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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of media player programs. Please see the individual players' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. External links lead to plugins or extensions that add features to a player.

General

Basic general information about the players: creator/company, license/price etc.

Creator First public release date Stable version Cost (USD) Software license Proprietary format
ALShow ESTsoft 2004 1.62 Free Proprietary .bmk (bookmarks), .ask (skins)
Amarok Mark Kretschmann June 2003 1.4.3 Free GPL None
Audacious Beep Media Player & William Pitcock October 30 2005 1.2 Free GPL None
Audion Panic ? 3.0.2 Free Proprietary None
Banshee Aaron Bockover ? 0.11.0 Free MIT None
Beep Media Player Milosz Derezynski June 24 2004 0.9.7 Free GPL None
BSplayer Webteh 2000 2.1 Free (AdWare), €29,90 (pro) Proprietary None
Cactus Jukebox Sebastian Kraft 2005-03-02 0.3.0stable Free GPL None
Cmus Timo Hirvonen ? 2.0.4 Free GPL None
Cog Vincent Spader 2006-05-01 0.0.5 Free GPL None
DeliPlayer Peter Kunath & Florian Vorberger 1997 (?) 2.03b Free (basic), $20 (pro) Proprietary None
Elecard MPEG Player[13] Elecard Ltd.[14] November 1999 4.0.3 $20.00 Proprietary None
foobar2000 Peter Pawlowski December 2002 2.1.5[1] Edit this on Wikidata (4 May 2024) [±] Free Proprietary (core),
BSD (first-party components) 		FPL (playlists)
Helium Music Manager 2006 ? 2006 2.1.0.5160 $39.99 Proprietary ?
iTunes Apple Computer January 9, 2001 7.0.1 (7) Free Proprietary Apple Lossless (part of QuickTime)
Jajuk Jajuk team March 2004 1.2 Free GPL None
jetAudio jetAudio Inc. ? 6.24VX Free (basic), $29 (plus) Proprietary None
JuK Scott Wheeler February 2003 2.1 Free GPL None
KSP Sound Player Kalliope s.c. December 2005 2006 Free Kalliope Software License None
Light Alloy Velikanov Ilya December 21 2001 4.0 Free (trial) / $9.95 Proprietary None
Listen Mehdi Abaakouk 0.4.3 Free GPL None
MediaFrame Airlock Limited October 2004 2.0 Free GPL None
Media Center J. River July 2003 11.1.090 $40.00 Proprietary None
MediaMonkey Ventis Media Inc. August 25 2003 2.5.4 Standard free, Gold $19.95, Lifetime $29.95 Proprietary None
Media Player Classic Gabest May 29 2003 6.4.9.0 Free GPL .mpcpl (playlists) .dsm (container)
Mesk Travis Shirk May 27 2006 0.1.2 Free GPL None
MP3Toys Robert Frahm April 2004 2.2 $14.95 Proprietary None
MPlayer MPlayer September 2000 Template:Latest stable release/MPlayer Free GPL None
