Comparison of video player software

Windows, Linux, & macOS	3.0.21^[9] / 5 June 2024; 11 months ago (5 June 2024)
Android	3.6.3^[10] / 31 January 2025; 3 months ago (31 January 2025)
ChromeOS	1.7.3^[11] / 23 December 2015; 9 years ago (23 December 2015)
iOS, Apple TV	3.6.4^[12] / 23 August 2024; 8 months ago (23 August 2024)
Windows (UWP)	3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-20)^[13]^[14]
Windows Phone	3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-20)^[15]

Free

GPL

ViPlay

URUSoft

2002-12-01

2.09 (2004-03-06)

Free

GPL

Winamp

Nullsoft

1997-06

5.9.2 Build 10042^[16] (April 26, 2023; 2 years ago) [±]

Free (Bundle,full and lite), $19.95 (Pro)

March 2025 Update (11.2503.5.0) (22 April 2025; 16 days ago^[17]) [±]

Free, Windows-License needed

WinDVD Pro 12 Service Pack 8 (April 28, 2021; 4 years ago^[18]^[19]) [±]

Non-free$39.95(Gold), $59.95(Platinum)

Proprietary

XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter)

Team-XBMC

2003-10

19.3 (codename: "Matrix") (October 25, 2021; 3 years ago^[20]) [±]

Free

GPL / LGPL

XAnim

Mark Podlipec

1999-03-14

Template:Latest stable release/XAnim

Free

GPL

xine

xine Team

2000-08-15

0.99.14 (January 7, 2023; 2 years ago) [±]

Free

GPL

Zoom Player

Inmatrix

2000-12-31

Template:Latest stable release/ZoomPlayer

Free (Basic) $27.95 (Pro) $35.95 (WMV Pro)

