Parole Alternatives

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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  1. Play your favorite movies and video files without hassle. Showtime features simple playback controls that fade out of your way when you're watching, fullscreen, adjustable playback speed, multiple language and subtitle tracks, and screenshots — everything you need for a...

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
     
  2. QMPlay2 icon
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    QMPlay2 is a video and audio player. It can play all formats supported by FFmpeg, libmodplug (including J2B and SFX). It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2 music and chiptunes. It contains YouTube and Prostopleer browser.

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    • Mac
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    • Haiku
     
  3. UMPlayer icon
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    UMPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems. 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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Qmmp icon
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    Audio player with versatile skin support, 10-band equalizer, multiple playlists, extensive audio format compatibility, video playback through Mplayer, lyrics display, cover art support, CUE sheet handling, CDDB, stream browser, and audio converting features.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
     
  5. Winyl icon
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    Winyl is a free digital audio player and music library application for organizing and playing audio on Windows.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  6. Supports Ultra HD 4K, 8K, Blu-ray, 3D playback, and DTS-HD 7.1 surround sound, enhances quality using TrueTheater, upscales SD videos, stores media in the cloud, streams to mobile via PowerDVD Mobile, enables remote control, and offers Instant Karaoke.

    94 CyberLink PowerDVD alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. Volumio icon
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    Volumio is a free and Open Source Linux Distribution, designed and fine-tuned exclusively for music playback. It runs on a variety of devices, typically small and cheap computers like the Raspberry PI, but also on low power PCs, notebooks or thin clients.

    155 Volumio alternatives

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  8. MOC icon
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    MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.

    120 MOC alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  9. Glide Player icon
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    Minimalist media player using GStreamer for multimedia support and GTK for UI, supporting multiple formats on Linux and macOS. Offers subtitle and audio track switching, playback controls, and fullscreen mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Homebrew
     
  10. Cine icon
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    Cine combines a clean interface with a high-performance engine to deliver a seamless viewing experience.

    55 Cine alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
     
  11. Switch Player icon
     4 likes

    Switch allows you to play a variety of web and professional media formats, inspect and adjust the properties of the file and export a new file.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  12. Movies & TV icon
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    Movies & TV (Canada and the US) or Films & TV (UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand), previously Xbox Video and Zune Video, is the default video player of Windows 10 and Xbox One.

    260 Movies & TV alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
    • Xbox
     
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