NeoDCP Player. Play and check DCPs on a Windows PC.
Software DCP player for Windows, made for cinemas, film festivals and post-production. It plays SMPTE and Interop DCPs in 2K, 4K and stereoscopic 3D, including encrypted DCPs with KDMs issued to the player’s certificate. No dedicated cinema server required.
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Version 5.20, released October 30, 2026. Release notes
- Standard
- SMPTE and Interop DCPs
- Picture
- 2K and 4K, 2D and stereoscopic 3D
- Encryption
- KDMs issued to the player’s certificate
- Protection
- HDCP or DPCP enforced for encrypted content
- Sound
- Multi-channel, through ASIO devices or Windows audio
- Subtitles
- Interop and SMPTE, including Japanese and Chinese
What’s new in version 5.20
Released October 30, 2026.
- ASIO audio output. Multi-channel DCP audio can now be played through ASIO-compatible audio devices.
- Audio device selection. Choose the audio output device, including ASIO devices, in .
- Internal improvements to the audio engine, plus minor fixes and refinements.
Since version 5.18 (July 28, 2026), the player also renders Japanese and Chinese subtitles, in a single DCP and in Supplemental DCPs.
Who uses NeoDCP Player
Cinemas and venues
Screen DCPs to an audience from a Windows PC: encrypted DCPs with KDMs, playlists with intermissions, digital masking and scaling. Encrypted content is sent only over HDMI with HDCP or DisplayPort with DPCP.
Public screenings need a Cinema or Cinema PT license.
Film festivals
Check picture, sound, reels, subtitles and timing of every submitted DCP before it reaches the program, and ingest KDMs days before showtime.
Post-production and QC
Check a finished DCP before delivery: full-screen playback in 2K or 4K, stereoscopic 3D, DCP and MXF structure inspection, the DCP asset hash check and accurate color with ICC profiles.
Private checking: Studio, or Starter for windowed 2K checks. Encrypted DCPs and Supplemental DCPs (VF): Cinema or Cinema PT.
What NeoDCP Player plays
One player for screening and for checking, on a standard Windows PC. Which tools you can use depends on the license.
Screening
- Controller window on your primary display, full-screen picture on a second display or projector
- Playlists with intermissions
- Digital masking and scaling
- Encrypted DCPs with KDMs issued to the player’s certificate, with a built-in KDM database
Checking
- DCP and MXF structure inspection, including markers
- DCP asset hash check and DCP ingest with automatic verification
- Supplemental DCPs (OV + VF)
- Frame-accurate information and reel boundaries on the timeline
Picture, sound and subtitles
- 2K and 4K, 2D and stereoscopic 3D
- ICC display profiles and 30-bit deep color output
- Multi-channel audio through ASIO devices or Windows audio, with a selectable output device
- Interop and SMPTE subtitles, including Japanese and Chinese
Operation
- Activation and playback need no internet connection on the player PC
- Password protection and a configurable watermark overlay
- Automatic updates
See every feature and where to find it in the menu or check the system requirements.
Licenses from €149 per year
One player, five licenses. The license sets what you may do with it: check DCPs privately or screen them to an audience, and pay per year or once. Prices excl. VAT.
For private checking
Unencrypted DCPs in a window, 2K. Full-screen playback, 4K and the hash check are available as add-ons.
Unencrypted DCPs, full-screen, 2K and 4K, 3D, playlists, intermissions, ICC profiles, hash check.
The Studio license without an expiry date. Updates included, transferable to a new PC.
EU businesses outside Slovakia with a valid VAT number pay no VAT (reverse charge); outside the EU no VAT is charged. Pay by card, PayPal or bank transfer. Quotes and pro-forma invoices on request.
Festival references
Since 2014, NeoDCP Player has been used to verify, prepare and screen DCPs at film festivals including Sundance, TriBeCa, Doha (Ajyal, Qumra), Hamptons, Sarasota, Savannah, Traverse City, Bermuda and Art Film Fest. NeoDCP Player licenses have also been supplied to professionals and technical service providers working with festivals in Berlin and Venice.
Festival names identify events where our customers have worked. They do not imply endorsement by the festivals themselves.
“An extremely impressive software DCP player.”
Cinetic Studios, published review. Read the review (archived copy)
What customers say
“It’s perfect. Thank you, your player is truly the best player I’ve tested.”
Jean-Pierre P., Laboratoire numérique
“I have tested your DCP Player and it works very well with all type of material that I have done here! The subtitles have good rendering and displaying, better than other DCP Players that are really expensive, hahaha!. The features are so cool.”
Antonio C.
“I wanted to thank you for all the hard work in producing the NeoDCP Player – and your fairness in assigning a honest and fair price. Keep up the great work!”
Leroy O.
“Hi, I just installed the new version, and I am impressed with all the new options. I have tested my MultiCPL DCPs and worked perfectly. And the new features for color correction are very good idea. …”
Danny A.
Support directly from the developer
Questions about a DCP, a KDM, your hardware or your license are answered by the developer of NeoDCP Player: by email, by phone, or in a remote session (AnyDesk) on your PC. Updates are included with every license, and certificates are re-issued free of charge after you reinstall Windows on the same PC.
- Sales and quotes
- [email protected]
- Licensing and activation
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +421 948 333 885
NeoDCP Player at a glance
- What it is
- Windows software for checking and screening Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs). A player, not an authoring tool.
- Current version
- 5.20, released October 30, 2026.
- Plays
- SMPTE and Interop DCPs in 2K and 4K, 2D and stereoscopic 3D; encrypted DCPs with KDMs issued to the player’s certificate; Supplemental DCPs (OV + VF); individual MXF files.
- Output
- HDMI or DisplayPort from the graphics card; HDCP or DisplayPort content protection enforced for encrypted content; 30-bit deep color in full-screen mode; controller window on the primary display.
- Audio
- Multi-channel DCP audio through ASIO devices or Windows audio, with a selectable output device.
- Subtitles
- Interop and SMPTE, including Japanese and Chinese.
- Checking tools
- DCP and MXF structure inspection, asset hash check, DCP ingest with automatic verification, KDM database.
- Runs on
- 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 on a standard PC; Intel Macs via Boot Camp; no virtual machines.
- Licenses (excl. VAT)
- Starter €149 per year, Studio €259 per year, Studio PT €558 one-time, Cinema €899 per year, Cinema PT €2,598 one-time. Studio PT and Cinema PT are perpetual and transferable to a new PC. Public screenings require Cinema or Cinema PT.
- Trial
- 14 days, after a free registration; the same installer as the full version.
- Support
- Directly from the developer: email, phone +421 948 333 885, remote sessions.
- Seller
- METREX s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakia.
Try it with your own DCPs
Register for free, download the installer and run NeoDCP Player for 14 days on your own hardware, with your own DCPs. The trial and the full version use the same installer; after you buy, you add the license file.