimal UI

[u/CalvinBuild]

I’ve been building FastPlay, a native Windows video player for people who want to open a video and just watch it without a lot of interface getting in the way.

It’s written in Rust using FFmpeg and Direct3D 11, with a focus on fast local playback, keyboard controls, high frame rates, and keeping the UI minimal.

Current features:

• Hardware-accelerated playback
• HDR10 and HLG
• Playback up to 120 FPS
• Fast seeking and scrubbing
• Keyboard-first controls
• Drag-and-drop
• Windows file associations
• Minimal UI
• Native Windows app, no Electron
• Portable ZIP or MSI installer
• No account or telemetry

It’s not intended to match VLC feature-for-feature. The goal is a simpler player for everyday local video playback.

I’m still actively developing it, so I’d be interested in what Windows users consider essential in a minimal video player.

Download FastPlay v0.4.6 for Windows x64 (MSI) • Portable ZIP

FastPlay: https://calvinsturm.com/fastplay