diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 4172a1ec..7abe4b74 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ include 'tools:d2s-reader'
 include 'tools:camera'
 include 'tools:direction'
 include 'tools:ds1-viewer' // deprecated
+include 'tools:video-player'
 include 'tools:excel-serializer-generator'
 
 include 'tester' // deprecated
diff --git a/tools/video-player/build.gradle b/tools/video-player/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a6974b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/video-player/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+description = 'Play videos from MPQ archives.'
+application.mainClass = 'com.riiablo.video.VideoPlayerTool'
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-jnigen:$gdxVersion"
+  implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx-video:gdx-video:1.3.2-SNAPSHOT"
+  implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx-video:gdx-video-lwjgl:1.3.2-SNAPSHOT"
+}
diff --git a/tools/video-player/src/main/java/com/riiablo/video/VideoPlayerTool.java b/tools/video-player/src/main/java/com/riiablo/video/VideoPlayerTool.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d4d50c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/video-player/src/main/java/com/riiablo/video/VideoPlayerTool.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package com.riiablo.video;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Application;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.video.VideoPlayer;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.video.VideoPlayerCreator;
+
+import com.riiablo.Riiablo;
+import com.riiablo.logger.Level;
+import com.riiablo.logger.LogManager;
+import com.riiablo.logger.Logger;
+import com.riiablo.mpq.MPQFileHandleResolver;
+import com.riiablo.tool.LwjglTool;
+import com.riiablo.tool.Tool;
+import com.riiablo.util.InstallationFinder;
+
+public class VideoPlayerTool extends Tool {
+  private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(VideoPlayerTool.class);
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    LogManager.setLevel(VideoPlayerTool.class.getCanonicalName(), Level.TRACE);
+    LwjglTool.create(VideoPlayerTool.class, "video-player", args)
+        .title("Video Player Tool")
+        .size(640, 480, false) // default video size
+        .start();
+  }
+
+  FileHandle home;
+  String file;
+
+  float canvasX, canvasY;
+  float canvasWidth, canvasHeight;
+
+  SpriteBatch batch;
+  VideoPlayer player;
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getHelpHeader() {
+    return "Plays a specified D2 video file.\n" +
+        "E.g., {cmd} --file data/local/video/BlizNorth640x480.bik";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void createCliOptions(Options options) {
+    super.createCliOptions(options);
+    options.addOption(Option
+        .builder("f")
+        .longOpt("file")
+        .desc("path to the video file to play")
+        .required()
+        .hasArg()
+        .argName("path")
+        .build());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void handleCliOptions(String cmd, Options options, CommandLine cli) {
+    super.handleCliOptions(cmd, options, cli);
+
+    InstallationFinder finder = InstallationFinder.getInstance();
+    Array<FileHandle> homeDirs = finder.getHomeDirs();
+    home = homeDirs.first();
+
+    String fileOptionValue = cli.getOptionValue("file");
+    file = fileOptionValue;
+    log.trace("file={}", file);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void create() {
+    Gdx.app.setLogLevel(Application.LOG_DEBUG);
+    Riiablo.home = home = Gdx.files.absolute(home.path());
+    Riiablo.mpqs = new MPQFileHandleResolver();
+
+    batch = new SpriteBatch();
+    player = VideoPlayerCreator.createVideoPlayer();
+    player.setOnCompletionListener(new VideoPlayer.CompletionListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void onCompletionListener(FileHandle file) {
+        log.info("finished playing " + file.name());
+      }
+    });
+    player.setOnVideoSizeListener(new VideoPlayer.VideoSizeListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void onVideoSize(float width, float height) {
+        log.info("size " + width + "x" + height);
+        canvasWidth = width;
+        canvasHeight = height <= 240 ? height * 2 : height;
+        canvasY = Gdx.graphics.getHeight() / 2 - canvasHeight / 2;
+      }
+    });
+    Gdx.app.postRunnable(new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        try {
+          // FileHandle handle = Riiablo.mpqs.resolve(file);
+          // if (handle == null) throw new FileNotFoundException(file);
+          FileHandle handle = Gdx.files.absolute(file);
+          player.play(handle);
+          player.setVolume(0.1f);
+          log.info("playing " + handle);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException t) {
+          log.error(ExceptionUtils.getRootCauseMessage(t), t);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void render() {
+    Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0f, 0f, 0f, 0f);
+    Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+    player.update();
+    batch.begin();
+    Texture frame = player.getTexture();
+    if (frame != null) {
+      batch.draw(frame, canvasX, canvasY, canvasWidth, canvasHeight);
+    }
+    batch.end();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void pause() {
+    player.pause();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void resume() {
+    player.resume();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void dispose() {
+    batch.dispose();
+    player.dispose();
+  }
+}