macOS · Download coming soon Windows · In development
Desktop app

Watch films on your Mac or PC

The Vidreno desktop app plays the films you bought, rented or found free, with protected playback for the films whose filmmakers switch it on. The Mac app is finished and its download link is coming soon; the Windows app is in development.

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  • Films you bought, rented or found free
  • Protected playback
  • Same account as the website
  • No plan to buy
Concept preview. Availability per platform follows the badges above.
Download

One app, two platforms

Free to download. Sign in with your Vidreno account and your films are there.

macOS

Download coming soon

One universal download for Intel and Apple silicon.

Protected playback
FairPlay
Price
Free
Download coming soon

The Mac app is ready; the download link is being set up. One file covers Intel and Apple silicon.

Windows

In development

The same app, with protected playback through Widevine.

Protected playback
Widevine
Price
Free
In development

The Windows app is being built. Protected playback on Windows arrives with it.

Looking for the big screen or your phone? The Apple TV app and the mobile app for iOS and Android are coming soon. Apple TV app · Mobile app

What it does

Made for watching, not browsing

The website is where films are found and sold. The app is where they are watched.

Your films, in one place

The films you bought or rented, and any free film you open, in a window of its own. No tabs to find, no site chrome around the picture.

Protected playback

Films whose filmmaker switched "Protect this film" on will play here, decoded inside your Mac's secure media pipeline. Screenshots and screen recordings of the player show black on supported devices.

The picture the filmmaker made

The same streaming versions the website serves, up to 8K, 60 fps, 10-bit when the source allows, adapting to your connection, in a full-screen player.

Buy or rent, keep watching

A purchase is yours to stream again; a rental runs for its rental window. The same entitlements as the website, because it is the same account.

One account

Sign in with the Vidreno account you already have. Nothing to re-buy, nothing to import.

Built for the machine it runs on

One universal Mac download for Intel and Apple silicon. The Windows app uses the same code, with protected playback through Widevine.

Protected films

The best way to watch protected films

Filmmakers can switch "Protect this film" on for any film, free or paid. A protected film is encrypted and only plays where the device can keep the key inside its secure media pipeline.

Safari on Mac

Ready at launch

FairPlay

Vidreno desktop app for Mac

Ready at launch

FairPlay

Vidreno desktop app for Windows

Coming later

Widevine; until then a protected film shows a "not supported here" message there, never an unprotected stream.

Chrome, Firefox and Edge

Coming later

Widevine; until then a protected film shows a "not supported here" message there, never an unprotected stream.

Protected films will play first in Safari on Mac and the Vidreno desktop app for Mac. The Windows desktop app, the Apple TV app, the mobile app for iPhone and iPad, the mobile app for Android and Chrome, Firefox and Edge follow; until then those show a "not supported here" message rather than an unprotected stream. How content protection works

Questions

Desktop app FAQ

What does the desktop app do that the website doesn't?
It plays the films you bought, rented or found free in a window of its own, with your library to hand, and it will play protected films: films whose filmmaker switched "Protect this film" on. On the web those play in Safari on Mac; the app brings the same hardware-backed playback to Mac and, with the Windows app, to PCs.
Which Macs does it run on?
Intel and Apple silicon, from one universal download. The download link is being set up; the button above will go live when it is.
When is the Windows app coming?
It is in development. No date yet; this page's Windows card changes the moment it ships. Until then, Windows viewers can watch unprotected films on the website as usual.
Do I need an account or a paid plan?
You sign in with the same Vidreno account you use on the website: the films you bought or rented are there, and free films need nothing more than the link. There is no plan to buy for watching. Filmmakers' hosting plans are a separate product and have nothing to do with the app.
Does the app download the film to my computer?
No. Films stream, the same way they do on the website; a purchase is ongoing streaming access and a rental is time-limited streaming access. Nothing is saved as a file you could copy.
Can I use it for Host & Embed videos?
No. The app is for Films. Hosted videos keep living on your own site or app through the embed code, and they are not covered by content protection either.
Is there an Apple TV or mobile app?
The Apple TV app and the mobile app for iOS and Android are coming soon. Each will play protected films too, with the same account. Read about the Apple TV app

Your films, on your desk

The Mac app is finished and its download link is coming soon; the Windows app is in development.

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