Media Player Classic Alternatives

Media Player Classic is described as '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' and is a leading Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Media Player Classic for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Media Player Classic alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Media Player Classic are MPC-HC, MPV, PotPlayer and SMPlayer.

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  1. Kantaris icon
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    Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (http://alternativeto.net/software/vlc-media-player/) and Bass audio library. Kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows Media Player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. ampcast icon
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    Ampcast is a music player for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Navidrome and Subsonic. With additional support for Apple Music, Spotify and TIDAL. It integrates with last.fm and ListenBrainz and features the Milkdrop visualizer (among others).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
     
    • ampcast is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Media Player Classic.

    • ampcast is Free and Open SourceMedia Player Classic is also Free and Open Source
  3. AVPlayer icon
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    AVPlayer can play almost any computer video file format such as AVI, Xvid, WMV and much more clearly and effortlessly. No converting hassles. Just copy files via USB and just drag and drop into the AVPlayer’s Media Explorer.

    146 AVPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. PlayerXtreme icon
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    PlayerXtreme Media Player is the most popular cross-platform audio, video, movie and online streaming Player for your device. With this Free Media Player you can watch movies, music, videos, and others with mesmerizing audio video results, on the go from anywhere even if they’re...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Fire TV
     
  5. ExMplayer icon
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    Play any media files,convert,extract,animate and more...Official page of ExMplayer

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Imagen is a multimedia player initially developed for playing HAV files, later extended to support numerous other media formats. Imagen has a unique capability to play sequentially numerated images as if they belong to a video file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    MPlayer GUI with multiple playlists. Each playlist stores information about last played file and position inside file allowing to resume playback. Borderless interface mimics MPlayer itself during playback.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    A GTK+2 interface to MPlayer. The power of MPlayer combined with a friendly interface for your desktop; You can play all your multimedia (audio, video, CD, DVDs, and VCDs, streams etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • MPlayer
     
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    ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre is your all-in-one media player that plays videos, DVDs, Blu-ray and 3D discs, online video and more with cinema-like experience. It delivers stunning Blu-ray 3D and HD video playback and supports almost all video files like WMV, FLV, MPEG, AVI, MP4...

    86 ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Cineplay icon
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    Originating from the Jahshaka project OpenLibraries based Cineplay is a multi platform video player that supports a wide array of codecs.

    56 Cineplay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. KDE KMPlayer icon
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    KDE KMPlayer is a comprehensive multimedia software with a variety of features to enhance user interaction. It can play DVD/VCD movies from a file, URL, or video device, making it a flexible tool for viewing different video content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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