MPXPLAY MPXPLAY 1998 Mpxplay v1.54 alfa4 Free Freeware (open source) None
Music Player Daemon Warren Dukes May 2003 0.11.0 Free GPL None
Musicmatch Jukebox Yahoo! May 1998 10.1 Free (basic), $19.99 (plus) Proprietary None
musikCube Casey Langen ? 1.0 RC2 Free BSD None
Muzikbrowzer Pecan Ventures 2003 1.0 $20.00 Proprietary n/a
Napster William Christopher Gorog October 2003 3.7.2.6 $9.95 and up Proprietary
NicePlayer Jay Tuley & Robert Chin June 2004 0.94.1 Free Proprietary .nicelist (playlists)
Ogle Chalmers University of Technology 1999 0.9.2 Free GPL None
PACo Producer CoSA (The Company of Science & Art) May 1991 1.0 $199? (now defunct) Proprietary CAVF
QuickPlayer Jan Vorel July 2006 1.00 beta 53 Free GPL None
QuickTime Apple Computer December 1991 7.7.9 (January 7, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-07)) [±][2][3] Free (basic), $29.95 (pro) Proprietary QuickTime
Quintessential Player Paul Quinn 1997 4.51 Free Proprietary None
Quickview pro (QV pro) Wolfgang Hesseler ? 2.57 $23/$15 Proprietary None
Radioactive Player Shady Industries 2005 1.0.1 Free Proprietary None
RealPlayer RealNetworks 1995 10.5 Free (basic) Proprietary RealAudio, RealVideo
Rhapsody RealNetworks 2003 4.0 Free Proprietary None
Rhythmbox Colin Walters April 2004 0.9.5 Free GPL None
SimpleCenter SimpleDevices, Inc. 2002-2003 4.0 Free Proprietary None
SnackAmp Tom Wilkason January 2002 3.1.2 Free GPL None
Songbird Pioneers of the Inevitable February 8 2006 0.1.1 Free GPL None
Sonique Media Science November, 1998 1.96 Free Proprietary None
TrayPlayer @MAX software ? 1.01b Free ? ?
Totem Movie Player Totem July 2002 Template:Latest stable release/Totem Movie Player Free GPL None
VLC media player VideoLAN February 2000
Windows, Linux, & macOS3.0.20[4] Edit this on Wikidata / 30 October 2023; 7 months ago (30 October 2023)
Android3.5.4[5] Edit this on Wikidata / 6 July 2023; 10 months ago (6 July 2023)
ChromeOS1.7.3[6] Edit this on Wikidata / 23 December 2015; 8 years ago (23 December 2015)
iOS, Apple TV3.5.7[7] Edit this on Wikidata / 18 March 2024; 2 months ago (18 March 2024)
Windows (UWP)3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 5 years ago (2018-07-20)[8][9]
Windows Phone3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 5 years ago (2018-07-20)[10]
 Free GPL None
VUPlayer James Chapman 2000 2.42 Free Proprietary None
Winamp Nullsoft June 1997 5.9.2 Build 10042[11] (April 26, 2023; 13 months ago (2023-04-26)) [±]


