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The following comparison of media players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs.

For the purpose of this comparison, "video players" are defined as any media player which can play video, even if it can also play audio files. "Audio players" are defined as media players which can only play audio files.

General

Video players

Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license Based Framework
ALLPlayer Allplayer ltd 1998 3.6.6.5 (01 december 2008) Free Proprietary ?
ALShow ESTsoft 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/ALShow Free Proprietary ?
Aunsoft FLV Player Aunsoft Software 28 August 2008 1.0.2.1 Free Proprietary ?
AXMEDIS Player Axmediatech Software 10 November 2007 1.9.0 Free Proprietary ?
Banshee Aaron Bockover August 2005 2.6.2 (February 18, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-18)[1]) [±] Free MIT ?
BS.Player Webteh 2000 Template:Latest stable software release/BS.Player Free, €29,90 (Pro), €9,90 (Lite) Proprietary ?
Chroma mirailabs 2003 Template:Latest stable software release/Chroma Free (trial), $22.00 Proprietary ?
Creative MediaSource Creative Technology 2002 5.10.38 (December 22, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-12-22)) [±] Free (Requires Creative product) Proprietary ?
CorePlayer CoreCodec, Inc. 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/CorePlayer Non-free$19.95 Proprietary ?
CrystalPlayer Crystal Reality LLC October 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/Crystal Player Non-free$29,95 Proprietary ?
Elecard MPEG Player Elecard Devices November 1999 Template:Latest stable software release/Elecard MPEG Player Free (trial), $40.00 Proprietary ?
FFplay FFmpeg project 2003-06-07[2] rev.16484 Free LGPL (partially GPL) FFmpeg
FLV-Media Player HYBRIDWEB.de (Patrick Müller) 22 October 2006 1.74 (26 November 2008) Free Proprietary ?
FLV Player Moyea Ltd May 2007 Template:Latest stable software release/FLV Player Free Proprietary ?
GOM Player Gretech Corporation 7 January 2003
Windows

2.3.71.5335 (November 19, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-11-19)[3])

iOS

1.5.1 (February 26, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-26)[4])

Android

1.6.1 (August 30, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-30)[5]) [±]

Free Proprietary FFmpeg
iTunes Apple Inc. 9 January 2001 Free Proprietary ?
jetAudio Cowon Systems 1997 Template:Latest stable software release/jetAudio Free (Basic), $29 (Plus) Proprietary ?
Kaffeine KDE 2003 Template:Latest stable software release/Kaffeine Free GPL xine
Kantaris Christofer Persson July 2007 Template:Latest stable software release/Kantaris Free LGPL (partially GPL) VLC
KMPlayer Koos Vriezen, Joonas Koivunen January 2003 0.11.0 RC4 (6 June 2008) Free GPL ?
KPlayer KPlayer Team January 2003 Template:Latest stable software release/KPlayer Free GPL MPlayer
LCPlayer LCSoftware & Design 15 March 2008 0.5.4 Free Proprietary ?
Light Alloy Velikanov Ilya 21 December 2001 Template:Latest stable software release/Light Alloy Free (trial), $9.95 Proprietary ?
MediaFrame Airlock Limited October 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/MediaFrame Free GPL ?
Media Center J. River July 2003 28.0.63 (September 10, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-10)) [±] Non-free$40.00 Proprietary ?
Media Player Classic Gabest 29 May 2003 6.4.9.1 Revision 107 (February 14, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-02-14)) [±] Free GPL ?
MPlayer Árpád Gereöffy September 2000 Template:Latest stable software release/MPlayer Free GPL FFmpeg + original
Mplayerxp Nick Kurshev 2002 0.7.1/06.01.2009 Free GPL FFmpeg + original
Nemesis Player Michaël Cherubini 2007 Template:Latest stable software release/Nemesis Player Free GPL ?
NicePlayer Jay Tuley & Robert Chin June 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/NicePlayer Free GPL / MPL ?
Ogle Chalmers University of Technology 1999 0.9.2 (November 6, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-11-06)) [±] Free GPL ?
Passion audio player George Boudouris July 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/Passion Audio Player Free Proprietary ?
PowerDVD CyberLink 1995 PowerDVD 23 (2024-03-07) [±] Non-free$49.95 (Standard), $59.95 (Max), $69.95 (Deluxe) Proprietary ?
QuickTime Apple Inc. 2 December 1991 7.7.9 (January 7, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-07)) [±][6][7] Free (Basic), $29.95 (Pro) Proprietary original
Quickview Pro Wolfgang Hesseler 1994 Template:Latest stable software release/Quickview Pro Non-free$23/$15 Proprietary ?
Quintessential Player Paul Quinn 1997 5.0.121 (February 18, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-18)) [±] Free Proprietary ?
Radioactive Player Shady Industries 2005 1.0.1 Free Proprietary ?
RadLight RadLight ? 4 Free (Basic; Pro, AdWare), €29.95 (Pro) Proprietary ?
RealPlayer RealNetworks 1995 Windows: 24.0.1.306 (September 20, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-09-20)) [±]

OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-07)[8]) [±]

Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-30)[9]) [±]

Android: 1.52 (June 21, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-06-21)) [±]

Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus) Proprietary ?
SimpleCenter Universal Electronics Inc. 2002–2003 Template:Latest stable software release/SimpleCenter Free Proprietary ?
SMPlayer RVM 11 December 2006[10] 0.6.5.1 (2008-11-13) Free GPL ?
Songbird Pioneers of the Inevitable 8 February 2006 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-04)) [±] Free GPL ?
The Core Media Player CoreCodec, Inc. June 2006 named "TCMP" Template:Latest stable software release/The Core Media Player Free (Basic), $9.95 (Plus) Proprietary ?
The Core Pocket Media Player Gabor Kovacs July 2004 named "BetaPlayer" 4.11 (2007-04-07) Free GPL ?
The KMPlayer Kang, YoungHuee December 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/The KMPlayer Free Proprietary ?
Totem Movie Player Totem Team July 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/Totem Free GPL GStreamer
TrayPlayer @MAX software 21 June 2003 1.01b (2005-07-07) Free Proprietary ?
Vidlizard Softdepia software agency December 2003 Template:Latest stable software release/Vidlizard Non-free$24.95 Proprietary ?
VLC media player VideoLAN February 2000
Windows, Linux, & macOS3.0.21[11] Edit this on Wikidata / 5 June 2024; 6 months ago (5 June 2024)
Android3.5.4[12] Edit this on Wikidata / 6 July 2023; 17 months ago (6 July 2023)
ChromeOS1.7.3[13] Edit this on Wikidata / 23 December 2015; 9 years ago (23 December 2015)
iOS, Apple TV3.6.4[14] Edit this on Wikidata / 23 August 2024; 4 months ago (23 August 2024)
Windows (UWP)3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-20)[15][16]
Windows Phone3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-20)[17]
 Free GPL FFmpeg + original
ViPlay URUSoft 1 December 2002 2.09 (2004-03-06) Free GPL ?
Winamp Nullsoft June 1997 5.9.2 Build 10042[18] (April 26, 2023; 19 months ago (2023-04-26)) [±]


