Popular Media Players free download - Windows Media Player, VLC Media Player (32-bit), VLC Media Player (64-bit), and many more programs. Some of Windows Media Player aliases include 'Windows Media Player 10', 'Windows Media Player 11', 'Windows Media Player-Systemupdate'. This free program is an intellectual property of Microsoft. The following versions: 12.0, 11.0 and 10.0 are the most frequently downloaded ones by the program users. The software is included in Multimedia Tools.
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VLC Media Player is a multi-platform, open-source media player distributed under the GPL license that lets you play virtually all of today's most popular video and audio formats.
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Media Players are among the most popular software downloads for FileHippo, but which are the highest rated?
From movies to music, more and more people are consuming media through their laptops, tablets, and phones. But what software is being used to do so? And with so many to choose from, how do you know which media player download is any good?
One nifty thing we love about our site is the ability for users to give software a star rating. This helps us, and you, understand which software is really worth using.
So, we’ve taken a look at the vast range of media player software on FileHippo and found the 10 best-rated by you, the FileHippo users.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular media player downloads on FileHippo.
1. Movavi Media Player for Mac
User rating: 5 stars
Movavi Media Player for Mac is a great companion for your Mac that will let you play back video and audio in any format without bugs or slowdowns.
This handy program will allow you to enjoy your favourite music without any loss in quality and with the added functionality of shuffle and repeat modes.
Easily adjust playback settings
Play any video on your Mac
Enjoy music in your preferred format
Watch smooth HD video
Adjust playback settings in a flash
2. GOM Player
User rating: 4 stars
GOM Player is one of your (and our) favourite free media players, and there’s a lot more to this program than codec support.
It supports a variety of VR and 360° video formats, and provides a friendly and simple user experience with custom configuration.
GOM Player also gives you access to the largest subtitle database in the world, all you need to do is play the video, choose your preferred subtitles, and they will be automatically downloaded and applied.
Free
GOM Remote: Control playback through your mobile
Supports VR and 360° video formats
Access to largest subtitle database in the world
Plays damaged or downloading files
Custom configuration
If you want to unlock the full potential of GOM player and hide the ads, there is a fantastic pro version available, which we have reviewed here.
3. VLC Media Player
User rating: 4.5 stars
VLC Media Player is perhaps one of the most well-known free media players, easily making it into our top 10.
It uses an easy to use, basic user interface with an array of customisation options. Despite it’s simple interface, VLC Media Player has a great range of advanced playback options.
You can play with synchronization settings including a graphic equalizer with multiple pre-sets, overlays, special effects, AtmoLight video effects, audio spatializer and customizable range compression settings. Although it doesn’t include a subtitle directory, you can add your own subtitle files by adding the SRT to the video’s folder.
Free
Supports an extensive range of file formats
Supports playback of incomplete media files
Functional user interface
Advanced playback and customisation options
4. Media Player Classic Home Cinema
User rating: 4 stars
Media Player Classic Home Cinema finds its strength in being incredibly lightweight and easy to use.
It supports all common video and audio file formats and is 100% free, with no advertisements. This means you can get straight to the good stuff without distraction.
Free
No adverts
Simple, no-frills media player
Lightweight
Custom toolbars available
5. AVS Media Player
User rating: 4 stars
AVS Media Player is another great free media player for Windows. Again, it’s simple to use and has a tidy interface. In addition to video and audio playback, it also allows you to view your selected images in a slideshow and create custom music playlists to organise your music.
Another great feature of AVS Media Player is the multilingual support, with the interface available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Russian.
Free
View your pictures in a slideshow
Watch video and play audio
Create personal music playlists
Enjoy around-sound effect
Multilingual support
6. FreePlayer
User rating: 4 stars
FreePlayer is a simple and clutter-free media player popular among Filehippo users.
It is completely free to use, and runs on Windows and Linux. It can play various video and audio files, and even supports DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
Free
Multilingual subtitle support
Navigate DVD menus
Play files from the network
Supports various audio and video file formats
7. MediaMonkey
User rating: 3.5 stars
MediaMonkey is a music manager and music player in one, for serious music collectors.
It has a great range of features for any avid music fan, including Party Mode, playback statistics, and custom skins, visualisations and plug-ins to make it truly your own.