Free (basic), $19.95 (Pro) Proprietary NSA, NSV
Windows Media Player Microsoft November 1992 11 (beta) Free, Windows-License needed Proprietary WMA, WMV
WMV Player Telestream, Inc. ? 2.0.2 Free Proprietary WMA, WMV
xine xine August 2000 1.1.2 Free GPL None
XMMS XMMS November 1997 1.2.10 Free GPL None
XMPlay Ian Luck July 1998 3.3 Free Proprietary None
Zinf Zinf April 2002 2.2.5 Free GPL None
Zoom Player Inmatrix December 31 2000 4.51 Free (basic) $27.95 (pro) $35.95 (wmv pro) Proprietary None
Creator First public release date Stable version Cost (USD) Software license Proprietary format

Operating system support

The operating systems on which the players can run natively (without emulation), meaning which operating systems have which players specifically coded for them (not, for example, Windows Media Player for Windows running on an Apple Macintosh).

Windows Mac OS X GNU/Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)
ALShow Yes No No No No No No
Amarok No Yes (via X11 layer) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Audacious No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Audion No SomePPC native [12] No No No No No
Banshee No No Yes ? ? ? No
BSplayer Some2000/XP/2003 only No No No No No No
Cmus No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cog No Some10.3 PPC and higher [12] No No No No No
DeliPlayer Yes No No No No No No
Elecard MPEG Player Yes No No No No No No
foobar2000 Some2000+ only since v0.9 No No No No No No
iTunes Some2000+ only Yes No No No No No
jetAudio Yes No No No No No No
JuK No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
KSP Sound Player Yes No No No No No No
Light Alloy Yes No No No No No No
Listen No No Yes ? ? ? No
MediaFrame Yes SomePPC native [12] Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Media Center Yes No No No No No No
MediaMonkey Yes No No No No No No
Media Player Classic Yes No No No No No No
MP3Toys Yes No No No No No No
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
MPXPLAY Yes (win9x/me) No No No No No Yes
Music Player Daemon ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No No No No No
musikCube Some2000/XP/2003 only No No No No No No
Muzikbrowzer Some2000/XP/2003 only No No No No No No
NicePlayer No Yes No No No No No
Ogle No ? Yes ? ? Yes No
QuickPlayer Yes No No No No No No
QuickTime Some2000/XP/2003 only Yes No No No No No
Quintessential Player Yes No No No No No No
Quickview pro Yes (win9x/me) No Yes No No No Yes
Radioactive Player Yes No No No No No No
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Rhapsody Yes No No No No No No
Rhythmbox No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SimpleCenter Yes No No No No No No
SnackAmp Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Songbird Yes Some available in SVN Some available in SVN No No No No
Sonique Yes No No No No No No
Totem Movie Player No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
VUPlayer Yes No No No No No No
Winamp Yes No Template:Dropped2 Last version is a beta of 2.x No No No No
Windows Media Player Yes Template:Dropped2 Only WMP9 Supported No No No No No
WMV Player No Yes. Replaces Windows Media Player No No No No No
xine No SomePPC native [12] Yes Yes Yes Yes No
XMMS No Yes (via X11 layer) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
XMPlay Yes No No No No No No
Yahoo Music Engine Yes ? No No No No No
Zinf Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Zoom Player Yes No No No No No No
Windows Mac OS X GNU/Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)

Features

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

Audio playback Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media Database Gapless Audio Decoding Visualizer Remote Controllable
ALShow Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Amarok Yes Partial [13] Yes Partial [14] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audacious Yes No No Yes No No ? ?
Audion Yes No No Yes No ? Yes ?
Banshee Yes No Yes Partial [15] Yes ? Partial In Development ?
BSplayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes
Cmus Yes No No No No No No Yes
Cog Yes No No No No Yes No ?
DeliPlayer Yes No No Yes No ? ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes No No No No No ?
foobar2000 Yes No Yes [16] Yes [17] Yes Yes Yes [16] Yes [16]
iTunes Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [16] Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [18]
jetAudio Yes Yes Template:But yes [19] Yes Yes ? Yes ?
JuK Yes No No No Yes ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Light Alloy Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Listen Yes No No No Yes No Yes ?
MediaFrame Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ?
Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaMonkey Yes Template:But yes [16] Template:But yes [16] Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Media Player Classic Yes Yes No No No ? No Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? Yes
MPXPLAY Yes (only sound output) ? text-interface Yes Yes Yes Yes (also lcd-support)
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
musikCube Yes No No No Yes ? ? ?
Muzikbrowzer Yes No No Partial Yes No No Yes
NicePlayer Yes Yes No No No No No ?
QuickPlayer Yes No No No No ? ? ?
QuickTime Yes Yes [20] Template:But yes [21] Partial [22] No No No ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes Template:But yes [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Quickview pro Yes Yes ? text-user-interface No Yes No No
Radioactive Player Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
RealPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Rhapsody Yes No No No Yes ? No ?
Rhythmbox Yes No No No Yes ? No No
SnackAmp Yes No Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Songbird Yes No No Yes Yes ? ? ?
Sonique Yes Template:But yes [16] No Yes No ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes No No No No Yes ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
VUPlayer Yes No No No No Yes Yes ?
Winamp Yes Yes Template:But yes [16] Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [16]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Template:But yes [24] Yes Yes No Yes ? [25]
WMV Player Yes Yes No No No — No ?
xine Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ?
XMMS Yes Template:But yes [16] Template:But yes [16] Yes No Template:But yes [16] Yes Yes
XMPlay Yes No Template:But yes [16] Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Zinf Yes No No Yes Yes ? ? ?
Zoom Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Audio playback Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media Database Gapless MP3/AAC Decoding Visualizer Remote Controllable

The tables compare general and technical information for a number of media player programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. External links lead to plugins or extensions that add features to that player.

