VLC Media Player Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to VLC Media Player is MPC-HC, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are MPV, PotPlayer, SMPlayer and IINA. You're spoiled for choice with Media Players like VLC Media Player: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPad.

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  1. ACG Player icon
     2 likes

    A universal media player only for Windows 10 (UWP, PC/Tablet/Phone...), many unique features!high performance code.subtitle,cool Music Visualization art effects, audio/video effects, customizable gestures & UI buttons ... Art Computer Graphics (ACG).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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  2. WaveTime icon
     3 likes

    WaveTime is a fast, lightweight media player for macOS with a focus on transparency and precision. Unlike QuickTime, it’s designed for creators who need more than just play and pause.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. JuceVLC icon
     4 likes

    JuceVLC is VLC with a simple MediaCenter-like fullscreen User Interface.

    You can browse and watch movies from your couch with a wireless mouse.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Fermata icon
     1 like

    Fermata Media Player is a free, open source audio, video and TV player with a simple and intuitive interface. It is focused on playing media files organized in folders and playlists.

    81 Fermata alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android TV
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  5. bomi icon
     26 likes

    bomi is a multimedia player aiming for easy usage but also providing various powerful features and convenience functions

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • mpv
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  6. MoonPlayer icon
     2 likes

    All-in-One video player based on mpv that can play videos from Youtube, Bilibili etc. as well as local videos.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
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  7. MediaPlayerOK is an extremely compact, portable, and resource-efficient media player for all modern Windows operating systems. As is typical of SoftwareOK, the tool deliberately avoids unnecessary bloat and background processes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. A powerful, all-in-one HD video and media player for iPhone and iPad featuring multi-format playback, gesture controls, and local server streaming.

    4 Lux Video Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  9. mpvc icon
     1 like

    An mpc-like control interface for mpv with a nearly complete compatibility layer for mpc commands in addition to GNU style arguments. This forks lwillets/mpvc providing some extra goodies such as: improved CLI, TUI, FZF & playing media from YouTube & streaming services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. Look-See icon
     3 likes

    A simple professional media player and image viewer for Windows. Look-See gets out of the way and lets you review your work. It includes needed professional features like SMPTE Timecode, frame stepping, and image sequence support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Nightmare TV icon
     1 like

    Native Windows, Android TV and macOS IPTV player on a custom libmpv build: clean deinterlaced live TV, BT.2390 HDR tone-mapping, frame-rate matching, Atmos and DTS-X passthrough, serverless DVR with keyword recording, 4-stream multi-view. Bring your own Xtream or M3U playlist.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Android TV
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  12. GridPlayer icon
     8 likes

    Simple VLC-based video player that can play multiple videos at the same time. You can play as many videos as you like, the only limit is your hardware. It supports all video formats that VLC supports (which is all of them).

    16 GridPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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