MPC-HC MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. The tool was... Run everything (with "K-lite mega codec pack" is perfect). BIr4 • Nov 2016 • 17 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree It's FOSS, just like VLC, but has much more cleaner and logical GUI, it's very light on resources and works great with LAV Filters and FFDshow (if one wants to have some extra configurable postprocessing options). Atoshi • Dec 2016 • 10 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Is more user-friendly, specially the HC and the BE versions at the cost of less advanced features. TikiThorsen • Jun 2015 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree NAS playback on laggy wifi is really great. VLC stutters every minute, this one works smoothly. Great work! sergey1369 • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is a lightweight Windows based video player I have ended up using it a lot more than I expected because of its ease of use strangefreeworld • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Better streaming buffering, runs custom enhanced codecs like LAV filters and madVR, borderless mode is perfect. bumba • Mar 2017 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree x265 HEVC Support is amazing. VLC takes 10second to jump playback but MPC-HC doesn't take any. ugurozturk • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree MPC-HC has a clean interface, support for remote control and plays anything your system has a codec installed for (and so you can expand it to support more formats by adding codecs). Great with K-Lite Codec Pack and others. Inspired by the classic version of Windows Media Player to provide a familiar interface. Open source. Guest • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree no screen tearing or greying out like in vlc. it has all the codecs necessary to play. Only downside is interface cannot be themed like VLC Guest • Aug 2018 Disagree Agree Very light-weight. With super easy interface and without any bugs. karpovskiipa • Mar 2019 Disagree Agree More accurate video and subtitles. Onurtag • Nov 2016 Disagree Agree Doesn't need any external codec and uses less procesing power than VLC. Also, it has better subtitle support and better scaling quality via madVR. Perfect for 4K, HEVC, Opus, hi10p MKV, etc. Guest • Jan 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Windows Lightweight Support for 4K Audio Recording Apps with Chromecast Support ... Codec Tweak Tool Customizable Media Streaming Support for subtitles Supports H265 Codec Add a feature 1058 Like
PotPlayer Potplayer is a minimalist media player that has an extensive range of configurable options to choose from and lots of functionality. The application supports Blu-ray... 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) Guest • Nov 2017 • 9 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Works with most formats out of the box. Mostly configure for skins, key shortcuts etc. Guest • Jan 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It plays almost any media files, features rich, customize any thing with hundreds of themes. Best for laptops. Guest • May 2017 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Feature rich and highly customizable, this wonderful piece of software has everything I need when I need it. Guest • Jul 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree PotPlayer is so great. Light, fast, great keyboard shortcuts, easily customizable, default subtitle font and size is great. Couldn't be happier. Works like a charm! And reads all sorts of video formats. Guest • Jan 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Plays about every format, very good compatibility with modern intel integrated chips, although not as much playback quality as VLC by a small margin, it has a lot more settings and better UI by a country mile. Best alternative to the now discontinued MPC. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree This is the best video player available on Windows, but unfortunately, there's no Linux client yet. Guest • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Plays everything out of the box. And is not minimalist, it's feature rich and full of key shortcut. The only con is the messy menus Kamelian • Sep 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree 1. It is easy to use 2. Plays almost all media types 3. Light weight 4. Doesn't install any spam software 5. Good user interface Guest • Nov 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree PotPlayer has more and better features and functionality in addition to a decent user interface unlike VLC, the problem is if you want to change anything in the settings you are going to be lost as an average user because they are too complicated. But if you are experienced go for it, you won't find a better media player around. Guest • May 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Has better internationalization Guest • Jan 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Very light and has lot of shortcuts Guest • Sep 2016 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Super-customizable, runs more smoothly than VLC, and it's better-looking. Guest • May 2019 Disagree Agree Free Windows Skinnable Support for subtitles Built-in subtitle search Customizable ... Minimalistic Support for 4K A-B repeat Ad-free Automatic subtitles download Bookmarks that appear on the seek bar Capture image from video Integrated codecs Support for CUDA acceleration Gapless Playback Lightweight Live Looping Matroska Portable Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration Skin Randomization Add a feature 526 Like
MPV MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of... 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. JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 13 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree I had some rare cases were VLC and MPlayer couldn't play a video correctly. MPV did it for me on Linux and Windows. Also like the GUI (or the lack of it) a lot more. vektorweg • Dec 2016 • 11 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Reliably supports more newer encodes + minimal InsaneFromEarth • Jul 2016 • 9 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Doesn't have hiccups VLC have during playbacks InsaneFromEarth • Jun 2016 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Its simple, plays everything and its maintained by a big community . Guest • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Best on Linux, couldn't see a 99% movie's ending, this worked like butter. munteanzeno • Aug 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Plays all files quickly and cleanly, displays all subtitles correctly. Guest • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree More stable and fast, it is the best VLC alternative for my experience. Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's extremely lightweight but it does the jobs done johndoee • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree MPV is the only capable media player that run also on all known operating systems, just like VLC. hathas • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Development is active and can be found on many of the same platforms as VLC. Guest • Apr 2019 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD ... Xfce Lightweight Command line interface Lua scripting Minimalistic ... Integrated codecs Download YouTube Playlist Drag n drop MPlayer support Mplayer2 support Add a feature 268 Like