Free (Bundle,full and lite), $19.95 (Pro) Proprietary ?
Windows Media Player Microsoft November 1992 11.2410.8.0 (4 December 2024; 20 days ago (2024-12-04)[19]) [±] Free, Windows-License needed Proprietary DirectShow
WinDVD Corel 1998 WinDVD Pro 12 Service Pack 8 (April 28, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-28)[20][21]) [±] Non-free$39.95(Gold), $59.95(Platinum) Proprietary ?
XBMC Team-XBMC October 2003 19.3 (codename: "Matrix") (October 25, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-25)[22]) [±] Free GPL / LGPL ?
XAnim Mark Podlipec 14 March 1999 Template:Latest stable software release/XAnim Free GPL ?
xine xine Team 15 August 2000 0.99.14 (January 7, 2023; 23 months ago (2023-01-07)) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg + original
Zoom Player Inmatrix 31 December 2000 Template:Latest stable software release/ZoomPlayer Free (Basic) $27.95 (Pro) $35.95 (WMV Pro) Proprietary ?
Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license Based Framework

Audio players

Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license
1by1 Martin Pesch 13 December 2006 1.66 (16 November 2008) Free Proprietary
AIMP Artem Izmailov 8 August 2006 2.51 (24 November 2008) Free Proprietary
AIlMyMusic Erwin Kryszat 1 January 2008 1.3.10 (11 October 2008) Non-free20 CHF Proprietary
AlbumPlayer Albumon 2003 4.9d Non-free€29.90 Proprietary
ALLPlayer MarBit 1998 3.3 (6 June 2008) Free Proprietary
ALSong ALTools ? 1.52 Free Proprietary
Amarok Mark Kretschmann June 2003 3.1 (August 2, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-08-02)) [±] Free GPL
Aqualung Tom Szilagyi 2 September 2004 0.9beta9.1 (10 February 2008) Free GPL
aTunes Alex Aranda et al. 2006 3.1.2 (June 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-22)) [±] Free GPL
Audacious Audacious Team 30 October 2005 Template:Latest stable software release/Audacious Media Player Free GPL
Audion Panic 16 August 1999 3.0.2 (2002) Free Proprietary
Banshee Aaron Bockover August 2005 2.6.2 (February 18, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-18)[23]) [±] Free MIT
BOSSA Swami Systems December 2006 2.0 Free (Basic), $24 (Pro) Proprietary
Beep Media Player Milosz Derezynski 24 June 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/Beep Media Player Free GPL
Billy Sanne Schaap 20 June 2004 1.03 Free General
Cactus Jukebox Sebastian Kraft 2 March 2005 0.3.8 Free GPL
CDPlayer Microsoft November 1992 4.00.950 Free GPL
cmus Timo Hirvonen 18 January 2005 2.11.0 (May 11, 2024; 7 months ago (2024-05-11)) [±] Free GPL
Cog Vincent Spader 1 May 2006 0.07 (December 24, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-12-24)) [±] Free GPL
Creative MediaSource Creative Technology 2002 5.10.38 Free (Requires Creative product) Proprietary
damp Matt Craven 1999 0.96 (9 April 2000) Free Proprietary
Decibel Audio Player François Ingelrest 13 May 2007 1.00 Free GPL
DeliPlayer Peter Kunath, Florian Vorberger 2000 2.03b (4 April 2004) Free (Basic), $20 (Pro) Proprietary
Exaile Adam Olsen 24 May 2006 Free GPL
Express Scribe NCH Software 17 July 1997 4.11 (April 2007) Free Proprietary
foobar2000 Peter Pawlowski December 2002 2.24[24] Edit this on Wikidata (25 November 2024) [±] Free Proprietary (core),
BSD (first-party components)
Goggles Music Manager Sander Jansen March 2005 0.9.15 Free GPL
Helium Music Manager 2007 Intermedia Design 2007 2007.0.0.5445 (14 March 2007) Non-free$39.00 Proprietary
Jajuk Jajuk Team March 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/Jajuk Free GPL
JuK Scott Wheeler February 2003 Free GPL
KSP Sound Player Kalliope s.c. December 2005 Template:Latest stable software release/KSP Free Proprietary
Listen Mehdi Abaakouk 4 March 2006 0.5 Free GPL
Media Jukebox J. River 1998 12.0.047 (14 July 2008) Free Proprietary
MediaMonkey Ventis Media Inc. 25 August 2003 5.0.4.2690 (November 23, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-11-23)) [±] Free (Standard), $19.95 (Gold), $29.95 (Lifetime) Proprietary
Mesk Travis Shirk 27 May 2006 0.3.2 Free GPL
MP3Toys Robert Frahm April 2004 2.2 Non-free$14.95 Proprietary
MPXPLAY MPXPLAY 1998 1.56beta (26 May 2008), 1.55 (2007) Free GPL
Music Player Daemon Warren Dukes May 2003 0.21.22 (April 2, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-02)[25]) [±] Free GPL
Musicmatch Jukebox Yahoo! May 1998 Template:Latest stable software release/Y! Music Musicmatch Jukebox Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus) Proprietary
musikCube Casey Langen 2005 3.0.4[26] Edit this on Wikidata (14 July 2024) [±] Free BSD
Muzikbrowzer Pecan Ventures 2003 1.0 Non-free$20.00 Proprietary
Napster William Christopher Gorog October 2003 4.0.4.8 Non-free$9.95 and up Proprietary
Quod Libet Joe Wreschnig ? 4.5.0 wikidata:Q1621193 (March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03)) [±] Free GPL
QuickPlayer Jan Vorel July 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/QuickPlayer Free GPL
QuuxPlayer Quux Software June 2008 2.1.4 Free Proprietary
Rhapsody RealNetworks 2003 14.0 (16 October 2006) [±] Free Proprietary
Rhythmbox Colin Walters April 2004 3.4.4 (January 4, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-01-04)) [±] Free GPL
SnackAmp Tom Wilkason January 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/SnackAmp Free GPL
Sonique Media Science November 1998 1.96 (March 2002) Free Proprietary
Songbird Pioneers of the Inevitable 8 February 2006 1.0 Free GPL
Spider Player Vitaly Kravchenko April 2006 2.3.5 Free (Basic), $19.95 (Pro) Proprietary
UADE Heikki Orsila 2.12 (28 August 2008) Free GPL
VUPlayer James Chapman 2000 2.42 Free Proprietary
XBMC Team-XBMC October 2003 19.3 (codename: "Matrix") (October 25, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-25)[27]) [±] Free GPL / LGPL
XMMS XMMS Team November 1997 1.2.11 (November 16, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-16)) [±] Free GPL
XMPlay Ian Luck July 1998 Template:Latest stable software release/XMPlay Free Proprietary
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Yahoo! 2005 Template:Latest stable software release/Yahoo! Music Jukebox Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus) Proprietary
Zinf Zinf Team April 2002 2.2.5 (February 17, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-17)) [±] Free GPL
Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license

