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Canny Media Player on Windows Pc

Developed By: Bzire publish

License: Free

Rating: 4,4/5 - 64 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version beta
Size 9.8 MB
Release Date March 02, 18
Category Video Players & Editors Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to read from external storage. [see more (7)]

What's New:
Improved performance.Updated UI. [see more]

Description from Developer:
Canny media player is the best means to watch videos in Android devices. It supports almost all video and audio formats. It supports playback, both from local media and over networ... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Canny Media Player and install on Windows PC. Canny Media Player is free Video Players & Editors app, developed by Bzire publish. Latest version of Canny Media Player is beta, was released on 2018-03-02 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of Canny Media Player is 4,4. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 64 users, 3 users had rated it 5*, 46 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Canny Media Player on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Canny Media Player on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Canny Media Player on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Canny Media Player using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Canny Media Player" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Canny Media Player on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Canny Media Player" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

Discussion

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Canny media player is the best means to watch videos in Android devices. It supports almost all video and audio formats. It supports playback, both from local media and over network. The floating window feature of the app, brings the real multi-tasking experience to you. With the floating window video player you can watch your favorite movie while using Facebook, whats-app, or while browsing internet. The video window is resizable and drag-able. Also you can view your video in full-screen.

The app also has an in-built audio player, which supports custom playlists. Equalizer and filters deliver you high quality audio. The app is available as freemium(Ads will be displayed). Requires at least 19MB free in your phone memory.

Features:

Video
Floating window video player.
Open-GL rendering.
Supports both HW and SW decoding of videos. Can switch from HW to SW and back on run.
Multi-core decoding.
Supports a wide range of video formats.
Resizable and drag-able floating windows.
Supports network streamed playback.
Audio
Supports wide range of audio formats.
Supports custom playlists.
Sort songs album and artist wise.
5-band equalizer.
Bass-boost, treble-boost, extended Stereo support.
Supports 2x volume.
Supports multiple audio tracks.
Subtitle
Multilingual subtitle support.
Internal subtitle support for MKV container videos.
SRT subtitle support.
Supports multiple subtitle tracks.
Gestures
Swipe gesture support for volume, brightness and seek control.
Pinch to zoom and zoom pan gestures.
Lock screen media controls.
Headset media controls.
Browser
Have a decent browser, to open video and audio files in Canny app.
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Permissions:
1. Pre marshmallow versions grant permissions on install. For Marshmallow and higher permissions are granted on run-time. Make sure all permissions are granted. In some Xiaomi and Meizu devices, "Display pop-up window" permission won't be granted at runtime. Users need to go to the App info to allow it(Settings->Installed Apps->Downloaded->Canny Media Player(App Info)->Permission Manager).
2. If your device have any battery savings settings, make sure that allow background applications is enabled. In Xiaomi this is at Settings->Battery->Manage Apps Battery Usage->Canny Media Player and choose don't restrict apps background activity. This is required for smooth functioning of app as it is a background floating app.
Gestures available on video window:
1. Show control window: single click on video window.
2. Volume control: swipe vertical on right of the screen.
3. Brightness control: swipe vertical on left of the screen.
4. Seek video: swipe horizontal.
5. Zoom pan: pinch out/in.
6. Drag video window: long press and drag after arrow icon appear.
7. Resize video window: hold and drag the icon on lower right corner.
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Improved performance.
Updated UI.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.