Canary3DS

Canary3DS
General
Author	narayanx
Type	Media Players
Version	1.1.0
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2026/07/03
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A 3DS music player with modern features.

Features

• Supports many audio file formats: mp3, flac, m4a, aac, wav, opus, vorbis.
• Queue which songs can be added to and played from.
• Creating playlists, which are stored in the standard m3u file format.
• Playing songs through headphones with the lid closed.
• Powerful context menu allowing bulk operations to add to queue/playlist.
• Automatically plays next file.
• Displaying embedded cover art and setting custom cover art for playlists.
• Settings menu to customize configuration.
• Seeking with a touch seek bar on the bottom touch screen, or using the left/right dpad to seek in steps.
• Pause on headphone disconnect.

Installation

Option 1: Universal Updater (recommended)

• Open Universal Updater on your 3DS.
• Search for the app and install it.

Option 2: Manual Install (.3dsx/.cia)

• Download from Releases.
  • 3DSX - Copy .3dsx to /3ds/Canary/ on your SD card, then launch via the Homebrew Launcher.
  • CIA - Copy .cia to your SD card and install it via FBI.

Controls

Double tap R - Toggle play/pause

Triple tap L or R - Go to previous/next song

Start - Exit program

Select - Toggle displaying debug console (if enabled in settings)

Filebrowser Screen:

A - Song selected - Play selected song and switch to Player Screen. Folder selected - Open selected folder

B - Go to parent folder

X - Open context menu

Y - Switch to Player Screen

Player Screen:

A - Play selected song in sidebar

B - Go back to file

X - Open context menu

Y - Switch to Filebrowser Screen

Playlist Screen:

A - Open playlist/play song in playlist

B - Exit playlist

X - Open context menu

Settings Screen:

A - Modify setting

B - Go to Filebrowser Screen

X - Open context menu

Screenshots

Changelog

v1.1.0

• Added
  • Ability for volume to go above 100%
  • Setting for enabling/disabling auto switching to the Player screen
• Changed
  • Volume to gain mapping to better match human perception of volume
• Fixed
  • Bug where volume reset upon song change

v1.0.0

• First release.

Credits

• ctrmus by @deltabeard for initially inspiring this project
• 3DShell by @joel16 for inspiring the appearance of the player screen and inspiring this project
• pomegranate by @sheepy0125 for the idea for shoulder button controls and music library indexing
• Video_player_for_3DS/FFmpeg for 3DS by @Core-2-Extreme for the instructions for building FFmpeg which allows aac/m4a support
• RIP by @kynex7510 for the library to convert decoded images into the 3DS internal image format
• stb_image by @nothings for the image decoding library

Assets:

• Iconoir for user interface icons
• @narayanx for home menu banner music, icon, and pixel art assets
• Bosca Ceoil Blue by @YuriSizov for the software used to make the banner music

External links

External links - https://github.com/narayanx/Canary3DS