Operating system support

Video players

Video player Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)
ALLPlayer Yes No No No No No No
ALShow Yes No No No No No No
AXMEDIS Yes Beta No No No No No
BS.Player Yes No No No No No No
Chroma No Yes No No No No No
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
CrystalPlayer Yes No No No No No No
Elecard MPEG Player Yes No No No No No No
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Fusion Media Player Yes No No No No No No
GOM Player Yes No No No No No No
iTunes 2000/XP/Vista only Included No No No No No
jetAudio Yes No No No No No No
Kaffeine No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Kantaris Yes No No No No No No
KMPlayer Yes ? KDE native ? ? ? ?
KPlayer No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
LCPlayer Yes No No No No No No
Light Alloy Yes No No No No No No
MediaFrame Yes PPC native[28] Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Media Center Yes No No No No No No
Media Player Classic Yes No No No No No No
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mplayerxp Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No
Nemesis Player Yes No No No No No No
NicePlayer No Yes No No No No No
Ogle No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
QuickTime Yes Included No No No No No
Quickview pro 9x/ME only No Yes No No No Yes
Quintessential Player Yes No No No No No No
Radioactive Player Yes No No No No No No
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SimpleCenter Yes No No No No No No
SMPlayer Yes No Yes No No No No
Songbird 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista only Yes Yes No Yes No No
Spider Player 2000/XP/Vista only No No No No No No
The KMPlayer 2000/XP/Vista only[29] No No No No No No
Totem Movie Player No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Vidlizard Yes No No No No No No
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Winamp Yes Mac 9 Last version is a beta of 2.x No No No No
Windows Media Player Included Dropped (WMP9) No No Dropped (WMP6.3) No No
XBMC Yes Yes Yes No No No No
xine unmaintained WIP for 1.2 series Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Zoom Player Yes No No No No No No
Zune Yes No No No No No No
Video player Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)

Audio players

Audio player Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)
1by1 Yes No No No No No No
AIMP Yes No No No No No No
AllMyMusic Yes No No No No No No
Albumplayer Yes No No No No No No
ALSong Yes No No No No No No
Amarok No[30] Yes (via X11 layer) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Aqualung Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No
aTunes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Audacious No Yes(via GTK+ Quartz) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Audion No PPC native[28] No No No No No
Banshee No Yes[31] Yes ? ? ? No
BOSSA 2000/XP/Vista only No No No No No No
cmus No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cog No 10.4+ No No No No No
damp No No No No No No Yes
Decibel Audio Player No No Yes No No No No
DeliPlayer Yes No No No No No No
Express Scribe 98 to Vista OS 10.1+ wav, mp3, aiff, dct formats only Yes No No No No
foobar2000 XP/Server 2003/Vista only since v0.9.5 No No No No No No
Goggles Music Manager No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Jajuk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
JuK No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
KSP Sound Player Yes No No No No No No
Listen No No Yes ? ? No No
Media Jukebox Yes No No No No No No
MediaMonkey Yes No No No No No No
Mesk No No Yes ? ? ? No
MP3Toys Yes No No No No No No
MPXPLAY 9x/ME only No No No No No Yes
Music Player Daemon No[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No No No No No
musikCube 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista only No No No No No No
Muzikbrowzer 2000/XP/Server 2003 only No No No No No No
Quod Libet No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
QuickPlayer Yes No No No No No No
QuuxPlayer Yes No No No No No No
Rhapsody Yes No Yes No No No No
Rhythmbox No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SnackAmp Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Songbird Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Sonique Yes No Yes (via Wine) No No No No
VUPlayer Yes No No No No No No
XBMC Yes Yes Yes No No No No
XMMS No Yes (via X11 layer) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
XMPlay Yes No No No No No No
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Yes No No No No No No
Zinf Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Audio player Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)

Features

Video players

Video player Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
ALShow Yes Yes No No No No No
AXMEDIS Yes Yes Yes No No No No
BS.Player Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ?
Chroma No No No No No Yes No
CorePlayer Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Elecard MPEG Player No No No No No Yes No
FFplay ? No No ? No No No
GOM Player Yes Yes No No No Yes No
iTunes Yes Partial[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
jetAudio Partial[33] Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ?
Kaffeine Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Kantaris No No No Yes Yes No No
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer No No Yes No No ? ?
Light Alloy No Yes No No No Yes No
MediaFrame Yes Yes No ? ? ? No
Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Player Classic No No No No No Yes No
MPlayer Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Mplayerxp Yes No Yes No No No No
NicePlayer No No No No No Yes No
PowerDVD ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
QuickTime Partial[34] Partial[35] No Yes No Yes No
Quintessential Player Partial[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Quickview pro No text-interface No Yes No No No
Radioactive Player No Yes Yes No Yes Yes ?
RealPlayer No Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes
SMPlayer ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Songbird No Yes, called Feathers Yes No No Yes[36] Yes
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes No[37] Yes Yes ?
Totem Movie Player No No No No Yes No No
Vidlizard No Yes No Yes No Yes No
VLC Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Winamp Partial[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] Yes[38]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XBMC Yes[39] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Zoom Player Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ?
Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)

Video players (continued)

