AirVLC AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Media Players

The best Media Player alternative to AirVLC is MPlayerX, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to AirVLC and five of them are Media Players so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Media Player alternatives to AirVLC are Elmedia Player, PopCast, Sofaplay and AirPlayer.

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AirVLC lets you watch videos on your Mac and play the audio through AirPlay, in sync.

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AirVLC alternatives page was last updated Aug 30, 2017
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    MPlayerX

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    MPlayerX is an open source project which aims to be the most powerful, beautiful, easy to use multimedia player on Mac OS X.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • MPlayer
    MPlayerX with player controller showing
    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

    MPlayerX Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  macOS-like
    3.  MultiTouch
    4.  Support for subtitles

    MPlayerX VS AirVLC

     

    • MPlayerX is the most popular Open Source alternative to AirVLC.

    • MPlayerX is Free and Open SourceAirVLC is Paid and Proprietary
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    Elmedia Player

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    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.

    156 Elmedia Player alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Apple TV
    Elmedia Player screenshot 1

    Elmedia Player Features

    1.  Support for 4K
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  AirPlay Support
    4.  Chromecast Support
    5.  Playlists
    6.  Support for DLNA

    Elmedia Player VS AirVLC

     
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    PopCast

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    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! PopCast brings you freedom by letting you stream ALL of your videos to your TV streaming device, no matter...

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PopCast screenshot 1

    PopCast Features

    1.  Chromecast Support
    2.  AirPlay Support
    3.  Stream video to Apple TV

    PopCast VS AirVLC

     
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    Sofaplay

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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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Sofaplay screenshot 1

    Sofaplay Features

    1.  Media Streaming

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    AirPlayer

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    AirPlayer is an application for streaming video*, music*, photo* from UPnP/DLNA media servers to your Apple iPhone/iPod/iPad.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    AirPlayer screenshot 1

    AirPlayer Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Streaming

    AirPlayer VS AirVLC

     
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