Maya animation tool
Erlich Video Player for Maya
Erlich Video Player for Maya (EVP) by Santi Erlich loads video, image sequences, webcam feeds and playblasts straight into Autodesk Maya, so your reference stays frame-synced to the timeline next to your scene. Free to use, with an optional Studio tier that adds Autodesk Flow Production Tracking (ShotGrid) integration and encrypted, workstation-locked media for studio pipelines. For animators tired of alt-tabbing to a second player.
Free
Free
Free
no licence required
The full free version, yours to keep. No licence key, no expiry.
Get it free
Studio
£15.00
per seat / month
Full licence on every seat. Renew month by month, stop whenever you like.
Buy studio
Monthly licence, per seat
- Billed a month at a time. No automatic charges: you renew when you choose.
- Renewing extends your existing licence key, so your setup keeps working as-is.
- We email you before your licence runs out.
- Includes updates and activation support while your licence is active.
- Studios and larger teams: volume seats and invoice billing, get in touch.
- v3.0
- Version
- 410
- Downloads
- 13 Oct 2026
- Last updated
- 30 Jun 2026
- Released
- Works with
- Maya 2025, 2026, 2027
- Licence
- Free, or Studio tier
- File size
- 326 MB
- Platform
- Windows, Python 3.11
Maya 2025 to 2027
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What it does
Three reference problems Erlich Video Player solves inside Maya
The problem
Alt-tabbing to a second player
Reference in QuickTime, Premiere or RV means half the day spent switching windows. EVP runs inside Maya, so the reference sits right next to your scene.
The problem
Reference that drifts from your timeline
Scrubbing a separate player to match a pose is guesswork. EVP keeps the reference frame-synced to the Maya timeline for pose-by-pose matching.
The problem
Comparing a playblast against the source
Checking a playblast or a mocap clean-up means lining up two apps. Load the playblast, the source video or a live webcam feed in Maya and compare side by side.
Inside the tool
Inside the Erlich Video Player
Santi is an animator and tools developer, and EVP is the product of years of his own daily animation workflow. The free version is the core reference player, which is everything most animators need. The Studio tier adds what a pipeline needs on top.
VIDEO
Video files
MP4, MOV and standard video formats, loaded straight into Maya.
SEQUENCES
Image sequences
For animation tests where an image sequence is your ground truth.
WEBCAM
Webcam feeds
Live reference while you act out a shot.
PLAYBLASTS
Maya playblasts
Load playblasts directly and review them beside your scene.
SYNC
Frame-synced reference
The reference stays synced to your timeline, ready when you need it.
STUDIO
Flow Production Tracking (ShotGrid)
Studio tier: integration with Autodesk Flow Production Tracking for production use.
STUDIO
Encrypted, workstation-locked media
Studio tier: media encrypted and locked to the workstation for studio pipelines.
Will it run for you
Compatibility
- Maya
- 2025, 2026, 2027
- Operating system
- Windows
- Python
- 3.11
- Install method
- Drag-and-drop, or .exe installer
- Licence
- Free, or Studio
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Vetted
Every plugin on Animworks is checked by our team before it goes live.
Supported
Questions and bug reports go straight to Santi Erlich, or email support@anim.works.
Yours to keep
It lands in your downloads the moment you check out, and stays there.
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