Video player Color Controls Time Stretching Pitch Shifting A-B Repeat Audio Resync Subtitle Resync Chapter (dvd, mkv, mp4, ogm) Bookmark (dvd, video, audio) Auto Resume (dvd, video, audio) Shutdown on play complete
ALShow Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
BS.Player Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chroma Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No
CorePlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Elecard MPEG Player Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
FFplay No No No No ? No No No No Yes
GOM Player Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iTunes No Yes No No No No Yes No No No
jetAudio ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Kaffeine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Center Yes Yes[40] Yes[40] No ? ? Yes Yes Yes No
Media Player Classic Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial No No No
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial No No No
NicePlayer No No No Yes No No Yes No No Partial
PowerDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ?
QuickTime Yes Yes Yes Yes[41] ? ? Yes ? ? No
Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quickview pro ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some[42] Yes Yes
Totem Movie Player Yes No No No No No Yes No No No
Vidlizard ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes No No No No No No No No No
WinDVD Yes Yes No Yes ? ? Yes No Yes ?
XBMC Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
xine Yes Audio plugin No ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Zoom Player Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Video player Color Controls Time Stretching Pitch Shifting A-B Repeat Audio Resync Subtitle Resync Chapter (dvd, mkv, mp4, ogm) Bookmark (dvd, video, audio) Auto Resume (dvd, video, audio) Shutdown on play complete

Audio players

Audio player Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media Database Gapless Audio Decoding Visualizer Remote Controllable Intelligent Playlists from database (based on criteria)
1by1 No No No No Yes No No ?
AIMP No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
AllMyMusic No No No Yes No No Yes Yes
AlbumPlayer No No Yes Yes Yes No Partial Yes
ALSong No Yes Yes Yes No No Partial No
Amarok Partial[43] Yes Partial[44] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aqualung No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
Audacious Partial[45] No Yes No Partial[33] Yes Yes No
Audion No No Yes No ? Yes ? No
Banshee Yes Yes Partial[46] Yes ? In Development ? Yes
cmus No No No Yes Yes No Yes No
Cog No No No No Yes No Yes No
damp No No No No No Yes Yes No
DeliPlayer No No Yes No ? No ? No
Exaile No ? Yes Partial No Yes No Yes
foobar2000 No Partial[33] Yes[47] Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] Yes
Goggles Music Manager No No No Yes Yes No Yes No
Jajuk No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
JuK No No No Yes No No Yes[48] ?
KSP Sound Player No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Listen No No No Yes No Yes ? ?
Media Jukebox No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaMonkey Partial[33] Partial[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] Yes
Mesk No No No No No No Yes No
MPXPLAY Only sound output ? text-interface Yes Yes Yes Yes (also LCD-support) ?
Music Player Daemon No Yes Client dependant Yes Yes Client dependant Yes Client dependant
Musicmatch Jukebox No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ?
musikCube No No No Yes No Partial[33] ? Yes
Muzikbrowzer No No Partial Yes No No Yes ?
Quod Libet No Yes No Yes ? No ? ?
QuickPlayer No No No No ? No ? No
QuuxPlayer No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rhapsody No No No Yes ? No ? ?
Rhythmbox No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SnackAmp No Yes No Yes ? No ? ?
Songbird Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes[49] Yes
Sonique Partial[33] No Yes No No Yes ? No
VUPlayer No No No No Yes Yes ? No
XBMC Yes Yes[50] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XMMS Partial[33] Partial[33] Yes No Partial[33] Yes Yes No
XMPlay No Partial[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yahoo! Music Jukebox No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ?
Zinf No No Yes Yes ? No ? ?
Audio player Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media Database Gapless Audio Decoding Visualizer Remote Controllable Intelligent Playlists from database (based on criteria)

Audio players (continued)

Audio player Replay Gain Mass Tagging Flexible tagging[51] Time Stretching Pitch Shifting A-B Repeat Bookmark Auto Resume Shutdown on play complete Archive support
1by1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AIMP Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ?
AllMyMusic No Yes No No No No No No No No
AlbumPlayer Yes No ? No No No No Yes No ?
ALSong ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok Partial Yes No No No Yes[52] No Yes Yes No
Aqualung Yes Yes Partial[53] ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Audacious Yes ? No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Audion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Banshee ? Yes ? No No ? Yes ? ? ?
cmus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
damp ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
DeliPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Exaile Yes Yes ? No No No No Partial[33] No No
foobar2000 Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] Partial[33] ? Partial[33] Yes Partial[33] Yes
Goggles Music Manager No Yes ? No No Yes No No No ?
Jajuk ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Listen ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Jukebox Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ?
MediaMonkey Yes Yes ? Partial[33] Partial[33] Partial[33] Partial[33] Partial[33] Yes ?
Mesk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPXPLAY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox ? Partial[54] ? No No ? ? ? ? ?
musikCube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Muzikbrowzer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet Yes Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes No Yes
QuickPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuuxPlayer Yes No ? No No No No No No No
Rhapsody ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No
SnackAmp ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sonique No No ? Yes Yes No No No No ?
VUPlayer Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
XBMC Yes No ? No No No Yes No No Yes
XMMS Partial Yes ? No No No No Yes No No
XMPlay Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes
Yahoo! Music Jukebox ? Partial[54] ? No No ? ? ? ? ?
Zinf ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Audio player Replay Gain Mass Tagging Flexible tagging[51] Time Stretching Pitch Shifting A-B Repeat Bookmark Auto Resume Shutdown on play complete Archive support

Video format support

Information about what video codecs the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such functionality. (Note: Pure audio players are not listed)

Video player MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 ASP (MPEG-4 Part 2) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) (MPEG-4 Part 10) WMV RealVideo Theora Flash Dirac Snow
ALShow Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No No No ? ?
AXMEDIS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
BS.Player Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Yes ? ?
Chroma Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial No Partial No ? ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Partial[56] ? ?
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[57] Yes
GOM Player Yes Partial[55] Yes Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Yes ? ?
iTunes Yes Partial[58] Yes Yes Partial[59] No Partial[60] Yes ? ?
jetAudio Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Yes ? ?
Kantaris Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ?
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Light Alloy Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] No ? ?
MediaFrame Yes No Yes No No No No No ? ?
Media Center Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Partial[56] ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NicePlayer Yes Partial[58] Yes Yes Partial[59] No Partial[60] Yes ? ?
QuickTime Yes Partial[58] Yes Yes Partial[59] No Partial[60] Yes ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes No No No Yes No No No ? ?
Quickview pro Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No ? ?
Radioactive Player Yes Yes Partial[55] ? Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Yes ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Yes Partial[33] Yes ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] No ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[62] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vidlizard Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] No ? ?
Winamp Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Yes ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Yes ? ?
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes[63] Yes Partial[64] Yes Yes ? ?
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Zoom Player Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Partial[56] ? ?
Video player MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 ASP (MPEG-4 Part 2) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) (MPEG-4 Part 10) WMV RealVideo Theora Flash Dirac Snow

Audio format support

Information about what audio codecs, and by extension their native audio file formats, the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such functionality.