Organise music and edit tags
Powerful, intuitive interface
Play audio files with volume equaliser
Create playlists and music mixes easily
Party Mode
8. Elmedia Player
User rating: 3.25 stars
Elmedia Player is an easy to use media player for Mac OS. The library format is similar to iTunes so it’s an easy interface to work with.
The program allows you to create and organise playlists, and even has a nifty smart playlists feature, allowing you to set parameters and then Elmedia Player will organise your files for you according to these rules.
Elmedia Player also includes custom playback sizing options, including ‘fit the file to current viewer size’ and ‘restore the original file size of the movie’.
Easy to use interface
Create and organise playlists
Smart playlists for automatic sorting
Custom playback options
Supports a huge range of file formats
9. Aurora Blu-Ray Media Player
User rating: 3.25 stars
Aurora Blu-Ray Media Player is a high quality Blu-ray media player for Windows. Although it was specifically designed for users to enjoy Blu-ray movies, it also works great as a DVD player, media player, audio player and photo viewer.
One truly great feature about Aurora is the social media sharing support. It lets you share your reviews with your friends via Facebook and Twitter.
Supports numerous media formats
Control Blu-ray playback
Subtitle support
Social media sharing support
Style customisation options
10. Zoom Player Max
User rating: 3.25 stars
Zoom Player Max is a powerful and customisable media player for Windows Desktop PCs, Home Theater PCs and tablet devices.
It comes packed with a heap of advanced customisation features so you can truly make it your own. Amongst the abundance of features, some of the most nifty are the abilities to create customised mouse gestures, password protect your configuration settings, and create ringtones for your mobile phone from playing media.
Designed for speed
Quick loading
Extensive customisation options
Password protect configuration settings
Advanced and custom mouse gestures
Final Thoughts
Whether you want to watch a movie, listen to music, or enjoy VR experiences, there’s a media player for you at FileHippo.
If none of these take your fancy, you can see the full range of media player downloads on FileHippo today, and find the perfect one for you.
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Note: User ratings correct at time of review on 10/12/2018.
A note to Tucows Downloads visitors:
All good things…
We have made the difficult decision to retire the Tucows Downloads site. We’re pleased to say that much of the software and other assets that made up the Tucows Downloads library have been transferred to our friends at the Internet Archive for posterity.
The shareware downloads bulletin board system (BBS) that would become Tucows Downloads was founded back in 1993 on a library computer in Flint, MI. What started as a place for people in the know to download software became the place to download software on the burgeoning Internet. Far more quickly than anyone could have imagined.
A lot has changed since those early years. Tucows has grown and evolved as a business. It’s been a long time since Tucows has been TUCOWS, which stood for The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software.
Today, Tucows is the second-largest domain name registrar in the world behind Go Daddy and the largest wholesaler of domain names in the world with customers like Shopify and other global website builder platforms. Hover offers domain names and email at retail to help people brand their life online. OpenSRS (and along the way our acquisitions of Enom, Ascio and EPAG) are the SaaS platforms upon which tens of thousands of customers have built their own domain registration businesses, registering tens of millions of domains on behalf of their customers. Ting Internet is building fiber-optic networks all over the U.S. At the same time, we’re building the Mobile Services Enabler SaaS platform that is powering DISH’s entry into the US mobile market.
Point is, we’re keeping busy.
For the past several years, history, well sentimentality, has been the only reason to keep Tucows Downloads around. We talked about shutting the site down before. Most seriously in 2016 when instead, we decided to go ad-free, keeping the site up as a public service.
Today is different. Tucows Downloads is old. Old sites are a maintenance challenge and therefore a risk. Maintaining the Tucows Downloads site pulls people away from the work that moves our businesses forward.
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Tucows Downloads has had an incredible run. Retiring it is the right move but that doesn’t alter the fact that it will always hold a special place in hearts and our story. We’re thankful to the thousands of software developers who used Tucows Downloads to get their software in front of millions of people, driving billions of downloads over more than 25 years.
Thank you. Sincerely, Elliot Noss CEO, Tucows
A note to Tucows Downloads Authors/Developers
If you’re a developer who used the Tucows Author Resource Center (ARC) as part of your software dissemination, to buy code signing or other services, we’re happy to help with the transition.
Any certificates purchased through ARC remain valid. If you’re looking to buy or renew code signing certificates, we invite you to go straight to the source; Sectigo was our supplier and will be happy to be yours too. Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] if we can help with anything at all.