Aun Player

When you return from a long holiday from which you surely collected dozens of images and videos, you copy them on the computer and attempt to see your creations. However, if your computer is not fitted with the right software components, all effort is in vain. Don’t worry, there are a lot of specialized applications like Aun Player that want to let you enjoy almost all videos you give it.

The application manages to make a decent first impression right after it’s launched, as far as the visuals are concerned. The background is covered in a gradient color, with the open buttons clearly visible, as well as the control buttons all the way to the bottom, placed on a neat tray.

You’ll only be able to load audio files, and the first thing that points it out is the open buttons, which let you either load a DVD from the device, a DVD from the folder, or a single video file. You need to use them to load videos because dragging files over the main window has no effect.

A few additional controls can be managed before or when videos play. As such, you can also pick a subtitle file, navigate through chapters, choose the location to display information, as well as what audio and video details to show.

Playback is decent, and the overall quality depends on the video you load. A volume slider can adjust the decibels coming out of the speakers, while another slider lets you take a sneak peek at content.

Sadly, the set of options ends here, and you have to start over every time you load the application. Load locations are not remembered, while there’s not built-in playlist manager to add more files and load later on, nor read from a playlist file.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Aun Player is a straightforward application you can use for a quick preview of videos, but nothing too complicated. File support is still in question, because you have to try your luck, and the set of features leaves a lot more to be desired, with a lot of simple, common tools omitted in the development process.