Available as freeware from Microsoft - Windows Media Player is the default choice when it comes to playing either music or video on the Microsoft Windows platforms. Windows Media Player also allows you to rip your existing CDs and synchronize your music to your portable media player. Windows Media Player also helps you organize and even rate all of the media in your collection.
MPlayer Available for: windowsmaclinuxunixjava MPlayer is an open source movie player originally made for Linux. Today, however, a number of platforms are supported - and it is most likely the movie player that supports the most formats.... Read more
Helix Player 11 Available for: windowsmaclinuxunixjava Helix Player is an open source edition of the media player - Real Player, but is only available for unix platforms - mainly Linux. The application is part of the Helix DNA Platform which is a... Read more
Amarok Available for: windowsmaclinuxunixjava Amarok is an open source music player with a great intuitive user-interface that breathes new life into your music collection. Play lists are easily created through drag and drop - and the sound can... Read more
VLC media player Available for: windowsmaclinuxunixjava VLC media player - originally named VideoLAN Client - is a flexible media player available for virtually any operating system including portal/handheld computers. VLC plays all of the common media... Read more
musikCube 1.0 Available for: windowsmaclinuxunixjava musikCube is a music library and player. It plays virtually any music media format that is comes across, however, drm (digital rigths management) protected music (music bought on-line) is not... Read more
Songbird 1.1 Available for: windowsmaclinuxunixjava Songbird is a new audio player on the internet with unique features. It is, however, not a mature project yet - but for the enthusiast it is definitely worth a try. Songbird is built around the... Read more
Miro 1.2 Available for: windowsmaclinuxunixjava Miro (formerly known as Democracy player) is an open source internet video player. It makes watching video on the internet a breeze either by subscribing to channels from the channel guide - or... Read more
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