Video player Lossy compression Lossless compression
MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC3 APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV
ALShow Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
AXMEDIS Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
BS.Player Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
CorePlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
FFplay Yes Partial[65] Partial[65] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No
iTunes Yes yes, no DRM No Partial[60] No Yes No No Partial[60] Yes No No
jetAudio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Kantaris Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
KPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Light Alloy Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
MediaFrame Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No
Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NicePlayer Yes Partial[59] No Partial[60] Partial[33] Yes Partial[33] No Partial[60] Yes Partial[33] Partial[33]
QuickTime Yes Partial[59] No Partial[60] No Yes Partial[33] No Partial[60] Yes No No
Quickview pro Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Quintessential Player Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Partial[33] Partial[33] No No Partial[33]
QuuxPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Radioactive Player Yes Yes No Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] No No Partial[55]
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] No Yes No No No No No No
Songbird Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spider Player Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[55] Yes
Totem Movie Player Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61]
Vidlizard Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[66]
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[55] Yes Partial[67] Yes Partial[67] Partial[67] Yes Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zoom Player Yes Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55]
Audio player MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC3 APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV
1by1 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
AIMP Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
AllMyMusic Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
AlbumPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Partial No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aqualung Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Audacious Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Partial[33] Yes Yes No Yes
Audion Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Banshee Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61]
Cog Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
cmus Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes
DeliPlayer Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No
Exaile Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61]
foobar2000 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] Yes Yes Partial[33] Yes Yes
Goggles Music Manager Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No
Jajuk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JuK Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No
KSP Sound Player Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Listen Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Media Jukebox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaMonkey Yes Yes No Yes Yes Partial[67] Partial[67] Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] Partial[33]
Mesk Yes[61] No No Yes[61] No No No No No No No No
MP3Toys Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No
MPXPLAY Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Music Player Daemon Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
musikCube Yes Partial[67] No Yes Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67] Yes Yes No No Partial[67]
Muzikbrowzer Yes Yes No Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] No No Partial[55]
Quod Libet Yes Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61]
QuickPlayer Yes Partial[55] No Yes No No[68] No No No[68] No No No
Rhapsody Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
Rhythmbox Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61]
SnackAmp Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Sonique Yes Yes No Yes Partial[67] Partial[67] No No No No No No
VUPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XMMS Yes Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67] Yes Yes No Partial[67] Yes No Partial[67] Yes
XMPlay Yes Yes Partial[67] Yes Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67] Partial[67]
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Zinf Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Audio player MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC3 APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV

Container format support

Information about what container formats the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or filters that provide such functionality.

Video player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 MPEG-21 NUT FLV
ALShow Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
AXMEDIS Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? ?
BS.Player Yes Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] ? ? ?
Chroma Yes Partial Yes No Partial Partial Partial ? ? ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes ? ? ?
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
iTunes No[69] Win: yes
Mac: file is parsable 		Yes Partial[60] No No Yes ? ? ?
jetAudio Yes Yes Partial[56] Vorbis only Yes Yes Partial[55] ? ? ?
Kantaris Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
KPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Light Alloy Yes Yes Partial[56] Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] ? ? ?
MediaFrame No No No Vorbis only No No AAC only ? ? ?
Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
NicePlayer Yes Partial[59] Yes Partial[60] Partial[70] Yes[71] Yes ? ? ?
QuickTime Yes Partial[59] Yes Partial[60] No Yes[71] Yes ? ? ?
Quickview pro Yes No Yes No No No ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player Yes Yes No Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] No ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] Partial[33] No Yes ? ? ?
Songbird Yes No No Yes No No Yes ? ? ?
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] Yes[61] ? ? ?
Vidlizard Yes Yes Partial[56] Yes Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] ? ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[56] Vorbis only Partial[55] Partial[55] Yes ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] ? ? ?
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Zoom Player Yes Yes Partial[56] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] Partial[55] ? ? ?
Audio player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 MPEG-21 NUT FLV
1by1 No No No No No No No ? ? ?
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Basic Yes ? ? ?
Aqualung No No No Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
Audacious No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Audion No No No No No No No ? ? ?
cmus No No No Vorbis only No No AAC only ? ? ?
Cog No No No Yes No No No ? ? ?
DeliPlayer No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
foobar2000 Partial[33] Yes No Yes No Yes[72] Yes ? ? ?
Jajuk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
JuK No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player No No No Vorbis only No No AAC only ? ? ?
Listen No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Media Jukebox Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
Mesk No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
MPXPLAY Yes Yes No Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox No No No No No No No ? ? ?
musikCube No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
Quod Libet No No No ? No No Yes[61] ? ? ?
QuickPlayer No No No ? No No No ? ? ?
Rhapsody No No No No No No No ? ? ?
Rhythmbox No No No Vorbis only No No Yes[61] ? ? ?
Sonique No[67] No No Yes No No No ? ? ?
VUPlayer No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
XMMS No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
XMPlay No No No Vorbis only No No AAC only ? ? ?
Zinf No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
Audio player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 MPEG-21 NUT FLV

Metadata format support

Video player Flash RealPix QuickTime Video Effects in mov HTML+TIME(+VML) Silverlight smil/smi SVG MIDI(smf) MIDI(kar) MIDI(xmf) MIDI(rmi) MIDI(xmi) NSF SPC PSF
ALShow ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AXMEDIS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BS.Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Chroma ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CorePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FFplay Template:Yes (yellow) (partially) No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
GOM Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
iTunes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jetAudio ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kantaris ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Center ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mplayerxp Template:Yes (yellow) (partially) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NicePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuickTime ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quickview pro ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Vidlizard ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
VLC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Winamp ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Media Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XBMC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
xine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zoom Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audio player Flash RealPix QuickTime Video Effects in mov HTML+TIME(+VML) Silverlight smil/smi SVG MIDI(smf) MIDI(kar) MIDI(xmf) MIDI(rmi) MIDI(xmi) NSF SPC PSF
1by1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Aqualung ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audacious ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
cmus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
DeliPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
foobar2000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Jajuk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Listen ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Jukebox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mesk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPXPLAY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
musikCube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuickPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhapsody ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sonique ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
VUPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XBMC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XMMS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XMPlay ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zinf ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audio player Flash RealPix QuickTime Video Effects in mov HTML+TIME(+VML) Silverlight smil/smi SVG MIDI(smf) MIDI(kar) MIDI(xmf) MIDI(rmi) MIDI(xmi) NSF SPC PSF

Protocol support

Information about which internet protocols the players support, for receiving streaming media content. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.

