VLC Media Player Alternatives

VLC Media Player is described as 'Cross-platform, free media player supports multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, offers hardware acceleration, 4K, lossless audio, and more' and is a leading Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to VLC Media Player for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best VLC Media Player alternative is MPC-HC, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VLC Media Player are MPV, PotPlayer, SMPlayer and MX Player.

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VLC Media Player alternatives are mainly Media Players, but if you're looking for Audio Players or Video Streaming Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Android, Mac, Windows, Free, MS-DOS + Free and iPhone. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to VLC Media Player.
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  1. C Media Player is meticulously developer media player aims to serve all around the world. You can play almost all media files such as (.mp4, .mkv, .avi, .wmv, .mp3. etc.) smoothly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. PopCast icon
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    You have a computer full of video files, and you want to stream them to your TV, but your Apple TV or Chromecast won't let you play your AVI and MKV files. No problem! PopCast brings you freedom by letting you stream ALL of your videos to your TV streaming device, no matter...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. The critically acclaimed Archos Video Player app offers an uncompromised video experience on tablets, phones and AndroidTV devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. S Player icon
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    S Player is a small but powerful video player that works perfectly for your phone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. Cisdem Video Player is a free video and audio player that can play media files in any format on Mac and Windows. It fully supports 1080p, 4K, 5K, and 8K resolution, ensuring stunningly sharp visuals. With full playback options, you can enjoy an exceptional viewing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6.  2 likes

    xine with FLTK front-end. More lightweight than several other xine front ends and usually more stable as well. flxine builds and runs on Linux and FreeBSD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7.  1 like

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. Media Player S - productive media player for your Windows device! High-quality and stunning playback with perfect audio settings for 200 supported formats.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile
    • Windows Phone
     
  9. Bino icon
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    Bino is a video player with the following main features: Support for stereoscopic 3D video, with a wide variety of input and output formats; Support for multi-display video, e.g. for powerwalls, Virtual Reality installations and other multi-projector setups.

    51 Bino alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. Oka Files is a comprehensive document management application that integrates file browsing, video playback, photo browsing, text editing, and audio recording.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Oka - unzip file, video player vs VLC Media Player Comments
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    It provide the unzip function and video player, this is very connivence for me, since most of my video file are in the zip package.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Oka - unzip file, video player is Freemium and ProprietaryVLC Media Player is Free and Open Source
  11. Madamiru icon
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    Madamiru is a cross-platform media player written in Rust that can automatically play and shuffle multiple videos, images, and songs at once in a grid layout.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  12. It's Playing icon
     1 like

    “Watching movies on the new iPad is pretty great. [...] It’s Playing not only plays pretty much any movie format without having to re-encode it first, it also puts in some amazing new features not seen anywhere else.”, cultofmac.com

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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