Comparison of media players

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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.

[edit] General

[edit] Video players

Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based Framework
Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based Framework
ALLPlayer	Allplayer ltd	1998	3.7.6.5 (24 december 2008)	Free	Proprietary	?
E.M. Total Video Player	Effectmatrix ltd	2006	1.3.1	Free	Proprietary / license violating^[1]	FFmpeg^[2]
ALShow	ESTsoft	2004	1.62 (2008-2-1; 434 days ago)	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	?
BS.Player	Webteh	2000	2.36 (2009-03-13; 28 days ago)	Free, €29,90 (Pro)	Proprietary	?
Chroma	mirailabs	2003	2007.3 (January 1, 2007)	Free (trial), $22.00	Proprietary / license violating^[3]	FFmpeg^[4]
Creative MediaSource	Creative Technology	2002	5.10.38 (2006-12-22; 840 days ago)	Free (Requires Creative product)	Proprietary	?
CorePlayer	CoreCodec, Inc.	2006	1.2.9 (2008-3-14; 392 days ago)	$19.95	Proprietary	?
CrystalPlayer	Crystal Reality LLC	October 2002	1.98 (2007-5-31; 680 days ago)	$29,95	Proprietary	?
Elecard MPEG Player	Elecard Devices	November 1999	5.3 (2008-6-24; 290 days ago)	Free (trial), $40.00	Proprietary	?
FFplay	FFmpeg project	2003-06-07^[5]	0.5 (March 10, 2009)	Free	LGPL (partially GPL)	FFmpeg
FLV-Media Player	HYBRIDWEB.de (Patrick Müller)	22 October 2006	1.74 (26 November 2008)	Free	Proprietary	Adobe Flash Player
FLV Player	Moyea Ltd	May 2007	1.1 (2007-10-25; 533 days ago)	Free	Proprietary	Adobe Flash Player
GOM Player	Gretech Corporation	7 January 2003	2.1.16.4613 (2009-03-01; 40 days ago)	Free	Proprietary / license violating^[6]	FFmpeg
iTunes	Apple Inc.	9 January 2001	8.1 (50) (2009-03-11; 30 days ago)	Free	Proprietary	QuickTime
jetAudio	Cowon Systems	1997	7.1.9 (2009-03-06; 35 days ago)	Free (Basic), $29 (Plus)	Proprietary	?
Kaffeine	KDE	2003	0.8.7 (2008-7-6; 278 days ago)	Free	GPL	xine
Kantaris	Christofer Persson	July 2007	0.4.2 (2008-11-19; 142 days ago)	Free	Unknown	VLC
KMPlayer	Koos Vriezen, Joonas Koivunen	January 2003	0.11.0 RC4 (6 June 2008)	Free	GPL	MPlayer
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	4.1 (2007-1-2; 829 days ago)	Free (trial), $9.95	Proprietary	?
MediaFrame	Airlock Limited	October 2004	2.0 rc3 (2005-2-13; 1517 days ago)	Free	GPL	?
Media Center	J. River	July 2003	12.0.526 (2008-7-24; 260 days ago)	$40.00	Proprietary	?
Media Player Classic	Gabest	29 May 2003	6.4.9.1 (2008-12-10; 121 days ago)	Free	GPL	?
MPlayer	Árpád Gereöffy	September 2000	1.0rc2 (2007-10-7; 551 days ago)	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original
Mplayerxp	Nick Kurshev	2002	0.7.1/06.01.2009	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original
Nemesis Player	Michaël Cherubini	2007	1.1 (2007-3-31; 741 days ago)	Free	GPL	?
NicePlayer	Jay Tuley & Robert Chin	June 2004	0.96.2 (2008-08-23; 230 days ago)	Free	GPL / MPL	?
Ogle	Chalmers University of Technology	1999	0.9.2 (2003-11-06; 1982 days ago)	Free	GPL	?
Passion audio player	George Boudouris	July 2002	2.5 (2008-5-30; 315 days ago)	Free	Proprietary	?
PowerDVD	CyberLink	1995	9.0 (2009-3-2; 39 days ago)	$49.95 (Standard), $69.95 (Deluxe), $99.95 (Ultra)	Proprietary	?
QuickTime	Apple Inc.	2 December 1991	7.6.0.92.0 (2009-1-22; 78 days ago)	Free (Basic), $29.95 (Pro)	Proprietary	original
Quickview Pro	Wolfgang Hesseler	1994	2.58 (2007-3-1; 771 days ago)	$23/$15	Proprietary	?
Quintessential Player	Paul Quinn	1997	5.0.121 (2009-2-18; 51 days ago)	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	11.0.8 (Windows), 11.0.1.949 (Mac OS X), 11.0.0.4028 (Linux/Unix), 1.6.1 (Palm) (2009-02-12; 57 days ago (Windows) 2008-05-29; 316 days ago (Mac OS X))	Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus)	Proprietary	?
SimpleCenter	Universal Electronics Inc.	2002–2003	4.2.0.66 (14 March 2008)	Free	Proprietary	?
SMPlayer	RVM	11 December 2006^[7]	0.6.7 (2009-03-10)	Free	GPL	MPlayer
Songbird	Pioneers of the Inevitable	8 February 2006	1.1.2 (2009-4-9; 1 day ago)	Free	GPL	GStreamer
The Core Media Player	CoreCodec, Inc.	June 2006 named "TCMP"	4.11 (January 20, 2006)	Free (Basic), $9.95 (Plus)	Proprietary	?
The Core Pocket Media Player	Gabor Kovacs	July 2004 named "BetaPlayer"	4.11 (2007-04-07)	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original
The KMPlayer	Kang, YoungHuee	December 2002	2.9.4.1434 (2008-12-22; 109 days ago)	Free	Proprietary / license violating^[8]	?
Totem Movie Player	Totem Team	July 2002	version 2.24.2 (2008-10-07; 185 days ago)	Free	GPL	GStreamer
TrayPlayer	@MAX software	21 June 2003	1.01b (2005-07-07)	Free	Proprietary	?
Vidlizard	Softdepia software agency	December 2003	1.25 (2007-05-08)	$24.95	Proprietary	?
VLC media player	VideoLAN	February 2000	0.9.9 (2009-04-02; 8 days ago^[9])	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original
ViPlay	URUSoft	1 December 2002	2.09 (2004-03-06)	Free	GPL	?
Winamp	Nullsoft	June 1997	5.551 (5.5.5.2419) (2009-3-9; 32 days ago)	Free (Bundle,full and lite), $19.95 (Pro)	Proprietary	?
Windows Media Player	Microsoft	November 1992	11.0.6001.7000 (4 February 2008)	Free, Windows-License needed	Proprietary	DirectShow
WinDVD	Corel	1998	9.0.14.106 (2008)	$39.95(Gold), $59.95(Platinum)	Proprietary	?
XBMC	Team-XBMC	October 2003	8.10 (Atlantis) (2008-11-13)	Free	GPL / LGPL	MPlayer
XAnim	Mark Podlipec	14 March 1999	Template:Latest stable software release/XAnim	Free	GPL	?
xine	xine Team	15 August 2000	0.99.5 (2007-05-03; 708 days ago])	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original
Zoom Player	Inmatrix	31 December 2000	Template:Latest stable software release/ZoomPlayer	$27.95 (Pro) $35.95 (WMV Pro)	Proprietary	?

