Video Player
for External Display
Play movies and clips on your TV or monitor. Freely reposition and resize the video to best fit the screen. Drag it with your finger, pinch to zoom, eliminate black bars. Control playback from your iPhone and use a Bluetooth keyboard for fast shortcuts.
Video centered on screen
Your Video. Your Screen. Your Rules.
External Display Video Player puts you in complete control of what plays on your external screen and exactly where.
Drag to Reposition
Touch and drag the video window anywhere on the external screen. Place it in any corner, center it, or offset it.
Pinch to Resize
Two-finger pinch to make the video larger or smaller. Zoom in to eliminate black bars, or shrink it to use part of the screen.
No Black Bars
Resize the video until it fills the entire display edge to edge. Every inch of your monitor used, no wasted space.
Every Feature, Illustrated
See how each feature looks and works on your external display.
Pinch to Zoom, Fit Any Screen
Pinch to Zoom, Fit Any Screen
- Eliminate letterboxing and pillarboxing with a simple pinch
- Go from windowed to edge-to-edge in one gesture
- Resizes smoothly with no quality loss
- Works on any video format or aspect ratio
Two fingers on your iPhone screen and pinch outward to grow the video until it fills every pixel of your external display. Pinch in to shrink it. The video responds instantly, giving you surgical control over exactly how much screen it occupies.
Eliminate Black Bars, Fill the Screen
Eliminate Black Bars, Fill the Screen
- Black bars gone: fill the whole TV or monitor
- Works with widescreen, 4:3, portrait and any aspect ratio
- Your reposition and zoom settings are remembered
- Ideal for wide cinema monitors and ultrawide displays
Standard players leave black bars around videos that don't match the screen aspect ratio. With External Display Video Player, you pinch to zoom until the video covers the entire display, no unused space, no distractions.
Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcuts
Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcuts
- Space: Play / Pause
- Left / Right arrow: seek backward or forward
- F or Enter: fullscreen toggle
- Any standard Bluetooth keyboard works, no setup needed
Pair any Bluetooth keyboard and control playback with fast shortcuts. Space to play or pause, arrow keys to seek forward or back, F to toggle fullscreen. Perfect for couch control when your phone is on the charger.
MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV and More
MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV and More
- MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, M4V supported
- No transcoding or file conversion required
- Open files directly from the Files app or Photos
- Audio tracks and subtitles supported
You shouldn't need to convert your files before watching them. External Display Video Player supports all major video formats, so whatever you have on your iPhone is ready to play on your external screen immediately.
All Major Formats, No Conversion
Play your files as-is. No re-encoding, no waiting.
100% Private. No Server. No Tracking.
Your videos never leave your device. The app makes zero network requests. No analytics, no advertising SDKs, not even a background ping. Everything happens locally on your iPhone, just you, your files, and your external screen.
Get Started in Seconds
No configuration needed. Plug in and play.
Connect to Your Display
Plug your iPhone into a TV or monitor using a USB-C to HDMI adapter (iPhone 15+) or Lightning to HDMI adapter.
Open a Video File
Tap any video from your Files app or Photos library. It plays immediately on the external screen.
Drag, Resize & Enjoy
Drag the video to your preferred position and pinch to resize until it fills the screen perfectly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything about External Display Video Player
Play Your Videos, Your Way.
Drag it. Resize it. Eliminate the black bars. Full control over video playback on any external screen, free to download on the App Store.
MKV • MP4 • AVI • WMV • Drag & Resize • Bluetooth Keyboard • No Tracking