MPC-HC Alternatives for Linux

MPC-HC is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MPC-HC and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MPC-HC are MPV, SMPlayer, Clementine and MPlayer.

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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.

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MPC-HC alternatives page was last updated Mar 30, 2024
  1. bomi icon
     25 likes

    bomi is a multimedia player aiming for easy usage but also providing various powerful features and convenience functions

    54 bomi alternatives
    bomi screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • mpv

    bomi Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Portable
    3.  Streaming
    Discontinued

    Stagnant on v0.9.11 since 2015. Latest commit 90f18ff on Aug 12, 2016. See https://github.com/xylosper/bomi

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  2. Parole icon
     18 likes

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

    87 Parole alternatives
    Parole screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    Parole Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  XFCE support
    3.  QT Based
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  3. 1by1 icon
     45 likes

    1by1 is a small, fast and handy audio player which is not only small: it provides a smart and versatile environment to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks - with no need to fuddle with playlists or media databases.

    115 1by1 alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Small-footprint
    3.  Sits in the System Tray
    4.  Playlists
    5.  User friendly
    6.  Support for Unicode
    7.  OGG
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  4. Clapper icon
     3 likes

    A GNOME media player built using GJS with GTK4 toolkit and powered by GStreamer with OpenGL rendering.

    42 Clapper alternatives
    Windowed Mode

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Clapper Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Gtk
    4.   Support for MPRIS
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  5. KDE KMPlayer icon
     1 like

    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.

    33 KDE KMPlayer alternatives
    KDE KMPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    KDE KMPlayer Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  QT Based
    3.  KDE
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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.

    76 Gnome MPlayer alternatives
    Gnome MPlayer playing a movie

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • MPlayer

    Gnome MPlayer Features

    1.  Webcam Effects
    2.  Webcam recording
    3.  Virtual Webcam
    4.  Gtk
    Discontinued

    Latest version from Jan 10, 2014https://code.google.com/archive/p/gnome-mplayer/downloads

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  7. MoonPlayer icon
     2 likes

    All-in-One video player based on mpv that can play videos from Youtube, Bilibili etc. as well as local videos.

    67 MoonPlayer alternatives
    MoonPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
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  8. Bino icon
     11 likes

    Bino is a video player with the following main features: Support for stereoscopic 3D video, with a wide variety of input and output formats; Support for multi-display video, e.g. for powerwalls, Virtual Reality installations and other multi-projector setups.

    54 Bino alternatives
    Bino screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Bino Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    2.  Matroska
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