[edit] 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)	20 CHF	Proprietary
AlbumPlayer	Albumon	2003	4.9d	€29.90	Proprietary
ALLPlayer	Allplayer ltd	1998	3.7 (24 December 2008)	Free	Proprietary
Alpha2Player	Joachim Saubers	2008	2.3.4 (19 January 2009)	Free	Proprietary
ALSong	ALTools	?	1.52	Free	Proprietary
Amarok	Mark Kretschmann	June 2003	2.0.2 (2009-03-05; 36 days ago)	Free	GPL
Aqualung	Tom Szilagyi et al.	2 September 2004	0.9beta10 (8 February 2009)	Free	GPL
aTunes	Alex Aranda et al.	2006	1.12.0 (2009-02-14)	Free	GPL
Audacious	Audacious Team	30 October 2005	1.5.1: (2008-05-23)	Free	GPL
Audion	Panic	16 August 1999	3.0.2 (2002)	Free	Proprietary
Banshee	Aaron Bockover	August 2005	1.4.3 (2009-3-4; 37 days ago)	Free	MIT
BOSSA	Swami Systems	December 2006	2.0	Free (Basic), $24 (Pro)	Proprietary
Beep Media Player	Milosz Derezynski	24 June 2004	0.9.7.1 (2005-10-22)	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	Proprietary
cmus	Timo Hirvonen	18 January 2005	2.2.0 (2007-07-27)	Free	GPL
Cog	Vincent Spader	1 May 2006	0.07 (2007-12-23)	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	Template:Latest stable software release/Exaile	Free	GPL
Express Scribe	NCH Software	17 July 1997	4.11 (April 2007)	Free	Proprietary
foobar2000	Peter Pawlowski	December 2002	0.9.6.4 (2009-03-29; 12 days ago)	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)	$39.00	Proprietary
Herrie	Ed Schouten	2006	2.2 (14 March 2008)	Free	BSD
Jajuk	Jajuk Team	March 2004	1.7 (march 2009)	Free	GPL
JuK	Scott Wheeler	February 2003	3.1.1 (as part of KDE 4.1) (2008-07-29; 255 days ago)	Free	GPL
KSP Sound Player	Kalliope s.c.	December 2005	2006R2 (2006-08-28)	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	3.0.7.1191 (2009-1-16; 84 days ago)	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	$14.95	Proprietary
MPXPLAY	MPXPLAY	1998	1.56beta (26 May 2008), 1.55 (2007)	Free	GPL
Music Player Daemon	Warren Dukes	May 2003	0.14.2 (2009-02-13)	Free	GPL
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yahoo!	May 1998	10.1 (2005)	Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus)	Proprietary
musikCube	Casey Langen	2005	1.0 (2006-12-03)	Free	BSD
Muzikbrowzer	Pecan Ventures	2003	1.0	$20.00	Proprietary
Napster	William Christopher Gorog	October 2003	4.0.4.8	$9.95 and up	Proprietary
Quod Libet	Joe Wreschnig	?	2.0 (2008-09-13; 209 days ago)	Free	GPL
QuickPlayer	Jan Vorel	July 2006	1.00 beta 61a (2008-04-05)	Free	GPL
QuuxPlayer	Quux Software	June 2008	2.6.1	Free	Proprietary
Rhapsody	RealNetworks	2003	14.0 (2006-10-16)	Free	Proprietary
Rhythmbox	Colin Walters	April 2004	0.12.0 (2009-03-19; 22 days ago)	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
XMMS	XMMS Team	November 1997	1.2.11 (2007-11-16)	Free	GPL
XMPlay	Ian Luck	July 1998	3.4.2.1 (2007-7-19; 631 days ago)	Free	Proprietary
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	Yahoo!	2005	2.2.2.058 (2008-02-05)	Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus)	Proprietary
Zinf	Zinf Team	April 2002	2.2.5 (2004-02-14)	Free	GPL
Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license

