Cue 1.3.2

What's improved

Playback & controls

• Smoother, more accurate timeline previews and seeking.
• Better controls for portrait, split-screen, and mini-player windows.
• Improved repeat and shuffle indicators.
• 0–9 shortcuts for quick video navigation.

Music & performance

• Smoother music animations and ambient lighting.
• Faster, more efficient artwork loading and reduced background work.
• Improved transitions and window animations.

Phone remote

• More stable connections with automatic recovery and reconnection.
• Improved playback synchronization, seeking, and pause/resume accuracy.
• Better reliability while Cue is minimized.
• Reduced unnecessary requests and background resource usage.

Fixes & stability

• Fixed stale previews, artwork, and playback updates.
• Improved UI responsiveness and settings animations.
• More reliable file handling and remote controls.

Download

Download Cue-1.3.2-Setup.exe for Windows x64.

SHA-256 checksum and playback-engine sources are also included in the release assets.

Cue 1.3.1

Small fixes: the timeline, opening films of other shapes, and the welcome screen.

Fixed

• Clicking the timeline no longer flashes a different frame first. A plain click used to show a nearby frame for a split second and then jump back to the right one, whether the film was playing or paused. Now a click lands on the exact frame in one go. Dragging still previews as you move and lands on the exact frame when you let go.
• Opening a film that isn't 16:9 (a wide 2.39:1 film, a 4:3 show, a vertical video): the window now glides to the film's shape in one even movement, instead of jumping most of the way in a single frame. Going back home glides just as evenly.
• Subtitles wait for the picture: they used to appear over the black window before the film, then move as the window changed shape. Now they come in with the opening animation, and your on/off choice for each file is kept.
• The welcome screen showed two "skip" buttons after maximizing the window. The whole window is now redrawn when its size changes, on the welcome screen and on the home.

Everything from Cue 1.3 is included. If you're on 1.3, Cue offers the update by itself.

Cue 1.3

Cue-1.3.webm

What's new

Music player

• Redesigned interface with adaptive layouts, ambient colors, and smoother animations.
• Improved playlists, shuffle, and seamless song transitions.

Mini player

• Compact player for music and video with floating controls.
• Smooth transitions, always-on-top support, and Ctrl+M shortcut.

Settings & controls

• Redesigned Settings with live previews.
• Adaptive control bar that fits any window size.
• Improved subtitle customization.

Video enhancements

• RTX Video Super Resolution for NVIDIA RTX GPUs.
• Smooth motion for reduced judder, including 4K videos.

Performance & fixes

• Faster video opening and smoother fullscreen transitions.
• Reduced CPU, memory, and disk usage.
• Improved audio playback, stability, and ambient lighting.
• Fixed subtitle switching and several UI bugs.

Thanks

Special thanks to @ryee123123, @omnizs38, @DetroNot74, and everyone supporting Cue!

Download

Download Cue-1.3-Setup.exe for Windows x64. No administrator rights required.

Existing Cue 1.2–1.2.3 users will receive the update automatically.

Cue 1.2.3

Cue 1.2.3 is lighter, smoother, and faster, with improved music playback, safer updates, and a new [manifesto](https://github.com/tinypeep/cue/blob/main/MANIFESTO.md).

What's new

Music

• New cover only mode and optional cover tilt.
• Faster song loading, smoother transitions, and lower GPU/CPU usage.
• Fixed audio interruptions and songs not starting at 0:00.

Playback & interface

• Smoother subtitles, timeline previews, and controls.
• Smarter up next suggestions for TV episodes.
• Improved layouts for vertical and square videos.
• Fixed unintended pauses when focusing Cue.

Performance & reliability

• Reduced background processing and disk writes.
• Fixed stuttering when minimizing or restoring Cue.
• Prevented freezes when opening files from slow folders.
• Safer updates with protection against interrupted installations.
• Improved audio track handling and Windows media controls.

Thanks

Special thanks to @omnizs38 for the fixes in #13 and @DetroNot74 for the feedback!

Download

Download Cue-1.2.3-Setup.exe for Windows x64. No administrator rights required.

Existing Cue 1.2–1.2.2 users will receive the update automatically.

Cue 1.2.2

What's new

Black & white music

• New black & white mode for music, keeping album covers colorful.
• Smooth transitions without interrupting playback. (#11)

Keyboard shortcuts

• Press ? to view all shortcuts.
• Button tooltips now display their shortcuts. (#12)

Bug fixes

• Fixed window resizing and maximized state. (#9)
• Fixed playlist overlapping window controls. (#10)
• Improved album artwork, spectrum visuals, and square video layouts.
• Fixed language updates and keyboard shortcut responsiveness.

Thanks

Special thanks to @DetroNot74 for the feedback and bug reports!

Download

Download Cue-1.2.2-Setup.exe for Windows x64. Existing Cue 1.2–1.2.1 users will receive the update automatically.

Cue 1.2.1

Cue 1.2.1 brings a more polished music player, improved playlists, a better phone remote, and bug fixes.

