VLC Media Player Alternatives for Xfce

VLC Media Player is not available for Xfce but there are plenty of alternatives with similar functionality. The best Xfce alternative is MPV, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to VLC Media Player and 15 are available for Xfce so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Xfce alternatives to VLC Media Player are MPlayer, DeaDBeeF, Quod Libet and Exaile.

VLC Media Player alternatives are mainly Media Players but may also be Audio Players or Internet Radio Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of VLC Media Player.

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MPV
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Free • Open Source
Media Player
Audio Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
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Xfce
89 alternatives to MPV
MPV is an MPlayer-based video player that is available on all major desktop operating systems. Linux users in particular cite MPV as one of the best alternatives to VLC. Its interface is extremely minimal, though with that comes extraordinary stability.
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MPV Features
1. LightweightMPV consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsMPV can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. Command line interfaceMPV either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
4. Ad-freeMPV doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Minimalistic
Integrated Codecs
Low resource footprint
FOSS
Drag and Drop
GNU/linux-libre
Lua scripting
HDR source support
Configurable
Video playback
MPV vs VLC Media Player opinions
Almost everyone thinks MPV is a great alternative to VLC Media Player.
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Shuunen
finally seeking in a video is smooth <3
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JohnFastman
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.
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salvadormoraleslen
It does not have similar interface.
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Fireryyo
Because mpv is lightweight,customizable,doesn't suck and FOSS
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awvalenti
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).
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MPlayer
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Media Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
AmigaOS
Xfce
MorphOS
120 alternatives to 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, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.
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MPlayer Features
1. Command line interfaceMPlayer either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Integrated Codecs
MPlayer vs VLC Media Player opinions
Most users think MPlayer is a great alternative to VLC Media Player.
Guest
It read and play most media without any constraints.
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DeaDBeeF
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Audio Player
Audio Converter
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Xfce
155 alternatives to DeaDBeeF
DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.
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DeaDBeeF Features
1. LightweightDeaDBeeF consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsDeaDBeeF can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. PortableDeaDBeeF can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. Command line interfaceDeaDBeeF either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
5. Lossless AudioDeaDBeeF has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
6. Works OfflineDeaDBeeF can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
7. Ad-freeDeaDBeeF doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Fully customizable interface
Replay Gain
Playlists management
Support for Hotkeys
Mods
DeaDBeeF vs VLC Media Player opinions
Most users think DeaDBeeF is a great alternative to VLC Media Player.
rivee03
The only music player that can loop an audio file perfectly. Not for video though.
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Only plays music, not video.
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Quod Libet
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Media Player
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Xfce
153 alternatives to Quod Libet
Quod Libet is a Gapless GTK+-based audio player written in Python. Its designed around the idea that you know how to organize your music better than we do. It lets you make playlists based on regular expressions (dont worry, regular searches work too).
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Quod Libet Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsQuod Libet can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. PortableQuod Libet can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Library Management
Customization
Tagging
Waveform Seekbar
Media library
Music Library
Columnar-panel navigation
Built-in Tag editor
SoundCloud Integration
Musicbrainz support
Quod Libet vs VLC Media Player opinions
Most users think Quod Libet is a great alternative to VLC Media Player.
Exaile
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Audio Player
Internet Radio Service
Windows
Linux
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Xfce
138 alternatives to Exaile
Exaile is a cross-platform music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python and is easily extensible via plugins. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, streaming Internet radio...
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Exaile Features
Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
Qmmp
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Audio Player
Windows
Linux
BSD
Xfce
Flathub
93 alternatives to Qmmp
Qmmp is an audio-player, written with help of Qt library. The user interface is similar to Winamp or xmms.
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Qmmp Features
Built-in Media converter
Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
Parole
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Audio Player
Media Player
Linux
Xfce
82 alternatives to Parole
Parole is a media player for the Xfce desktop environment, written using the GStreamer framework.
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Parole Features
1. Dark ModeParole supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
XFCE support
QT Based
Foobnix
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Audio Player
Internet Radio Service
Windows
Linux
Xfce
126 alternatives to Foobnix
Foobnix audio player for Linux, Windows and Android.

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Support for CUE (also wv, iso.wv) is the best under Linux (zavlab); Formats MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND ... Converter any format to any (mp3.

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Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 3.1, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
xine
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Free • Open Source
Media Player
Linux
BSD
Xfce
41 alternatives to xine
xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet.
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xine Features
Fullscreen support
Capture image from video
ncmpc
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Audio Player
Linux
Xfce
26 alternatives to ncmpc
ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client, which runs in a terminal (using ncurses). Its goal is to provide a keyboard oriented and consistent interface to MPD, without wasting resources.

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