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XLPlayer vs VLC media player: catalog facts
XLPlayer	VLC media player
Free Free to download; the page does not list prices.	Free Free software from a non-profit; there is no paid tier and no advertising in the player.
Windows, macOS, Android	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Plays a wide range of formats up to 4K Streams from Chinese cloud drives, WebDAV and NAS	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
Interface and site are in Chinese only Mac stable release dates from November 2023	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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