Show HN: FastPlay, a fast minimal Windows video player built in Rust
FastPlay is a minimal, fast Windows video player built in Rust, designed for speed and low resource usage. It supports hardware acceleration and various video formats, offering a lightweight alternative to traditional media players.
Background
FastPlay is a minimal, high-performance video player for Windows, built from scratch in the Rust programming language. Rust is a systems language focused on safety and speed, often used for projects where performance matters. The project was posted on "Show HN" (Hacker News), a place where developers share their own projects for feedback. FastPlay is positioned as an alternative to mainstream players like VLC or MPC-HC — aiming to be much lighter and faster by stripping away features like playlists, subtitles, and complex UIs. This reflects a broader trend of developers rewriting classic tools in Rust to gain speed and memory safety. The key context: Windows lacks a truly minimal, modern, performant video player that isn't bundled with extra features or ads, and FastPlay tries to fill that gap.