Parole Reviews in 2026

Audience

Any user interested in a solution to play all types of video and media files

About Parole

Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework and written to fit well in the Xfce desktop. Parole features playback of local media files, DVD/CD, and live streams. Parole is extensible via plugins, for a complete how to write a plugin for Parole see the Plugins API documentation and the plugins directory which contains some useful examples. Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework and written to fit well in the Xfce desktop. It is designed with simplicity, speed, and resource usage in mind. Parole features playback of local media files, including a video with subtitles support, audio CDs, DVDs, and live streams. Parole is completely free, meaning anyone can use it, redistribute and/or modify it under the GNU general public license. GStreamer Base plugins comprises the base functionality of GStreamer and are required for normal operation. GStreamer Good plugins comprises a set of high quality plug-ins under the LGPL license.

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Pricing

Starting Price:

Free

Free Version:

Free Version available.

Integrations

API:

Yes, Parole offers API access

No integrations listed.

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