AirVLC Alternatives

    AirVLC is described as 'lets you watch videos on your Mac and play the audio through AirPlay, in sync'. There are more than 10 alternatives to AirVLC for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and iPad. The best alternative is Airflow. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MPlayerX or Videostream. Other great apps like AirVLC are Squire (Paid), Elmedia Player (Freemium), Beamer (Paid) and AllCast (Free).

    This page was last updated Aug 30, 2017
    1. An all-in-one solution for sending about any video from your Windows or Mac computer to your Chromecast or Apple TV.
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    2. MPlayerX is an open source project which aims to be the most powerful, beautiful, easy to use multimedia player on Mac OS X. MPlayerX is armed by FFmpeg and .

      Warning

      MPlayerX has been bundled with malwares, including adware. See the VirusTotal scan results at https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/6f1e9d7dc6b52af887b5e1bee6e0d0366345fb53c752ca23b98a9cf9b647fd49/analysis/1441451188/

      Discontinued

      Installer contains possible malware:
      https://www.symantec.com/security_response/attacksignatures/detail.jsp?asid=29897

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    4. Videostream

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Chrome OS
      • Google Chrome
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      Select any video from the Videostream extension for Google Chrome and, using the Chromecast extension, play it on your Chromecast. It's fast and simple to use. Videostream supports subtitles, MKV, AVI, MP4, playlists, and more.
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    5. Squire is a media center to stream movies and shows from torrents or local files. It’s an always-running menu bar app. The brain where all the local video files or installed streams are processed and sent to the clients.
    6. Elmedia is a free media player for Mac that supports various video and audio formats, including FLV, SWF, MP4, AVI, MOV, MP4, DAT, MP3, etc. The app features exclusive Open Online Video feature which lets you watch YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion videos online without ads.
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    8. Beamer streams video directly so it will be played natively on Apple TV and Chromecast. No glitches, clicks, pops or other shenanigans. The video looks just as good as it would on your desktop
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    9. AllCast lets you send photos, music, and videos on your Android to your TV!
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    10. Sofaplay

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
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      SofaPlay allows you to play media files directly from your Mac on the tv. It connects your Mac to your Smart TV and takes care of the streaming. Just drag any movie file onto SofaPlay and it will appear instantly on the big screen in front of you.
    11. AirPlayer is an application for streaming video*, music*, photo* from UPnP/DLNA media servers to your Apple iPhone/iPod/iPad. AirPlayer can access media files on your Windows 7 directly. view http://www.edavs.com/forum/ for more details. Videos on Youtube:...
    12. You have a computer full of video files, and you want to stream them to your TV, but your Apple TV or Chromecast won't let you play your AVI and MKV files. No problem!
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