Proprietary

Name

Author

First public release date

Stable version

Cost

Software license

Audio players

Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license
1by1	Martin Pesch	2006-12-13	1.63 (2008-01-15)	Free	Proprietary
AIMP	Artem Izmailov	2006-08-08	2.11 (2008-03-14)	Free	Proprietary
AlbumPlayer	Albumon	2003	4.9d	Non-free€29.90	Proprietary
ALSong	ALTools	?	1.52	Free	Proprietary
Amarok	Mark Kretschmann	2003-06	3.1 (August 2, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-08-02)) [±]	Free	GPL
Aqualung	Tom Szilagyi	2004-09-02	0.9beta9.1 (2008-02-10)	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	2005-10-30	Template:Latest stable release/Audacious Media Player	Free	GPL
Audion	Panic	1999-08-16	3.0.2 (2002)	Free	Proprietary
Banshee	Aaron Bockover	2005-08	2.6.2 (February 18, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-02-18)^[21]) [±]	Free	MIT
BOSSA	Swami Systems	2006-12	2.0	Free (Basic), $24 (Pro)	Proprietary
Beep Media Player	Milosz Derezynski	2004-06-24	Template:Latest stable release/Beep Media Player	Free	GPL
Billy	Sanne Schaap	2004-06-20	1.03	Free	General
Cactus Jukebox	Sebastian Kraft	2005-03-02	0.3.8	Free	GPL
cmus	Timo Hirvonen	2005-01-18	2.12.0 (October 26, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-10-26)) [±]	Free	GPL
Cog	Vincent Spader	2006-05-01	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 (2000-04-09)	Free	Proprietary
Decibel Audio Player	François Ingelrest	2007-05-13	0.10	Free	GPL
DeliPlayer	Peter Kunath, Florian Vorberger	2000	2.03b (2004-04-04)	Free (Basic), $20 (Pro)	Proprietary
Exaile	Adam Olsen	2006-05-24	Template:Latest stable release/Exaile	Free	GPL
Express Scribe	NCH Software	1997-07-17	4.11 (2007-04)	Free	Proprietary
foobar2000	Peter Pawlowski	2002-12	2.24.2^[22] (18 February 2025) [±]	Free	Proprietary (core), BSD (first-party components)
Helium Music Manager 2007	Intermedia Design	2007	2007.0.0.5445 (2007-03-14)	Non-free$39.00	Proprietary
Jajuk	Jajuk Team	2004-03	Template:Latest stable release/Jajuk	Free	GPL
JuK	Scott Wheeler	2003-02	Template:Latest stable release/JuK	Free	GPL
KSP Sound Player	Kalliope s.c.	2005-12	Template:Latest stable release/KSP	Free	Proprietary
Listen	Mehdi Abaakouk	2006-03-04	0.5	Free	GPL
Media Jukebox	J. River	1998	12.0.021 (2007-12-31)	Free	Proprietary
MediaMonkey	Ventis Media Inc.	2003-08-25	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	2006-05-27	0.3.2	Free	GPL
MP3Toys	Robert Frahm	2004-04	2.2	Non-free$14.95	Proprietary
MPXPLAY	MPXPLAY	1998	1.56beta (2008-05-26), 1.55 (2007)	Free	GPL
Music Player Daemon	Warren Dukes	2003-05	0.21.22 (April 2, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-04-02)^[23]) [±]	Free	GPL
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yahoo!	1998-05	Template:Latest stable release/Y! Music Musicmatch Jukebox	Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus)	Proprietary
musikCube	Casey Langen	2005	3.0.4^[24] (14 July 2024) [±]	Free	BSD
Muzikbrowzer	Pecan Ventures	2003	1.0	Non-free$20.00	Proprietary
Napster	William Christopher Gorog	2003-10	4.0.4.8	Non-free$9.95 and up	Proprietary
Quod Libet	Joe Wreschnig	?	4.5.0 wikidata:Q1621193 (March 2022; 3 years ago (2022-03)) [±]	Free	GPL
QuickPlayer	Jan Vorel	2006-07	Template:Latest stable release/QuickPlayer	Free	GPL
Rhapsody	RealNetworks	2003	14.0 (16 October 2006) [±]	Free	Proprietary
Rhythmbox	Colin Walters	2004-04	3.4.4 (January 4, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-01-04)) [±]	Free	GPL
SnackAmp	Tom Wilkason	2002-01	Template:Latest stable release/SnackAmp	Free	GPL
Sonique	Media Science	1998-11	1.96 (2002-03)	Free	Proprietary
Spider Player	Vitaly Kravchenko	2007-09	2.02	Free (Basic), $19.95 (Pro)	Proprietary
VUPlayer	James Chapman	2000	2.42	Free	Proprietary
XMMS	XMMS Team	1997-11	1.2.11 (November 16, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-16)) [±]	Free	GPL
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	Yahoo!	2005	Template:Latest stable release/Yahoo! Music Jukebox	Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus)	Proprietary
Zinf	Zinf Team	2002-04	2.2.5 (February 17, 2004; 21 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)	eComStation
ALShow	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BS.Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Chroma	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
CrystalPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Fusion Media Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GOM Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	Included	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kantaris	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
KPlayer	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kaffeine	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
LCPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Light Alloy	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MediaFrame	Yes	PPC native^[25]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Media Center	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nemesis Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NicePlayer	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ogle	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	Included	No	No	No	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Quickview pro	9x/ME only	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Radioactive Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
SimpleCenter	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SMPlayer	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Songbird	2000/XP/Server 2003 only	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Spider Player	2000/XP/Vista only	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
The KMPlayer	2000/XP/Vista only^[26]	No	No	No	No	No	No	(No GUI)
Totem Movie Player	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Vidlizard	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Winamp	Yes	Template:Version Mac 9	Last version is a beta of 2.x	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Included	Dropped (WMP9)	No	No	Dropped (WMP6.3)	No	No	No
XBMC	Partial^[27]	No	Partial^[28]	No	No	No	No	No
xine	unmaintained	WIP for 1.2 series	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Zoom Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Video player	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix	DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)	eComStation

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
Albumplayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
ALSong	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Amarok	No^[29]	Yes (via X11 layer)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Aqualung	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	No
aTunes	Yes	No^[30]	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Audacious	No	Yes(via GTK+ Quartz)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Audion	No	PPC native^[25]	No	No	No	No	No
Banshee	No	No	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
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	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
musikCube	2000/XP/Server 2003 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
Rhapsody	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rhythmbox	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SnackAmp	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Sonique	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
VUPlayer	Yes	No	No	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	Video playback	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media Database	Gapless Audio Decoding	Visualizer	Remote Controllable	Intelligent Playlists from database (based on criteria)
ALShow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
BS.Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
Chroma	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	No
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
iTunes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?
Kaffeine	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kantaris	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
KPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	?
Light Alloy	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
MediaFrame	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	No
Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
NicePlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
PowerDVD	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[32]	Partial^[33]	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Quickview pro	Yes	No	text-interface	No	Yes	No	No	No
Radioactive Player	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
RealPlayer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes
SMPlayer	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Songbird	Yes^[34]	No	Yes, called Feathers	Yes	?	?	?	?
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[35]	Yes	Yes	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Vidlizard	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[36]	No	Yes	Yes	No
Winamp	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes^[37]
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XBMC	Yes	Yes^[38]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
Video player	Video playback	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media Database	Gapless Audio Decoding	Visualizer	Remote Controllable	Intelligent Playlists from database (based on criteria)

