Top 15 JW Player Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

The JW Player is an open-source embeddable media player for web sites, supporting many commonly-used audio and video formats.
It supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player and HTML5 browsers can handle (FLV, H.264, MP4, VP8, WebM, MP3, AAC, JPG, PNG and GIF). It also supports various streaming and playlist formats (including RMTP, HTTP, live streaming and more) and a wide range of playback options. And its support for all of the major CDNs and adaptive bitrate switching mean you can deliver high quality content around the globe.
The player is easy to configure, customize and extend. ...

1. Flowplayer

Flowplayer Flowplayer is an Open Source (GPL 3) video player for the web. Use it to embed video streams into your web pages. Built for site owners, developers, hobbyists, businesses, and serious programmers.......

2. VideoJS

VideoJS VideoJS is an HTML5 Video Player, built with Javascript and CSS, with a fallback to a Flash video player for when the browser doesn't support HTML5 video.......

3. bitdash

bitdash bitdash™ is a suite of highly optimized MPEG-DASH clients for variouse platforms and devices, delivering the best streaming performance and user experience, in particular in adverse (mobile) network conditions. bitdash™ is the result of continued R&D investments and incorporates patent pending technology resulting in MPEG-DASH compliant client solutions that deliver......

4. MediaElement.js

MediaElement.js HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.- HTML5 audio and video players in pure HTML and CSS.- Custom Flash and Silverlight players that mimic the HTML5 MediaElement API for older browsers- Accessibility standards including WebVTT- Plugins for WordPress (now part of the WordPress......

5. BridTV

BridTV Monetize and manage videosAll-device video player with full support for VAST and VPAIDEnterprise platform for video management, streaming and encodingIntegration with any ad server, outstream ad unitsQuick and easy setup with great customer supportUnique ADiQ Ad deblocker technology......

6. Able Player

Able Player Able Player is a fully accessible cross-browser media player. It uses the HTML5 or element for browsers that support them, and (optionally) the JW Player as a fallback for those that don’t.Feature HighlightsSupports both audio and video.Supports either a single audio track or an entire playlist.A full set......

7. Varrando Player

Varrando Player Demo:Monetize your videos, customize your player and take it out for a spin on your pages: https://varrando.com/demo/ Features: • The smallest HTML5 video player on the market (by 2-3 times). Awesome in performance. This means the fastest load time. Users do not abandon videos: more ad impressions.• Reliable advertising......

8. Amalia.js

Amalia.js Amalia.js is a new extensible and versatile HTML5 multimedia player that allows you to view any type of metadata along with your video or audio streams. It follows the responsive design guidelines.Amalia.js is composed of three main parts :the core playerthe unified metadata formatthe visualization plugins......

9. SublimeVideo

SublimeVideo 3 sleek player designs to choose fromAlong with the Classic SublimeVideo player design, you can now select two additional player designs, Light and Flat, which will work seamlessly on all browsers and platforms. More player designs will be available soon. If you need even more customization, check what we can......

10. Accessible HTML5 Video Player

Accessible HTML5 Video Player What is it?A lightweight HTML5 video player which includes support for captions and screen reader accessibility. For details, read the blog post Introducing an Accessible HTML5 Video Player on the PayPal Engineering blog.Features• Provides an HTML5 video player with custom controls.• Supports captions; simply denote a VTT caption file using......

11. Clipchamp

Clipchamp Lets users convert & compress videos and record webcam videos. Converts video files in the browser but directly on the user's computer, not online. There is no uploading or downloading of files involved.Works with input video files of all sizes.Lets users record video with their webcam in 360p, 480p, 720p.......

12. MooPlay

MooPlay MooPlay brings javascript controls over an html5 video element.You can build and customize your own player with:a play / pause controlbuttons to move inside the video (rewind and fast forward)an interactive play progress slidera load progress bara volume slider and a mute buttonsubtitles loaded through an ajax request and synchronized......

13. Plyr

Plyr Why?We wanted a lightweight, accessible and customizable media player that supports modern browsers. Sure, there are many other players out there but we wanted to keep things simple, using the right elements for the job.Features• Accessible - full support for VTT captions and screen readers• Lightweight - under 10KB minified......

14. Pepper Flash Player

Pepper Flash Player Pepper Flash Player is maintained by Google, and is newer than Adobe Flash Player. Google provides newer features in Pepper Flash Player. Pepper Flash Player can currently only be used with Chromium (and with Chrome), Yandex Browser and .... Pepper Flash Player is a non-free (proprietary) software and is a......

15. SoundManager 2

SoundManager 2 SoundManager was written to meet a desire to have Javascript-driven sound for interactive web-based projects, and "to make it easy to play MP3s in the browser." It is free for use in both personal and commercial projects (see license, above.) It was originally developed for personal use and has been......