Movies & TV Alternatives

Movies & TV is described as '(Canada and the US) or Films & TV (UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand), previously Xbox Video and Zune Video, is the default video player of Windows 10 and Xbox One' and is a Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Movies & TV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Movies & TV alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Movies & TV are Kodi, MPC-HC, MPV and AIMP.

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  1. SPlayer icon
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    SPlayer is a player that supports all popular formats, including DVDRip, HDTV, RMVB, QuickTime, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AC3/DTS, VP3/6/7, Indeo, XVD, OGG / OGM, APE, FLAC, TTA, AAC, MPC, 3GP/AMR, and subtitles.

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. mpv.net icon
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    mpv.net is a modern media player for Windows. mpv is similar to VLC not based on DirectShow like MPC, mpv.net is based on libmpv which in return is based on ffmpeg.

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    • Windows
    • mpv
     
  3. Clapper icon
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    Clapper is a modern media player designed for simplicity and ease of use. Powered by GStreamer and built for the GNOME desktop environment using GTK4 toolkit, it has a clean and stylish interface that lets you focus on enjoying your favorite videos.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  4. Phiola icon
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    phiola is a fast audio player, recorder, converter for Windows, Linux & Android. Its low CPU consumption conserves the notebook/phone battery. You can issue commands to phiola via its CLI, TUI, GUI, system pipe and SDK interfaces.

    79 Phiola alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. Mtoc icon
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    Mtoc is a visually-rich music player and library browser that emphasizes a smooth, continuous experience with album artwork at the forefront.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. Vidi icon
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    The modern video player your Mac deserves. Vidi combines universal format support (MKV, AVI, WebM) with best-in-class performance and battery efficiency. Features include a Pro Audio Suite, Advanced PiP for multitasking, and seamless casting to AirPlay, Chromecast, and DLNA.

    46 Vidi alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  7. Nightingale icon
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    Nightingale is a free and powerfull music player for Linux, Windows and Mac based on the Songbird media player source code. A beautiful interface with a wide range of supported audio formats, all with multi-platform support!

    59 Nightingale alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. QMPlay2 icon
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    QMPlay2 is a video and audio player. It can play all formats supported by FFmpeg, libmodplug (including J2B and SFX). It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2 music and chiptunes. It contains YouTube and Prostopleer browser.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  9. WaveTime icon
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    WaveTime is a fast, lightweight media player for macOS with a focus on transparency and precision. Unlike QuickTime, it’s designed for creators who need more than just play and pause.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. UMPlayer icon
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    UMPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems. It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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