mplayer2

mplayer2 is an advanced general-purpose video player. A fork of the original MPlayer.

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mplayer2 is an advanced generalpurpose video player. a fork of the original mplayer project, it contains significant further development and supports a number of features not available in other players.

improvements over mplayer better pause handling in mplayer executing any commands forced the player to unpause. this is no longer the case; in mplayer2 you can change settings, seek, or run other commands while paused. better matroska support easy to use multithreading support much better support for vdpau functionality on nvidia cards support for precise seeks it's now possible to seek to any frame in the video; seeks are no longer necessarily limited to keyframes. support for gettextbased translations

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Official Website
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Portable Support for Multiple threads

The Best 11 mplayer2 Alternatives

support-for-subtitles filter is active.

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VLC Media Player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet Chrome OS Mac Windows S

Portable Google Drive integration Multiple languages Automatic conversion to multiple formats Lightweight Automatic Tagging Cross platform Media Streaming Automatic subtitles download Built in subtitle search Music Library Support for subtitles Integrated codecs Playlists management
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MPC-HC

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. We are 100% spyware free, there are no advertisements or toolbars.

Free Open Source Windows

Customizable Lightweight Audio recording Support for subtitles Support for 4K
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SMPlayer

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.

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Haiku MPlayer mpv

Customizable Portable UI customization Ad free Multiple languages Lightweight Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Built in subtitle search Support for subtitles Integrated codecs
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GOM Media Player

GOM Media Player (Gretech Online Movie Player) is a freeware media player.

Free Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

Skinnable Support for subtitles Integrated codecs
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Videos

Videos (previously Totem) is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. It features a playlist, a full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as keyboard navigation.

Free Open Source Linux

Support for subtitles Capture image from video Nautilus integration
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MPlayerX

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

Free Open Source Mac OS X MPlayer

Support for Multiple Monitors macOS like Support for subtitles MultiTouch
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Kantaris

kantaris is an all new media player based on code from videolan client (vlc media player) and bass audio library. kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of windows media player.

Free Open Source Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for subtitles
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AVPlayer

AVPlayer can play almost any computer video file format such as AVI, Xvid, WMV and much more clearly and effortlessly. No converting hassles. Just copy files via USB and just drag and drop into the AVPlayer’s Media Explorer.

Commercial

Support for subtitles Support for HD videos
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Vso Media Player

Play all your video and audio files with free VSO Media Player.

Free Windows

Multiple languages Drag n drop Support for subtitles Integrated codecs Support for CUDA acceleration
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Switch Player

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. Play it Trust Switch...

Freemium Mac OS X Windows

Built in editor Support for subtitles
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Aurora Player

The ambient light player for your favorite videos. This effect will you give you immersive viewing experience. Aurora Player supports the follow file types:...

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Windows RT Windows Phone Windows Mobile

Customizable Support for subtitles

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mplayer2

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The Best 11 mplayer2 Alternatives

VLC Media Player

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SMPlayer

GOM Media Player

Videos

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AVPlayer

Vso Media Player

Switch Player

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