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MPlayer

MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). Created by The MPlayer Team

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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. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV and even H.264 movies.

Apps for MPlayer

MPlayer is also a platform with 8 apps listed on AlternativeTo. Browse all 8 apps for MPlayer.

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Integrated codecs Command line interface Add a feature

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OS & Utilities Video & Movies

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MPlayer was added by sceptiQ in Apr 2009 and the latest update was made in Aug 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Oct 2018 There is a history of all activites on MPlayer in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on MPlayer or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Alternatives to MPlayer for all platforms with any license

VLC Media Player

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

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Windows S Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Apple TV PortableApps.com Kindle Fire Haiku Xbox
Lightweight Replay Gain Ad-free Audio recording ... Automatic conversion to multiple formats Automatic subtitles download Automatic Tagging Built-in Media converter Built-in subtitle search Integrated codecs Create PlayList Customizable Google Drive integration Internet radio Low memory usage Multiple languages Media Streaming Music Library Network Traffic Obfuscation Playlists management Portable Support for subtitles Visualize Music Voice pitch visualization Add a feature

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MPC-HC

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. We are 100%...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Support for 4K Audio recording Chromecast support ... Codec Tweak Tool Customizable Media Streaming Support for subtitles Supports H265 Codec Add a feature

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- Discontinued As announced in their official news, the project is officially dead for lack of active developers. Last version, v1.7.13, released together with the announcement on July 16, 2017, can be still downloaded from the website. https://mpc-hc.org/2017/07/16/1.7.13-released-and-farewell/
PotPlayer

Potplayer is a minimalist media player that has an extensive range of configurable options to choose from and lots of functionality. The application supports Blu-ray...
- Best media player very simple but needs some skins SherifAyad66 • Mar 2017
Free Windows
Built-in subtitle search Customizable Minimalistic Skinnable ... Support for subtitles Ad-free Automatic subtitles download Capture image from video Integrated codecs Support for CUDA acceleration Gapless Playback Lightweight Live Looping Matroska Portable Support for QuickSync acceleration Skin Randomization Add a feature

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MPV

MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of...
- It was unable to play DVD ISOs that mplayer was able to play. Guest • Mar 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD ... Xfce
Lightweight Command line interface Lua scripting Minimalistic ... Integrated codecs Download YouTube Playlist Drag n drop Add a feature

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SMPlayer

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...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD mpv PortableApps.com ... Haiku MPlayer
Customizable Lightweight Ad-free Built-in subtitle search ... Chromecast support Integrated codecs Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Multiple languages Portable Support for subtitles UI customization Listen Youtube in background Youtube support Add a feature

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Media Player Classic

Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features.

Free Open Source Windows
Support for subtitles Add a feature

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- Discontinued The currently active fork is Media Player Classic Home Cinema, but MPC is still downloadable from FreeCodec.com
MPC-BE

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...

Free Open Source Windows
Integrated Youtube support Portable Add a feature

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MX Player

MX Player - The best way to enjoy your movies. a) HARDWARE ACCELERATION - Hardware acceleration can be applied to more videos with the help of new H/W decoder. ...

Freemium Android Android Tablet
Playlists management Support for subtitles Add a feature

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KMPlayer

The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format.

Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Support for Batch Mode Add a feature

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- Bundleware Be careful during installation. https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
Banshee

Play your music and videos. Stay entertained and up to date with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio....

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
No features added Add a feature

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- Discontinued No new releases and features since 2014. Latest versions, 2.6.2 (stable) and 2.9.1 (development), released in February and March 2014, are still working and can be downloaded from the official website.
Windows Media Player

The media player provided pre-installed with all modern Windows versions (7 and higher): Windows Media Player 12 plays more music and video than ever, including Flip...

Free Windows
Music Library Visualize Music Voice pitch visualization Bundled with Windows Add a feature

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GOM Media Player

GOM Media Player (Gretech Online Movie Player) is a freeware media player. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a...

Free Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad
Integrated codecs Skinnable Support for subtitles Add a feature

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- Bundleware The installer contains additional bloatware that can hijack your browser's settings. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
Splash

Splash 2.0 lets you watch and convert your videos like never before - superb performance, smooth motion, crisp details and vivid colors. Designed and optimized for...

Freemium Windows
No features added Add a feature

61 Like
DivX

A professional and reliable software solution that provides you with the latest codecs and enables high quality DivX HEVC video creation and video streaming.

Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone
Support for subtitles Add a feature

47 Like
QuickTime Player

Watch Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media clips. Whether it’s on the web or on your desktop, QuickTime Player brings your digital media brilliantly to...

Free Mac
Audio recording Record videos Add a feature

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Comment by Phil

about MPlayer · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Wondered what this was like, running Windows 7 x64bit, first attempt to run this and it crashed - FIRST USE.
Uninstalled immediately.

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Best Player

Comment by gnagears

about MPlayer · Mar 2016 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

I used this player. I like it

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Comment by Ferk

about MPlayer · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

Best player ever, specially in Linux.
For the Windows version I would rather recommend using the MPUI interface: MPUI

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Comment by konterkariert

about MPlayer · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

MPlayer was awesome. It played full hd videos much faster than VLC or Media Player Classic. But now something is wrong. I tried the new version and it crashed on both Windows Vista systems immediately.

But still, this software was very good in comparison, I hope they fix this soon.

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