Open Source Android Video Player Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Android Video Player is VLC Media Player. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Android Video Player and eight of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Android Video Player are Just (Video) Player, Nova Video Player, Pretty Good Music Player and Movie Monad.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

     7722 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.

    170 VLC Media Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • 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
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1
     
  2. Just (Video) Player icon

    Just (Video) Player

     14 likes

    Android video player based on ExoPlayer library. It uses ExoPlayer's ffmpeg extension with all its audio formats enabled (it can handle even special formats like AC3, EAC3, DTS, DTS HD, TrueHD etc.).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    Just (Video) Player screenshot 1
     
  5. Pretty Good Music Player icon

    Pretty Good Music Player

     4 likes

    Tired of music players that take forever to start up because they're loading ads or trying to download stuff? Of music players that ignore Bluetooth controls, or stop responding after a few minutes? I was too, so I wrote this app!

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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    Movie Monad

     1 like

    A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Movie Monad screenshot 1
     
  7. Rosa Media Player icon

    Rosa Media Player

     1 like

    Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:

    • Possibility to get an audio track from video clip
    • Possibility to get a screencast
    • Possibility to trim video

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Gnome media player icon

    Gnome media player

     4 likes

    A simple media player for GNOME that supports libvlc, xine-lib and libgstreamer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Voya Media icon

    Voya Media

     Like

    Voya Media is a cross-platform media player that easily plays all your music, pictures and videos.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    Voya Media screenshot 1
     
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