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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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MPlayer
Open Source by The MPlayer Team |
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 file ...

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

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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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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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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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Zune Software
Free by Microsoft |
- Windows, Windows Metro, Win Phone
Zune Software is a full media player application with a library, an interface to the Zune Marketplace, and as a media streaming server.It's a software for the Zune media player from Microsoft. Works as a stand alone ...

Categories: Audio & Music, Video & Movies Tags: media-player, music-library, media-library, music-manager +2 more, media-streaming, zune

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This application has been discontinued and is therefore not recommended.
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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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DeaDBeeF
Open Source by Alexey Yakovenko |
- Android
- Linux
DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line co ...

Category: Audio & Music Tags: music-player, foobar-clone

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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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BSPlayer
Free with limited functionality by Webteh Ldt |
- Windows
- Android
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 ha ...

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

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QuickTime Alternative

This application has been discontinued and is therefore not recommended.
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XMPlay
Free by Ian Luck |
- Windows
A tiny and portable audio player. With a size of about 280 KiB it plays OGG, MP3, audio CDs, WMA and several less used formats like XM, IT, MOD, UMX and others. Furthermore it supports a wide range of plugins, skins and ...

Category: Audio & Music Tags: portable, mp3, music-player, tracker, music-library, ogg, flac +6 more, music-collection, mod, aac, bass, mo3, xmplayer

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