AVPlayer Alternatives
AVPlayer is described as 'can play almost any computer video file format such as AVI, Xvid, WMV and much more clearly and effortlessly. No converting hassles. Just copy files via USB and just drag and drop into the AVPlayer’s Media Explorer' and is a Media Player in the Video & Movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to AVPlayer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and iPhone. Most alternatives are Media and Audio Players. The best alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AVPlayer are MPV (Free, Open Source), MPC-HC (Free, Open Source), foobar2000 (Free) and PotPlayer (Free).
- VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Features Simple, fast and powerful media player.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Windows S
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Blackberry 10
- Apple Watch
- Apple TV
- F-Droid
- Kindle Fire
- Haiku
- Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. Media Player Classic Home Cinema supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Main features Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND... and more with additional components.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Potplayer is a minimalist media player that has an extensive range of configurable options to choose from and lots of functionality.
Bundleware
Several antivirus detect a potentially unwanted application (adware) PUA.FusionCore in the file F.dll dropped by the installer of PotPlayer in the Temp folder. Once that file is blocked by the antivirus, the program is installed with no problems and ads.
- Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. It's written in C++ using the Qt framework.
- Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.
Discontinued
The latest version is from 2016.
Source: https://www.clementine-player.org/#news - 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.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- mpv
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- MPlayer
- MPC-BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. MPC-BE is based on the original Guliverkli project and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project, contains additional features and bug fixes.
- Winamp is a media player for Windows developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft, which they later sold to AOL, who sold to Radionomy in January 2014.