Alternatives

Products that do what VideoPlayer does

Play local MVs as audio with background play and playlists.

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   Spotify Miniplayer▲510

   Discreetly play music, podcasts & videos on desktop

   2024

2. 2
   OneLinePlayer▲190

   The simple and beautiful embed video player for web

   2019

3. 3
   YTMP▲104

   Play YouTube videos as audio in background without ads

   2021

4. 4
   Audio Playr▲72

   Audio playback, playlists and export simplified

   2018

5. 5
   FloatPlayer▲111

   Simple Mac app for floating a YouTube video on your screen

   2018

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   Sideplayer▲267

   Watch YouTube while you browse the web.

   2015

7. 7
   Play▲92

   Music lovers, rejoice. Music videos with insider song facts.

   2017

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   AV Player▲3

   HD Player Audio and Video

   Jul 2026 · play.google.com

9. 9WA
   Winamp and other media players, rebuilt for the web with Web Components▲392

   Hey all, creator of Video.js and co-founder of Mux & Zencoder here. My team and I built this. I hope you like the themes we’ve built so far, and maybe even get inspired to build your own. I know Web Components are in a bit of a drama cycle right now. I’m happy to see them get any attention really. I’ve been pretty bullish on them since ~2013 when I started working with them, at least in the context of a widget like a video player. I’ve even given many related talks on them like this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Mh84SRoDg). I would never push them for a large app or…

   2024 · player.style

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    VisionPlayer▲3

    A modular and versatile open-source JS video player.

    Nov 2025

11. 11
    PlayTray▲82

    Control the Spotify web player with your macOS media keys

    2018

12. 12
    Headset▲187

    Personal music player for Youtube and Reddit

    2017

13. 13
    BoxPlayer▲102

    Web and native music player for Dropbox

    2016

14. 14
    Videoer▲80

    Batch convert & audio extract

    2025

15. 15AM
    A music player that creates real-time music videos▲61

    2021 · hyperchroma.app

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    Splay (beta)▲122

    The only truly customizable video player for the web

    2024

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    MoViPlayer▲3

    Multi-video player with smart layouts

    Jul 2026 · moviplayer.app

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    BookPlayer▲98

    Play M4B/M4A/MP3 audiobooks on iPhone

    2018

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    JW Player 2.0▲109

    The most powerful and flexible video platform.

    2018

20. 20
    Playback▲90

    A game to see which songs make your friends think of you

    2021

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    LLPlayer – a media player with OpenAI Whisper▲22

    Hello HN. I created a video player for Windows, specialized for language learning. It can generate subtitles in real time using OpenAI Whisper. It can also generate subtitles from any online videos. It is free and open source. I would very much like to get feedback, Thanks. [Github: https://github.com/umlx5h/LLPlayer]

    2025 · llplayer.com

22. 22WM
    We missed Winamp, so we built an audio player for macOS▲71

    May 2026 · advanced-research.net

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    YouTube Audio Player▲9

    YouTube Audio Player. Save bandwidth and data by playing only the audio from YouTube videos. Please don’t be harsh with me—I’m new to vibe coding, lol. Experience YouTube Like Never Before Our audio-first approach revolutionizes how you consume YouTube content: Background Listening: Keep the audio playing while using other apps or with your screen off Data Saver Mode: Automatically selects the optimal audio quality for your connection Uninterrupted Playback: Listen without video ads or visual distractions Battery Saver: Reduce power consumption by up to 60% compared to video playback

    2025 · y2audio.com

24. 24PH
    Player.html – the one file video library and player for any HTTP server▲20

    2020 · github.com

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