Free DVD Player Alternatives

VLC Media Player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.

Features:

• Lightweight
• Ad-free
• Built-in Media converter
• Support for subtitles
• Video playback
• Replay Gain
• Playlists management
• Supports loads of file formats
• Automatic subtitles download
• Apps with Chromecast Support
• Integrated codecs
• Create PlayList
• Customizable
• Support for Themes
• Audio playback
• Hotkeys
• In built video player
• Interface
• Multiple languages
• Optimal performance
• Playback speed control
• Plugins
• Portable
• UI customization
• 360 Videos
• Audio Recording
• Sync Audio & Video
• Automatic conversion to multiple formats
• Automatic Tagging
• Built-in subtitle search
• Built-in video/audio codecs
• Google Drive integration
• Internet Radio
• Low memory usage
• Media Streaming
• Music Library
• Music Player
• Network Traffic Obfuscation
• Resume video after shutdown
• Scripting language
• Subtitle Effects for Custom Fonts
• Video converter
• Video streaming
• Visualize Music
• Voice pitch visualization

MPC-HC

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. The tool was...

Features:

• Lightweight
• Support for 4K
• Automatic subtitles download
• Minimalistic
• Supports H265 Codec
• Audio Recording
• Apps with Chromecast Support
• Codec Tweak Tool
• Customizable
• Media Streaming
• Support for subtitles

Media Player Classic

Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built...

SMPlayer

SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer...

Features:

• Lightweight
• Customizable
• 3D Support
• Ad-free
• Built-in subtitle search
• Apps with Chromecast Support
• Integrated codecs
• Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
• Multiple languages
• Portable
• Secondary Subtitle
• Support for subtitles
• UI customization
• YouTube background listening
• Youtube support

Windows Media Player

The media player provided pre-installed with all modern Windows versions (7 and higher): Windows Media Player 12 plays more music and video than ever, including Flip...

Features:

• CD Ripper
• Music Library
• Music Player
• Visualize Music
• Voice pitch visualization
• Bundled with Windows

Videos

Videos (previously Totem) is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. It features a playlist, a full-screen mode, seek...

Features:

• Capture image from video
• Nautilus integration
• Screenshot Tools
• Support for subtitles

CyberLink PowerDVD

PowerDVD Series - The Ultimate Entertainment Solution. With over 300 million copies sold, PowerDVD is the world’s leading Blu-ray, 3D & HD media player.

Features:

• Convert video to audio (mp3)
• Youtube downloader

SmoothVideo Project

SVP allows you to watch any video on your PC file with frame interpolation (like you can watch it on high-end TVs and projectors). It increases frame rate by generating...

Features:

• Frame Doubling Interpolation
• Frame interpolation

DVDFab Media Player

DVDFab Media Player is the best Blu-ray media player software available in cyberspace. It plays back all the video formats you have, including the HEVC (H.265), UHD and...

QMPlay2

QMPlay2 is a video and audio player. It can play all formats supported by FFmpeg, libmodplug (including J2B and SFX). It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2...

Features:

• Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
• Playlists management