Best alternatives to Player for local videos (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Player for local videos, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Player for local videos alternatives, compared
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Video Player for Local Files
A web video player for local files.
≈20K users3.9★ from 48 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- About 20× more users than Player for local videos
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
- Listed under Entertainment
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Awesome Player for Local Files
A lightweight video player for local files with easy-to-use interface, offline support, and useful keyboard shortcuts.
378 users5.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 2.6× fewer users than Player for local videos
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Video player extension
More control over the video player
≈3K users4.8★ from 5 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.0× more users than Player for local videos
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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Video Player
Video and audio player with speed control, playlist, shuffle, and volume-boosting
≈6K users3.7★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Player for local videos
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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VRPlayer - Play Web Videos in VR / 360 Mode
Detect 360° / SBS videos on webpages and switch them to VR mode with one click.
≈1K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Player for local videos
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
- Listed under Entertainment
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Video Player
Video Player is a Chrome extension that offers a comprehensive video player when you open a video in a browser.
≈10K users3.7★ from 17 ratingsNo special permissions- About 10× more users than Player for local videos
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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JW video player
Extending the video player functionality (for jw.org website)
≈6K users4.5★ from 8 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 6.0× more users than Player for local videos
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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TurboPlay Video Manager
Power Up Your Videos with Adjustable Playback Speed and Effortless Keyboard Shortcuts
≈10K users4.6★ from 32 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago4 permissions- About 10× more users than Player for local videos
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Local Video-Audio Player
Play local video and audio files with speed control, playlist, shuffle, and volume-boosting
≈1K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Player for local videos
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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HTML5 Video Player
A Chrome extension for HTML5 video player supporting .m3u8 format
≈3K usersNot rated yetNo special permissions- About 3.0× more users than Player for local videos
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
Player for local videos alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Player for local videos?
By users, the most popular alternative is Video Player for Local Files with ≈20K users and a 3.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Video Player for Local Files.
How many alternatives to Player for local videos are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Player for local videos on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.