MPV AlternativesTop Media & Audio Players like MPV

MPV is described as 'Versatile media player supporting multiple video formats, wide codec range, subtitles, hardware acceleration, OpenGL output, and intuitive CLI controls' and is a leading Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MPV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best MPV alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MPV are MPC-HC, PotPlayer, SMPlayer and IINA.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

     7840 likes

    Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

    191 VLC Media Player alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Haiku
    • Android TV
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • Xbox
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    VLC Media Player vs MPV Comments
    Centaro
    Negative
    0

    Slow search within a video.

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceMPV is also Free and Open Source
    • VLC Media Player is Customizable and DecentralizedMPV is not according to our users
  2. MPC-HC icon

    MPC-HC

     1328 likes

    A lightweight open-source media player for Windows, giving support for all video/audio formats. It boasts no ads, dark themes, codec support, and seamless YouTube playback. Developed by longtime contributors, it's mature software with community improvements and crash fixes.

    155 MPC-HC alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. PotPlayer icon

    PotPlayer

     701 likes

    Extensive Windows media player with wide format compatibility, robust customization, ad-free interface, hardware acceleration, advanced and animated subtitle support, smooth seamless playback, 3D output modes, scene preview, bookmarks, OpenCodec, and device support.

    144 PotPlayer alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    PotPlayer vs MPV Comments
    meatzombie
    Positive
    1

    It is as fast as MPV but more functional and user friendly

    barmunk
    Positive
    0

    Just as versatile as VLC but also offers extra features like scrubbing previews.

    • PotPlayer is Free Personal and ProprietaryMPV is Free and Open Source
    • PotPlayer is CustomizableMPV is not according to our users
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  6. SMPlayer icon

    SMPlayer

     465 likes

    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 filters and more. SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play.

    139 SMPlayer alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
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    SMPlayer vs MPV Comments
    nopenope
    Positive
    4

    SMPlayer covers the drawback of MPV, that is to say, it is a GUI for MPV.

    • SMPlayer is Free and Open SourceMPV is also Free and Open Source
    • SMPlayer is CustomizableMPV is not according to our users
  8. IINA icon

    IINA

     148 likes

    Modern macOS media player with retina-optimized video playback, supports numerous audio and video formats via mpv core, features an interactive UI, gesture and Touch Bar controls, Picture-in-Picture, and comprehensive customization through open source scripting and settings.

    59 IINA alternatives

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    • Mac
    • mpv
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  9. MPC-BE icon

    MPC-BE

     186 likes

    Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when...

    132 MPC-BE alternatives

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    • Windows
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  10. Media Player Classic icon

    Media Player Classic

     764 likes

    Media Player Classic 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...

    142 Media Player Classic alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. LLPlayer icon

    LLPlayer

     28 likes

    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.

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    • Windows
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  12. MPlayer icon

    MPlayer

     342 likes

    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.

    141 MPlayer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)
     
  13. Celluloid icon

    Celluloid

     49 likes

    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.

    71 Celluloid alternatives

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    • Linux
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  14. Haruna icon

    Haruna

     28 likes

    Open source video player leveraging Qt/QML and libmpv, featuring dual subtitle support, customizable shortcuts, auto chapter skipping by keyword, YouTube and online video playback, integrated playlist overlay, dynamic navigation, and KDE ecosystem compatibility.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  15. KMPlayer icon

    KMPlayer

     484 likes

    KMPlayer is an excellent free video player for PC with a user-friendly interface, Ultra HD support, 3D movies, clear subtitles, online streaming, and external digital TV compatibility.

    169 KMPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    PC
     
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