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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    MPV-EASY Player is a movie player based on MPV .It comes with an easy-to-use interface, you can quickly adjust many parameters, carefully adjusted default settings will be able to stimulate all the performance of the MPV player, so that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • mpv
     
  2. Glide Player icon
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    Minimalist media player using GStreamer for multimedia support and GTK for UI, supporting multiple formats on Linux and macOS. Offers subtitle and audio track switching, playback controls, and fullscreen mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Homebrew
     
  3. Kaffeine icon
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    Kaffeine is a media player with support for digital television (DVB-C/S/S2/T, ATSC, CI/CAM) for the Linux KDE desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
     
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    cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD.

    Input/Output Plugins Input: Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AAC, MP4, and everything supported by libmodplug Output: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS, libao, aRts, Sun, and WaveOut (Wind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Switch Player icon
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    Switch allows you to play a variety of web and professional media formats, inspect and adjust the properties of the file and export a new file.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Nora icon
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    With simplicity and design in mind, this app was made to overcome problems when using default music apps on platforms that lack essential features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
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    Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer for wide range of formats. Supported file formats are:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. CornPlayer icon
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    very simple Media Player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. MPZ icon
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    If you like to organize your music in folders, then this player might be for you. It doesn't try to index all the files into a library, but rather treats your files and folders as a library and provides a convenient way to create playlists directly from folders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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