MPC-HC Alternatives

MPC-HC is described as 'Open-source media player offering video and audio format support, no ads, and community-driven development. Features include dark theme, codec support, and YouTube compatibility' and is a leading Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MPC-HC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best MPC-HC alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MPC-HC are MPC-BE, MPV, SMPlayer and PotPlayer.

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Open-source media player offering video and audio format support, no ads, and community-driven development. Features include dark theme, codec support, and YouTube compatibility.

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MPC-HC alternatives page was last updated May 1, 2025
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  1. KMPlayer icon

    KMPlayer

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    The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as TS (also from Technisat Digicorder), VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others.

    152 KMPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    KMPlayer 32bit

    KMPlayer Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Supports H265 Codec
    4.  Support for Batch Mode

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  2. IINA icon

    IINA

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    IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, from its framework to user interface. It adopts the post-Yosemite design language and keeps up the pace of new technologies like Force Touch, Touch Bar and Picture-in-Picture.

    36 IINA alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • mpv
    IINA screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Clean design

    Features

    1.  Picture in Picture
    2.  Automatic subtitles download
    3.  Support for subtitles
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Support for 4K
    9.  Lossless Audio
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  Play web video
    12.  Built-in themes

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  4. MPlayer icon

    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.

    128 MPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • HU flagHungary
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hardware Accelerated
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Integrated Codecs

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    LLPlayer

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    A media player to enhance your language skills with dual and AI-generated subtitles powered by OpenAI Whisper. Real-time OCR, translation with Google/DeepL, and word lookup boost learning. Supports 134 languages, fully customizable shortcuts, and it's free & open-source.

    53 LLPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    LLPlayer screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  OCR
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  AI-Translation
    7.  AI-Powered
    8.  Real-time translation
    9.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    10. yt-dlp icon  yt-dlp integration

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  7. MX Player icon

    MX Player

     193 likes
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    Powerful video and music player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle supports

    131 MX Player alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    MX Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Audio playback
    4.  Support for subtitles
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Support for 4K
    8.  Lossless Audio
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    11.  Personalized Recommendations
    12.  Chromecast Support

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  8. Celluloid icon

    Celluloid

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    Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.

    52 Celluloid alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Celluloid screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Gtk
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Support for 4K
    7.  No Tracking

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  10. Windows Media Player icon

    Windows Media Player

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    Windows Media Player is a video and audio player developed by Microsoft for Windows 11 and Windows 10. It is the successor to Groove Music (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and the original Windows Media...

    209 Windows Media Player alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Media Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for DLNA
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Bundled with Windows
    8.  Music Library
    9.  DVD Burner

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  11. mpvKt icon

    mpvKt

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    A media player for Android based on mpv-android aiming to provide a nicer user interface over the original

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    mpvKt screenshot 1
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    mpvKt screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Support for 4K
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Hardware Accelerated
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Media Streaming
    9.  Video playback

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