Windows Media Player AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Audio Converters

The best Audio Converter alternative to Windows Media Player is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try foobar2000 or AIMP. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Windows Media Player and 13 are Audio Converters so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Audio Converter alternatives to Windows Media Player are MediaMonkey, DeaDBeeF, jetAudio and XMPlay.

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  1. foobar2000 icon

    foobar2000

     1555 likes

    Audio player offering MP3, FLAC support, gapless playback, customizable interfaces, CD ripping, advanced tagging, ReplayGain, plugins, and is known for its freeware model, running on various Windows versions with high audio fidelity.

    207 foobar2000 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. AIMP icon

    AIMP

     890 likes

    Feature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.

    357 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. Strawberry icon

    Strawberry

     248 likes

    Music player and collection organizer featuring support for diverse audio formats, bit-perfect playback, playlist management, tag editing, advanced output controls, streaming from Subsonic, Tidal, Qobuz, scrobbling, CD playback, and cover art retrieval.

    243 Strawberry alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Mac
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    Roxio Creator

    Comprehensive multimedia suite with over 20 integrated applications offering disc burning, video capture and editing, photo editing, file conversion, DVD authoring, and encryption, ensuring versatile media management and online s...

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  6. MediaMonkey icon

    MediaMonkey

     489 likes

    MediaMonkey is a music player and a music library manager with support for 50,000+ files and many features for organizing, tagging, converting and burning your music. It also has advanced podcasting and syncing features.

    126 MediaMonkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    MediaMonkey screenshot 1
     
  7. DeaDBeeF icon

    DeaDBeeF

     200 likes

    Lightweight desktop music player designed for multiple platforms, supporting major audio codecs, gapless playback, playlist management, customizable global hotkeys, 18-band equalizer, streaming audio, plugin extensions, and command line controls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
    DeaDBeeF screenshot 1
     
  8. jetAudio icon

    jetAudio

     55 likes

    JetAudio is integrated, multimedia software made of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats.

    113 jetAudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    jetAudio screenshot 1
     
  10. XMPlay icon

    XMPlay

     86 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    XMPlay 4 – Default look
     
  12. ExMplayer icon

    ExMplayer

     6 likes

    Play any media files,convert,extract,animate and more...Official page of ExMplayer

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    ExMplayer screenshot 1
     
  14. Roxio Creator icon

    Roxio Creator

     7 likes

    Comprehensive multimedia suite with over 20 integrated applications offering disc burning, video capture and editing, photo editing, file conversion, DVD authoring, and encryption, ensuring versatile media management and online sharing capabilities.

    316 Roxio Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Roxio Creator screenshot 1
     
  15. fmedia icon

    fmedia

     1 like

    fmedia is a fast media player/recorder/converter for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and FreeBSD.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • FreeBSD
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