General

Video Players

Video player HTTP HTTPS FTP RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) MMS (MMSU, MMST) RTMP Netstream (mpst://) Podcasting PeerCast RDT TCP UDP SCTP Gopher SFTP NFS SMB/CIFS PNA (pnm://, pna://) RTP
ALShow Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
aTunes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AXMEDIS Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BS.Player Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CorePlayer Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player Yes ? ? Yes No ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FFplay Yes No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes
GOM Player Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
iTunes Yes ? ? Yes No ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jetAudio Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kantaris Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame Yes ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Center Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Template:Yes (yellow)(optional) ? Yes
Mplayerxp Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No ? No Yes Yes
NicePlayer Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuickTime Yes ? ? Yes No ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player No ? ? No No ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Songbird Yes ? ? ? No ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Vidlizard No ? ? No No ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
VLC media player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes
Winamp Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes ? ? Yes Dropped
(WMP10) 		? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XBMC Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
xine Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XMMS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zoom Player Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Video player HTTP HTTPS FTP RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) MMS (MMSU, MMST) RTMP Netstream (mpst://) Podcasting PeerCast RDT TCP UDP SCTP Gopher SFTP NFS SMB/CIFS PNA (pnm://, pna://) RTP

Audio Players

Audio player HTTP RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) MMS (MMSU, MMST) Podcasting Other
1by1 No No No No ?
AIMP Yes ? ? ? ?
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes upnp, daap
Aqualung Yes ? ? Yes ?
Audacious Yes Yes[73] No No ?
Audion Yes No No No ?
Banshee Yes Yes No Yes ?
cmus Yes No No No ?
Cog No No No No ?
DeliPlayer Yes No No No ?
foobar2000 Yes No No Partial[74] ?
Jajuk Yes Yes Yes No ?
JuK ? ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player Yes ? Yes Yes ?
Listen Yes Yes No Yes ?
Media Jukebox Yes ? ? Yes ?
MediaMonkey Yes No No Yes[75] ?
Mesk Yes No No No ?
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes ? ? ? ?
musikCube Yes No No ? ?
QuickPlayer No No No No ?
Rhapsody Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Rhythmbox Yes Yes No Partial[76] upnp, daap
SnackAmp Yes No No Yes ?
Sonique Yes ? ? ? ?
Spider Player Yes Yes Yes ? ?
VUPlayer Yes ? ? ? ?
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes upnp, daap
XMMS Yes ? ? ? ?
XMPlay Yes ? Yes Yes ?
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Yes ? ? ? ?
Zinf Yes Yes No No ?
Audio player HTTP RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) MMS (MMSU, MMST) Podcasting Other

Other

Video Players

Video player DAAP DMAP DPAP EsounD protocol PulseAudio Simple protocol PulseAudio Native protocol
ALShow ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok ? ? ? ? ? ?
aTunes ? ? ? ? ? ?
AXMEDIS ? ? ? ? ? ?
BS.Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
CorePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
FFplay No No No No No No
GOM Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
iTunes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
jetAudio ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kantaris ? ? ? ? ? ?
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Center ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mplayerxp No No No No No No
NicePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuickTime ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
Vidlizard ? ? ? ? ? ?
VLC media player ? ? ? ? ? ?
Winamp ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Media Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
XBMC ? ? ? ? ? ?
xine ? ? ? ? ? ?
XMMS ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zoom Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
Video player DAAP DMAP DPAP EsounD protocol PulseAudio Simple protocol PulseAudio Native protocol

Audio Players

Audio player DAAP DMAP DPAP EsounD protocol PulseAudio Simple protocol PulseAudio Native protocol
1by1 ? ? ? ? ? ?
AIMP ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Aqualung Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Audacious ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audion ? ? ? ? ? ?
Banshee ? ? ? ? ? ?
cmus ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cog ? ? ? ? ? ?
DeliPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
foobar2000 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Jajuk ? ? ? ? ? ?
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
Listen ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Jukebox ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mesk ? ? ? ? ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox ? ? ? ? ? ?
musikCube ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuickPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhapsody ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox Yes ? ? ? ? ?
SnackAmp ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sonique ? ? ? ? ? ?
Spider Player ? ? ? ? ? ?
VUPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
XBMC Yes ? ? ? ? ?
XMMS ? ? ? ? ? ?
XMPlay ? ? ? ? ? ?
Yahoo! Music Jukebox ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zinf ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audio player DAAP DMAP DPAP EsounD protocol PulseAudio Simple protocol PulseAudio Native protocol

Playlist format support

Information about which playlist formats the players support.

Video Players

Video player asx/wax/wvx m3u/m3u8 pls xspf ram/rmm sdp rpl xpl
ALShow Yes No No No ? ? ? ?
BS.Player Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ?
Chroma ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CorePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player No Yes No No ? ? ? ?
FFplay No No No No No No No No
GOM Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
iTunes No No No No ? ? ? ?
jetAudio ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kantaris ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Center ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ?
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
NicePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuickTime ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quickview pro ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Vidlizard ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Winamp Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ?
XBMC ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
xine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zoom Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Video player asx/wax/wvx m3u8 pls xspf ram/rmm sdp rpl xpl

Audio Players

Audio player asx/wax/wvx m3u8 pls xspf
1by1 ? ? ? ?
Amarok ? Yes ? ?
Aqualung ? ? ? ?
Audacious ? ? ? ?
Audion ? ? ? ?
cmus ? ? ? ?
Cog ? ? ? ?
DeliPlayer ? ? ? ?
foobar2000 ? Yes Yes Yes
Jajuk ? ? ? ?
JuK ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player ? ? ? ?
Listen ? ? ? ?
Media Jukebox ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ?
Mesk ? ? ? ?
MPXPLAY ? ? ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox ? ? ? ?
musikCube ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet ? ? ? ?
QuickPlayer ? ? ? ?
Rhapsody ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? Yes ?
Sonique ? ? ? ?
VUPlayer ? ? ? ?
XBMC ? Yes Yes No
XMMS ? Yes Yes ?
XMPlay Yes Yes Yes No
Zinf ? ? ? ?
Audio player asx/wax/wvx m3u8 pls xspf

