Videos Alternatives

Videos is described as '(previously Totem) is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. It features a playlist, a full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as keyboard navigation' and is a very popular Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Videos for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and BSD apps. The best Videos alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Videos are MPC-HC, MPV, AIMP and PotPlayer.

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Videos (previously Totem) is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. It features a playlist, a full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as keyboard navigation.

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Videos alternatives page was last updated Apr 6, 2024
  1. 5KPlayer icon
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    5KPlayer is a new-style free media player for Mac OS as all-in-one HD video/music player, AirPlay streamer and free online video/music downloader. It plays 4K/5K, MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, YouTube video, MP3 music & DVD on Mac flawlessly.

    206 5KPlayer alternatives
    5KPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    5KPlayer Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Supports H265 Codec
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  2. xine icon
     3 likes

    xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet.

    41 xine alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    xine Features

    1.  Fullscreen support
    2.  Capture image from video
    xine iconVideos Icon

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  3. Enqueue icon
     13 likes

    Enqueue is an elegant playlist-based music player.

    Features: • Large file format support including: mp3, mp4, aac, ogg, flac, wav, aiff & musepack. • Now playing queue • Playlists • iTunes importing • Built in Last.fm scrobbling • Equalizer • Media keys and Global hotkeys •.

    147 Enqueue alternatives
    Enqueue screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  AAC
    3. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    4. iTunes icon  Import from iTunes
    5.  Playlists
    Enqueue iconVideos Icon

    Enqueue VS Videos

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    • Enqueue is the most popular commercial alternative to Videos.

    • Enqueue is Paid and ProprietaryVideos is Free and Open Source
    • Enqueue is LightweightVideos is not according to our users
  4. ExMplayer icon
     6 likes

    Play any media files,convert,extract,animate and more...Official page of ExMplayer

    50 ExMplayer alternatives
    ExMplayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    ExMplayer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Rewindable video thumbnails
    3.  Audio Extraction
    Discontinued

    Latest commit 1ccb1ac on Jul 30, 2015. See https://github.com/rupeshs/ExMplayer

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  5.  1 like

    A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.

    281 Movie Monad alternatives
    Movie Monad screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Lastly committed on Dec 11, 2018

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  6. Rosa Media Player icon
     1 like

    Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:

    • Possibility to get an audio track from video clip
    • Possibility to get a screencast
    • Possibility to trim video
    239 Rosa Media Player alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Rosa Media Player Features

    1.  Video playback
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 2014.

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  7. Films & TV icon
     2 likes

    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.

    271 Films & TV alternatives
    Promotional screenshot from Microsoft Store

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
    • Xbox

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
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  8. PlayerXtreme icon
     9 likes

    PlayerXtreme Media Player is the most popular cross-platform audio, video, movie and online streaming Player for your device. With this Free Media Player you can watch movies, music, videos, and others with mesmerizing audio video results, on the go from anywhere even if they’re...

    232 PlayerXtreme alternatives
    PlayerXtreme screenshot 1
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Fire TV

    PlayerXtreme Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Watch Videos Together
    3.  Hardware Accelerated
    4.  Chromecast Support
    5.  Crossfading
    6.  Stream video to Apple TV
    7.  Support for MOV files
    8.  Support for subtitles
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  9. Videku icon
     19 likes

    Browser based, Chromecast compatible video player with subtitle support, automated subtitle fetching, remote control and voice synthesis. It works on your tab and doesn't require any plugins.

    97 Videku alternatives
    Use Videku to watch a movie from the internet or file right in your browser.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome

    Videku Features

    1.  Chromecast Support
    2.  Web-Based
    3.  Cloud based
    4.  Support for HD videos
    Videku iconVideos Icon

    Videku VS Videos

    Is Videku a good alternative to Videos?
     
    • Videku is the most popular Web-based alternative to Videos.

    • Videku is Free and ProprietaryVideos is Free and Open Source
  10. FreeSmith Video Player icon
     4 likes

    FreeSmith Video Player is a totally free video player which play videos, music with various kinds of popular formats such as AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV, MOV, MPG etc and even support play online videos, DVD movies and blu-ray discs.

    141 FreeSmith Video Player alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The product is no longer available on the company website. Last version, 1.10, released in September 2011, can be still downloaded from Download.com

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  11. Clip (Maui Applications) icon
     1 like

    Clip is a convergent video player and collection manager utilizing MPV as the backend. By using MPV, you can also play remote videos by entering the URL besides local videos.

    29 Clip (Maui Applications) alternatives
    Clip (Maui Applications) screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Clip (Maui Applications) Features

    1. YouTube icon  Youtube integration
    Clip (Maui Applications) iconVideos Icon

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  12. AVPlayer icon
     7 likes

    AVPlayer can play almost any computer video file format such as AVI, Xvid, WMV and much more clearly and effortlessly. No converting hassles. Just copy files via USB and just drag and drop into the AVPlayer’s Media Explorer.

    155 AVPlayer alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    AVPlayer Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    2.  Support for HD videos
    AVPlayer iconVideos Icon

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