Windows Media Player AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as Internet Radio Services

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   VLC Media Player

    7786 likes

   Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

   177 VLC Media Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • iPad
   • AppImageHub
   • Apple Watch
   • Snapcraft
   • Google Chrome
   • Apple TV
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • F-Droid
   • Kindle Fire
   • Haiku
   • Android TV
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment

   Rasheed AZ

   Jul 30, 2018

   6

   Can actually play most media files and actually fulfil its purpose unlike wmp

   Top Negative Comment

   Guest

   Jun 21, 2015

   21

   VLC, while an awesome media player, lacks WMP's library features. Thus, it is not an all-in-one system like WMP is.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   tpc1095

   Positive comment•May 6, 2023

   1

   Not an alternative to Windows Media Player at all because the main function of WMP is to organize song tracks into albums by artist. Just playing a file isn't a big deal.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

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   • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
   • VLC Media Player is Customizable, Decentralized and Privacy focusedWindows Media Player is not according to our users
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   Clementine

    762 likes

   Free cross-platform audio player and library organizer featuring support for local files, internet radio, smart and dynamic playlists, playlist import/export, projectM visualizations, lyrics, artist info, album art, tag editing, transcoding, device sync, and remote control.

   259 Clementine alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   

   

   

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   154pinkchairs

   Positive comment•Jul 29, 2021

   0

   one of the greatest FOSS players, but tbh I prefer quodLibet since it's more lightweight

   

   

   • Clementine is Free and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
   • Clementine is Privacy focusedWindows Media Player is not according to our users
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   Audacious

    305 likes

   Lightweight open-source audio player for Unix-like platforms focused on high sound quality, extensive codec support, playlist handling, Internet radio, plugins, Winamp-style skins, cue sheets, metadata display, effects, equalizer, and efficient resource usage.

   144 Audacious alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku
   • Xfce

   

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   Guest

   Negative comment•Jan 8, 2019

   -3

   Windows Media Player is not Light Weight and audacious is light weight and only an Audio player. Win Media Player is Multimedia Player/RIpper with library functions.

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   Strawberry

    249 likes

   Music player and collection organizer featuring support for diverse audio formats, bit-perfect playback, playlist management, tag editing, advanced output controls, streaming from Subsonic, Tidal, Qobuz, scrobbling, CD playback, and cover art retrieval.

   247 Strawberry alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • Norway

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku
   • Mac

   

   

   

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   zokris

   Positive comment•Dec 2, 2021

   1

   Unlike VLC, Strawberry is not a "file player" but a complete management software for your music collection. Very convenient UI, can rip CDs, gives you the choice of encoders/decoders, ...

   Guest

   Positive comment•Sep 11, 2024

   0

   Strawberry is very good option to play CDs extract them, organize and many more

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   • Strawberry is Freemium and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
   • Strawberry is Customizable and Privacy focusedWindows Media Player is not according to our users
6. 

   

   Rhythmbox

    437 likes

   Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the .

   162 Rhythmbox alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Internet Radio

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak
   • GNOME

   

   

   

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   Elisa

    36 likes

   Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users.

   80 Elisa alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Internet Radio

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • KDE Plasma
   • Flathub
   • F-Droid
   • Snapcraft

   

   

   

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   Exaile

    109 likes

   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...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Internet Radio

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Xfce

   

   

   

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    MusicPod

     6 likes

    MusicPod is a local music, radio, television and podcast player for Linux, MacOS and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Audio Player
    • Internet Radio

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac

    

    

    

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    Winyl

     41 likes

    Winyl is a free digital audio player and music library application for organizing and playing audio on Windows.

    367 Winyl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Origin

    • Ukraine

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    Voya Media

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    Voya Media is a cross-platform media player that easily plays all your music, pictures and videos.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows

    

    

    

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    Foobnix

     27 likes

    Foobnix audio player for Linux, Windows and Android.

    Main features player

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Audio Player
    • Internet Radio

    Origin

    • Slovakia
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce

    

    

    

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    Nextcloud Audio Player

     3 likes

    A music player for FLAC, MP3, MP4, streams, … with playlist support and SONOS integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Audio Player
    • Internet Radio

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud
    • ownCloud

    

    

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