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
AlbumPlayer	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	Yes
ALSong	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial	No
Amarok	Partial^[39]	Yes	Partial^[40]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aqualung	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
Audacious	Partial^[41]	No	Yes	No	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	No
Audion	No	No	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	No
Banshee	Yes	Yes	Partial^[42]	Yes	?	In Development	?	Yes
cmus	No	No	No	No	No	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^[31]	Yes^[43]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]
Jajuk	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
JuK	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes^[44]	?
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^[31]	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	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	?	Yes	text-interface	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?
musikCube	No	No	No	Yes	No	Partial^[31]	?	Yes
Muzikbrowzer	No	No	Partial	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
Quod Libet	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	?	?
QuickPlayer	No	No	No	No	?	No	?	No
Rhapsody	No	No	No	Yes	?	No	?	?
Rhythmbox	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SnackAmp	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	?	?
Sonique	Partial^[31]	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No
VUPlayer	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	No
XMMS	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]	Yes	No	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	No
XMPlay	No	Partial^[31]	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)

Features (continued)

Video players

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	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iTunes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Kaffeine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
KPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Light Alloy	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaFrame	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Center	Yes	Yes^[45]	Yes^[45]	No	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
MPlayer	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^[46]	?	?	Yes	?	?	No
Quintessential Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quickview pro	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Radioactive Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Songbird	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some^[47]	Yes	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Vidlizard	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Winamp	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
WinDVD	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	?
XBMC	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	Replay Gain	Mass Tagging	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	?
AlbumPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?
ALSong	((?))	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Amarok	Partial	Yes	?	?	Yes^[48]	No	Yes	Yes	No
Aqualung	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Audacious	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
Audion	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Banshee	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
cmus	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cog	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
damp	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
DeliPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Exaile	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Partial^[31]	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]	?	Partial^[31]	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes
Jajuk	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
JuK	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
KSP Sound Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Listen	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]	Yes	?
Mesk	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPXPLAY	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	Partial^[49]	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Muzikbrowzer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
QuickPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhapsody	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
SnackAmp	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Sonique	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?
VUPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XMMS	Partial	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
XMPlay	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	?	Partial^[50]	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
Zinf	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?
Audio player	Replay Gain	Mass Tagging	Time Stretching	Pitch Shifting	A-B Repeat	Bookmark	Auto Resume	Shutdown on play complete	Archive support

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.

Video player	HTTP	RTSP	MMS	Podcasting
ALShow	Yes	No	Yes	No
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
aTunes	Yes	?	?	Yes
BS.Player	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	Yes	No	No
GOM Player	Yes	No	Yes	No
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	No	?	?
Kantaris	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
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	?
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
Songbird	Yes	?	No	Yes
The KMPlayer	Yes	No	Yes	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Vidlizard	No	No	No	No
VLC media player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
XMMS	Yes	?	?	?
Zoom Player	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Audio player	HTTP	RTSP	MMS	Podcasting
1by1	No	No	No	No
AIMP	Yes	?	?	?
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aqualung	Yes	?	?	Yes
Audacious	Yes	Yes^[51]	No	No
Audion	Yes	No	No	No
Banshee	Yes	No	No	Yes
cmus	Yes	No	No	No
Cog	No	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	Yes	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	No	No	Partial^[52]
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^[53]
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^[54]
SnackAmp	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sonique	Yes	?	?	?
VUPlayer	Yes	?	?	?
XMMS	Yes	?	?	?
XMPlay	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	Yes	?	?	?
Zinf	Yes	Yes	No	No
Audio player	HTTP	RTSP	MMS	Podcasting

