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Windows App

Vibrant Glow Video Player
for Windows users

Enjoy your favorite videos in a cinematic experience on your Windows PC like never before. This video player app features a realistic glow effect that matches the on-screen content, creating a truly magical experience.

My Lunar New Year app on all devices

What does this app do?

A video player that plays videos with a realistic glow effect around the player content.

Aurora Player is a unique and powerful standalone entertainment application that brings your favorite media to life like never before. Whether you are watching movies, TV shows, personal video clips, or streaming content. Aurora Player is the best video player software that transforms your screen into a cinematic viewing experience by surrounding the content with a vivid and dynamic glow effect. This ambient lighting feature reacts in real-time to the video playback, adding depth, warmth, and immersion that standard video players simply can not match. The idea of this unique app is coming from the Atmosphere Lighting feature of the most popular browser extension Turn Off the Lights.

What file types do you support?

This multimedia player supports a wide array of file types including: 3g2, 3gp, asf, avi, f4v, flv, gif, hevc, m2ts, m2v, m4v, mkv, mjpeg, mng, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, mts, ogg, ogv, rm, swf, ts, vob, webm, wmv, and wtv.

Features

Lantern animation on top of your screen
Enjoy animated lanterns at the top of your screen when the Lunar New Year app is pinned to your desktop.
Kumquate tree on your desktop screen
Add a vibrant yellow kumquat tree to your desktop symbolizing wealth and prosperity for the New Year.
My Lunar New Year Windows 11 Widget dashboard
Windows 11 Dashboard for all your widget including My Lunar New Year widget
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Beautiful Lantern Animation

Experience the festive spirit with a stunning animated lantern that lights up your desktop.

Animated lantern in the application window

Support Light and Dark Mode

Get an appearance that matches your chosen OS setting. When your system is in dark mode, you will see a dark-themed countdown window and widget. In light mode, a bright and clean style is applied automatically.

Support Light and Dark Mode theme

Customize Widget Size

Add the widget to your Windows 11 dashboard and customize its size using the three-dots menu. Choose the size that best fits your preference.

Customize your Windows 11 widget size

Current & Next Zodiac Sign

See the attributes of the current zodiac sign, as well as the signs for the next year and the year after. Each includes its name, image, and corresponding year.

Zodiac sign for current and next year

Show or hide lantern fesitval

When you open the application and minimize it, it becomes visible as a system tray icon near the clock. Right-clicking the icon gives you options to reopen the window, enable a flickering lantern list on your desktop, open the settings window, or close the app.

Toggle to desktop lantern lights

Customizable Settings

Choose from various festive elements like lanterns, a kumquat tree, or an animated lion to customize your desktop. Decide exactly what you want to display lantern lights, animated decorations, only the zodiac sign, or even a transparent window view.

Customize the app to your person style

Get Aurora Player app

Download the Aurora Player app today and transform your video-watching experience into something truly cinematic. Whether you are enjoying movies, TV shows, or personal videos, Aurora Player adds a realistic glow effect around your content, creating a vivid, immersive atmosphere right on your screen. Perfect for movie nights or casual viewing.

Get Aurora Player from the Microsoft Store Get Aurora Player from the Apple Mac App Store
Compatible with Windows 11, macOS 14 or later, and visionOS 26.