Kodi Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS. Kodi is designed to be the perfect... Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a software media center. Guest • Sep 2015 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 Guest • Sep 2015 Disagree Agree Can also play many formats, and can organize video libraries, playing over UPnP, FTP, and many other protocols Guest • Mar 2019 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD iPad Raspberry Pi Fire TV Media Streaming Support AirPlay TV Shows meta data support Video library ... Automatic subtitles download Built-in Media converter Built-in subtitle search DNLA Server Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for IPTV Jailbreak required Music Library Support for subtitles TV Shows Add a feature 1238 Like
SMPlayer SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer... On Linux systems is much better than VLC, faster, with no bugs and read every kind of video file. Guest • Jun 2016 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It plays everything with no need to add other codes and the video looks way better than on VLC. Guest • Jan 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree faster, better quality, no distortions in the videos like vlc. Guest • May 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree After i tried VLC and MPC I looked for another alternatives. I think SMPlayer is best suited for me. You can customize theme, also very light, and you can resume videos that have been played before. Guest • Aug 2017 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree One click downloading of subtitles, less buggy subtitle downloading and handling compared to VLC. ghos3t • Jun 2018 Disagree Agree MPV made easy. Plays everything out of the box with no codecs necessary. Guest • Apr 2019 Disagree Agree Much faster searching within videos. Files are removable from disk, directly in the playlist (has to be activated in the options). Guest • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree Best alternative for Vlc and GUI for MPV yugalsaluja • Jul 2017 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD mpv PortableApps.com ... Haiku MPlayer Lightweight Customizable 3D Support Ad-free ... Built-in subtitle search Apps with Chromecast Support Integrated codecs Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Multiple languages Portable Secondary Subtitle Support for subtitles UI customization Listen Youtube in background Youtube support Add a feature 354 Like
MPC-BE MPC-BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. MPC-BE is based on the original Guliverkli project and "Media Player Classic Home... Free Open Source Windows Integrated Youtube support Night mode/Dark Theme Portable Add a feature 116 Like
Media Player Classic Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built... Discontinued The project is no longer developed. The currently active fork is https://alternativeto.net/software/mpc-hc/ . Latest version, 6.4.9.1, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from FreeCodec.com It doesn't feature an online streamer... Guest • Nov 2016 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Windows Support for subtitles Add a feature 724 Like
KMPlayer The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format. Bundleware Be careful during installation. https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/ Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad Support for Batch Mode Add a feature 452 Like
MPlayer MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska... It read and play most media without any constraints. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD AmigaOS ... Xfce MorphOS Integrated codecs Command line interface Add a feature 326 Like
Amarok Amarok is a powerful music player for Linux, Unix and Windows with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever... Amarok is a music player. It has no video playback functionality. SergTTL • Feb 2018 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree This is a music player. It does not play any videos! Guest • Jan 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Last.FM Scrobbler Multiple languages Add a feature 384 Like
GOM Media Player GOM Media Player (Gretech Online Movie Player) is a freeware media player. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a... Bundleware The installer contains additional bloatware that can hijack your browser's settings. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/ 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. clydelyman • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Support almost all types of video formats. Guest • Dec 2017 Disagree Agree VLC Player looks like it belongs on a Windows 95 computer. GOM Player has a much more professional interface with lots of options. Guest • Jul 2015 • 3 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Integrated codecs Skinnable Support for subtitles Add a feature 233 Like
Quod Libet A extensible Music player with Podcast support, web radio, playlists and many more. As it is written in Python, writing new plug-ins is really easy. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Debian Xfce Custom filters Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Hi-fi sound Integrated Search ... Support for MPRIS Music Library Musicbrainz support Search operators Sits in the System Tray Add a feature 135 Like
BSPlayer 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... Freemium Windows Android Kindle Fire Automatic subtitles download Integrated codecs Lightweight Support for subtitles Add a feature 64 Like
Banshee Play your music and videos. Stay entertained and up to date with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio.... Discontinued No new releases and features since 2014. Latest versions, 2.6.2 (stable) and 2.9.1 (development), released in February and March 2014, are still working and can be downloaded from the official website. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature 294 Like
Windows Media Player The media player provided pre-installed with all modern Windows versions (7 and higher): Windows Media Player 12 plays more music and video than ever, including Flip... Free Windows Music Library Visualize Music Voice pitch visualization Bundled with Windows Add a feature 251 Like