Subtitle support

Information about what subtitle formats the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or filters that provide such functionality. (Note: Pure audio players are not listed)

Video player Bitmap Text Bitmap
VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) SubRip (.srt) SAMI (.smi) RealText (.rt) MicroDVD (.sub) SubViewer (.sub) Text file[77] (.txt) PowerDivx (.psb) Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) Structured Subtitle Format (.ssf) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles)
ALShow Yes No Yes Yes No ? ? ? No No No No
BS.Player Yes Partial[78] Yes Yes[79] No Yes Yes Yes Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[55]
Chroma Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
CorePlayer No No No No No No No No No No No No
Elecard MPEG Player No No No No No No No No No No No No
FFplay No No No No No No No No No No No No
GOM Player Yes Partial[78] Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
iTunes No No No No No No No No No No No No
jetAudio No Partial[78] Yes No No Yes ? No Yes Yes No No
Kantaris Yes Partial[78] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer Yes Partial[78] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Light Alloy Yes Partial[78] Yes No No Yes ? No No No No No
Media Center No No No No No No No No No No No No
MediaFrame No No No No No No No No No No No No
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[56] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[55]
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
NicePlayer No Partial[78] Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
QuickTime No Yes[71] Yes[71] No No No No No No No No No
Quickview pro No Partial[78] Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Quintessential Player No No No No No No No No No No No No
Radioactive Player No No No No No No No No No No No No
RealPlayer Yes[33] No Yes[33] Yes Yes Yes[33] ? Yes[33] No No No No
The Core Media Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[55]
Totem Movie Player Yes Partial[78] Yes No No ? ? ? No No No No
Vidlizard Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] No Yes[79] No Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[55]
VLC media player Yes Partial[78] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Winamp Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] No Yes[79] No Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[55]
Windows Media Player Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] No Yes[79] No Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[55]
XBMC Yes Partial[78] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[80] No[80] No[80] No[80]
xine [81] Yes Partial[78] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Zoom Player Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] No Yes[79] No Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[79] Yes[55]
Video player VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) SubRip (.srt) Sami (.smi) RealText (.rt) MicroDVD (.sub) SubViewer (.sub) TXT (.txt) PowerDivx (.psb) Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) Structured Subtitle Format (.ssf) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles)

Metadata support

Information about what metadata, or tagging, formats the players support. Most other containers have their own metadata format and the players usually use them. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.

Video Players

Video player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment Cue sheet CD-Text
ALShow Yes Yes No Yes No ?
BS.Player Yes Yes No No ? Yes
Cog Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Elecard MPEG Player No No No No No No
FFplay No No No No No No
GOM Player No No No No ? ?
iTunes Yes Yes No ? ? Yes
jetAudio Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Kantaris Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame No No No ? ? ?
Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Player Classic Yes No ? Partial ? ?
MPlayer Yes No No Yes Partial[82] ?
Mplayerxp Yes Yes No Yes No No
NicePlayer No No No ? ? ?
QuickTime Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ?
Radioactive Player Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes ? No ? Yes
Songbird Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Vidlizard Yes Yes No No ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[83] Yes Partial[33] Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Yes ? No ? ?
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
xine Yes Partial[84] ? Yes ? ?
Zoom Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ?
Video player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment Cue sheet CD-Text

Audio Players

Audio player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment Cue sheet CD-Text
AIMP Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
AlMyMusic Yes Yes No No No No
AlbumPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Amarok Yes[85] Yes[85] Yes[85] Yes Yes ?
Aqualung Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Audacious Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Audion Yes Yes No No ? ?
cmus Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Cog Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
DeliPlayer Yes Yes No ? ? ?
foobar2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[86]
Goggles Music Manager Yes Yes No Yes No No
Jajuk Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
JuK Yes[85] Yes[85] Yes[85] Yes[85] ? ?
KSP Sound Player Yes Yes Partial Yes ? ?
Listen Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Media Jukebox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaMonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Mesk Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
MPXPLAY Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No ? ? ?
musikCube Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Muzikbrowzer Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
Quod Libet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
QuickPlayer Partial[84] Partial[84] No ? ? ?
Rhapsody Yes Yes No No ? ?
Rhythmbox Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
SnackAmp Yes Yes No ? ? ?
Sonique Yes No ? ? ? ?
Spider Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes
VUPlayer Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XMMS Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
XMPlay Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Zinf Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
Audio player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment Cue sheet CD-Text

Optical media support

Information about what optical discs the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.

Video Players

Video player Audio Video
CD DVD-Audio HDCD SACD VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray HD DVD
ALShow Yes No No ? ? ? Yes No ?
BS.Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Chroma No No No ? No No Yes No ?
CorePlayer No No No ? No No No No ?
Elecard MPEG Player No No No ? No No No No ?
FFplay ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GOM Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
iTunes Yes No No ? No No No No ?
jetAudio Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Kantaris Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Light Alloy Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
MediaFrame No No No ? No No No No ?
Media Center Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Media Player Classic Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
MPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Mplayerxp Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
NicePlayer No No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
QuickTime Yes No No ? Yes Yes No No ?
Quickview pro Yes No No ? Yes No No No ?
Quintessential Player Yes No No ? No No No No ?
Radioactive Player No No No ? No No No No ?
RealPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Songbird Yes No No ? No No No No ?
The KMPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Totem Movie Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Vidlizard Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
VLC Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Winamp Yes No Yes ? No No No No ?
Windows Media Player Yes No Yes ? Yes No Yes No ?
XBMC Yes Yes Partial[87] ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
xine Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
Zoom Player Yes No No ? Yes No Yes No ?
Video player CD DVD-Audio HDCD SACD VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray HD DVD
Audio Video

