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, Windows, Open Source, iPhone, 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. LLPlayer icon
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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.

    66 LLPlayer alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  2. 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...

    216 Windows Media Player alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  3. Haruna icon
     26 likes

    Open source video player leveraging Qt/QML and libmpv, featuring dual subtitle support, customizable shortcuts, auto chapter skipping by keyword, YouTube and online video playback, integrated playlist overlay, dynamic navigation, and KDE ecosystem compatibility.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  4. Infuse icon
     52 likes

    Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for iOS 12, with powerful streaming options, trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support.

    116 Infuse alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • visionOS
     
  5. Screenbox icon
     18 likes

    Screenbox is a modern video player that cares about performance and ease of use on a wide range of device types. It features a beautiful, friendly user interface while being fast and lightweight

    42 Screenbox alternatives

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    • Windows
     
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  6. mpvKt icon
     13 likes

    A media player for Android based on mpv-android aiming to provide a nicer user interface over the original

    73 mpvKt alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. BSPlayer icon
     66 likes

    BSPlayer is the first software movie player ever to enable its users to focus on watching the movie instead of dealing with poor computer capabilities or running around looking for a proper setting and codec. Also, it has very low CPU and RAM requirements.

    105 BSPlayer alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
     
  8. MPlayerX icon
     71 likes

    MPlayerX is an open source project which aims to be the most powerful, beautiful, easy to use multimedia player on Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • MPlayer
     
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  9. Android video player based on ExoPlayer library. It uses ExoPlayer's ffmpeg extension with all its audio formats enabled (it can handle even special formats like AC3, EAC3, DTS, DTS HD, TrueHD etc.).

    44 Just (Video) Player alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
     
  10. mpvExtended icon
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    mpvExtended is a fork of mpv-android, built on the libmpv library. It aims to combine the powerful features of mpv with an easy to use interface and additional features.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  11. Splash icon
     75 likes

    The only player you will ever need. Stunning video quality thanks to advanced engine. Video conversion optimized for social media. Innovative and fully customizable user interface. In one word - Splash.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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