Flip4Mac AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as Audio Players

The best open source Audio Player alternative to Flip4Mac is VLC Media Player. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Flip4Mac and 16 are open source Audio Players so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Audio Player alternatives to Flip4Mac are MPC-HC, SMPlayer, MPC-BE and MPlayer.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon
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    VLC Media Player

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    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.

    298 VLC Media Player alternatives
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • 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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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Video Converter
    3.  Video playback
    4.  Built-in Media converter
    5.  Support for subtitles
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Audio Recording
    8.  Cross-Platform
    9.  Internet Radio
    10.  Compatibility Layer
    11.  Media Streaming
    12.  Replay Gain
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    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Flip4Mac.

    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Flip4Mac.

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceFlip4Mac is Paid and Proprietary
    • VLC Media Player is CustomizableFlip4Mac is not according to our users
  2. MPC-HC icon
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    MPC-HC

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    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.

    134 MPC-HC alternatives
    MPC-HC screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Stream audio
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Support for 4K
    7.  Portable
    8.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    9.  Webcam recording
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  4. SMPlayer icon
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    SMPlayer

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    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.

    124 SMPlayer alternatives
    Playing video - Default Skin

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    Main Window - Dark Skin
    Option - Tablet Mode
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    SMPlayer on a GNU/Linux Machine

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Multiplatform
    4.  Skin customization
    5.  Youtube support
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Built-in subtitle search
    8.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Portable
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Chromecast Support
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  5. MPC-BE icon
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    MPC-BE

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    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.

    114 MPC-BE alternatives
    MPC-BE screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Thumbnails
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Portable
    5.  Integrated Youtube support
    6.  Works Offline
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  6. MPlayer icon
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    MPlayer

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    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.

    132 MPlayer alternatives
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hardware Accelerated
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Integrated Codecs
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  7. Retro Music Player icon
    Retro Music Player icon

    Retro Music Player

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    Beautiful Material Music Player for Android.

    99 Retro Music Player alternatives
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    Retro Music Player screenshot 3

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Music Library
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Support for Gestures
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Crossfading
    11. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    12.  Gapless Playback
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  9. SPlayer icon
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    SPlayer

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    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.

    121 SPlayer alternatives
    SPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    SPlayer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for Lyrics
    3.  Integrated Codecs
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    Discontinued

    The latest version (4.9.3) is from August 2020.

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  10. QMPlay2 icon
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    QMPlay2

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    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.

    142 QMPlay2 alternatives
    QMPlay2 screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Youtube support
    2.  Playlists management
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Support for 4K
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Lossless Audio
    10.  Hardware Accelerated
    11.  Radio Player
    12.  Support for Lyrics
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  11. Sayonara Player icon
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    Sayonara Player

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    Sayonara is a simple but nice audio player and holds a lot of features like a library, id3 tag editor, equalizer, lastfm radio, lastfm scrobbler, stream recorder and so on...

    51 Sayonara Player alternatives
    Sayonara Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Sayonara Player screenshot 1
    Sayonara Player screenshot 2
    +1
    Sayonara Player screenshot 3

    Sayonara Player Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Playlists
    3.  Music collection
    4. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    5.  Stream audio
    6.  Built-in Equalizer
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  12. Musique icon
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    Musique

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    Musique unclutters your music listening experience with a clean interface that keeps you focused on what really matters: music.

    133 Musique alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Musique Features

    1. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    2.  Automatic album art download
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
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  13. Parole icon
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    Parole

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    Parole is a media player for the Xfce desktop environment, written using the GStreamer framework.

    89 Parole alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    Parole Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  XFCE support
    3.  QT Based
    Parole screenshot 1
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  14. Foobnix icon
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    Foobnix

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    Foobnix audio player for Linux, Windows and Android.

    Main features player

    Support for CUE (also wv, iso.wv) is the best under Linux (zavlab); Formats MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND ... Converter any format to any (mp3.

    125 Foobnix alternatives
    version 0.2.3 , crunchbang statler, flac playback, search window off.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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    Android (2)
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    Android (3)
    Discontinued

    The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 3.1, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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