Audio Players

Audio player Audio Video
CD DVD-Audio HDCD VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray
AIMP Yes No No No No No No
AlbumPlayer No No No No No No No
Amarok Yes No No No No No No
Aqualung Yes No No No No No No
Audacious Yes No No No No No No
Audion Yes No No No No No No
cmus No No No No No No No
Cog No No No No No No No
DeliPlayer No No No No No No No
foobar2000 Yes No No No No No No
Jajuk Yes No No No No No No
JuK Yes[88] No No No No No No
KSP Sound Player Yes No No No No No No
Media Jukebox Yes No No No No No No
MediaMonkey Yes No No No No No No
Mesk Yes No No No No No No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No No No No No
musikCube Yes No No No No No No
Quod Libet Yes No No No No No No
QuickPlayer Yes No No No No No No
Rhapsody Yes No No No No No No
Rhythmbox Yes No No No No No No
Sonique Yes No No No No No No
VUPlayer Yes No No No No No No
XBMC Yes Yes Partial[89] Yes Yes Yes No
XMMS Yes No No No No No No
XMPlay Yes No No No No No No
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Yes No No No No No No
Zinf Yes No No No No No No
Audio player CD DVD-Audio HDCD VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray
Audio Video

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "October 10, 2012". banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Log of /trunk/ffplay.c
  3. ^ "Windows Desktop". web site. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  4. ^ "Apple on the App Store". iTunes Store. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  5. ^ "GOM Player". Google Play Store. 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  6. ^ "About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.9".
  7. ^ "Apple - Support - QuickTime - Downloads".
  8. ^ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
  9. ^ "RealPlayer 1.1". Ewandoo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  10. ^ The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary
  11. ^ "3.0.21". 5 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  12. ^ "3.5.4". 6 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ^ "VLC - Chrome Web Store". 23 December 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  14. ^ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vlc-media-player/id650377962. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ "Official Download of VLC media player for Windows Store - VideoLAN". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Get VLC - Microsoft Store". www.microsoft.com. VideoLAN. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  17. ^ "Official Download of VLC media player for Windows Phone - VideoLAN". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  18. ^ "Winamp : Supported versions : Latest supported version". Winamp Forums. December 22, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  19. ^ "Windows Media Player". Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  20. ^ Corel WinDVD Home
  21. ^ Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
  22. ^ "Kodi "Matrix" 19.3 Release". Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  23. ^ "October 10, 2012". banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  24. ^ "foobar2000: Change Log". Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Releases - MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD". Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via GitHub.
  26. ^ "Release 3.0.4". 14 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Kodi "Matrix" 19.3 Release". Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  28. ^ a b Might be usable with Rosetta.
  29. ^ Support for Windows 2000 is not guaranteed.
  30. ^ Windows will be supported by Amarok 2 because Amarok 2 (and its dependency KDE-libs) will use the Qt4 toolkit.
  31. ^ Banshee 1.4
  32. ^ Some MPD clients run on Windows
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax Plugin available.
  34. ^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
  35. ^ Only the media creator can create skins.
  36. ^ Apple Remote support, and dbus add-on for Linux
  37. ^ gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums
  38. ^ through media library in "modern" skin
  39. ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a web server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
  40. ^ a b For Audio files only.
  41. ^ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
  42. ^ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
  43. ^ Basic support with NMM
  44. ^ Context Browser uses CSS.
  45. ^ Basic support via MPlayer backend
  46. ^ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
  47. ^ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
  48. ^ Using DCOP
  49. ^ Apple Remote support, and dbus add-on for Linux
  50. ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a web server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
  51. ^ a b Flexible tagging means the ability to read or write custom tags, apart from the default ones like title, album and date. Users can use custom tags to provide additional information to media files. Custom tags are supported by ID3v2.4 (via the TXXX tag field), Vorbis comments and APEv2.
  52. ^ Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7
  53. ^ Custom tags are read and displayed but can’t be written.
  54. ^ a b Paid version only
  55. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
  56. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w The playing compatibility of Media Player depends on the availability of DirectShow, QuickTime, RealMedia and Shockwave filters. There are two distributions known as QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative which bundle the required QuickTime and RealPlayer components without the need to install the corresponding players.
  57. ^ with external library
  58. ^ a b c The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
  59. ^ a b c d e f g The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
  60. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (No FLAC container support), Speex, and Theora.
  61. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx Available through a Gstreamer plugin.
  62. ^ Windows and Linux through Real Dlls only
  63. ^ XBMC running on Linux, Mac and Windows supports MPEG-4 ASP and H.264. Because of the relatively 'slow' Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processor inside the Xbox, the Xbox version of XBMC is limited to decoding 480x576 resolution H.264 video encoded without CABAC and deblocking, or 352x288 resolution MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video encoded with CABAC and deblocking. As the FFmpeg-based codec is optimized further, XBMC on Xbox might be able to decode MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) at 720x480 resolution on the Xbox hardware, but probably not higher than that.[citation needed]
  64. ^ The Linux version only has support
  65. ^ a b unsupported some codecs
  66. ^ Currently only plays WavPack files that are muxed into a Matroska container
  67. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
  68. ^ a b Requires another sound system.
  69. ^ A hack allows playback.
  70. ^ PPC only plugin to NicePlayer that adds the Xine engine for video playback.
  71. ^ a b c d The open source Perian plug-in adds support for many video formats and codecs to QuickTime. It also adds support for SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles.
  72. ^ Native Matroska tag reading and writing
  73. ^ Supported through libnms
  74. ^ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
  75. ^ Present in version 3.0 currently going through Alpha Testing.
  76. ^ As of 0.9.2 it allows reading RSS as podcast source. Issues if links in RSS do not point directly to playable media. Automatic update of podcasts available.
  77. ^ This player supports to open files with the extension .txt, but those could contain any script language. So there is no guarantee it will play it.
  78. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l This player supports some of the formatting data from SSA/ASS (at most coloring but no positioning, animation, typesetting etc.), but some players could add full support by using VSFilter as external subtitle filter instead of their build-in one.
  79. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an For Windows, support of many subtitle formats can be added by installing VSFilter or ffdshow.
  80. ^ a b c d XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) uses the subtitle library / source code from MPlayer so when/if MPlayer can display these subtitles then XBMC will soon be able to display them too.
  81. ^ "Kaffeine Player Homepage". Kaffeine FAQ. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  82. ^ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
  83. ^ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
  84. ^ a b c Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags
  85. ^ a b c d e f g Support of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
  86. ^ There is a plugin called CD-TEXT Reader adding such a feature.
  87. ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) can play back HDCD [High Definition Compact Disc] but only in backward compatibility mode so you will not gain any sound-quality benefits over standard Audio-CDs.
  88. ^ Requires K3B
  89. ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) can play back HDCD [High Definition Compact Disc] but only in backward compatibility mode so you will not gain any sound-quality benefits over standard Audio-CDs.
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