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
Video player	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]
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	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	yes, no DRM	No	Partial^[56]	No	Yes	No	No	Partial^[56]	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
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
NicePlayer	Yes	Partial^[57]	No	Partial^[56]	Partial^[31]	Yes	Partial^[31]	No	Partial^[56]	Yes	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[57]	No	Partial^[56]	No	Yes	Partial^[31]	No	Partial^[56]	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^[31]	Partial^[31]	No	No	Partial^[31]
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^[31]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Songbird	Yes	Yes	No	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^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]
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	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[59]
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[60]	Yes	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Yes	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]
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
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^[31]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Audion	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Banshee	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]
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^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes	Yes
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^[60]	Partial^[60]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Partial^[31]
Mesk	Yes^[58]	No	No	Yes^[58]	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^[60]	No	Yes	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial^[60]
Muzikbrowzer	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	No	No	Partial^[55]
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]
QuickPlayer	Yes	Partial^[55]	No	Yes	No	No^[61]	No	No	No^[61]	No	No	No
Rhapsody	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rhythmbox	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]
SnackAmp	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sonique	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	No	No	No	No	No	No
VUPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
XMMS	Yes	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[60]	Yes	No	Partial^[60]	Yes
XMPlay	Yes	Yes	Partial^[60]	Yes	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]	Partial^[60]
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

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
ALShow	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No
BS.Player	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	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	?	No	No	No	No
GOM Player	Yes	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	Yes
iTunes	Yes	Partial^[63]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[57]	No	Partial^[56]	Yes
jetAudio	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	Yes
Kantaris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
KPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Light Alloy	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	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^[62]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[62]
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NicePlayer	Yes	Partial^[63]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[57]	No	Partial^[56]	Yes
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[63]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[57]	No	Partial^[56]	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^[62]	Partial^[55]	Yes
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	No
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Vidlizard	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	No
Winamp	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	Yes
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited^[64]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zoom Player	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[62]
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

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
ALShow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Yes
BS.Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[62]	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	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Yes
iTunes	No^[65]	Win: yes Mac: file is parsable	Yes	Partial^[56]	No	No	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Partial^[62]	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^[62]	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
NicePlayer	Yes	Partial^[57]	Yes	Partial^[56]	Partial^[66]	Yes^[67]	Yes
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[57]	Yes	Partial^[56]	No	Yes^[67]	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^[31]	Partial^[31]	No	Yes
Songbird	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]	Yes^[58]
Vidlizard	Yes	Yes	Partial^[62]	Yes	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^[62]	Vorbis only	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[62]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]	Partial^[55]
Audio player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4
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^[31]	Yes	No	Yes	No	Partial^[31]	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^[58]
QuickPlayer	No	No	No	?	No	No	No
Rhapsody	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rhythmbox	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	?
Sonique	No^[60]	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
VUPlayer	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No
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

Optical media publication 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 player	Audio			Video
Video player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	HD DVD	Blu-ray
ALShow	Yes	No	No	?	?	Yes	No	No
BS.Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Chroma	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
CorePlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GOM Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
iTunes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kantaris	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
KPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Light Alloy	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
MediaFrame	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Center	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
MPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
NicePlayer	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Quickview pro	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Radioactive Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Songbird	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
The KMPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Vidlizard	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
VLC	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Winamp	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Partial^[68]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
xine	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Zoom Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Audio player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	HD DVD	Blu-ray
AIMP	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
AlbumPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Amarok	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Aqualung	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audacious	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audion	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
cmus	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cog	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Jajuk	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
JuK	Yes^[69]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
KSP Sound Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Jukebox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MediaMonkey	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mesk	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
musikCube	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Quod Libet	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
QuickPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rhapsody	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rhythmbox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sonique	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VUPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
XMMS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
XMPlay	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zinf	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audio player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	HD DVD	Blu-ray

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 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	?	?
GOM Player	No	No	No	No	?	?
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Kantaris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
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^[70]	?
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	No	Partial	No	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^[71]	Yes	Partial^[31]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
xine	Yes	Partial^[72]	?	Yes	?	?
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?
Audio player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	Cue sheet	CD-Text
AIMP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
AlbumPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Amarok	Yes^[73]	Yes^[73]	Yes^[73]	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	No
Jajuk	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
JuK	Yes^[73]	Yes^[73]	Yes^[73]	Yes^[73]	?	?
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^[72]	Partial^[72]	No	?	?	?
Rhapsody	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?
Rhythmbox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
SnackAmp	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?
Sonique	Yes	No	?	?	?	?
VUPlayer	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

