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1. XBMC-Kodi Media Center

This is a flexible cross-platform player, the core is written in C++, and provides Python script as an add-on. The benefits of using Kodi include:

Available in more than 69 languages

Users can play audio, video and media playback files from network and local storage

Can be used as an application suite with JeOS for devices such as smart TVs and set-top boxes

There are many good add-ons, such as video and audio streaming plug-ins, themes, screen savers, etc.

It supports multiple formats, such as MPEG-1, 2, 4, RealVideo, HVC, HEVC, etc.

2. VLC Media player

It is only natural that the player appears on the list because of its impressive functionality and availability on a range of operating systems. It is written in C, C++ and Objective C, eliminating the need for plug-ins, thanks to its extensive support for decode libraries. Benefits of VLC Media player include:

Support for DVD players on Linux

Can play .iso files

Ability to play high definition recorded D-VHS tapes

Can be run directly from a USB disk or an external drive

API support and browser support (through plug-ins)

3. Bomi (CMPlayer)

This flexible and powerful player is chosen by many ordinary users, and its advantages include:

Easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI)

Impressive playback ability

Playback can be resumed

Supports subtitles and can render multiple subtitle files

4. Miro Music and Video player

Formerly known as Democracy Player (DTV), Miro, redeveloped by the participating Cultural Foundation Participatory Culture Foundation, is a good cross-platform audio and video player. It's impressive because:

Support some HD audio and video

Available in more than 40 languages

You can play multiple file formats, such as QuickTime, WMV, MPEG files, AVI, XVID

Once available, you can automatically notify the user and download the video

5 、 SMPlayer

This cross-platform media player, written only in C++ 's Qt library, is a powerful multi-function player. We like it because:

There are multiple language choices

All default formats are supported

EDL files are supported, and you can configure subtitles obtained from the Internet

A variety of skins that can be downloaded from the Internet

Double speed playback

6. MPV player

It is written in C, Objective-C, Lua and Python, is free and easy to use, and has many new features that are easy to use. The main points are:

Can be compiled into a library that exposes client-side API to enhance control

Allow media coding

Smooth animation

7 、 Deepin Movie

This player is an excellent example of an open source media player. It has many advantages, including:

Complete all playback operations through the keyboard

Video files in various formats can be easily played through this player.

Streaming media function allows users to enjoy many online video resources.

8. Gnome video

Formerly known as Totem, this is the player of the Gnome desktop environment.

Written entirely in C, built using the GStreamer multimedia framework, versions higher than 2.7.1 use xine as the back end. It's great because:

It supports a number of formats, including:

SHOUTcast, SMIL, M3U, Windows media player format, etc.

You can adjust light settings, such as brightness and contrast, during playback

Load SubRip subtitles

Support for direct video playback from Internet channels such as Apple

9. Xine multimedia player

Another cross-platform multimedia player written in C in our list. This is an all-around player because:

It supports physical media as well as video devices. 3gp, MKV, MOV, Mp4, audio format

Network protocols, V4L, DVB and PVR, etc.

It can manually correct the synchronization of audio and video streams.

10 、 ExMPlayer

Last but not least, ExMPlayer is an amazing and powerful GUI front end for MPlayer. Its advantages include:

Can play any media format

Support for network streams and subtitles

Easy-to-use audio converter

High-quality audio extraction without affecting sound quality

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