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. Cineplay icon
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    Originating from the Jahshaka project OpenLibraries based Cineplay is a multi platform video player that supports a wide array of codecs.

    61 Cineplay alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in October 2007.

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  2. Listen: The Gesture Music Player icon
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    Listen runs on gestures, not buttons. It’s perfect for anytime: on your way to work, while exercising, or on the go. Whether you are in your car, on your bike, or running a marathon, you’ll be lost in the music, not the interface.

    213 Listen: The Gesture Music Player alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Listen: The Gesture Music Player Features

    1.  Support for Gestures
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  3. nPlayer icon
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    nPlayer provides high quality video play performance and easy control-UI supporting almost all kinds of video formats and codecs without file converting efforts.

    212 nPlayer alternatives
    nPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    nPlayer Features

    1.  Chromecast Support
    2.  Support for DLNA
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  4. rulesPlayer icon
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    rulesPlayer is a clean and easy-to-use GUI for MPlayer under Windows, written in D and DWT. rulesPlayer supports most popular media files (AVI, 3gp, ASF, FLV, Matroska, MOV QuickTime, MP4, NUT, Ogg, OGM, RealMedia, DivX plus many more) supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32...

    87 rulesPlayer alternatives
    rulesPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    rulesPlayer Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    Discontinued

    Last version, 0.99.3, was released on 2007. It is still downloadable from the official website.

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  5. Audience Media Player icon
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    Audience is a modern video player that brings the lessons learned from the web home to the desktop.

    132 Audience Media Player alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Looks discontinued. Last update of the binaries was in August 2017

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  6. MPlayer for Windows Mobile icon
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    MPlayer for Windows Mobile is a port of the famous MPlayer media player for the Linux platform. The software is still in development but already demonstrates very powerful capabilities and features. MPlayer can play music and video data as well as streaming media directly from...

    81 MPlayer for Windows Mobile alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows Mobile
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  7. Dragon Player icon
     5 likes

    Dragon Player does one thing, and only one thing, which is playing multimedia files. Its simple interface is designed not to get in your way and instead empowers you to simply play multimedia files.

    103 Dragon Player alternatives
    Dragon Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking
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  8. ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre icon
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    ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre is your all-in-one media player that plays videos, DVDs, Blu-ray and 3D discs, online video and more with cinema-like experience. It delivers stunning Blu-ray 3D and HD video playback and supports almost all video files like WMV, FLV, MPEG, AVI, MP4...

    94 ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre alternatives
    ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Link redirects to the discontinued page.

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  9. Gnome media player icon
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    A simple media player for GNOME that supports libvlc, xine-lib and libgstreamer.

    231 Gnome media player alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (0.1.3) was released on 2010-05-28.

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  10. Flip Player icon
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    Flip Player is a free multi-format video player from leading video software developer Telestream. The Pro upgrade provides advanced playback, editing and conversion options.

    137 Flip Player alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11.  2 likes

    Video player for Raspberry-pi, instead of using Raspberry-pi cpu power to play 1080p videos (which Raspberry-pi cannot play smoothly) feeds the video to your TV.

    64 OMXPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi

    OMXPlayer Features

    1.  Command line interface
    Discontinued

    From the GitHub repo: "Note: omxplayer is being deprecated and resources are directed at improving vlc."

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  12. XULPlayer icon
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    XULPlayer is an open-source media player and converter built on Mozilla XUL and MPlayer. It intends to be a flexible, user-friendly desktop media center with support for most popular audio and video formats and rich user experience.

    91 XULPlayer alternatives
    XULPlayer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    XULPlayer Features

    1.  Capture image from video
    2.  Support for subtitles
    3.  TV Streaming
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.6.0, released on April, 27th, 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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