Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to MPV
Cross platform video player with limited GUI
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MPV launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi there, This is just a shameless self-plug about a personal project of mine: "Using mpv and mpvc to play and manage the stuff I listen." To that end I've forked the great https://github.com/lwilletts/mpvc and started hacking around, so far I've focused on: getting a minimal TUI working, improving the CLI, playing online music (eg. youtube and other streaming services), and bugfixes (including the introducing new ones). The project is mainly developed, and, used under Debian/Ubuntu systems so expect the best results with these. What I expect from sharing in HN is: -…
2022 · gmt4.github.io · its alternatives →
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Video player that can open many formats, now on M1 Macs
2021 · elmedia-video-player.com · its alternatives →
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Just a video downloader, as simple as that
2015 · 4kdownload.com · its alternatives →
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VP Player▲224Top video platform for quality, customization, & ease of use
2023 · vp.gjirafa.tech · its alternatives →
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Free Responsive HTML5 Video Player
2015 · sublimevideo.net · its alternatives →
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ImPlay▲6Open Source Cross-Platform Desktop Media Player
2023 · tsl0922.github.io · its alternatives →
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Mac media player which support all formats
2021 · okaapps.com · its alternatives →
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A native Prime Video player for macOS with touch bar support
2020 · dbklabs.com · its alternatives →
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I've been building open-source tools in the video/multimedia space for 10+ years. Finally shipped the commercial product I always wanted to exist — Video Commander, a desktop app that consolidates FFmpeg, ffprobe, MediaInfo, VMAF and more into a single workspace where you can inspect, encode and analyze video. Built with Tauri + Rust backend, React frontend. FFmpeg and VMAF. Not a cool AI/LLM project, just a tool I've been heads-down building over the last six months. Happy to answer any questions!
Apr 2026 · video-commander.com · its alternatives →
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Play HLS or MPEG-DASH with no buffering and w/o plugins
2016 · bitmovin.com · its alternatives →
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Convert all popular video files to desire formats
2021 · bitwarsoft.com · its alternatives →
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