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. Ubuntu's commitment to only include completely free software by default means that proprietary media formats are not configured 'out of the box'. However, you can install the ability to play popular non-free media formats, including DVD, MP3, Quicktime, and Windows...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. CornPlayer icon
     3 likes

    very simple Media Player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Audience is a modern video player that brings the lessons learned from the web home to the desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Quickfire icon
     1 like

    Quickfire is a video player for film, video, animation and VFX professionals - or anyone who wants advanced control over their movies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. MVX Player is an excellent Video Player and Music Player its a fairly standard Media Player. It has a neat and easy to use interface and supports most popular video and audio formats along with some extras.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. 🎬? Supporting every major audio and video file type through DirectShow playback.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Voya Media is a cross-platform media player that easily plays all your music, pictures and videos.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. Kantaris icon
     16 likes

    Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (http://alternativeto.net/software/vlc-media-player/) and Bass audio library. Kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows Media Player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9.  1 like

    A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. A simple media player for GNOME that supports libvlc, xine-lib and libgstreamer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Musique icon
     32 likes

    Musique unclutters your music listening experience with a clean interface that keeps you focused on what really matters: music.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. SE-MediaPlayer is a free classic portable media player with build-in media library for audio and video files management and lots of beautiful skins. Also includes codec configuration utility for quick audio and video codecs installation and removal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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