Windows Media Player Alternatives for Linux

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   VLC Media Player

    7743 likes

   Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

   170 VLC Media Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • iPad
   • AppImageHub
   • Apple Watch
   • Snapcraft
   • Google Chrome
   • Apple TV
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • F-Droid
   • Kindle Fire
   • Haiku
   • Android TV
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment

   Rasheed AZ

   Jul 30, 2018

   6

   Can actually play most media files and actually fulfil its purpose unlike wmp

   Top Negative Comment

   Guest

   Jun 21, 2015

   21

   VLC, while an awesome media player, lacks WMP's library features. Thus, it is not an all-in-one system like WMP is.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   tpc1095

   Positive comment•May 6, 2023

   1

   Not an alternative to Windows Media Player at all because the main function of WMP is to organize song tracks into albums by artist. Just playing a file isn't a big deal.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

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   • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
   • VLC Media Player is Customizable, Decentralized and Privacy focusedWindows Media Player is not according to our users
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   MPV

    565 likes

   Versatile audio and video player featuring support for a wide range of formats, audio and video codecs, subtitle types, hardware acceleration via GPU, OpenGL output with high-quality scaling, on-screen controls, and embeddable C API for integration into applications.

   117 MPV alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • F-Droid
   • Haiku
   • Xfce
   • Chocolatey

   

   

   

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Jul 14, 2017

   5

   MPV is an open source and professional project

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • MPV is Free and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
   • MPV is Minimalistic and Privacy focusedWindows Media Player is not according to our users
4. 

   

   Clementine

    756 likes

   Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...

   249 Clementine alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   

   

   

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   154pinkchairs

   Positive comment•Jul 29, 2021

   0

   one of the greatest FOSS players, but tbh I prefer quodLibet since it's more lightweight

   

   

   • Clementine is Free and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
   • Clementine is Privacy focusedWindows Media Player is not according to our users
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   Audacious

    304 likes

   Lightweight open-source audio player for Unix-like platforms focused on high sound quality, extensive codec support, playlist handling, Internet radio, plugins, Winamp-style skins, cue sheets, metadata display, effects, equalizer, and efficient resource usage.

   138 Audacious alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku
   • Xfce

   

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   Guest

   Negative comment•Jan 8, 2019

   -3

   Windows Media Player is not Light Weight and audacious is light weight and only an Audio player. Win Media Player is Multimedia Player/RIpper with library functions.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Audacious is Free and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
6. 

   

   SMPlayer

    462 likes

   SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play.

   128 SMPlayer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Spain
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • mpv
   • Snapcraft
   • PortableApps.com
   • Haiku
   • MPlayer
   • Flathub
   • Homebrew

   

   

   

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   Strawberry

    249 likes

   Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. It's written in C++ using the Qt framework.

   239 Strawberry alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • Norway

   Alerts

   • Warning

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   

   

   

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   zokris

   Positive comment•Dec 2, 2021

   1

   Unlike VLC, Strawberry is not a "file player" but a complete management software for your music collection. Very convenient UI, can rip CDs, gives you the choice of encoders/decoders, ...

   Guest

   Positive comment•Sep 11, 2024

   0

   Strawberry is very good option to play CDs extract them, organize and many more

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Strawberry is Free and Open SourceWindows Media Player is Free and Proprietary
   • Strawberry is Customizable and Privacy focusedWindows Media Player is not according to our users
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   Amarok

    411 likes

   Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before — and it looks good doing it.

   170 Amarok alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • KDE Plasma
   • Flathub
   • Haiku
   • Flatpak

   

   

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    Rhythmbox

     435 likes

    Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the .

    156 Rhythmbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application types

    • Audio Player
    • Internet Radio

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME

    

    

    

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    DeaDBeeF

     199 likes

    DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Denmark
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce

    

    

    

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    MPlayer

     341 likes

    MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Hungary
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku

    

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    Wora

     34 likes

    Wora is a beautiful player for audiophiles (pun intended). An open-source lossless music player app that lets you organize and play your favorite tracks seamlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    Euphonica

     17 likes

    Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Vietnam

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    

    

    

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