VLC Media Player

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

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VLC is a free and open source crossplatform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

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Simple, fast and powerful media player.Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.

Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed:MPEG2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...

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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

The Best 13 VLC Media Player Alternatives

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foobar2000

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Main features Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND...

Free Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Mac Windows Phone

Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Minimalistic Portable UI customization Lightweight Automatic Tagging Support for Themes File organization Dark theme Sorting by folder File tagging Auto update Music Library Gapless Playback Library Organization Replay Gain Waveform Seekbar
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PotPlayer

Potplayer is a minimalist media player that has an extensive range of configurable options to choose from and lots of functionality. The application supports Blu-ray, DVD, Audio CD, and countless other media formats.

Free Windows

Customizable Minimalistic Portable Ad free Support for QuickSync acceleration Skinnable Automatic subtitles download Built in subtitle search Support for subtitles Gapless Playback Capture image from video Integrated codecs Support for CUDA acceleration Live Looping Skin Randomization
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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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SPlayer

SPlayer is a player that supports all popular formats, including DVDRip, HDTV, RMVB, QuickTime, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AC3/DTS, VP3/6/7, Indeo, XVD, OGG / OGM, APE, FLAC, TTA, AAC, MPC, 3GP/AMR, and subtitles.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Integrated codecs
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MPC-BE

MPC-BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. MPC-BE is based on the original Guliverkli project and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project, contains additional features and bug fixes.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Integrated Youtube support
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1by1

1by1 is a small, fast and handy audio player which is not only small: it provides a smart and versatile environment to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks - with no need for playlists or databases.

Free Windows Linux Android

Portable Lightweight Support for Unicode
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bomi

bomi is a multimedia player aiming for easy usage but also providing various powerful features and convenience functions - User-friendly interface -- bomi provides a easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI).

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Portable Hardware Accelerated
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qAllInOne

qAllInOne (aka qAIO) is a free open-source software built using Qt to provide users an All-In-One media player, so it can view images, play videos and audio.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

Portable Support for HD videos
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MPlayer WW

mplayer for windows (modified by william0wang) with many additional features: - multithreaded h264?mpeg-2 decoder (ffmpeg-mt). - support directshow demuxer and decoder.

Free Open Source Windows MPlayer

Portable Hardware Accelerated
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Boom

Boom is an easy to use audio player intended for casual computer users who do not wish to spend their time on figuring more sophisticated software out. All of its most important features are easily accessible out-of-the-box.

Free Windows

Portable Replay Gain
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Dziobas Rar Player

Play dvix/xvid movies from RAR files. Play dvd, mvk, avi, mpge, ogg, rar(forward), password rar (no forward) Play all files without codecs. Play rar files without extracting.

Free Windows Linux

Portable Support for subtitles Capture image from video
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ExMplayer

Play any media files,convert,extract,animate and more...Official page of ExMplayer Play any files with out any codec,199 audio and 416 video built-in external codecs.So ExMplayer can play any media format.

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Portable Audio Extraction
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SE-MediaPlayer

SE-MediaPlayer is a free classic portable media player with build-in media library for audio and video files management and lots of beautiful skins. Also includes codec...

Free Windows

Portable Integrated codecs

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VLC Media Player

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The Best 13 VLC Media Player Alternatives

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PotPlayer

SMPlayer

SPlayer

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1by1

bomi

qAllInOne

MPlayer WW

Boom

Dziobas Rar Player

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