Free media players
Amarok (software)
Amarok is a cross-platform free and open source music player for KDE, but is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle.
Amarok is a cross-platform free and open source music player for KDE, but is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle.
Audacious (software)
Audacious is a free software audio player with a focus on low resource usage, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats.
Audacious is a free software audio player with a focus on low resource usage, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats.
Beep Media Player
The Beep Media Player (BMP) was a free audio player, based on the XMMS multimedia player.
The Beep Media Player (BMP) was a free audio player, based on the XMMS multimedia player.
Boxee
Boxee is a cross-platform freeware HTPC software application with a 10-foot user interface and social networking features designed for the living-room TV that enables its users to view, rate and...
Boxee is a cross-platform freeware HTPC software application with a 10-foot user interface and social networking features designed for the living-room TV that enables its users to view, rate and...
Clementine (software)
Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer.
Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer.
cmus
cmus (C* Music Player) is a small and fast console audio player for Unix-like operating systems.
cmus (C* Music Player) is a small and fast console audio player for Unix-like operating systems.
Coherence (UPNP)
As a stand-alone application Coherence acts as a DLNA/UPnP MediaServer and exports local and remote media files via its backends to other UPnP clients.
As a stand-alone application Coherence acts as a DLNA/UPnP MediaServer and exports local and remote media files via its backends to other UPnP clients.
Exaile
Exaile is a music player that was originally conceived to be similar in style and function to KDE's Amarok 1.4, but use the GTK+ widget toolkit rather than Qt. It is written in Python and utiliz...
Exaile is a music player that was originally conceived to be similar in style and function to KDE's Amarok 1.4, but use the GTK+ widget toolkit rather than Qt. It is written in Python and utiliz...
FFplay
FFmpeg is a free software / open source project that produces libraries and programs for handling multimedia data.
FFmpeg is a free software / open source project that produces libraries and programs for handling multimedia data.
GeeXboX
GeeXboX is a free Linux distribution providing a media center software suite for personal computers.
GeeXboX is a free Linux distribution providing a media center software suite for personal computers.
Goalbit
Goalbit is an open source P2PTV platform, capable of distributing high-bandwidth live video content.
Goalbit is an open source P2PTV platform, capable of distributing high-bandwidth live video content.
Helix (multimedia project)
Helix DNA is a project to produce software that can play audio and video media in various formats, aid in producing such media, and serve them over a network.
Helix DNA is a project to produce software that can play audio and video media in various formats, aid in producing such media, and serve them over a network.
ITheater
iTheater: Mac Media Center, now obsolete, was a open source media center application for Mac OS X.
iTheater: Mac Media Center, now obsolete, was a open source media center application for Mac OS X.
ITVmediaPlayer
iTVmediaPlayer (also known as “iTV Media Player” and occasionally abbreviated “iTVMP”) is a free TV service application designed and owned by BitMar Networks.
iTVmediaPlayer (also known as “iTV Media Player” and occasionally abbreviated “iTVMP”) is a free TV service application designed and owned by BitMar Networks.
JuK
JuK is a free software audio player by KDE, the default player since K Desktop Environment 3.2 part of the kdemultimedia package.
JuK is a free software audio player by KDE, the default player since K Desktop Environment 3.2 part of the kdemultimedia package.
LinuxMCE
LinuxMCE is a free and open source software platform with a 10-foot user interface designed to allow a computer to act as a home theater PC for the living-room TV, personal video recorder, and h...
LinuxMCE is a free and open source software platform with a 10-foot user interface designed to allow a computer to act as a home theater PC for the living-room TV, personal video recorder, and h...
Media Player Classic
Media Player Classic is a compact media player for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows.
Media Player Classic is a compact media player for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows.
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a compact media player for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows.
Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a compact media player for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows.
Miro (software)
Miro is an Internet television application developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation.
Miro is an Internet television application developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation.
mpg123
mpg123 is a free software cross-platform command-line MPEG audio player whose library, libmpg123, is noted for its speed at decompressing MPEG audio files.
mpg123 is a free software cross-platform command-line MPEG audio player whose library, libmpg123, is noted for its speed at decompressing MPEG audio files.
