Mac Classic Player AlternativesMedia & Audio Players like Mac Classic Player

Mac Classic Player is described as 'Media player for macOS built for people who miss the directness of Media Player Classic on Windows. You open a file and it plays, with keyboard shortcuts doing the work instead of menus' and is a Media Player in the video & movies category. There are nine alternatives to Mac Classic Player for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Android apps. The best Mac Classic Player alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mac Classic Player are MPC-HC, MPV, IINA and MPC-BE.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

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    Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

    194 VLC Media Player alternatives

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    • 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
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    • European Union flagEU
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  2. MPC-HC icon

    MPC-HC

     1329 likes

    A lightweight open-source media player for Windows, giving support for all video/audio formats. It boasts no ads, dark themes, codec support, and seamless YouTube playback. Developed by longtime contributors, it's mature software with community improvements and crash fixes.

    157 MPC-HC alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. MPV icon

    MPV

     588 likes

    Versatile audio and video player featuring support for a wide range of formats, audio and video codecs, subtitle types, hardware acceleration via GPU, OpenGL output with high-quality scaling, on-screen controls, and embeddable C API for integration into applications.

    128 MPV alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    • Chocolatey
    • OpenAPK
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  5. IINA icon

    IINA

     148 likes

    Modern macOS media player with retina-optimized video playback, supports numerous audio and video formats via mpv core, features an interactive UI, gesture and Touch Bar controls, Picture-in-Picture, and comprehensive customization through open source scripting and settings.

    59 IINA alternatives

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    • Mac
    • mpv
    • Global
    IINA screenshot 1
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  6. MPC-BE icon

    MPC-BE

     186 likes

    Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when...

    134 MPC-BE alternatives

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    • Windows
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  8. Media Player Classic icon

    Media Player Classic

     764 likes

    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...

    144 Media Player Classic alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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  9. QuickTime Player icon

    QuickTime Player

     135 likes

    Watch Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media clips. Whether it’s on the web or on your desktop, QuickTime Player brings your digital media brilliantly to life.

    192 QuickTime Player alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    QuickTime X
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  10. Movist icon

    Movist

     57 likes

    Movist is a movie player for Mac OS based on QuickTime & FFmpeg.

    A Simple and clean interface and high codec compatibility make this a real challenger to VLC.

    102 Movist alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    The Movist main window
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  11. Elmedia Player icon

    Elmedia Player

     29 likes

    Elmedia is the best free video player for Mac that boasts compatibility with all commonly used video and audio formats, including AVI, FLV, SWF, MKV, WMV, MOV, MP3, DAT, FLAC, M4V, MPG, DivX and MP4. This video player app delivers an outstanding HD experience without putting a...

    166 Elmedia Player alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • Apple TV
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