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
Video player	VobSub (.idx+.sub)	SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass)	SubRip (.srt)	SAMI (.smi)	RealText (.rt)	MicroDVD (.sub)	SubViewer (.sub)	Text file^[74] (.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^[75]	Yes	Yes^[76]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	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
GOM Player	Yes	Partial^[75]	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^[75]	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kantaris	Yes	Partial^[75]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
KPlayer	Yes	Partial^[75]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Light Alloy	Yes	Partial^[75]	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^[62]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[55]
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
NicePlayer	No	Partial^[75]	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	No	Yes^[67]	Yes^[67]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Quickview pro	No	Partial^[75]	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^[31]	No	Yes^[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes^[31]	?	Yes^[31]	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^[75]	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No	No	No
Vidlizard	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[55]
VLC media player	Yes	Partial^[75]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Winamp	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[55]
Windows Media Player	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[55]
XBMC	Yes	Partial^[75]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[77]	No^[77]	No^[77]	No^[77]
xine ^[78]	Yes	Partial^[75]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Zoom Player	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	No	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	Yes^[76]	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)

Notes

^ "Windows Desktop". web site. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
^ "Apple on the App Store". iTunes Store. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
^ "GOM Player". Google Play Store. 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
^ "About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.9".
^ "Apple - Support - QuickTime - Downloads".
^ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
^ "RealPlayer 1.1". Ewandoo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary
^ "VLC for Windows Store". 5 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
^ "3.6.3". 31 January 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
^ "VLC - Chrome Web Store". 23 December 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "VLC media player on the App Store". Retrieved 7 January 2025.
^ "VLC for Windows Store". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. Archived from the original on 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "VLC UWP". www.microsoft.com. VideoLAN. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "VLC for Windows Phone". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Winamp: Supported versions: Latest supported version". Winamp Forums. December 22, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
^ "Windows Media Player". Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
^ Corel WinDVD Home
^ Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
^ "Kodi "Matrix" 19.3 Release". Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ "October 10, 2012". banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
^ "foobar2000: Change Log". Retrieved 23 February 2025.
^ "Releases - MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD". Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via GitHub.
^ "Release 3.0.4". 14 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b Might be usable with Rosetta.
^ Support for Windows 2000 is not guaranteed.
^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) is design to run natively on the Xbox game-console but XBMC was in November 2006 partially ported to Win32 to run on Microsoft Windows, but only the GUI part for development purposes so far.
^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) is in the procces of being ported to linux and can as of today (nov 2007) play music and video decent. But is not yet in beta state.
^ Windows will be supported by Amarok 2 because Amarok 2 (and its dependency KDE-libs) will use the Qt4 toolkit.
^ Currently no Java 6 for Mac OS X available
^ ^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 Plugin available.
^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
^ Only the media creator can create skins.
^ Songbird uses the VLC plugin for media playback
^ gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums
^ VLC 0.9.0 will have a media library amongst many other new features.
^ through media library in "modern" skin
^ 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)
^ Basic support with NMM
^ Context Browser uses CSS.
^ Basic support via MPlayer backend
^ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
^ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
^ Using DCOP
^ ^a ^b For Audio files only.
^ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
^ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
^ Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7
^ Paid version only
^ Paid version only
^ Supported through libnms
^ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
^ Present in version 3.0 currently going through Alpha Testing.
^ 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.
^ ^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 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
^ ^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 Available through a Gstreamer plugin.
^ Currently only plays WavPack files that are muxed into a Matroska container
^ ^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
^ ^a ^b Requires another sound system.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
^ Because of the relatively 'slow' Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processor inside the Xbox, XBMC is limited to decoding 480x576 resolution MPEG-4 AVC (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 might be able to decode MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) at 720x480 resolution on the Xbox hardware, but probably not higher than that unless XBMC moves to another, faster platform.
^ A hack allows playback.
^ PPC only plugin to NicePlayer that adds the Xine engine for video playback.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Requires K3B
^ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
^ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
^ ^a ^b ^c Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Support of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "Kaffeine Player Homepage". Kaffeine FAQ. Retrieved 2007-04-05.

[1] "Windows Desktop". web site. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

[2] "Apple on the App Store". iTunes Store. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

[3] "GOM Player". Google Play Store. 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.

[announce_latest-4] "About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.9".

[QuickTimeDownloads-5] "Apple - Support - QuickTime - Downloads".

