VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.  ## Features - Plays Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams. - Fast - Hardware Decoding. - Plays most codecs with no codec ... More information

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components. ## Features ### Create Data-CDs/DVDs * burn any Data on CD-R... More information

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the po... More information

FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they were designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. It is also hi... More information

PowerISO is a powerful CD / DVD / BD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, burn, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount ISO files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD / DVD / BD image files including ISO and BIN files. PowerISO provides an all-in-one solution. You can do... More information

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the po... More information

###Wide Format Support Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. No import required which means native editing, plus multi-format timelines, resolutions and frame-rates within a project. Frame accurate seeking supported for many video formats. ###Device and Transport Options Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for inpu... More information

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. ## Features - It is written in C++. - Supports common video and audio formats. - MPC-HC can also be used as DVB player. - Supports GPU assisted decoding. - Translated in 41 languages. - 100% spywar... More information

Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital med... More information

MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. Supports many audio and video formats, with different methods of viewing information. ### Display * Container: format, profile, commercial name of the format, duration, overall bit rate, writing application and library, title, author, director, album, track number, date,... More information

SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with **built-in codecs** that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs. One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: **it remembers th... More information

mpv is a fork of mplayer2 and MPlayer. It shares some features with the former projects while introducing many more. ##Streamlined CLI options## MPlayer's options parser was improved to behave more like other CLI programs, and many option names and semantics were reworked to make them more intuitive and memorable. ##On Screen Controller## While m... More information

MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere. It is currently in beta and free using the registration key that can be found in the forums (see licence). MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise called "transcoder". It converts the video clips from proprieta... More information

Screen, webcam and sketchboard recorder with an integrated editor. ## Features - A portable, single executable and very small-sized application. - Free and open source application, without any ads. - 3 ways of recording your content: Screen, Webcam and Sketchboard. - A powerful editor with lots of options! You can edit your recording or even edit... More information

mpv is a fork of mplayer2 and MPlayer. It shares some features with the former projects while introducing many more. ##Streamlined CLI options## MPlayer's options parser was improved to behave more like other CLI programs, and many option names and semantics were reworked to make them more intuitive and memorable. ##On Screen Controller## While m... More information

Powerful multimedia player that supports a variety of different video codecs and formats. PotPlayer has several features, including, but not limited to: * Ability to play and stream most video and audio formats * Ability to play incomplete or damaged AVI files (by skipping the damaged frames) * Can remember where the user left off in a video and r... More information

Plex Media Server works with the family of Plex apps, as well as other DLNA clients to make your PC-connected media accessible from all of your devices.

If you are looking for an application geared toward managing extensive music collections, easy to use and with a comprehensive feature set - MusicBee is that application. MusicBee makes it easy to organize, find and play music files on your computer, on portable devices and on the web. ####Screenshot ![MusicBee Screenshot](https://raw.githubuserc... More information

The Basic variant is very small and contains only the bare essentials needed for multimedia playback. Despite its small size, it is still very powerful and allows playback of practically every known audio and video format.

*MediaMonkey: The Media Organizer for Serious Collectors* Manage small to large collections of audio files, videos and playlists (100,000+), whether on a hard drive, network, or CDs. Rip CDs, download podcasts, lookup artwork and other missing information online, tag almost any audio or video format, and automatically rename/re-organize files on y... More information

mpv is a fork of mplayer2 and MPlayer. It shares some features with the former projects while introducing many more. ##Streamlined CLI options## MPlayer's options parser was improved to behave more like other CLI programs, and many option names and semantics were reworked to make them more intuitive and memorable. ##On Screen Controller## While m... More information

Media Player Classic - BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. Media Player Classic - BE is based on the original "Media Player Classic" project (Gabest) and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project (Casimir666), contains additional features and bug fixes. ## Features * Playing various video and audio files * Support for ... More information

###Wide Format Support Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. No import required which means native editing, plus multi-format timelines, resolutions and frame-rates within a project. Frame accurate seeking supported for many video formats. ###Device and Transport Options Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for inpu... More information

Clementine is a modern music player and library organizer. It is inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music. ## Features - Search and play your local music library. - Listen to internet radio from Spotify,Grooveshark, SomaFM, Magnatune, Jamendo, SKY.fm, Digitally Imported, JAZZRADIO.co... More information

#### New package name: __[kodi](https://chocolatey.org/packages/kodi)__ - - - `xbmc` has been deprecated because the XBMC Foundation decided to [change names](http://kodi.tv/introducing-kodi-14/). This package exists only for backward compatibility to provide a transitional dummy package for existing users and scripts which may still be using t... More information

Universal Media Server streams many media formats with minimal configuration. It is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server that supports all major operating systems, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The program streams or transcodes video, audio and image formats with little or no configuration. UMS is powered by bundled versions of FFmp... More information

Free video software that allows you to edit video files and create videos of all types. It supports the most popular video/audio formats and codecs, including DVD, HD and GoPro videos. Preconfigured profiles make the creation of videos for various multimedia and mobile devices a snap. The video editor offers a number of versatile features both for... More information

MediaInfo CLI (Command Line Interface) supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. Supports many audio and video formats, with different methods of viewing information. ### Display * Container: format, profile, commercial name of the format, duration, overall bit rate, writing application and library, title, author, directo... More information

cdrtfe is an open source CD/DVD/BD burning application for Microsoft Windows. You can burn data discs, Audio CDs, XCDs, (S)VCDs and DVD-Video discs. It supports creation and writing of ISO images and bootable discs. Disc images and Audio CDs can be written simultaneously to multiple writers. cdrtfe is a win32 frontend for the cdrtools (cdrecord, m... More information