Open Source Flip4Mac Alternatives

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

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Flip4Mac alternatives page was last updated Mar 22, 2020
  1. VLC Media Player icon
     7552 likes

    VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.

    295 VLC Media Player alternatives
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen 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

    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
     1284 likes

    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.

    135 MPC-HC alternatives
    MPC-HC screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    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
    MPC-HC iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  3. SMPlayer icon
     448 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.

    124 SMPlayer alternatives
    Playing video - Default Skin

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer

    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
    SMPlayer iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  4. Media Player Classic icon
     759 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...

    130 Media Player Classic alternatives
    Media Player Classic screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Media Player Classic Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. The currently active fork is MPC-HC icon MPC-HC . Latest version, 6.4.9.1, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from FreeCodec.com

    Media Player Classic iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  5. MPC-BE icon
     171 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    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
     340 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
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)

    License model

    • FreeOpen 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
    MPlayer iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  7. Videos icon
     110 likes

    Videos (previously Totem) is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. It features a playlist, a full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as keyboard navigation.

    98 Videos alternatives
    Videos screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Watch videos
    2.  Ad-free
    3. GNOME Files icon  Nautilus integration
    4.  Support for subtitles
    5.  No registration required
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Capture image from video
    Videos iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  8. SPlayer icon
     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.

    121 SPlayer alternatives
    SPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    SPlayer Features

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

    The latest version (4.9.3) is from August 2020.

    SPlayer iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  9. Retro Music Player icon
     12 likes

    Beautiful Material Music Player for Android.

    96 Retro Music Player alternatives
    Retro Music Player screenshot 1
    Retro Music Player screenshot 2
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    Retro Music Player screenshot 3

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Properties

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

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Music Library
    6.  File Tagging
    7.  Lossless Audio
    8.  Support for Gestures
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Crossfading
    11. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    12.  Gapless Playback
    Retro Music Player iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  10. UMPlayer icon
     109 likes

    UMPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems. 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 UMPlayer alternatives
    UMPlayer Skinnable User Interface - feature rich yet easy to use

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    UMPlayer Features

    1.  Resume playback
    Discontinued

    No more updates, latest downloads from 2011: https://sourceforge.net/projects/umplayer/files/

    UMPlayer iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  11. QMPlay2 icon
     12 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.

    141 QMPlay2 alternatives
    QMPlay2 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen 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
    QMPlay2 iconFlip4Mac Icon

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  12. Sayonara Player icon
     26 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    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
    Sayonara Player iconFlip4Mac Icon

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