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.

HTTP RTSP MMS Podcasting
ALShow Yes No Yes No
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audacious Yes No No No
Audion Yes No No No
Banshee Yes No No Yes
BSplayer Yes ? ? ?
Cmus Yes No No No
Cog No No No No
DeliPlayer Yes No No No
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes No No
foobar2000 Yes No No Template:But no [26]
iTunes Yes Yes No Yes
jetAudio ? Yes ? ?
JuK ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player Yes ? Yes Yes
Light Alloy ? ? ? ?
Listen Yes Yes No Yes
MediaFrame Yes Yes No ?
Media Center Yes ? ? Yes
MediaMonkey Yes No No No
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes ?
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes ? ? ?
musikCube Yes No No ?
NicePlayer ? ? ? ?
QuickPlayer No No No No
QuickTime Yes Yes No ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes Yes Yes
Radioactive Player No No No No
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rhapsody Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rhythmbox Yes Yes No Partial [27]
SnackAmp Yes No No Yes
Songbird Yes ? No ?
Sonique Yes ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes No
VLC media player Yes Yes Yes Yes
VUPlayer Yes ? ? ?
Winamp Yes No Yes Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes ?
XMMS Yes ? ? ?
XMPlay Yes ? Yes Yes
Zinf Yes Yes No No
Zoom Player Yes No Yes Yes
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.

Lossy compression Lossless compression
MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC3 APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV
ALShow Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes [28] Yes [29] Yes Yes No No Yes
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Partial No Yes No Yes ?
Audacious Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes ?
Audion Yes No No No No No No No No No ? Yes
Banshee Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] Yes [30] ?
BSplayer Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No ? ?
Cmus Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No
Cog Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes
DeliPlayer Yes No No Yes ? No No No Yes No ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player No No No No No Yes No No No No ? ?
foobar2000 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [31] Yes [32] Yes Yes [32] Template:But yes [33] Yes [34]
iTunes Yes Partial [35] No Template:But yes [36] No Yes No No Template:But yes [36] Yes ? ?
jetAudio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No ? ?
JuK Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
KSP Sound Player Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Listen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
MediaFrame Yes No No No ? Yes No No No No ? ?
Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
MediaMonkey Yes Yes No Yes Yes Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [16] ?
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [38] Yes Yes Template:But yes [38] Template:But yes [38] Template:But yes [38] ? ?
MP3Toys Yes Yes No Yes No No No No ? No No ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ?
MPXPLAY Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes [39] Yes No No ? No No No No No ? ?
musikCube Yes Template:But yes [37] No Yes Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Yes Yes No ? Yes
Muzikbrowzer Yes Yes No Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] No No ?
NicePlayer Yes No [41] No Template:But yes [36] ? Yes Template:But yes [42] ? Template:But yes [36] Yes ? ?
QuickPlayer Yes Yes [43] No Yes ? No [44] No No No [44] No ? ?
QuickTime Yes No [41] No Template:But yes [36] No Yes Template:But yes [42] ? Template:But yes [36] Yes ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes [39] Yes No Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes No ? ?
Radioactive Player Yes Yes No Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] No No ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhapsody Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No ? ?
SnackAmp Yes No No Yes ? No No No No No ? ?
Songbird Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Sonique Yes Yes No Yes Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] No No No No ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial No Yes No ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ?
VUPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Winamp Yes Yes No Yes Template:But yes [37] Yes Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes No Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] No No Yes
WMV Player No Yes No No No No No No No No No ?
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes ?
XMMS Yes Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Yes Yes No No Yes No Template:But yes [37] Yes
XMPlay Yes Yes No Yes ? Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] Template:But yes [37] No ? Yes
Zinf Yes No No Yes ? No No No No No ? ?
Zoom Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
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.

MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 WMV RealVideo Theora Flash
ALShow Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Amarok No No No No No No No
Audacious No No No No No No No
Audion No No No No No No No
Banshee No No No No No No No
BSplayer Yes Yes Yes Yes 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
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes Yes No No No No
foobar2000 No No No No No No No
iTunes Yes Template:But yes [45] Yes Template:But yes [41] No Template:But yes [36] Yes
jetAudio Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No
JuK No No No No No No No
KSP Sound Player No No No No No No No
Light Alloy Yes Yes Template:But yes [38] Yes Template:But yes [38] Template:But yes [38] No
MediaFrame Yes No Yes No No No No
Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No
MediaMonkey No No No No No No No
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Template:But yes [38] Yes Template:But yes [38] Template:But yes [38] Template:But yes [38]
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No No No No No
musikCube No No No No No No No
NicePlayer Yes Template:But yes [45] Yes Template:But yes [41] No Template:But yes [36] Yes
QuickPlayer No No No No No No No
QuickTime Yes Template:But yes [45] Yes Template:But yes [41] No Template:But yes [36] Yes
Quintessential Player Yes No No Yes No No No
Quickview pro Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Radioactive Player Yes Yes Template:But yes [40] Yes Template:But yes [38] Template:But yes [40] Yes
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [46] Yes
Rhapsody No No No No Yes No No
Rhythmbox No No No No No No No
Songbird No No No No No No No
Sonique No No No No No No No
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
VUPlayer No No No No No No No
Winamp Yes Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Yes No No No
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Template:But yes [40] Yes No Template:But yes [40] Yes
WMV Player No No No Yes No No No
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XMMS [47] No No No No No No No
XMPlay No No No No No No No
Zinf No No No No No No No
Zoom Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 WMV RealVideo [38] 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.

AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4
ALShow Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Amarok Yes ? ? Yes SomeBasic SomeBasic Yes
Audacious No No No SomeVorbis only No No No
Audion No No No No No No No
BSplayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Cmus No No No SomeVorbis only No No No
Cog No No No Yes No No No
DeliPlayer No No No ? No No No
Elecard MPEG Player Yes No No No No No Yes
foobar2000 No Yes No Yes No Template:But yes [48] Yes
iTunes No [49] SomeWin: yes
Mac: file is parsable 		Yes Template:But yes [36] No No Yes
jetAudio Yes Yes No [50] Yes Yes Yes No [50]
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player No No No Yes Yes ? Yes
Light Alloy Yes Yes Template:But yes [40] Yes Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] ?
Listen Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaFrame No No No ? No No Yes
Media Center Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
MediaMonkey No No No Yes No No No
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPXPLAY Yes Yes No Yes ? ? Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No ? No No No
musikCube No No No ? No No No
NicePlayer Yes Template:But yes [41] Yes Template:But yes [36] No ? Yes
QuickPlayer No Yes [43] No ? No No No
QuickTime Yes Template:But yes [41] Yes Template:But yes [36] No ? Yes
Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player Yes Yes No Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] No
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes [46] Yes [46] No Yes
Rhapsody No No No No No No No
Rhythmbox ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Songbird Yes No No Yes No No Yes
Sonique No [37] No No Yes No No No
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VUPlayer No No No SomeVorbis only No No No
Winamp Yes Yes No Yes No Template:But yes [40] Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Template:But yes [38] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40] Template:But yes [40]
WMV Player Yes Yes No No No No No
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XMMS No No No SomeVorbis only No No No
XMPlay No No No SomeVorbis only No No No
Zinf No No No ? No No No
Zoom Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4

Optical disc 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.

