Best Video Players for Windows, Mac and Android
Built-in players often struggle with MKV files, HEVC video, external subtitles or multiple audio tracks. From software on this site we chose players for Windows, Mac and Android based on format coverage, subtitle and audio-track support, hardware decoding, platform-native design and licensing: PotPlayer, VLC and MPC-HC on Windows, IINA and VLC on Mac, and MX Player and VLC on Android.
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PotPlayer is a free, feature-rich Windows media player from Kakao with built-in codecs, hardware acceleration and extensive subtitle support.
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VLC for Windows, the free and open-source media player that plays nearly any file, disc or stream without extra codecs.
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The modern video player for macOS.
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VLC for Mac is the free, open-source media player from VideoLAN that plays almost any file, disc or stream on Intel and Apple silicon Macs.
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Media Player Classic.
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MX Player is a long-standing Android video player known for hardware acceleration, multi-core decoding and extensive subtitle support.
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VLC for Android is the full Android port of the free, open-source VLC media player, playing almost any file, stream or network share.
