OSM Player Alternatives

OSM Player is described as 'Open Standard Media (OSM) Player The Open Standard Media Player is an all-in-one media player for the web. It is an industry changing, open source (MIT) media player that is built to dynamically deliver any type of web media, including HTML5, YouTube, Vimeo, Limelight CDN' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to OSM Player for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, jQuery, Wordpress and JavaScript apps. The best OSM Player alternative is FastStream, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OSM Player are JWX Web Player, Video.js, FV Player and Able Player.

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  1. FastStream icon
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    Stream videos without buffering in the browser. An extension that replaces bad video players on the internet with a better, accessible video player designed for your convenience.

    25 FastStream alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
    • FastStream is the most popular Web-based alternative to OSM Player.

    • FastStream is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OSM Player.

    • FastStream is Free and Open SourceOSM Player is also Free and Open Source
    • FastStream is Privacy focusedOSM Player is not according to our users
  2. JWX Web Player icon
     12 likes

    Deliver faster, more engaging experiences where content and ads render reliably, dynamically and beautifully on every screen. Because every (milli)second counts.

    31 JWX Web Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • JWX Web Player is the most popular commercial alternative to OSM Player.

    • JWX Web Player is Paid and ProprietaryOSM Player is Free and Open Source
  3. Video.js icon
     16 likes

    Video.js is the open-source HTML5 video player for the modern web: embed html5 video easily, support all major formats, and style it your way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Video.js is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to OSM Player.

    • Video.js is Free and Open SourceOSM Player is also Free and Open Source
    • Video.js is Lightweight and CustomizableOSM Player is not according to our users
  4. FV Player icon
     13 likes

    WordPress's most reliable, easy to use and feature-rich video player. Features responsive design, playlists, ads, stats, Vimeo, YouTube, S3, Cloudfront and CDN support. AB loop, speed controls.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
    • FV Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to OSM Player.

    • FV Player is Freemium and ProprietaryOSM Player is Free and Open Source
    • FV Player is Customizable and LightweightOSM Player is not according to our users
  5. Able Player icon
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    Able Player is a fully accessible cross-browser media player. It uses the HTML5 <audio> or <video> element for browsers that support them, and (optionally) the JW Player as a fallback for those that don’t.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
  6. Flowplayer icon
     6 likes

    Flowplayer is an online video platform for broadcasters, publishers, and media houses. It gives you top ranking ad fill rates and the best-of-breed live streaming.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.

    27 MediaElement.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • TYPO3
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • BlogEngine.NET
    • Plone
    • Wordpress
    • jQuery
    • RubyGems
     
  8.  3 likes

    html5media is a JavaScript library that enables every browser to play the media defined inside the HTML5 media tags.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. A lightweight HTML5 video player which includes support for captions and screen reader accessibility. For details, read the blog post Introducing an Accessible HTML5 Video Player on the PayPal Engineering blog.

    27 Accessible HTML5 Video Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  10. afterglow icon
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    A few years ago, there was a new video player around, called SublimeVideo. It was a breeze to integrate, reliable, free to use and worked out of the box. Sadly, times change. Out of the blue, SublimeVideo has been bought by Dailymotion, all services have been discontinued on...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  11. The Kaltura Player leads the industry in flexibility, ease of customization, plug-in offerings and loading speed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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