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 iPad 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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  1. Rosa Media Player icon

    Rosa Media Player

     1 like

    Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:

    • Possibility to get an audio track from video clip
    • Possibility to get a screencast
    • Possibility to trim video

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. nPlayer icon

    nPlayer

     6 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    nPlayer screenshot 1
     
  4. Zoom Player icon

    Zoom Player

     24 likes

    Zoom Player is a powerful, flexible and customizable DVD and media player for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Interface
     
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    CyberLink PowerDVD

    Supports Ultra HD 4K, 8K, Blu-ray, 3D playback, and DTS-HD 7.1 surround sound, enhances quality using TrueTheater, upscales SD videos, stores media in the cloud, streams to mobile via PowerDVD Mobile, enables remote control, and ...

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  6. Goodplayer icon

    Goodplayer

     1 like

    No need to convert the media files before playing it, GoodPlayer can play AVI, Xvid, Divx, DAT,VOB,FLV,WMV , MKV, MP4, RM, RMVB, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, RTSP, MMS, SFTP, SMB, MMSH, MMST, RTP, UPnP and UDP etc..., files and streaming directly on iOS devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Goodplayer screenshot 1
     
  8. FX Player icon

    FX Player

     Like

    The reason we can say this is that we are creating our own user experience that is required as a media player and we prime concern are also manufacturing techniques for the user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    FX Player screenshot 1
     
  9. ALLPlayer icon

    ALLPlayer

     8 likes

    ALLPlayer is a freeware with modern and intuitive interface, known more from smartphones and tablets.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ALLPlayer screenshot 1
     
  10. MoboPlayer icon

    MoboPlayer

     4 likes

    MoboPlayer is a video player for Android that plays most video formats. Watch any of your videos on a phone without conversion, anytime and anywhere. MoboPlayer's media library is easy to browse, lets you include only specific folders, and has two different viewing modes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    MoboPlayer screenshot 1
     
  11. MediaPlay DVD Player icon

    MediaPlay DVD Player

     1 like

    MediaPlay DVD Player – Play DVDs & More is a free multimedia application for PC. Formerly known as Power DVD Player, it is a full-featured video player designed to provide users with an easy way to play DVDs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MediaPlay DVD Player screenshot 1
     
  12. ExMplayer icon

    ExMplayer

     6 likes

    Play any media files,convert,extract,animate and more...Official page of ExMplayer

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    ExMplayer screenshot 1
     
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    Discontinued

    Latest commit 1ccb1ac on Jul 30, 2015. See https://github.com/rupeshs/ExMplayer

    ExMplayer vs VLC Media Player Comments
    Peter Mello
    Positive
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    Built-in thumbnail seeking feels just like using YouTube but with local video files.

    • ExMplayer is Free and Open SourceVLC Media Player is also Free and Open Source
  14. ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre icon

    ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre

     3 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre screenshot 1
     
  15. Mi Video icon

    Mi Video

     Like

    Local video player, downloader, file manager and YouTube client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    Mi Video screenshot 1
     
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