Showtime Player AlternativesMedia Players and other similar apps like Showtime Player

Showtime Player is described as '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' and is a Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Showtime Player for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Flathub apps. The best Showtime Player alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Showtime Player are MPC-HC, MPV, PotPlayer and SMPlayer.

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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.

    167 VLC Media Player alternatives

    Cost / License

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

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

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceShowtime Player is also Free and Open Source
    • VLC Media Player is CustomizableShowtime Player 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.

    139 MPC-HC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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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.

    113 MPV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    • Chocolatey
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  6. PotPlayer icon

    PotPlayer

     690 likes
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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.

    130 PotPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. 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.

    129 SMPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
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  8. IINA icon

    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.

    45 IINA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • mpv
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  10. 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.

    60 LLPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. KMPlayer icon

    KMPlayer

     481 likes
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    KMPlayer is an excellent free video player for PC with a user-friendly interface, Ultra HD support, 3D movies, clear subtitles, online streaming, and external digital TV compatibility.

    157 KMPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    PC
     
  12. 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.

    133 MPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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

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    Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.

    59 Celluloid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  14. MX Player icon

    MX Player

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    Powerful video and music player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle supports

    134 MX Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Chrome OS
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  15. Windows Media Player icon

    Windows Media Player

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    Windows Media Player is a video and audio player developed by Microsoft for Windows 11 and Windows 10. It is the successor to Groove Music (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and the original Windows Media...

    218 Windows Media Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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