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 Ad-free Built-in Media converter Support for subtitles ... Video playback Replay Gain Playlists management Supports loads of file formats Automatic subtitles download Apps with Chromecast Support Integrated codecs Create PlayList Customizable Support for Themes Audio playback Hotkeys In built video player Interface Multiple languages Optimal performance Playback speed control Plugins Portable UI customization 360 Videos Audio Recording Sync Audio & Video Automatic conversion to multiple formats Automatic Tagging Built-in subtitle search Built-in video/audio codecs Google Drive integration Internet Radio Low memory usage Media Streaming Music Library Music Player Network Traffic Obfuscation Resume video after shutdown Scripting language Subtitle Effects for Custom Fonts Video converter Video streaming 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. The tool was...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Support for 4K Automatic subtitles download Minimalistic ... Supports H265 Codec Audio Recording Apps with Chromecast Support Codec Tweak Tool Customizable Media Streaming Support for subtitles Add a feature

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PotPlayer

Minimalist video player that supports 3D video, Direct3D9 Ex Flip Mode, and sound card selection.
- Bundleware
  Several antivirus detect a potentially unwanted application (adware) PUA.FusionCore in the file F.dll dropped by the installer of PotPlayer in the Temp folder. Once that file is blocked by the antivirus, the program is installed with no problems and ads.
- Best media player very simple but needs some skins SherifAyad66 • Mar 2017
Free Windows
Customizable Skinnable Support for subtitles Album shuffle mode ... Built-in Equalizer Built-in subtitle search Double subtitle support DirectX Video Acceleration Full keyboard shortcuts Graphical interface Live Broadcasting Minimalistic Playlists management Screen recording Support for 4K A-B repeat Ad-free Automatic subtitles download Bookmarks that appear on the seek bar Capture image from video Integrated codecs Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration Gapless Playback Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Lightweight Live Looping Matroska Music Player Night mode/Dark Theme Portable Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration Skin Randomization Touch-based Video playback 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 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD ... Xfce
Lightweight Lua scripting Minimalistic Command line interface ... GNU/linux-libre HDR source support Minimalistic UI Integrated codecs Download YouTube Playlist Drag n drop Low resource footprint MPlayer support Mplayer2 support Video playback 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
Lightweight Customizable 3D Support Ad-free ... Built-in subtitle search Apps with Chromecast Support Integrated codecs Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Multiple languages Portable Secondary Subtitle Support for subtitles UI customization YouTube background listening 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. It has a built...
- Discontinued
  The project is no longer developed. The currently active fork is https://alternativeto.net/software/mpc-hc/ . Latest version, 6.4.9.1, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from FreeCodec.com
Free Open Source Windows
Support for subtitles Add a feature

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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 Music Player Night mode/Dark Theme 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
Multiple languages Audio playback Customizable Video Sharing ... Flexible and powerful 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.
- Bundleware
  Be careful during installation. https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Support for 4K Hardware Accelerated Supports H265 Codec Support for Batch Mode ... Music Player Add a feature

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Banshee

Play your music and videos. Stay entertained and up to date with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio....
- 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.
- most audio player instead video. Guest • Apr 2016
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Music Player Add a feature

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Best Player

Comment by gnagears

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

I used this player. I like it

Comment by Ferk

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

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

Comment by konterkariert

about MPlayer · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not 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.

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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