MPlayer and its alternatives

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VLC media player
Open Source by VideoLAN |
- Mac, iPhone, iPad
- Windows
- Linux
VLC media player is an lightweight, open-source multimedia player that supports nearly all digital audio and video formats (e.g. H.264 ,MKV, TS (but not from Technisat DigiCorder), MPEG-2, mp3, AVI, MPEG-4, Ogg, DivX, aa ...

Categories: Audio & Music, Video & Movies Tags: portable http://portableapps.com/de/apps/music_video/vlc_portable, jailbreak Must be jailbroken with Installous installed; doesn't support 1st or 2nd gen iPhones/iPods, streaming, media-player, avi, podcast, internet-radio, mp4, ogg +4 more, codec, mkv, ffmpeg, converting

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Media Player Classic
Open Source by Gabest (Guliverkli) |
- Windows
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 su ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, dvd-player, subtitle-support

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Media Player Classic Home Cinema
Open Source by Media Player Classic Home Cinema Team |
- Windows
Media Player Classic Home Cinema is a free audio and video player for Windows.This project is based on the original "Media Player Classic" and was created after Gabest, the original author, stopped working on i ...

Categories: Audio & Music, Video & Movies Tags: subtitles, mediaplayer, audio-cd, dvd-player, dvb, vcd-player, dxva +1 more, svcd-player

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KMPlayer
Free by Kang Young-Huee, KMPmedia |
- Windows
The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as TS (also from Technisat Digicorder), VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, codec, ffmpeg, ts-files

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Banshee
Open Source by Banshee Project |
Play your music and videos. Stay entertained and up to date with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio. Sync your G1 phone, iPod, and other devices. We think you'll love the new Banshee!

Categories: Audio & Music, Video & Movies Tags: mp3, media-player, music-player, podcast, video-player, mediaplayer, last.fm

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AIMP
Free by Artyom Izmaylov |
- Windows
Freeware Winamp-like mediaplayer, based on BASS audio library with support for large number of formats and playlists. It works with multiple playlists immediately (tabbed window), allows creation of bookmarks and also ha ...

Categories: Audio & Music, CD/DVD Tools Tags: music-player, audio-player, internet-radio, audio-converter +12 more, music-library, radio-stations, music-organizer, audio-tagging, multilanguage, id3-tag-editor, cover-art, audio-cd-ripper, album-downloader, last.fm-scrobbler, equalizer, cue-sheets

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Miro
Open Source by Participatory Culture Foundation |
Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player. Through Miro, you can subscribe to any RSS feed, podcast, or video blog and explore hundreds of free ch ...

Categories: Audio & Music, File Sharing, Video & Movies Tags: youtube, youtube-downloader, app-store, podcast, bittorrent, video-player +11 more, music-library, video-downloader, bittorrent-client, media-library, fullscreen, podcast-catcher, libtorrent, internet-tv, android-sync, android-market, amazon-mp3

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GOM Player
Free by Gretech Corporation |
- Windows
GOM Player (Gretech Online Movie Player) is a freeware media player for Microsoft Windows. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a codec, and the ability to play som ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, codec, mediaplayer, ffmpeg, skinnable, movie-player +1 more, codecs-integrated

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Windows Media Player
Free by Microsoft |
- Windows
Windows Media Player is the all-in-one media player that provides the best experience for discovering, playing, and taking your digital entertainment anywhere--on Windows XP-based PCs and the widest choice of portable de ...

Categories: Audio & Music, Video & Movies Tags: media-player, music-player, video-player

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SMPlayer
Open Source |
- Windows
- Linux
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 ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, codec, ffmpeg, mplayer, movie-player

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Totem
Open Source by The GNOME Project |
- Linux
Totem is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. It features a playlist, a full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as keyboard navigation.It comes with added ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, screenshots, shoutcast, dvd-player, movie-player +3 more, capture-image-from-video, subtitle-support, nautilus-integration

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Daum PotPlayer
Free by Daum |
- Windows
KMPlayer's developer started a new project for Daum, the PotPlayer (officially only in Korean at the moment). It feels like the KMPlayer, but is in active development. It supports almost every video format with inter ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: portable Ability to store all settings to an ini-file in the program directory., media-player, avi, video-player, television, broadcast, mkv +3 more, converting, skinnable, high-definition

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QuickTime Player
Free with limited functionality by Apple |
- Mac
- Windows
Use Quicktime to watch Internet video, HD movie trailers, or personal media clips. In Mac OS X Lion, Quicktime lets you record part of the screen, such as a specific window. It’s perfect for creating a video tutorial of ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: itunes, media-player, mp4, quicktime

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UMPlayer
Open Source by Ori Rejwan |
UMPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems. 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 na ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, codec, ffmpeg, mplayer

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SPlayer (ShooterPlayer)
Open Source by Striker Network/Shen Sheng |
- Mac
- Windows
SPlayer is a player that supports all popular formats, including DVDRip, HDTV, RMVB, QuickTime, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AC3/DTS, VP3/6/7, Indeo, XVD, OGG / OGM, APE, FLAC, TTA, AAC, MPC, 3GP/AMR, and subtitles. SPlayer well equi ...

Categories: Audio & Music, Video & Movies Tags: portable, media-player, audio-player, subtitles, lyrics, video-player, codec +4 more, mediaplayer, subtitles-download, codecs-integrated, lyrics-player

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Movist
Open Source by cocoable, moosoy |
- Mac
A Mac media player based on QuickTime and FFMpeg, Open source under the GPLv3 and hosted on Google Code.A Simple and clean interface and high codec compatibility make this a real challenger to VLC.

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, avi, codec, ffmpeg, quicktime, vlc

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QuickTime Alternative

This application has been discontinued and is therefore not recommended.
Perian

This application has been discontinued and is therefore not recommended.
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MPlayerX
Open Source by Zongyao Qu |
- Mac
MPlayerX is an open-source project which aims to be the most powerful, beautiful, easy to use multimedia player on Mac OS X. It is able to decode almost any file format on your computer. Additionally, MPlayer is inspire ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: subtitles, multimedia, mplayer

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MPlayer OSX Extended
Open Source |
- Mac
MPlayer OSX Extended is an unofficial extension of the MPlayer OSX user interface.Development on the official MPlayer OSX frontend has been slow in recent years and MPlayer OSX Extended tries to change that. The project ...

Category: Video & Movies Tags: media-player, video-player, mplayer, vlc, niceplayer

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VLC media player

Media Player Classic

Media Player Classic Home Cinema

KMPlayer

Banshee

AIMP

Miro

GOM Player

Windows Media Player

SMPlayer

Totem

Daum PotPlayer

QuickTime Player

UMPlayer

SPlayer (ShooterPlayer)

Movist

QuickTime Alternative

Perian

MPlayerX

MPlayer OSX Extended

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