PotPlayer Alternatives for Mac

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   VLC Media Player

    7941 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.

   204 VLC Media Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Windows Mobile
   • 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
   • OpenAPK
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey
   • Xbox
   • Android Auto

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   VLC Media Player vs PotPlayer Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Guest · Feb 23, 2016

   Not as good as Pot Player but whatever

   Top Negative Comment by Guest · Jul 28, 2020

   No thumbnail preview when hover on seekbar.

   Positive comment by RemovedUser · Nov 19, 2024

   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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   MPV

    593 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.

   134 MPV alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

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

   • United States

   

   

   

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   MPV vs PotPlayer Comments

   Negative comment by Noah Sean · Jun 21, 2024

   Too barebrones, not customizable.

   Negative comment by gregoryem · Dec 18, 2025

   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.

   Positive comment by coralinecastell · Nov 21, 2019

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

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   • 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

    467 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.

   145 SMPlayer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Spain
   • EU

   Platforms

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

   • Spain
   • EU

   

   

   

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   SMPlayer vs PotPlayer Comments

   Negative comment by gregoryem · Dec 18, 2025

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

   Positive comment by Guest · Feb 9, 2019

   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
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   IINA

    157 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.

   63 IINA alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • mpv

   • Global

   

   

   

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   IINA vs PotPlayer Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Mar 30, 2021

   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
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   MPlayer

    342 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.

   146 MPlayer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Hungary
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

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

   • Hungary
   • EU

   

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   Infuse

    55 likes

   The beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Vision Pro. No need to convert files.

   146 Infuse alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Media Server

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • iPhone
   • iPad
   • Apple TV
   • visionOS

   • United States

   

   

   

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    Harmonoid

     35 likes

    Material-based cross-platform player managing music libraries, playlists, and radio streams with synced and custom lyrics, tag editor, pitch, speed, and volume controls, Discord and Last.fm integration, light-dark themes, and low RAM usage for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.

    69 Harmonoid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    • India

    

    

    

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    GOM Player

     241 likes

    GOM Player is a freeware media player. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a codec, and the ability to play some broken media files, both advantages over traditional players, like Windows Media Player.

    148 GOM Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Origin

    • South Korea

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    • South Korea

    

    

    

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    Ray Media Player

     10 likes

    Watch anything. Understand everything. The world's first AI media player that generates and translates subtitles instantly in 200+ languages.

    54 Ray Media Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Origin

    • Hungary
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • Hungary
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Miro Player

     242 likes

    Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Origin

    • United States

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    • United States

    

    

    

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    QMPlay2

     15 likes

    QMPlay2 is a video and audio player. It can play all formats supported by FFmpeg, libmodplug (including J2B and SFX). It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2 music and chiptunes. It contains YouTube and Prostopleer browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (LGPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    

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    SPlayer

     102 likes

    SPlayer is a player that supports all popular formats, including DVDRip, HDTV, RMVB, QuickTime, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AC3/DTS, VP3/6/7, Indeo, XVD, OGG / OGM, APE, FLAC, TTA, AAC, MPC, 3GP/AMR, and subtitles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • China

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    • China

    

    

    

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