OMXPlayer Alternatives

OMXPlayer is described as 'Video player for Raspberry-pi, instead of using Raspberry-pi cpu power to play 1080p videos (which Raspberry-pi cannot play smoothly) feeds the video to your TV' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to OMXPlayer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and Android Tablet apps. The best OMXPlayer alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OMXPlayer are Kodi, MPC-HC, MPV and PotPlayer.

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Video player for Raspberry-pi, instead of using Raspberry-pi cpu power to play 1080p videos (which Raspberry-pi cannot play smoothly) feeds the video to your TV.

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OMXPlayer alternatives page was last updated Jul 13, 2022
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  1. VLC Media Player icon
    VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

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

    296 VLC Media Player alternatives
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Haiku
    • Android TV
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Video Converter
    2.  Video playback
    3.  Built-in Media converter
    4.  Support for subtitles
    5.  Integrated Codecs
    6.  Audio Recording
    7.  Cross-Platform
    8.  Internet Radio
    9.  Compatibility Layer
    10.  Media Streaming
    11.  Replay Gain
    12.  Playback speed control
    13.  Multiple languages
    14.  Playlists management
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    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to OMXPlayer.

    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OMXPlayer.

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceOMXPlayer is also Free and Open Source
    • VLC Media Player is CustomizableOMXPlayer is not according to our users
  2. Kodi icon
    Kodi icon

    Kodi

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    Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS. Kodi is designed to be the perfect companion to a home theater PC - it supports an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its...

    75 Kodi alternatives
    Kodi screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Fire TV
    Kodi screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Media Streaming
    2.  TV Shows meta data support
    3.  Video library
    4.  Media Center
    5.  Media library
    6.  Support for IPTV
    7.  Media Server
    8.  Automatic subtitles download
    9.  Built-in Media Downloader
    10.  Portable
    11.  AirPlay Support
    12.  Support for subtitles
    13.  Music Library
    14.  Support for 4K
    15.  Music collection
    16.  Built-in Media converter
    17.  Support for DLNA
    18.  Dark Mode
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  4. MPC-HC icon
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    MPC-HC

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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.

    137 MPC-HC alternatives
    MPC-HC screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    MPC-HC screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Support for Themes
    6.  Privacy focused
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Stream audio
    3.  Support for 4K
    4.  Portable
    5.  Webcam recording
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  6. MPV icon
    MPV icon

    MPV

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    MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

    103 MPV alternatives
    MPV screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    MPV screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Integrated Codecs
    2.  Low resource footprint
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Video playback
    5.  Drag and Drop
    6.  Lua scripting
    7.  HDR source support
    8.  GNU/linux-libre
    9.  Portable
    10.  Hardware Accelerated
    11.  Download YouTube Playlist
    12.  Dark Mode
    13.  Support for 4K
    14.  Support for subtitles
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  7. PotPlayer icon
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    PotPlayer

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    PotPlayer is a multimedia software player developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system by South Korean Internet company Kakao (formerly Daum Communications).

    125 PotPlayer alternatives
    PotPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    2.  Graphical User Interface
    3.  Support for subtitles
    4.  Playback speed control
    5.  Skinnable
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Thumbnail preview
    9.  Video playback
    10.  Capture image from video
    11.  Playlists management
    12.  Full keyboard shortcuts
    13.  Double subtitle support
    14.  Built-in Equalizer
    15.  Built-in subtitle search
    16.  Album shuffle mode
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  8. SMPlayer icon
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    SMPlayer

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    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.

    123 SMPlayer alternatives
    Playing video - Default Skin

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    Main Window - Dark Skin
    Option - Tablet Mode
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    SMPlayer on a GNU/Linux Machine

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    2.  Multiplatform
    3.  Skin customization
    4.  Youtube support
    5.  Integrated Codecs
    6.  Built-in subtitle search
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    8.  Portable
    9.  Multiple languages
    10.  HDR source support
    11.  Chromecast Support
    12.  3D Support
    13.  Command Line Options
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  10. Media Player Classic icon
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    Media Player Classic

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    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...

    130 Media Player Classic alternatives
    Media Player Classic screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Media Player Classic Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. The currently active fork is MPC-HC icon MPC-HC . Latest version, 6.4.9.1, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from FreeCodec.com

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  11. MPC-BE icon
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    MPC-BE

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    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 Cinema" project, contains additional features and bug fixes.

    113 MPC-BE alternatives
    MPC-BE screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MPC-BE screenshot 1
    MPC-BE screenshot 2
    +2
    MPC-BE screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Thumbnails
    3.  Portable
    4.  Integrated Youtube support
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  12. DeaDBeeF icon
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    DeaDBeeF

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    DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.

    171 DeaDBeeF alternatives
    DeaDBeeF screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
    DeaDBeeF screenshot 1
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    DeaDBeeF screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Fully customizable interface
    2.  Playlists management
    3.  Support for Hotkeys
    4.  Replay Gain
    5.  Lossless Audio
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Portable
    8.  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    9.  Mods
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  13. IINA icon
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    IINA

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    IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, from its framework to user interface. It adopts the post-Yosemite design language and keeps up the pace of new technologies like Force Touch, Touch Bar and Picture-in-Picture.

    36 IINA alternatives
    IINA screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • mpv
    IINA screenshot 1
    IINA screenshot 2

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Clean design
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Picture in Picture
    2.  Automatic subtitles download
    3.  Support for subtitles
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Support for 4K
    6.  Touchbar integration
    7.  Lossless Audio
    8.  Play web video
    9.  Built-in themes
    10.  Automatic conversion to multiple formats
    11.  Media Streaming
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  14. MPlayer icon
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    MPlayer

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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.

    130 MPlayer alternatives
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hardware Accelerated
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Integrated Codecs
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  15. KMPlayer icon
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    KMPlayer

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    The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as TS (also from Technisat Digicorder), VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others.

    155 KMPlayer alternatives
    KMPlayer 32bit

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    KMPlayer Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Supports H265 Codec
    4.  Support for Batch Mode
    KMPlayer 64X
    KMPlayer 32bit
    +3
    Mac
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