MPlayer Alternatives

MPlayer is described as 'Movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). 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' and is a very popular Media Player in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MPlayer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best MPlayer alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MPlayer are MPC-HC, MPV, AIMP and PotPlayer.

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  1. Cineplay icon
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    Originating from the Jahshaka project OpenLibraries based Cineplay is a multi platform video player that supports a wide array of codecs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. FX Player icon
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    The reason we can say this is that we are creating our own user experience that is required as a media player and we prime concern are also manufacturing techniques for the user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  3. Total Video Player is equipped with powerful video play function makes you to perfectly Play 4K ultra HD AVI, MKV... movies on without any lag as well as Blu-ray disc, DVD disc, VCD/SVCD disc, DVB disc, and Audio CD disc.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. Light Alloy icon
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    Light Alloy is a multimedia player for Windows.

    Features

    Timeline So you can see graphically how much is played and how much is still to play

    WinLIRC Allows you to remotely control Light Alloy, for example if you are laying on the sofa

    Live.

    56 Light Alloy alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5.  2 likes

    Video player for Raspberry-pi, instead of using Raspberry-pi cpu power to play 1080p videos (which Raspberry-pi cannot play smoothly) feeds the video to your TV.

    66 OMXPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  6. JustPlay icon
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    JustPlay is a simple media player that will just play any video or audio file you have. It supports MP4, AVI, MOV, SWF, DAT, MKV, MP3, FLAC, M4V, FLV, Blu-ray, etc. You won't need additional codecs or plugins - this tiny player actually comes packed with all necessary stuff...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. EcoTubeHQ icon
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    EcoTubeHQ Video Player offers high quality video playback for many DRM-free streaming services at minimal bitrates. Hardware acceleration is utilised where possible during video playback to optimize quality and minimize CPU usage.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Clip is a convergent video player and collection manager utilizing MPV as the backend. By using MPV, you can also play remote videos by entering the URL besides local videos.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Use this application to listen to or view your favorite media files, keeping in mind that almost all the formats are supported and will work flawlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. OmniPlayer icon
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    OmniPlayer is a comprehensive media player for almost any video and audio format on macOS. It has powerful features with modern and clean design.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Xt7-Player icon
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    Xt7-Player (now xt7-player-mpv) is an open source GUI to MPV.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • mpv
    • Gambas
     
  12. KPlayer icon
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    KPlayer is a video playback app. If 'H.264 Hardware Acceleration' is supported, it can play 720p, and 1080p video files more smoothly. Also you can enjoy a movie in the concise interface with the high-quality subtitles that are displayed quickly.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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