15 Best Media Players For Mac and Windows (2021 Edition)

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MPC-HC

MPC-HC (Media Player Classic Home Cinema) is a light-weight, open source media player that supports almost all common audio and video file formats. It also acts as a TV tuner, but you need to have a TV card installed. You will be able to adjust the appearance of video as it’s playing.

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SMPlayer

SMPlayer is capable of playing almost all known audio and video formats. Apart from being an open source software, it features advanced audio and video filters, equalizer and configurable subtitles.

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Media Go can play, organize and transfer a vast amount of files including pictures, audio, video and podcasts. It automatically creates playlists based on mood and tempo with the help of SensMe technology. Also, you can generate your own views based on advanced search criteria.

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GOM Media Player

It does support a vast range of media formats, and if you stumble across an unknown file, GOM player will track down the necessary codec needed to play the file. Don’t blindly tick all the buttons while installing the player as it will prompt to install a browser extension. Simply unclick this option. The other downside is the free version displays ads, so you will have to learn to ignore the ads that appear within the tool.

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RealPlayer

RealPlayer supports multiple container file formats, including Windows media format and QuickTime file format. It features a video download utility, equalizer and video controls, CD ripping, audio recording, a media converter, and graphical animations that appear on the screen when playing audio.

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MPV

MPV is an open source software that comes with streamlined CLI options. It supports video scaling with famous high quality algorithms, frame timing, HDR, interpolation and color management to give you the best experience.

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DivX

DivX Player is meant for high quality video playback and cross device steaming. It is optimized for TV shows, movies as well as Internet’s video clips. It supports multiple audio formats, so you can switch seamlessly among soundtracks to hear commentary or other languages without interrupting the playback experience.

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MediaMonkey

MediaMonkey automatically tags your music and syncs the content to your smartphone or portable media player like iPod and Palm Pre. Moreover, it supports 3rd party plugins integration, so you can extend base functionalities.

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Splash

Splash offers HD technologies (NVIDIA NVENC, AMD APP with hardware accelerated video decoding) in simple and modern user interface. It is developed for High Definition videos smooth playback, especially from HD camcorders.

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ALLPlayer

The best feature of ALLPlayer is it automatically downloads matching subtitles in all languages. It plays BitTorrent movies and series with suitable subtitles and supports image rotation and color correction for improving the video quality. The player will automatically turn off the computer or monitor after the movie is finished.

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PotPlayer

Potplayer is a light weight media player that gives you a huge number of customizations and settings. It comes with a clean interface and several built-in keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys.

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5KPlayer

5KPlayer offers a treasure house where you can generate a personal multimedia library stylishly. It is packed with URL analyzing technology to recognize URLs and download music and videos from online sites.

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KMPlayer

KMPlayer is a versatile multi-media player that supports a wide range of music, movie and subtitle formats. It plays any media files without any separate codec. It provides both external and internal filters, decoders, audio and video transform filters that doesn’t interfere with DirectShow.

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Kodi

Kodi is more of a media hub, featuring a big size (12 inches) user interface so you can use it with televisions and remote controls. It neatly organizes all your media collection and stream it across the home network, which means you can view and play most audio, podcasts, video and other media files from network storage or the Internet.

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VLC Media Player

No doubt, VLC is currently the most popular media player that supports almost all file formats – you don’t need to integrate any additional codecs. The main reason behind its huge success is, its simple interface. Not only it can optimize video and audio playback, but also supports streaming.

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