What's new

Music

• New animated ambient lighting that reacts to music.
• Windows media controls now display artwork and playback information.
• Auto-hiding controls and simplified music appearance options.

Up next & phone remote

• Drag and drop folders to create or expand playlists.
• Improved music metadata, artwork, and animated click wheel.
• Better playback progress tracking and responsive layouts.

Home

• A little seasonal surprise. Try clicking Cue's eyes!

Bug fixes

• Fixed music stuttering, seeking issues, and accidental pauses.
• Improved artwork rendering and layouts across window sizes.
• Faster startup and shutdown, with more reliable playback position saving.
• Fixed playlist handling for missing or unavailable files.
• Improved phone remote stability, artwork support, and syncing.
• Added support for .dv, .dif, and .divx files.

Download

Download Cue-1.2.1-Setup.exe for Windows x64. Existing Cue 1.2 users will receive the update automatically.

Cue 1.2

Cue 1.2 brings a redesigned Up next experience, a refined phone remote, improved music playback, and better subtitles.

The video is the interface.

What's new

Up next

• Create playlists with videos, music, or folders without interrupting playback.
• Drag to reorder, remove files, and navigate with P, N, or Q.
• Automatic episode detection when no playlist is active.

Music

• New music player with album artwork, animated spectrum, and ambient lighting.
• Responsive layouts, smooth transitions, and album playlists.
• Repeat controls, Windows media integration, and improved performance.

Phone remote

• Redesigned playlist controls with drag-and-drop organization.
• Add files or folders directly from your phone.
• Smoother animations, language syncing, and improved music controls.

Interface & subtitles

• Improved subtitle sizing, track labels, and scrolling.
• Refined control bar, menus, and ambient lighting.
• Smarter Recent files with playback progress and episode grouping.

Improvements

• Added Russian, German, and Japanese translations.
• Automatic update checks every three days.
• Improved thumbnail caching, performance, and file cleanup.
• Updated application icon and documentation.

Download

Download Cue-1.2-Setup.exe for Windows x64.

Playback-engine sources are included in Cue-1.2-Engine-Source.zip. Application sources are available through GitHub's Source code downloads.

Cue 1.1.1

The latest update in the 1.1 series.

Up next

• When the next episode is about to start, a card at the top of the video shows its name and a thumbnail. A recognized next episode starts on its own after a short countdown; any other file stays a suggestion you can click.
• Cue checks the series title as well as season and episode, so a different show never starts on its own after the last episode.
• To jump to the next file at any time, press N (or the media "next" key), or use the phone remote.

Phone remote

• Every menu now has a back arrow beside its title: it takes you from a setting to the subtitles list, from there to the menu, and from the menu back to the player.
• In folders, the arrow means "one folder up" and only shows when there is a folder above. A separate × closes the folders from anywhere.
• No more accidental zoom on a quick double tap. Fast taps on + and − all count.
• Larger pairing screen in portrait, direct seeking from the phone, and better Esc/focus handling.

Subtitles at other speeds

Embedded subtitles stay in sync at any playback speed. You don't need to export them to .srt: the engine times them against the video itself. We measured 1×, 2× and 3× with no drift.

Also

Independent system volume handling, plus memory, security and resource fixes.

Windows x64 · no administrator rights needed. Cue 1.1 offers this update on its own; you can also run the installer directly.

SHA-256 5b54d7130d192ccb3b6ce8f833593c7fb3362825966190f1d166efa43defb68b

Cue 1.1

Cue-1.1-launch.webm

A new phone remote, multiple audio tracks, and improved playback controls.

Highlights

• Phone remote: Control Cue from your phone's browser via QR code, with a click wheel, file browsing, subtitles, and automatic reconnection.
• Multiple audio tracks: Mix and control separate audio tracks, with preferences saved per file.
• Subtitle reset: Restore default styling and undo changes in one click.
• Always on top: Pin Cue above other windows with Ctrl+T.

Fixes and improvements

• New What's new screen after updates.
• Improved interface scaling, including 5K and 8K displays.
• More precise control bar positioning.
• Smoother audio track switching without losing playback position.
• Refined remote pairing animations and lower background resource usage.

Cue 1.0

Cue-launch.9.MB.webm

The first public release of Cue, a free, open-source video and audio player for Windows by .tinypeep.

Open a file. Settle in. Let everything else disappear.

Highlights

• Minimal pixel interface with two control styles and four sizes.
• Subtitle controls for font, size, position, and timing.
• Dynamic ambient lighting that follows the scene.
• Audio-only playback with a reactive pixel waveform.
• Saved playback positions and timeline previews.
• Five languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Simplified Chinese. Automatically follows your Windows display language, with a manual override.
• Native installer and built-in update checks.

Download

Download Cue-1.0-Setup.exe from the assets below and run it.

Windows x64 · No administrator privileges required.

The installer is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may display a warning.

Source code

• Source code (zip / tar.gz): Cue application source.
• Cue-1.0-Engine-Source.zip: corresponding playback engine sources, build recipes, and license notices.

Cue is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later. Third-party components retain their respective licenses.

Made with care by .tinypeep.