RealPlayer AlternativesMedia & Audio Players like RealPlayer

RealPlayer is described as 'With RealTimes (aka “RealPlayer” for short) still includes the legacy features, such as Video Player, Downloader, Converter, Organizer and Web Videos. It also includes RealTimes features, such as Photos and RealTimes Stories, the automatic video collage feature' and is a Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to RealPlayer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and iPhone apps. The best RealPlayer alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RealPlayer are MPC-HC, MPV, AIMP and PotPlayer.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

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    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.

    282 VLC Media Player alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    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

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Optimal performance

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Video Converter
    3.  Video playback
    4.  Built-in Media converter
    5.  Support for subtitles
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Audio Recording
    8.  Cross-Platform
    9.  Internet Radio
    10.  Compatibility Layer
    11.  Media Streaming
    12.  Replay Gain

    VLC Media Player VS RealPlayer

     
    Comments about VLC Media Player as an Alternative to RealPlayer
    Guest
    Positive Feb 11, 2017
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    Not all cluterred - and friendly!

    Guest
    Positive Jan 26, 2020
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    feature rich, lightweight, privacy oriented, easy to use

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    • Most users think VLC Media Player is a great RealPlayer alternative.

    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to RealPlayer.

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

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceRealPlayer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • VLC Media Player is CustomizableRealPlayer is not according to our users
  2. MPC-HC icon

    MPC-HC

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    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.

    130 MPC-HC alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    MPC-HC screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Stream audio
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Support for 4K
    7.  Portable
    8.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    9.  Webcam recording

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  4. 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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • F-Droid
    • Chocolatey
    MPV screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic
    3.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Integrated Codecs
    2.  Low resource footprint
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Video playback
    6.  Drag and Drop
    7.  Lua scripting
    8.  HDR source support
    9.  GNU/linux-libre
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Hardware Accelerated
    12.  Portable

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  6. AIMP icon

    AIMP

     855 likes
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    Feature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.

    325 AIMP alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
    AIMP screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Playlists management
    3.  Skins
    4.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    5.  Audio Conversion
    6.  Remembers position in file
    7.  Crossfading
    8.  Internet Radio
    9.  Full keyboard shortcuts
    10.  Hi-Fi Sound
    11. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    12.  Dark Mode

    AIMP VS RealPlayer

     
    Comments about AIMP as an Alternative to RealPlayer
    rfithen3
    Negative Aug 25, 2023
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    "AIMP is powerful free audio player" RealPlayer plays audio and video. AIMP does not play Video.

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    • AIMP is Free and ProprietaryRealPlayer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • AIMP is Lightweight and CustomizableRealPlayer is not according to our users
  7. PotPlayer icon

    PotPlayer

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    Windows multimedia software player offering extensive customization, format versatility, and optimized low-end hardware playback. Developed by Kakao, it avoids adware and features powerful customization, praised for its small footprint and high-quality video output, competing with leading players.

    122 PotPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PotPlayer screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    2.  Support for subtitles
    3.  Graphical User Interface
    4.  Playback speed control
    5.  Skinnable
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Integrated Codecs
    8.  Thumbnail preview
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Video playback
    11.  Capture image from video
    12.  No registration required

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  8. SMPlayer icon

    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.

    121 SMPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    Playing video - Default Skin

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Multiplatform
    4.  Skin customization
    5.  Youtube support
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Built-in subtitle search
    8.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Portable
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Chromecast Support

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  10. Media Player Classic icon

    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...

    127 Media Player Classic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • HU flagHungary
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    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

    Media Player Classic Features

    1.  Support for subtitles

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    MPC-BE

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    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...

    111 MPC-BE alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MPC-BE screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Thumbnails
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Portable
    6.  Integrated Youtube support
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Support for 4K
    9.  Lossless Audio
    10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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  12. LLPlayer icon

    LLPlayer

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    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.

    53 LLPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    LLPlayer screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  OCR
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  AI-Translation
    7.  AI-Powered
    8.  Real-time translation
    9.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    10. yt-dlp icon  yt-dlp integration

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  13. KMPlayer icon

    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.

    151 KMPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    KMPlayer 32bit

    KMPlayer Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Supports H265 Codec
    4.  Support for Batch Mode

    KMPlayer VS RealPlayer

     
    Comments about KMPlayer as an Alternative to RealPlayer
    Guest
    Positive Mar 5, 2020
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    It Supports all formats. Extremely Features Enriched. Best replacement of all types of media players.

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    • KMPlayer is Free and ProprietaryRealPlayer is Freemium and Proprietary
  14. MediaMonkey icon

    MediaMonkey

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    MediaMonkey is a music player and a music library manager with support for 50,000+ files and many features for organizing, tagging, converting and burning your music. It also has advanced podcasting and syncing features.

    112 MediaMonkey alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    MediaMonkey screenshot 1

    Top MediaMonkey Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Automatic album art download
    3.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
    4.  Tag Manager
    5.  Moddable
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Automatic file renaming
    8.  Skins
    9.  Multiple languages
    10.  iPhone/iPod sync
    11.  Automatic Tagging

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  15. MPlayer icon

    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.

    127 MPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • HU flagHungary
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    MPlayer VS RealPlayer

     
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