Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
India
+3
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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Most VLC Media Player alternatives are Media Players, but you can also narrow the list to Audio Players or Video Streaming Apps. Other popular filters are Android, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Free.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
China
DAPlayer is powerful, free video/audio player software for Windows.
It supports playing most popular video formats like MPEG1/2, AVI, FLV, MP4, and High-definition videos which include Bluray, AVCHD, TS, MKV, MPEG4, H264 video formats as well as all 1-6 region locked DVDs and.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- China
Total Video Player is equipped with powerful video play function makes you to perfectly Play 4K ultra HD AVI, MKV... movies on without any lag as well as Blu-ray disc, DVD disc, VCD/SVCD disc, DVB disc, and Audio CD disc.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- China
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Vidmore Player is professional software which could play Blu-ray disc/folder/ISO files without losing the video quality. In addition, it could also play the DVD disc/folder/ISO files smoothly.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
United States
46 Real Alternative alternativesReal Alternative allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram) without having to install the full version of RealPlayer.
Platforms
- Windows
56 Kaffeine alternativesKaffeine is a media player with support for digital television (DVB-C/S/S2/T, ATSC, CI/CAM) for the Linux KDE desktop environment.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- KDE
Germany
EU
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16 KDE KMPlayer alternativesKDE KMPlayer is a comprehensive multimedia software with a variety of features to enhance user interaction. It can play DVD/VCD movies from a file, URL, or video device, making it a flexible tool for viewing different video content.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Germany
- EU
OmniPlayer is a comprehensive media player for almost any video and audio format on macOS. It has powerful features with modern and clean design.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
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SlimPlayer removes unnecessary complexity, focusing on core functions to play all your media quickly and reliably. It’s built on Google's ExoPlayer (androidx.media3), ensuring robust performance and stable support for all the latest codecs.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
South Korea
Transfer videos from your Android phone to your Wear OS smartwatch and watch them offline with Piley.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- Android Wear
Türkiye
+5
Kioo is designed and utilizes a number of open source projects which holds different open source licenses. Without them, the player could not exist.
Platforms
- Windows
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