The Best PotPlayer AlternativesTop Media & Audio Players like PotPlayer

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   VLC Media Player

    7744 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

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   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

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment

   Guest

   Feb 23, 2016

   64

   Not as good as Pot Player but whatever

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Top Negative Comment

   Guest

   Jul 28, 2020

   12

   No thumbnail preview when hover on seekbar.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   RemovedUser

   Positive comment•Nov 19, 2024

   -2

   I do not use Windows, and PotPlayer is Windows-only. That automatically means I cannot use it. I just moved completely to Linux a week ago after CoPilot appeared on my PC after an update, and remained after uninstall. I really LIKE PotPlayer, but again, now that I'm Linux-only on all 4 PCs, it's of no use to me. VLC is the next, closest alternative.

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   • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourcePotPlayer is Free Personal and Proprietary
   • VLC Media Player is Decentralized and Privacy focusedPotPlayer is not according to our users
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   MPC-HC

    1316 likes

   A lightweight open-source media player for Windows, giving support for all video/audio formats. It boasts no ads, dark themes, codec support, and seamless YouTube playback. Developed by longtime contributors, it's mature software with community improvements and crash fixes.

   142 MPC-HC alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • PortableApps.com

   

   

   

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   MPV

    566 likes

   Versatile audio and video player featuring support for a wide range of formats, audio and video codecs, subtitle types, hardware acceleration via GPU, OpenGL output with high-quality scaling, on-screen controls, and embeddable C API for integration into applications.

   117 MPV alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • F-Droid
   • Haiku
   • Xfce
   • Chocolatey

   

   

   

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   Noah Sean

   Negative comment•Jun 21, 2024

   2

   Too barebrones, not customizable.

   gregoryem

   Negative comment•Dec 18, 2025

   0

   You need to configure mpc over cli or config file, unlike MPC-HC/BE or PotPlayer withe outstanding GUI. I was seen some pdf manual to MPV, which had few hundreds pages. For MPC and PotPlayer I newer needed to use manual - everything was clear thanks to logical GUI structure.

   coralinecastell

   Positive comment•Nov 21, 2019

   1

   Runs on Linux, it's FOSS, fast and clean interface, frequently updated.

   

   

   • MPV is Free and Open SourcePotPlayer is Free Personal and Proprietary
   • MPV is Privacy focusedPotPlayer is not according to our users
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   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.

   128 SMPlayer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Spain
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • mpv
   • Snapcraft
   • PortableApps.com
   • Haiku
   • MPlayer
   • Flathub
   • Homebrew

   

   

   

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   gregoryem

   Negative comment•Dec 18, 2025

   0

   SMPlayer is just a skin for old MPlayer - not very customizable software with much less capabilities than PotPlayer.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Feb 9, 2019

   8

   SMPlayer and Pot player are not very similar at first glance. But SMPlayer is heavily customizable. You can get 99.99% features of pot player in SMPlayer by tweaking. Just be patient first time

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   • SMPlayer is Free and Open SourcePotPlayer is Free Personal and Proprietary
7. 

   

   KMPlayer

    484 likes

   KMPlayer is an excellent free video player for PC with a user-friendly interface, Ultra HD support, 3D movies, clear subtitles, online streaming, and external digital TV compatibility.

   159 KMPlayer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • South Korea

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   

   

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   Media Player Classic

    763 likes

   Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support and built-in...

   131 Media Player Classic alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Media Player

   Origin

   • Hungary
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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    MPC-BE

     183 likes

    Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when...

    118 MPC-BE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Russia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    IINA

     142 likes

    Modern macOS media player with retina-optimized video playback, supports numerous audio and video formats via mpv core, features an interactive UI, gesture and Touch Bar controls, Picture-in-Picture, and comprehensive customization through open source scripting and settings.

    49 IINA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • mpv

    

    

    

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    Guest

    Positive comment•Mar 30, 2021

    1

    Good design, no glitches, good subtitle support and rendering, easy and accessible settings (video, audios, subs). It's not as complete as Potplayer or other Windows players, but is the best FOSS video player I found for MacOs. Recommended

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    • IINA is Free and Open SourcePotPlayer is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • IINA is Privacy focusedPotPlayer is not according to our users
12. 

    

    LLPlayer

     25 likes

    A media player to enhance your language skills with dual and AI-generated subtitles powered by OpenAI Whisper. Real-time OCR, translation with Google/DeepL, and word lookup boost learning. Supports 134 languages, fully customizable shortcuts, and it's free & open-source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    MPlayer

     341 likes

    MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). 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.

    131 MPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Hungary
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku

    

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    MX Player

     196 likes

    Powerful video and music player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle supports

    133 MX Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Chrome OS

    

    

    

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    Celluloid

     50 likes

    Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.

    62 Celluloid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    

    

    

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