VLC Media Player Alternatives for Windows

Overall it just a better video player. Include basic feature such as click to pause/play, play the next file in folder, after playback task. MPC-HC also render (.ass) subtitle substantially better than any open source alternatives out there and can read .mkv better. Not to mention how light weight MPC is.

Run everything (with "K-lite mega codec pack" is perfect).

In my opinion MPC-HC is the definition of perfect for normal usage. It almost does every thing one can expect from a media player. Considering its performance, its size on the hard-disk as well as its CPU consumption is unbelievably low. Besides one have: Full control of playing screen size by default or cursor-dragging options Full control of video, audio, and playlist Full control of all after-play options

Thank to all people who develop the program.

Performance is superior to VLC.

mpc is best media player

Extremely Light weight and better in performance than vlc

this softwere play any file in best output

Looks better! more customizable, easier to use and support add two subtitle files at the same time (useful for the people who learn other language while watching)

Works with most formats out of the box. Mostly configure for skins, key shortcuts etc.

It starts up faster than VLC and just works smoother for me overall

exactly what i was looking for.

It has a lot of customaization and don't forget it is the first player to have Dark mood builtin default.

For Windows users, PotPlayer is the best alternative to VLC. It has so many features and works so much more smoothly than VLC ever could. The UI on it is also top-notch.

i love the touch capabilities of this specific software, the big button, the smooth scrolling with finger left and right, double tap to pause and play, all of that in windows media player is hard to find.

finally seeking in a video is smooth <3

There was a time when VLC was justifiably considered the best open-source cross-platform movie player. MPV has closed the gap substantially and is likely to work out-of-the-box in a minority of cases where VLC gets stuck. Excellent software. Open souce (trustworthy) and free, of course.

It does not have similar interface.

Because mpv is lightweight,customizable,doesn't suck and FOSS

Very minimal, indeed, and very fast. Has many keyboard shortcuts and displays album art for songs. I decided not to use it because I need global hotkeys (play/pause, next, previous) to work, and they didn't (at least on Windows).

Best player for entertainment language learning as it can display 2 subs at a time and can be synched with Anki, the best tool for learning. ?

it integrates with syncplay

It is the best mpv frontend in my opinion. having such powerful media player engine such as mpv + a user friendly ui. built-in subtitle search engine makes you like a lot easier too.

It has beautiful skins and is suitable for weak systems.

Highly configurable, but lacks stability, at least on Windows. Freezes sometimes, even after switching between back-end players.

Remember the configuration of each file (audio track, subtitles,). Remember position in time Storing a subtitle from a video including support for automatically forced subtitles. Lightness of the program and high reactivity.

All the benefits of MPV plus user-friendly reskinnable GUI ("Black" skin is clean and neat). You can customize everything (Subtitles, audio, video) from the GUI which is fairly easier than editing config files in my opinion.

SMPlayer is a better choice for playing videos and has an easier to use interface than alternatives, like MPV. I love MPV, but it's not intuitive at all, beyond playing.

I have problems sharing playlists made within VLC with other players, regardless of the format used. SMPlayer playlists just work.

It's great. Open everything and it fully (really fully) customizable. Also have YouTube search engine (need to be isntalled aside) with a lot of features like search video by date, size etc.

thumbnail view, available on MS store

I haven't tried it until now but will try it soon and will update the reviews too.

thanks!

Kody is more oriented to being a fullscreen video/music cataloguing application, but it has an internal video/audio/iptv playing system with very good decoding capabilities like VLC and can be windowed as well

Can also play many formats, and can organize video libraries, playing over UPnP, FTP, and many other protocols

Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a software media center.

Kodi is a media server first and foremost. It's like comparing Google Docs to Microsoft Office.

Kodi is a fullscreen media library manager, a whole home theater frontend. Slower for the purpose, with more complex navigation.

It doesn't feature an online streamer...

Better interface and more features. For instance, KMP can skip one frame backwards, which VLC can't

It read and play most media without any constraints.

VLC Player looks like it belongs on a Windows 95 computer. GOM Player has a much more professional interface with lots of options.

Its effects are easier to use and it has an extensive Preferences selection; BE AWARE, they have a separate music player. I have both. the Reverb is solid. you can avoid the crapware by doing the first download from Ninite and just updating or do a custom install. To my knowledge GOM does not recored.

Support almost all types of video formats.