Muine
Muine is an audio player for the GNOME desktop environment which runs on Linux, Solaris, BSD and other UNIX and UNIX-like systems.
Muine is an audio player for the GNOME desktop environment which runs on Linux, Solaris, BSD and other UNIX and UNIX-like systems.
Music on Console
Music On Console (MOC) is an ncurses-based console audio player for Linux/UNIX. It was originally written by Damian Pietras, and is currently maintained by John Fitzgerald.
Music On Console (MOC) is an ncurses-based console audio player for Linux/UNIX. It was originally written by Damian Pietras, and is currently maintained by John Fitzgerald.
Perian
Perian is an open source QuickTime component that enables Apple Inc.’s QuickTime to play several popular video formats not supported natively by QuickTime on Mac OS X. It is a joint development ...
Perian is an open source QuickTime component that enables Apple Inc.’s QuickTime to play several popular video formats not supported natively by QuickTime on Mac OS X. It is a joint development ...
Quod Libet (software)
Quod Libet is a cross-platform free and open source music player, Tag editor and library organizer.
Quod Libet is a cross-platform free and open source music player, Tag editor and library organizer.
Rockbox
Rockbox is a free and open source replacement for the standard firmware in various forms of digital audio players.
Rockbox is a free and open source replacement for the standard firmware in various forms of digital audio players.
Songbird (software)
Songbird is a free and open source software audio player and web browser, with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web".
Songbird is a free and open source software audio player and web browser, with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web".
Totem (media player)
Totem is a media player for the GNOME computer desktop environment which runs on GNU/ Linux, Solaris, BSD and other Unix and Unix-like systems.
Totem is a media player for the GNOME computer desktop environment which runs on GNU/ Linux, Solaris, BSD and other Unix and Unix-like systems.
Totem (software)
Totem is a media player (audio and video) for the GNOME computer desktop environment which runs on GNU, Linux, Solaris, BSD and other Unix and Unix-like systems.
Totem is a media player (audio and video) for the GNOME computer desktop environment which runs on GNU, Linux, Solaris, BSD and other Unix and Unix-like systems.
VLC media player
VLC media player (also known as VLC) is a highly portable free and open-source media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project.
VLC media player (also known as VLC) is a highly portable free and open-source media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project.
Voxound
Voxound is a music web site that offers streaming through YouTube videos and plays local files through the use of a downloadable daemon.
Voxound is a music web site that offers streaming through YouTube videos and plays local files through the use of a downloadable daemon.
Wasabi.player
Wasabi.player is the open source version of Winamp 3.
Wasabi.player is the open source version of Winamp 3.
XBMC
XBMC Media Center is a media player application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium.
XBMC Media Center is a media player application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium.
XBMC4Xbox
XBMC4Xbox is a free and open source media player software made solely for the first-generation Xbox video-game console.
XBMC4Xbox is a free and open source media player software made solely for the first-generation Xbox video-game console.
Xbox Media Player
Xbox Media Player,, now obsolete, was the predecessor to XBMC and XBMC4Xbox, a feature-rich open source media player for the Xbox.
Xbox Media Player,, now obsolete, was the predecessor to XBMC and XBMC4Xbox, a feature-rich open source media player for the Xbox.
xine
xine (officially ) is a multimedia playback engine for Unix-like operating systems released under the GNU General Public License.
xine (officially ) is a multimedia playback engine for Unix-like operating systems released under the GNU General Public License.
Xiph QuickTime Components
The Xiph QuickTime Components are Xiph.org's implementation of the Ogg container along with the Speex, Theora, FLAC and Vorbis codecs for QuickTime.
The Xiph QuickTime Components are Xiph.org's implementation of the Ogg container along with the Speex, Theora, FLAC and Vorbis codecs for QuickTime.
XMMS
The X Multimedia System is a free software audio player very similar to Winamp, that runs on many Unix-like operating systems.
The X Multimedia System is a free software audio player very similar to Winamp, that runs on many Unix-like operating systems.
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