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The best alternative to MX Player is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MX Player and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to MX Player are MPC-HC, SMPlayer, Media Player Classic and MPlayer.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

     7880 likes

    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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  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. SMPlayer icon

    SMPlayer

     465 likes

    SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play.

    141 SMPlayer alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
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    Playing video - Default Skin
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  5. 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
    Media Player Classic screenshot 1
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  6. MPlayer icon

    MPlayer

     342 likes

    MPlayer is a 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.

    143 MPlayer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku
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    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)
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  9. Splash icon

    Splash

     74 likes

    The only player you will ever need. Stunning video quality thanks to advanced engine. Video conversion optimized for social media. Innovative and fully customizable user interface. In one word - Splash.

    113 Splash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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  10. Just (Video) Player icon

    Just (Video) Player

     14 likes

    Android video player based on ExoPlayer library. It uses ExoPlayer's ffmpeg extension with all its audio formats enabled (it can handle even special formats like AC3, EAC3, DTS, DTS HD, TrueHD etc.).

    51 Just (Video) Player alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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    • European Union flagEU
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  11. BSPlayer icon

    BSPlayer

     66 likes

    BSPlayer is the first software movie player ever to enable its users to focus on watching the movie instead of dealing with poor computer capabilities or running around looking for a proper setting and codec. Also, it has very low CPU and RAM requirements.

    111 BSPlayer alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
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    • European Union flagEU
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  12. Ray Media Player icon

    Ray Media Player

     5 likes

    Watch anything. Understand everything. The world's first AI media player that generates and translates subtitles instantly in 200+ languages.

    51 Ray Media Player alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
    Ray Media Player screenshot 1
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  13. ALLPlayer icon

    ALLPlayer

     8 likes

    ALLPlayer is a freeware with modern and intuitive interface, known more from smartphones and tablets.

    65 ALLPlayer alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  14. MPlayer for Windows icon

    MPlayer for Windows

     3 likes

    The award-winning OpenSource media player MPlayer for the Windows platform. With frontends SMPlayer and MPUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MPlayer
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    • European Union flagEU
    MPlayer for Windows screenshot 1
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