FastStream Alternatives

FastStream is described as 'Stream videos without buffering in the browser. An extension that replaces bad video players on the internet with a better, accessible video player designed for your convenience' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to FastStream for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, jQuery, Windows and Wordpress apps. The best FastStream alternative is Baking Soda. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try VideoJS or FV Player. Other great apps like FastStream are JW Player, Able Player, Flowplayer and MediaElement.js.

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  1. Baking Soda icon
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    Baking Soda is a Safari extension that replaces custom video players (except the YouTube player) with a minimal HTML video tag.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Baking Soda is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to FastStream.

    • Baking Soda is the most popular commercial alternative to FastStream.

    • Baking Soda is Paid and ProprietaryFastStream is Free and Open Source
    • Baking Soda is LightweightFastStream is not according to our users
  2. VideoJS icon
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    VideoJS is an HTML5 Video Player, built with Javascript and CSS, with a fallback to a Flash video player for when the browser doesn't support HTML5 video.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • VideoJS is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to FastStream.

    • VideoJS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FastStream.

    • VideoJS is Free and Open SourceFastStream is also Free and Open Source
    • VideoJS is Lightweight and CustomizableFastStream is not according to our users
  3. FV Player icon
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    WordPress's most reliable, easy to use and feature-rich video player. Features responsive design, playlists, ads, stats, Vimeo, YouTube, S3, Cloudfront and CDN support. AB loop, speed controls.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
    • FV Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Linux & Android Tablet alternative to FastStream.

    • FV Player is Freemium and ProprietaryFastStream is Free and Open Source
    • FV Player is Customizable and LightweightFastStream is not according to our users
  4. JW Player icon
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    The JW Player is an embeddable media player for web sites, supporting many commonly-used audio and video formats.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  5. Able Player icon
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    Able Player is a fully accessible cross-browser media player. It uses the HTML5 <audio> or <video> element for browsers that support them, and (optionally) the JW Player as a fallback for those that don’t.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
  6. Flowplayer icon
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    Flowplayer is an online video platform for broadcasters, publishers, and media houses. It gives you top ranking ad fill rates and the best-of-breed live streaming.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • TYPO3
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • BlogEngine.NET
    • Plone
    • Wordpress
    • jQuery
    • RubyGems
     
  8.  3 likes
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    html5media is a JavaScript library that enables every browser to play the media defined inside the HTML5 media tags.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    A lightweight HTML5 video player which includes support for captions and screen reader accessibility. For details, read the blog post Introducing an Accessible HTML5 Video Player on the PayPal Engineering blog.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  10. TargetVideo icon
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    TargetVideo is a specialized video distribution and monetization platform with a cutting-edge video player and ad tech, along with state-of-the-art white-label OTT and CTV solutions for cross-channel monetization.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    The Kaltura Player leads the industry in flexibility, ease of customization, plug-in offerings and loading speed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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