Audio Video
CD SACD DVD-Audio HDCD VCD SVCD DVD HD DVD Blu-ray
ALShow Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Amarok Yes No No No No No No No No
Audacious Yes No No No No No No No No
Audion Yes No No No No No No No No
BSplayer Yes No No No No No Yes No No
Cmus No No No No No No No No No
Cog No No No No No No No No No
DeliPlayer No No No No No No No No No
Elecard MPEG Player No No No No No No No No No
foobar2000 Yes No No No No No No No No
iTunes Yes No No No No No No No No
jetAudio Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
JuK ? No No No ? ? ? No No
KSP Sound Player Yes ? ? No No No No No No
Light Alloy Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No
MediaFrame No No No No No No No No No
Media Center Yes No No No ? ? Yes No No
MediaMonkey Yes No No No No No No No No
Media Player Classic Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
MPlayer Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No No ? ? ? No No
musikCube Yes No No No No No No No No
NicePlayer No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
QuickPlayer Yes [51] No No No No No No No No
QuickTime Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No
Quintessential Player Yes No No No ? ? ? No No
Radioactive Player No No No No No No No No No
RealPlayer Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Rhapsody Yes No No No No No No No No
Rhythmbox Yes No No No No No No No No
Songbird Yes No No No No No No No No
Sonique Yes No No No No No No No No
Totem Movie Player Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
VLC Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
VUPlayer Yes No No No No No No No No
Winamp Yes No No Yes No No No No No
Windows Media Player Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No
WMV Player No No No No No No No No No
xine Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
XMMS Yes No No No No No No No No
XMPlay Yes No No No No No No No No
Zinf Yes No No No No No No No No
Zoom Player Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No
CD SACD 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.

ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment
ALShow Yes Yes No Yes
Amarok Yes [52] Yes [52] No Yes
Audacious Yes Yes No Yes
Audion Yes Yes No No
BSplayer Yes Yes No ?
Cmus Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cog Yes Yes Yes Yes
DeliPlayer Yes Yes No ?
Elecard MPEG Player No No No No
foobar2000 Yes Yes [53] Yes Yes
iTunes Yes Yes No ?
jetAudio Yes Yes ? ?
JuK Yes [52] Yes [52] No ?
KSP Sound Player Yes Yes Partial Yes
Light Alloy ? ? ? ?
Listen Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaFrame No No No ?
Media Center Yes Yes Yes ?
MediaMonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Player Classic Yes No ? ?
MPlayer Yes No No Yes
MPXPLAY Yes Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No ?
musikCube Yes Yes Yes ?
Muzikbrowzer Yes Yes No Yes
NicePlayer No No No ?
QuickPlayer Partial [54] Partial [54] No ?
QuickTime Yes ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? Yes
Radioactive Player Yes Yes ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes ? No
Rhapsody Yes Yes No No
Rhythmbox Yes Yes ? Yes
SnackAmp Yes Yes No ?
Songbird Yes Yes ? ?
Sonique Yes No ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes ?
VLC Yes Yes No Yes
VUPlayer Yes Yes Yes ?
Winamp Yes Yes Template:But yes [55] Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Yes ? ?
WMV Player ? ? No ?
xine Yes Partial [54] ? Yes
XMMS Yes Yes No Yes
XMPlay Yes Yes Yes ?
Zinf Yes Yes No Yes
ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment

Subtitle support

Information about what subtitle formats the players support. DVD subtitle is not listed, as the players either have to support all DVD features or none. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or filters that provide such functionality.

