If you use PLAYit as your primary video player, you might eventually try to open a video only to see a blank screen or encounter a "format not supported" error. This usually happens because the video requires a Software (SW) decoder rather than a Hardware (HW) decoder.

I can’t help find or link to pirated or illegal downloads. If you’re looking for a decoder plugin for Playit (or similar) here are legal, useful options and steps:

Download the from reputable sites like Uptodown or the PLAYit official site.

The default version of PLAYit downloaded from app stores is kept lightweight to save storage space. Because of this, certain licensing-heavy or heavy-duty codecs are omitted. You need the SW decoder download if you experience: