Windows Media Player Alternatives
Windows Media Player is described as 'Video and audio player developed by Microsoft for Windows 11 and Windows 10. It the successor to Groove Music (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and the original Windows Media' and is a very popular Audio Player in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Windows Media Player for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Windows Media Player alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Media Player are MPC-HC, foobar2000, MPV and AIMP.
Alternatives list
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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MPlayer OSX Extended is the future of MPlayer OSX. Leveraging the power of the MPlayer and FFmpeg open source projects, MPlayer OSX Extended aims to deliver a powerful, functional and no frills video player for OSX.

OmniPlayer is a comprehensive media player for almost any video and audio format on macOS. It has powerful features with modern and clean design.


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Browser based, Chromecast compatible video player with subtitle support, automated subtitle fetching, remote control and voice synthesis. It works on your tab and doesn't require any plugins.


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- 84 Player alternatives
Player is a Gracenote enabled freeware CD player for Windows.
Features include:
- support for multiple CD-ROM drives
- system tray support
- timer playback/screen saver feature
- maintains a playback history for each disc
- support for cover artwork
- cdplayer.ini import &.
C Media Player is meticulously developer media player aims to serve all around the world. You can play almost all media files such as (.mp4, .mkv, .avi, .wmv, .mp3. etc.) smoothly.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows

FreeSmith Video Player is a totally free video player which play videos, music with various kinds of popular formats such as AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV, MOV, MPG etc and even support play online videos, DVD movies and blu-ray discs.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows



The ambient light player for your favorite videos. This effect will you give you immersive viewing experience.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Phone


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Azul is a media player that allows you to download video directly from the web and play it immediately, no matter the format. You can also transfer files to Azul over iTunes.



All-in-One video player based on mpv that can play videos from Youtube, Bilibili etc. as well as local videos.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- AppImageHub
- Flatpak
- Flathub


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A simple and beautiful music player with pretty and stylish user interface, no more stretched images, and user-friendly functions!


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