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 Android, Linux, Windows, iPhone, Open Source, Free and MS-DOS + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to VLC Media Player.
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  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.

    55 Cineplay alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. UFUSoft Blu-ray Player is a powerful Windows 10 Blu ray player that could play any Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray folder, Blu-ray ISO file smoothly. You are able to play 4K video files losslessly or any HD/SD video files on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP PC.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Professional Video Playback for Live Event Screens.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. DVD Player+ is a FREE High-quality and powerful DVD Movie & Media Player, specially designed for playback of your CD's, DVD's, Blu-Ray or VCD's. It also provides the user with extra info for the current Movie from imdb (plot, poster, trailers, etc).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Play dvix/xvid movies from RAR files.

    Play dvd, mvk, avi, mpge, ogg, rar(forward), password rar (no forward) Play all files without codecs. Play rar files without extracting. Play AVI, MPGE, RMVB, OGG, MP3, RAR, MKV, MKA and some not popular formats. Subtitles support Automat.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. yxplayer icon
     1 like

    yxPlayer is video player for mobile devices, With yxPlayer you can play DivX/Xvid, WMV, H.264, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • Symbian S60
    • iPad
     
  8. Buzz Player icon
     1 like

    BUZZ Player is a multimedia player supporting many audio and video codecs and file formats, and various streaming protocols.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. niceplayer icon
     10 likes

    This program aims to be a multi-engine (Include of Perian Project) player designed for playing movies nicely for a person who likes to watch or present movies on their computer (such as the casual viewer or the video artist).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. XULPlayer icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. AnyMP4 Blu-ray Player can play Blu-ray disc/Blu-ray folder and Blu-ray ISO image files. It can also play 1080p HD video like TS, MTS, HD MPG, HD MPEG, HD MP4 and general videos like MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, M4V and so on.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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