The best open source alternative to Windows Media Player is VLC Media Player. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Windows Media Player and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Windows Media Player are MPC-HC, MPV, Clementine and SMPlayer.
This is the next generation of VLC for Mac also called Lunettes.
We want to make sure youll get the best experience ever when watching your favorites TV shows or Movies using VLC.
For instance, if I am watching a TV show, and then quit Lunettes. At next launch Lunettes will off.
Terminal-based retro music player inspired by a classic interface, supporting playback from local files, online streams, podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Navidrome, Plex, and more, with features like a visualizer, parametric EQ, radio browser, and playlist management.
A GTK+2 interface to MPlayer. The power of MPlayer combined with a friendly interface for your desktop; You can play all your multimedia (audio, video, CD, DVDs, and VCDs, streams etc.
An mpc-like control interface for mpv with a nearly complete compatibility layer for mpc commands in addition to GNU style arguments. This forks lwillets/mpvc providing some extra goodies such as: improved CLI, TUI, FZF & playing media from YouTube & streaming services.
This program aims to be a multi-engine (Include of Perian Project) player designed for playing movies nicely for a person who likes to watch or present movies on their computer (such as the casual viewer or the video artist).
Cine combines a clean interface with a high-performance engine to deliver a seamless viewing experience.
Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:
fmedia is a fast media player/recorder/converter for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and FreeBSD.
EcoTubeHQ Video Player offers high quality video playback for many DRM-free streaming services at minimal bitrates. Hardware acceleration is utilised where possible during video playback to optimize quality and minimize CPU usage.
Fermata Media Player is a free, open source audio, video and TV player with a simple and intuitive interface. It is focused on playing media files organized in folders and playlists.
Astra is a free, open-source audiophile desktop music player built for people who still maintain a music library. Plays FLAC, MP3, WAV, OGG, AAC, M4A, OPUS, AIFF, WMA natively with FFmpeg fallback for everything else.
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