Bitmap Text
VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa) SubRip (.srt) Sami (.smi) RealText (.rt)
ALShow Yes No Yes Yes No
Amarok No No No No No
Audacious No No No No No
Audion No No No No No
BSplayer Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cmus No No No No No
Cog No No No No No
DeliPlayer No No No No No
Elecard MPEG Player No No No No No
foobar2000 No No No No No
iTunes No No No No No
jetAudio No Yes Yes No No
JuK No No No No No
KSP Sound Player No No No No No
Light Alloy Yes Yes Yes No No
Media Center ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame No No No No No
MediaMonkey No No No No No
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:But yes [38]
MPlayer Yes Partial [56] Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox No No No No No
musikCube No No No No No
NicePlayer No No No No No
QuickPlayer No No No No No
QuickTime No No No No No
Quintessential Player No No No No No
Radioactive Player No No No No No
RealPlayer Yes [57] Yes [57] Yes [57] Yes [57] Yes
Rhapsody No No No No No
Rhythmbox No No No No No
Songbird No No No No No
Sonique No No No No No
Totem Movie Player Yes Partial [56] Yes No No
VLC media player Yes Partial [58] Yes Yes No
VUPlayer No No No No No
Winamp Template:But yes [59] Template:But yes [59] Template:But yes [59] No No
Windows Media Player Template:But yes [59] Template:But yes [59] Template:But yes [59] Yes No
WMV Player No No No No No
xine No ? [56] Yes Yes No
XMMS No No No No No
XMPlay No No No No No
Zinf No No No No No
VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa) SubRip (.srt) Sami (.smi) RealText (.rt)

Notes

  1. ^ "foobar2000: Change Log". 4 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.9".
  3. ^ "Apple - Support - QuickTime - Downloads".
  4. ^ "3.0.20". 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ "3.5.4". 6 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ "VLC - Chrome Web Store". 23 December 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. ^ Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
  8. ^ "Official Download of VLC media player for Windows Store - VideoLAN". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Get VLC - Microsoft Store". www.microsoft.com. VideoLAN. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Official Download of VLC media player for Windows Phone - VideoLAN". www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Winamp : Supported versions : Latest supported version". Winamp Forums. December 22, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d Might be usable with Rosetta. Compare with the OSX86 Project's Universal software page.
  13. ^ Basic support with NMM
  14. ^ Context Browser uses CSS.
  15. ^ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Plugin available.
  17. ^ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
  18. ^ Mac OS X version, with FrontRow
  19. ^ jetCast (free) needed [1].
  20. ^ The free version of QuickTime Player does not support full-screen playback, (correct as of v7.1).
  21. ^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
  22. ^ Only the media creator can create skins.
  23. ^ Plugin available (Quintessential Player is able to use WinAmp plugins).
  24. ^ There is a separate tool available [2].
  25. ^ Compatible with hardware remote controls like Multimedia Keyboard, IrDA Remote Control, etc.
  26. ^ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ Available with CoreAAC codec installed.
  29. ^ Available with AC3 Filter codec installed.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Available through a Gstreamer plugin.
  31. ^ Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin. [3]
  32. ^ a b Support is available from a 1st-party plugin. [4]
  33. ^ Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin. [5]
  34. ^ Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin. [6]
  35. ^ Converts non-DRM audio only.
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
  38. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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.
  39. ^ a b Supports Mp3PRO as well.
  40. ^ 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 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
  41. ^ a b c d e f g The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
  42. ^ a b Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin. [7]
  43. ^ a b Requires Microsoft Windows Media Audio.
  44. ^ a b Requires another sound system.
  45. ^ a b c The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
  46. ^ a b c Needs an additional plug-in [8]
  47. ^ MPlayer can be embedded by XMMS using the XMMPlayer or XMMS-MPlayer plugins.
  48. ^ Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin [9]
  49. ^ A hack allows playback. [10]
  50. ^ a b Requires QuickTime 4 or higher.
  51. ^ Supports CD and CDDA (Jitter correction optional)
  52. ^ a b c d Support of ID3v1, ID3v2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
  53. ^ Plugin is available for 0.8.3. Natively supported in 0.9.
  54. ^ a b c Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags
  55. ^ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.[11]
  56. ^ a b c These players strip the formatting data from SSA/ASS. (unsure about Totem and xine -- please test). The SVN version of MPlayer provides full SSA/ASS support, but it is still in experimental state.
  57. ^ a b c d Needs an additional plug-in [12]
  58. ^ This player supports some (color/positioning) of the formatting data from SSA/ASS, but has no full support.
  59. ^ a b c d e f For Windows, support of many subtitle formats can be added by installing VSFilter.
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