Media Player for PC

Shoji VR5 appsUpdated Jul 4, 2018

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Windows Media Player
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Windows Media Player is a video and audio player developed by Microsoft for Windows 11 and Windows 10. It is the successor to Groove Music (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and the original Windows Media...
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Audio Player
Media Player
Platforms
Windows
Shoji VR’s note
Lack of codec support (such as .mkv) and cause High Resource Usage
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Winamp
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Full-featured media player known for ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, supports plug-ins, playlists, and music library.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Audio Player
Media Player
Platforms
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
+4
Shoji VR’s note
The project seems to be no longer developed and there are no news after October 2016: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?p=3072003#post3072003 Last version, 5.666 Build 3516 patched, can be still downloaded from the official website forums.
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VLC Media Player
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Cross-platform, free media player supports multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, offers hardware acceleration, 4K, lossless audio, and more.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Media Player
Audio Player
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Windows Mobile
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
BSD
HUAWEI AppGallery
iPad
AppImageHub
Apple Watch
Snapcraft
Google Chrome
Apple TV
Flathub
PortableApps.com
F-Droid
Kindle Fire
Haiku
Android TV
Homebrew
Chocolatey
Xbox
OpenAPK
+4
Shoji VR’s note
Review from Alternativeto

The best media player hands down, on any platform, period. It can play any-and-everything video related. Never had anything audio it can’t play as well. It’s free. It can do A HUNDRED+ other things as well.

Rip audio, make pics, cast webcams, stream youtube and other platforms, rip mp3s from the same, or the videos, etc, etc, etc.

Solid piece of software, very easy to use for the laymen and it has a vast plethora of under-the-hood settings, addons, plugins. This little charmer is actually a beast..
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MPC-HC
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Open-source media player offering video and audio format support, no ads, and community-driven development. Features include dark theme, codec support, and YouTube compatibility.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Media Player
Audio Player
Platforms
Windows
PortableApps.com
+5
Shoji VR’s note
Uses Less Processing Power than VLC but Only Windows Platform available

As announced in their official news, the project is officially dead for lack of active developers. Last version, v1.7.13, released together with the announcement on July 16, 2017, can be still downloaded from the website. https://mpc-hc.org/2017/07/16/1.7.13-released-and-farewell/
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Media Player Classic
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Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support and built-in...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Media Player
Platforms
Windows
Shoji VR’s note
This application has been discontinued ,The currently active fork is Media Player Classic Home Cinema, but MPC is still downloadable from FreeCodec.com