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. Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer for wide range of formats. Supported file formats are:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. 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
     
  3. ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre is your all-in-one media player that plays videos, DVDs, Blu-ray and 3D discs, online video and more with cinema-like experience. It delivers stunning Blu-ray 3D and HD video playback and supports almost all video files like WMV, FLV, MPEG, AVI, MP4...

    83 ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. The modern music Player for Windows. Waveform manages your music library in a beautiful, user-friendly application. It automatically finds music from your PC to populate your library, where you can browse your music by Track, Album, Artist, Genre and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. KPlayer icon
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    KPlayer is a video playback app. If 'H.264 Hardware Acceleration' is supported, it can play 720p, and 1080p video files more smoothly. Also you can enjoy a movie in the concise interface with the high-quality subtitles that are displayed quickly.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Vidmore Player is professional software which could play Blu-ray disc/folder/ISO files without losing the video quality. In addition, it could also play the DVD disc/folder/ISO files smoothly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Movist icon
     57 likes

    Movist is a movie player for Mac OS based on QuickTime & FFmpeg.

    A Simple and clean interface and high codec compatibility make this a real challenger to VLC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. ampcast icon
     3 likes

    Ampcast is a music player for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Navidrome and Subsonic. With additional support for Apple Music, Spotify and TIDAL. It integrates with last.fm and ListenBrainz and features the Milkdrop visualizer (among others).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
     
  9. 5KPlayer icon
     19 likes

    5KPlayer is a new-style free media player for Mac OS as all-in-one HD video/music player, AirPlay streamer and free online video/music downloader. It plays 4K/5K, MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, YouTube video, MP3 music & DVD on Mac flawlessly.

    193 5KPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. MPlayerX icon
     71 likes

    MPlayerX is an open source project which aims to be the most powerful, beautiful, easy to use multimedia player on Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • MPlayer
     
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