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, MPV, foobar2000 and AIMP.

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  1. Play your favorite movies and video files without hassle. Showtime features simple playback controls that fade out of your way when you're watching, fullscreen, adjustable playback speed, multiple language and subtitle tracks, and screenshots — everything you need for a...

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
     
  2. BSPlayer icon
     66 likes

    BSPlayer is the first software movie player ever to enable its users to focus on watching the movie instead of dealing with poor computer capabilities or running around looking for a proper setting and codec. Also, it has very low CPU and RAM requirements.

    110 BSPlayer alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
     
  3. XMPlay icon
     85 likes

    A tiny and portable audio player. With a size of about 280 KiB it plays OGG, MP3, audio CDs, WMA and several less used formats like XM, IT, MOD, UMX and others. Furthermore it supports a wide range of plugins, skins and visualizations, works with tags, creates media library from...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  4. 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...

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    • Windows
    • mpv
     
  5. mpz icon
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    Free, open-source folder player for large local music collections, built in native C++/Qt for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. SwiftVLC icon
     1 like

    AVFoundation is excellent for Apple's native media stack, but its container, codec, subtitle, and network-protocol support is limited to what Apple ships. Apps that need MKV, SSA/ASS subtitles, RTSP, SMB, UPnP, or other VLC-backed formats and protocols need a broader engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Apple Swift
    • visionOS
     
  7. Winyl icon
     41 likes

    Winyl is a free digital audio player and music library application for organizing and playing audio on Windows.

    370 Winyl alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Switch Player icon
     4 likes

    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.

    229 Switch Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. Kaffeine icon
     19 likes

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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
     
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