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.

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  1. Videku icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
  2. MOC icon
     30 likes

    MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  3. Player icon
     Like

    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 &.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. Aurora Player icon
     2 likes

    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
     
  7. MoonPlayer icon
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    All-in-One video player based on mpv that can play videos from Youtube, Bilibili etc. as well as local videos.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
     
  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Blackberry
     
  10. Mi Video icon
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    Local video player, downloader, file manager and YouTube client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  11. Real Alternative allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram) without having to install the full version of RealPlayer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Imagen is a multimedia player initially developed for playing HAV files, later extended to support numerous other media formats. Imagen has a unique capability to play sequentially numerated images as if they belong to a video file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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