Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.
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MPV Alternatives
MPV is described as 'Audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types' and is a leading Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MPV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best MPV alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MPV are MPC-HC, AIMP, PotPlayer and SMPlayer.
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MPV alternatives are mainly Media Players, but if you're looking for Audio Players or Internet Radio Services you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MPV.
Alternatives list
- 61 Celluloid alternatives
43 Haruna alternativesOpen source video player leveraging Qt/QML and libmpv, featuring dual subtitle support, customizable shortcuts, auto chapter skipping by keyword, YouTube and online video playback, integrated playlist overlay, dynamic navigation, and KDE ecosystem compatibility.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Windows
- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- mpv
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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59 Harmonoid alternatives🎵 Plays & manages your music library. Looks beautiful & juicy. Playlists, visuals, synced lyrics, pitch shift, volume boost & more.
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A media player for Android based on mpv-android aiming to provide a nicer user interface over the original
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134 MX Player alternativesPowerful video and music player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle supports
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Chrome OS
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Screenbox is a modern video player that cares about performance and ease of use on a wide range of device types. It features a beautiful, friendly user interface while being fast and lightweight
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222 Windows Media Player alternativesWindows 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...
Crates is a user-focused, next generation music app, that merges all user’s music collections into one, enables them to own their data, listen from any source and discover new music recommended by the community.
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110 Infuse alternativesIgnite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for iOS 12, with powerful streaming options, trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- visionOS
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135 GOM Player alternativesGOM Player is a freeware media player. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a codec, and the ability to play some broken media files, both advantages over traditional players, like Windows Media Player.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Bundleware
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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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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Play your favorite movies and video files without hassle. Showtime features simple playback controls that fade out of your way when you're watching, fullscreen, adjustable playback speed, multiple language and subtitle tracks, and screenshots — everything you need for a...
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