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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Windows Media Player alternatives are mainly Media Players, but if you're looking for Audio Players or Internet Radio Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux, Android Tablet, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Android and Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Windows Media Player.
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    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

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Goodplayer icon
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    No need to convert the media files before playing it, GoodPlayer can play AVI, Xvid, Divx, DAT,VOB,FLV,WMV , MKV, MP4, RM, RMVB, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, RTSP, MMS, SFTP, SMB, MMSH, MMST, RTP, UPnP and UDP etc..., files and streaming directly on iOS devices.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. Nemp icon
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    Nemp (Noch Ein Mp3-Player) is an intuitive and easy-to-use audio player that plays most common audio formats. The program features a media library with support for drag-and-drop and tag-cloud organization, as well as audio effects, EQ, coverflow, webradio, a Web server for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Cineplay icon
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    Originating from the Jahshaka project OpenLibraries based Cineplay is a multi platform video player that supports a wide array of codecs.

    56 Cineplay alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Dragon Player icon
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    Dragon Player does one thing, and only one thing, which is playing multimedia files. Its simple interface is designed not to get in your way and instead empowers you to simply play multimedia files.

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Play all your video and audio files with free VSO Media Player.

    Key Features

    Free Video Player

    One player to read all your audio and video files 100% free No adware and spyware, or toolbars

    Easy to use

    Drag and drop support File navigation panel to jump f.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. MPCStar icon
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    MPCSTAR is an all-in-one package of video player, audio player and many codecs. It contains a user-friendly player and carefully selected codecs to support various media formats. With MPCSTAR, you would be able to play all your movies and music downloaded from the internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Song Director icon
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    Song Director is a program that plays and keeps track of all your music files. Easier to use and understand than iTunes or Windows Media Player. It unleashes the full power of a modern database system in an extremely simple, easy to use manner.

    110 Song Director alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Playr icon
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    Playr was made solely to focus on your video viewing experience. It's not crammed with extra features for organizing files or to make playlists and such. You don't need to install any extras or plug-ins to view your favorite movies, it just works.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Album Player (Freeware, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10) is designed for composing and listening to compilations of music albums on your hard drive and CD/DVD. The Album Player plays audio files of popular formats, such as WAV, FLAC, APE, WavPack, ALAC, AIFF, TAK, MP3, MP4, OGG, MPC...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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