Parole is described as 'Media player for the Xfce desktop environment, written using the GStreamer framework' and is a Media Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Parole for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Flathub apps. The best Parole alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Parole are MPC-HC, MPV, AIMP and Clementine.
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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.
Powerful video and music player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle supports
A media player for Android based on mpv-android aiming to provide a nicer user interface over the original
Parole has difficulties with some videos, Videos/Totem has not.
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Parole hangs on many homemade videos, but Celluloid plays anything, as far as I can see.