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5+ best cross-platform media players

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Are you looking for a cross-platformmedia player? Then you’ve come to the right place.

In this article, you’ll find a list of the best cross-platformmedia playerscurrently available on the market.

What are the best cross-platform media players?

What are the best cross-platform media players?

CyberLink Power DVD is an all-in-one multimedia player that allows you to enjoy movies, TV shows, or photos and organize them all in one place.

And if at any moment you need to pause your movie, don’t worry, you can take it from the exact same spot where you left off.

The Watch On-The-Go feature allows you to watch your favorite shows or movies, directly from the cloud, in case that you may not have access to the Internet.

Once you have downloaded your favorite media file in the Cloud you can easily take the link, copy it, and share it with your friends and family.

Gom Player

Gom Player is a great tool when it comes to playing media files. Not only it supports various formats such as AVI, MP4, MKV, FLV, WMV, MOV, DVD, and Audio CD but you can also use it to play damaged files.

If you are used to watching movies with subtitles then you’ll love the GOM Player Subtitle Library. It has a big library and once you start the movie it automatically searches for subtitles and plays it.

The amazing Gom Player has a friendly interface, it’s extremely easy to use and in just a few clicks you can relax and enjoy your favorite movie or TV show.

GOM Player

VLC

VLCdoesn’t need any introduction. Thisfree, open-source cross-platformmultimediaplayer is perhaps the most popularmedia playerin the world.

This tool can play absolutely everything: media files, discs, streams, you name it. It plays most codecs with no codec packs needed and is completelyfree. It doesn’t feature any spyware, ads, or user tracking.

Moreover, you can fully customize it: you can add skins, create skins with theVLCskin editor, and install various extensions.

⇒Get VLC

MPlayer

MPlayer is a powerful open-sourcemedia playerthat you can use across many systems. The tool supports a wide variety of input formats, video and audio codecs, and output devices.

Another great feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output drivers: X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, DirectFB, GGI, SDL, VESA, as well as some low-level card-specific drivers.

The tools support onscreen display, fullscreen, anti-aliased shaded subtitles, and visual feedback for keyboard controls, as well as 12 subtitle formats.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a fork of MPlayer, calledMPV.

This tool shares some features with the former projects, and also introduces new capabilities, such as:

⇒Get MPlayer

VideoJS

VideoJS is afree, open source HTML5media playerthat offers basic playback functionalities, such as autoplay and preload, fullscreen display and subtitles.

Since it’s an open source tool, you can easily alter the code and upgrade the tool. VideoJS is not browser-dependent, meaning that you can download a copy of the player to use it offline.

The latest version of the tool is VideoJS 6.0, which brings accessibility improvements of the controls and components, as well as some new features for developers.

⇒Get VideoJS

Clementine Music Player

Clementine is a multi-platform music player with an easy-to-use UI. Unlike themedia playerslisted above, this tool is a bit more limited, rendering only audio files.

Here are Clementine’s main features:

If you’re looking for a cross-platform music player, Clementine is a very good choice.

⇒Get Clementine

There you go, these are the best cross-platform players currently available. If you’ve used other similar tools, you can tell us more about your experience in the comments below.

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Madalina Dinita

Networking & Security Specialist

Madalina has been a Windows fan ever since she got her hands on her first Windows XP computer.

She is interested in all things technology, especially emerging technologies – AI and DNA computing in particular.

Prior to joining the WindowsReport team, she worked in the corporate world for a number of years.

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Madalina is a Windows fan since forever, especially interested in AI, emerging technologies, privacy, and security.