Windows Media Player Alternatives

Apps similar to Windows Media Player include VLC Media Player, which is free and open source. Other options are MPC-HC, foobar2000, MPV and AIMP. Media Players like Windows Media Player are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Infuse icon
     55 likes

    Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for iOS 12, with powerful streaming options, trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support.

    146 Infuse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • visionOS
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  2. Wora icon
     34 likes

    Open-source lossless music player with playlist creation, support for FLAC, WAV, Dolby, and common formats, attractive interface, quick command controls, synced and unsynced lyrics, minimal resource use, and cross-platform compatibility for music library management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Celluloid icon
     49 likes

    Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.

    73 Celluloid alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  4. Kima icon
     15 likes

    Self-hosted audio streaming for owned libraries with support for FLAC, MP3 and more, automatic cataloging, smart playlists, personalized radio, podcast subscriptions, audiobook playback, integration with Lidarr and Audiobookshelf, device sync, and Deezer previews.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  5. Harmonoid icon
     35 likes

    Material-based cross-platform player managing music libraries, playlists, and radio streams with synced and custom lyrics, tag editor, pitch, speed, and volume controls, Discord and Last.fm integration, light-dark themes, and low RAM usage for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.

    69 Harmonoid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  6. Screenbox icon
     25 likes

    Screenbox is a modern video player that cares about performance and ease of use on a wide range of device types. It features a beautiful, friendly user interface while being fast and lightweight

    54 Screenbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Fooyin icon
     16 likes

    Fooyin is a music player built around customization. It offers a growing list of widgets to manage and play your local music collection. It's extendable through the use of plugins, and many widgets make use of FooScript to offer an even deeper level of control.

    71 Fooyin alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
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  8. Elisa icon
     37 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.

    87 Elisa alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
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  9. mpv.net icon
     25 likes

    mpv.net is a modern media player for Windows. mpv is similar to VLC not based on DirectShow like MPC, mpv.net is based on libmpv which in return is based on ffmpeg.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • mpv
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  10. Cine icon
     10 likes

    Cine combines a clean interface with a high-performance engine to deliver a seamless viewing experience.

    60 Cine alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  11. mpvExtended icon
     11 likes

    mpvExtended is a fork of mpv-android, built on the libmpv library. It aims to combine the powerful features of mpv with an easy to use interface and additional features.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  12. mpvKt icon
     13 likes

    A media player for Android based on mpv-android aiming to provide a nicer user interface over the original

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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