NewPlayer Alternatives

NewPlayer is described as 'Media framework, which is independent of NewPipe itself. I decided to make it independent, because one of the big issues we have with the current player is that it is deeply integrated into NewPipe' and is a software framework in the development category. There are four alternatives to NewPlayer for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best NewPlayer alternative is FFmpeg, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NewPlayer are PipeWire, GStreamer and Phonon.

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NewPlayer alternatives page was last updated Jul 10, 2025
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  1. FFmpeg icon

    FFmpeg

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    FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

    81 FFmpeg alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    FFmpeg screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Audio Conversion
    2.  Video Converter
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Integrated Codecs
    5.  Video filters
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Console-based
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Portable
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Support for 4K

    FFmpeg VS NewPlayer

     

    • FFmpeg is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to NewPlayer.

    • FFmpeg is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NewPlayer.

    • FFmpeg is Free and Open SourceNewPlayer is also Free and Open Source
    • FFmpeg is Customizable and LightweightNewPlayer is not according to our users
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    PipeWire

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    PipeWire is a project that aims to greatly improve handling of audio and video under Linux. It provides a low-latency, graph based processing engine on top of audio and video devices that can be used to support the use cases currently handled by both PulseAudio and JACK.

    7 PipeWire alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile

    PipeWire Features

    1.  Low Latency

    PipeWire VS NewPlayer

     
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    GStreamer

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    GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. The applications it supports range from simple Ogg/Vorbis playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio (mixing) and video (non-linear editing) processing.

    11 GStreamer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GStreamer Features

    1.  Integrated Codecs

    GStreamer VS NewPlayer

     
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    Phonon

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    Phonon is the Qt multimedia toolkit. It allows developers to add multimedia functionality to applications with minimal effort.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • BSD
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted

    Phonon VS NewPlayer

     

    • Phonon is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to NewPlayer.

    • Phonon is Free and Open SourceNewPlayer is also Free and Open Source
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