xine Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to xine for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to xine and 18 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to xine are SMPlayer, GNOME Videos, Showtime Player and UMPlayer.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

     7775 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.

    175 VLC Media Player alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • 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
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  2. SMPlayer icon

    SMPlayer

     463 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.

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    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    Playing video - Default Skin
     
  5. Showtime Player icon

    Showtime Player

     6 likes

    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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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  6. UMPlayer icon

    UMPlayer

     109 likes

    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 native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • BSD
    UMPlayer Skinnable User Interface - feature rich yet easy to use
     
  7. MOC icon

    MOC

     30 likes

    MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.

    120 MOC alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
    MOC screenshot 1
     
  9. Parole icon

    Parole

     19 likes

    Parole is a media player for the Xfce desktop environment, written using the GStreamer framework.

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  10. G

    Gnome MPlayer

     22 likes

    A GTK+2 interface to MPlayer. The power of MPlayer combined with a friendly interface for your desktop; You can play all your multimedia (audio, video, CD, DVDs, and VCDs, streams etc.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • MPlayer
    Gnome MPlayer playing a movie
     
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    ExMplayer

     6 likes

    Play any media files,convert,extract,animate and more...Official page of ExMplayer

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. fmedia icon

    fmedia

     1 like

    fmedia is a fast media player/recorder/converter for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and FreeBSD.

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    • Discontinued

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    Soube

     4 likes

    A simple and minimalist music player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    Soube screenshot 1
     
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    Cineplay

     3 likes

    Originating from the Jahshaka project OpenLibraries based Cineplay is a multi platform video player that supports a wide array of codecs.

    55 Cineplay alternatives

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