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Looking for media player for Windows 8.1

I think VideoLAN VLC has it all: Simple, fast and powerful media player. Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams. Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed: MPEG-...
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Is there an audio player for Android which remembers my last position in a track?

Use MX Player for Android.You can even start the audio from the first or resume it from the last time where you have stopped it. It also works for video files.
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Video player that doesn't stop playing when screen turns off

VLC for Android Audio files are played even when you lock the device. Video files are paused, however, you can play a video file as an audio file, so that you retain the former behavior. Likewise, ...
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No-nonsense mp3 player for Mac?

VLC Media Player is the best for your requirement Doesn't ask for any "Import" or "Creating Music Libraries"
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Media player on Linux

VLC is the ultimate media player. Install the Ubuntu default repository version: sudo apt install vlc Install the latest version (has Blu-ray support): sudo snap install vlc How to make a ...
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Player that skips over silent parts of an audio/video?

Since you have the video files on your machine, one approach is to edit the video files themselves, instead of having it be a feature of the video player. jumpcutter The best software to do this that ...
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Player that skips over silent parts of an audio/video?

Right now, the only (low-effort) solution that I know it's to upload the video to youtube and watch it on NewPipe with fast-forward over silence on. NewPipe uses ExoPlayer by Google, which is a video ...
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Player that skips over silent parts of an audio/video?

There are a few python scripts, mostly working with ffmpeg about that could help: Video Grep can either look for specific words in the subtitles of videos MoviePy can be used to extract the audio ...
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Video player that doesn't stop playing when screen turns off

MX Player This player has a 'Background play' option (under 'Player' in the settings) that does exactly what you want. I just tested it on my Lenovo Yoga 10 HD+, it kept playing the audio after I hit ...
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Is there an audio player for Android which remembers my last position in a track?

If you're listening to a series of audio (or video!) files like it's an audiobook, I recommend Voice Audiobook Player. In addition to remembering your playback position within one of the files in a ...
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Media player with thumbnails over timeline

Media Player Classic - BE https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe You might need to enable the preview feature in the settings:
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Video player for Windows 10

You should try and use the VLC Media player. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and ...
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A WinAmp-like music player for Linux?

Audacious is a relatively simple, lightweight audio player - similar in function to WinAmp 2.x. It supports, as an option, using a WinAmp-like skinnable interface: You can read about it on Wikipedia ...
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Media player with audio fade-out feature

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.
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Audio player with multiple track playing support

This is an old question, but since the OP wasn't satisfied with the only answer, which offered a DJ program, I'm going to suggest a DAW. DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation, which is a category ...
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Audio player with multiple track playing support

For controlling 2 tracks at a time with independent volume controls you could use the cross mix facility of a VirtualDJ such as Mixxx which allows: Independent control of the volume of each track, ...
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Windows/Mac music player with recommendations/discovery feature (not iTunes)

My suggestion may be obvious but in my opinion the best solution is still Last.fm scrobbler. I use it as a Winamp plugin, works as it should. I have the scrobbler run in background so I don't even ...
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Audiobook player for Android

I had forgotten about that question, but I found out that MX Player actually does a good job. In particular, it has the most important feature - it remembers positions, per each file. Also, it ...
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Audio file player with wall-clock time display

Okay … so you made me write a plugin. I call it the Time Keeper. Lua script: Download from Google Drive Repository: https://github.com/aswinpj/Time-Keeper Installation Download the plugin ...
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Media player that will remember my last position

Just use mpv for me on ubuntu sudo apt install mpv And also install on windows by using chocolaty-package-manager then mpv --save-position-on-quit * This save all position for all file by obtaining ...
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What's a good media player for the Raspberry Pi?

You can use the commandline utility mplayer. If you prefer a GUI, you should try the mpv (a fork of mplayer) frontend Baka MPlayer.
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Windows Media Center alternative

Kodi Entertainment Center (former XMBC) will suit "all" your needs - and among other systems - it works on Linux as well, thus for free. A second option is MythTV, but capabilities are limited. ...
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DAISY player with GUI

It looks like DaisyDuck does what you need it too. It's open source and contains a GUI interface for playing Daisy Digital audiobooks. It provides an audiobook navigation structure and allows you to ...
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Keep sound from video playing in background

I learned from this answer that MX Player has this feature, as well as many other great features. The video background playback setting is not enabled by default, so it has to be enabled by the user. ...
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Stream a movie to a friend

Actually, yes. VLC I have noticed that the popular, alternative media player: VLC, appears to provide options for this. If the menu is hidden, you should be able to access it with the alt key. ...
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I want to turn a Windows 10 machine into a Media center Kiosk

I think KODI (was called XBMC earlier) would be a good solution. It's available for many different operating systems (including windows) and platforms and works great. AFAIK it also supports touch ...
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Kali Linux video player?

VLC isn’t just a media player — it's a complete Swiss Army Knife for digital videos and music, and that's why VLC is installed in Kali Linux 2.0 by default. For people who didn't find it just type: ...
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Free MIDI player for Windows

I found MidiQuickFix java program, it covers all my requirements https://sourceforge.net/projects/midiquickfix
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Android music player that doesn't show full-screen album art

Pulsar has the ability to disable artwork (Settings->Show Artwork). It comes in both a Free and Pro version. The Pro version adds more themes and things like an equalizer, but even the free version ...
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Music Player with Web Remote

The VLC player supports also a web interace. Please check out: https://wiki.videolan.org/Control_VLC_via_a_browser/ https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/http_intf/
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