Glucose_media_player

A Sleek & Lightweight VLC Alternative with On-Device AI Subtitles

✨ Features

🎬 Cinematic Mode

Enjoy your media with a beautifully blurred background and centered content for truly immersive viewing.

🖥️ Picture-in-Picture Mode

Pop the player into a compact, always-on-top window that snaps to the bottom-right corner of your screen — perfect for multitasking.

🖼️ Universal Media Support

• Videos: MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, WebM, WMV, FLV, M4V, MPG, MPEG, OGV
• Audio: MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, OGG, Opus, M4A, AIFF, WMA
• Subtitles: SRT, VTT, ASS, SSA, SUB

🎵 Audio Player with Visualizer

A dedicated audio mode with a real-time frequency visualizer powered by the Web Audio API — full playback controls, volume management, and progress saving included.

🤖 On-Device AI Subtitles

Generate subtitles for any video without an internet connection using Whisper running entirely on your machine. Three model sizes are available to balance speed and accuracy:

Models are downloaded once and stored locally. No data ever leaves your device.

📝 Subtitle Support

• Automatically loads external subtitle files (.srt, .vtt, .ass, .ssa, .sub) from the same folder as the video
• Detects and extracts subtitle tracks embedded directly in MKV and MP4 files
• Manually load any subtitle file from anywhere on disk
• Toggle subtitles on/off during playback

📂 Smart Gallery

Automatically scans and displays your recent media in a beautiful grid layout, with per-file watch progress indicators so you can pick up where you left off.

⏱️ Watch Progress & Resume

Playback position is saved automatically for both video and audio files. Reopen any file and resume from exactly where you stopped.

🎯 Minimal by Design

No clutter, no distractions. Just your content and elegant controls that appear when you need them.

⚡ Blazingly Fast

Built with Rust and Tauri for native performance with a tiny footprint.

🎮 Keyboard-First

Complete keyboard navigation for power users who value efficiency.

🎨 Modern Interface

• Frameless, transparent window design
• Smooth animations and transitions
• Audio output device selection
• Volume control with visual feedback
• Timeline scrubbing with video preview thumbnails
• Fullscreen, cinematic, and picture-in-picture viewing modes

📥 Installation

Pre-built Binaries

Download the latest release from the Releases page:

• Windows: glucose_3.1.0_x64_en-US.msi or .exe

Build from Source

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or later)
• pnpm (recommended) or npm
• Rust (latest stable)
• Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Build Tools

Building

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/rudi-q/glucose_media_player.git
cd glucose

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Run in development mode
pnpm tauri:dev

# Build for production
pnpm tauri:build

The built application will be available in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

🚀 Usage

Opening Media Files

glucose offers several convenient ways to open your media:

1. Drag & Drop — Drag a video or audio file into the glucose window
2. File Dialog — Click the "Open" button in the gallery screen
3. File Association — Set glucose as your default media player and open files directly from File Explorer
4. Recent Gallery — Browse and play recently accessed files from the home screen

Keyboard Shortcuts

Playback Controls

Navigation

Available Scripts

# Development
pnpm dev              # Start Vite dev server
pnpm tauri:dev        # Start Tauri in dev mode with hot reload

# Code Quality
pnpm check            # Type-check Svelte/TypeScript code
pnpm check:watch      # Type-check in watch mode
pnpm tauri:check      # Check Rust code (cargo check)

# Building
pnpm build            # Build frontend only
pnpm tauri:build      # Build complete application
pnpm preview          # Preview production build locally

📄 License

European Union Public Licence 1.2 (EUPL-1.2)

This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the European Union Public Licence, v. 1.2.

For a copy of the EUPL, You can obtain one at https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eupl-text-eupl-12 or see the LICENSE file.

A Finnish translation is also available in LICENSE.FI.

Copyright (c) 2026 DoublOne Studios Limited.

Pursuant to Article 15 of the EUPL, this Licence is governed by the laws of the Republic of Finland.

Refer to our terms of use at glucose.media/terms for more information.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Tauri and Svelte
• AI subtitles powered by whisper-rs and whisper.cpp
• Inspired by minimalist design principles
• Thanks to all contributors and users

📞 Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions