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VLC media player vs MPV-EASY Player: catalog facts
VLC media player	MPV-EASY Player
Free Free software from a non-profit; there is no paid tier and no advertising in the player.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS	Windows
Plays an unusually wide list of codecs and containers out of the box, including MPEG-1/2, H.264, H.265, VP8/VP9… No spyware, no advertising and no user tracking, stated on the project feature page	Settings interface for mpv options Pre-tuned defaults for good playback performance
The stable desktop line is still 3.0.23; the 4.0 interface rewrite has not shipped The interface is functional rather than modern, and advanced options are buried in preference dialogs	Windows only Homepage and documentation are mainly in Chinese
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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