[6] ttp://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/

[7] "RealPlayer 1.1". Ewandoo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[8] The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary

[wikidata-c40f3ce0e93cf6f92e0a1dcafcb6248634828aed-v18-9] "VLC for Windows Store". 5 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.

[wikidata-1430855b37265987fb730cb1ccf55baf527e8cdf-v18-10] "3.6.3". 31 January 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.

[wikidata-466b12623822858950a7899615bfff6896d2c392-v18-11] "VLC - Chrome Web Store". 23 December 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

[wikidata-d028820d77ba3baed45b4cd67e51ea51ed62d432-v18-12] "VLC media player on the App Store". Retrieved 7 January 2025.

[13] "VLC for Windows Store". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. Archived from the original on 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[14] "VLC UWP". www.microsoft.com. VideoLAN. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[15] "VLC for Windows Phone". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[16] "Winamp: Supported versions: Latest supported version". Winamp Forums. December 22, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.

[17] "Windows Media Player". Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 2025-04-23.

[18] Corel WinDVD Home

[19] Corel WinDVD Pro Updates

[20] "Kodi "Matrix" 19.3 Release". Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[21] "October 10, 2012". banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.

[wikidata-6cece3c9cd72d01b0060f944f1163c10c4d3b9a4-v18-22] "foobar2000: Change Log". Retrieved 23 February 2025.

[23] "Releases - MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD". Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via GitHub.

[wikidata-8279f4a578ff3cff8f1d48631e04c1519c407fc1-v18-24] "Release 3.0.4". 14 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

[Rosetta-25] Might be usable with Rosetta.

[windows2000"-26] Support for Windows 2000 is not guaranteed.

[27] XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) is design to run natively on the Xbox game-console but XBMC was in November 2006 partially ported to Win32 to run on Microsoft Windows, but only the GUI part for development purposes so far.

[28] XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) is in the procces of being ported to linux and can as of today (nov 2007) play music and video decent. But is not yet in beta state.

[Qt4-29] Windows will be supported by Amarok 2 because Amarok 2 (and its dependency KDE-libs) will use the Qt4 toolkit.

[MacOsXLeopardJava6-30] Currently no Java 6 for Mac OS X available

[plugin-31] ^ ^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 Plugin available.

[32] Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.

[33] Only the media creator can create skins.

[34] Songbird uses the VLC plugin for media playback

[35] ss mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums

[VLC-0.9.0-36] VLC 0.9.0 will have a media library amongst many other new features.

[37] through media library in "modern" skin

[38] 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)

[39] Basic support with NMM

[40] Context Browser uses CSS.

[41] Basic support via MPlayer backend

[42] The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly

[43] UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.

[44] Using DCOP

[Audio_only-45] For Audio files only.

[46] www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command

[47] Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved

[48] Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7

[49] Paid version only

[50] Paid version only

[51] Supported through libnms

[52] 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.

[53] Present in version 3.0 currently going through Alpha Testing.

[54] 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.

[dsfilter-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 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.

[xiphqt-56] ^ ^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.

[quicktime_wmvp-57] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.

[through_gstreamer-58] ^ ^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 Available through a Gstreamer plugin.

[59] Currently only plays WavPack files that are muxed into a Matroska container

[autodl-60] ^ ^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

[soundsystem-61] Requires another sound system.

[wmpfilter-62] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t 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.

[quicktime_mpeg2-63] The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.

[64] Because of the relatively 'slow' Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processor inside the Xbox, XBMC is limited to decoding 480x576 resolution MPEG-4 AVC (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 might be able to decode MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) at 720x480 resolution on the Xbox hardware, but probably not higher than that unless XBMC moves to another, faster platform.

[65] A hack allows playback.

[xine_plugin-66] PPC only plugin to NicePlayer that adds the Xine engine for video playback.

[perian-67] 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.

[68] 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.

[69] Requires K3B

[mplayer-70] MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults

[71] Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.

[basic_tags-72] Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags

[taglib-73] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Support of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.

[TXT-74] 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.

[substation-75] ^ ^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.

[vsfilter-76] ^ ^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.

[subs_for_XBMC-77] 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.

[78] "Kaffeine Player Homepage". Kaffeine FAQ. Retrieved 2007-04-05.

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General

Video players

Audio players

Operating system support

Video players

Audio players

Features

Video players

Audio players

Features (continued)

Video players

Audio players

Protocol support

Audio format support

Video format support

Container format support

Optical media publication support

Metadata support

Subtitle support

See also

Notes