[edit] Operating system support

[edit] 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
E.M. Total Video Player	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	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
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^[10]	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^[11]	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
Video player	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix	DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS)

[edit] 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
Alpha2Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
ALSong	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Amarok	Not yet officially^[12]	Yes	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^[10]	No	No	No	No	No
Banshee	No	Yes^[13]	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
Exaile	No	No	Yes	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
Herrie	cygwin	Yes	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^[14]	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	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)

[edit] Features

[edit] Video players

Video player	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media database	Gapless audio decoding	Visualizer	Remote controllable	Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ALShow	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
AXMEDIS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
BS.Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
E.M. Total Video Player	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?
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	?	Yes	No	No
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
iTunes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Partial^[15]	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?
Kaffeine	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kantaris	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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^[16]	Partial^[17]	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Quintessential Player	Partial^[15]	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^[18]	Yes
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[19]	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^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Yes^[20]
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XBMC	Yes^[21]	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)

[edit] 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
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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
E.M. Total Video Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	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	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
KPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Light Alloy	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaFrame	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Center	Yes	Yes^[22]	Yes^[22]	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^[23]	?	?	Yes	?	?	No
Quintessential Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quickview pro	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Radioactive Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
SMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	?	Yes	Yes
Songbird	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some^[24]	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	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

[edit] 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
Alpha2Player	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
ALSong	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial	No
Amarok	Partial^[25]	Yes	Partial^[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aqualung	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
Audacious	Partial^[27]	No	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	No
Audion	No	No	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	No
Banshee	Yes	Yes	Partial^[28]	Yes	?	In Development	Yes	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^[15]	Yes^[29]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Yes
Goggles Music Manager	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Herrie	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Jajuk	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
JuK	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes^[30]	?
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^[15]	Partial^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	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^[15]	?	Yes
Muzikbrowzer	No	No	Partial	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
Quod Libet	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	?	Yes^[31]
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	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
SnackAmp	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	?	?
Songbird	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes^[32]	Yes
Sonique	Partial^[15]	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No
VUPlayer	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	No
XMMS	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]	Yes	No	Partial^[15]	Yes	Yes	No
XMPlay	No	Partial^[15]	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)

[edit] Audio players (continued)

Audio player	Replay Gain	Mass Tagging	Flexible tagging^[33]	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	?
Alpha2Player	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ALSong	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Amarok	Partial	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^[34]	No	Yes	Yes	No
Aqualung	Yes	Yes	Partial^[35]	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Audacious	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
Audion	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Banshee	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	?	Yes	?	?	?
cmus	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cog	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
damp	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
DeliPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Exaile	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	Partial^[15]	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]	?	Partial^[15]	Yes	Partial^[15]	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^[15]	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]	Yes	?
Mesk	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPXPLAY	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	Partial^[36]	?	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Muzikbrowzer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
QuickPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
QuuxPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	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	?	?	?	?	?
XMMS	Partial	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
XMPlay	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	?	Partial^[36]	?	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
Zinf	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?
Audio player	Replay Gain	Mass Tagging	Flexible tagging^[33]	Time Stretching	Pitch Shifting	A-B Repeat	Bookmark	Auto Resume	Shutdown on play complete	Archive support

[edit] Video format support

Information about what video formats 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
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
E.M. Total Video Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
ALShow	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No	?	?
AXMEDIS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?
BS.Player	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	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^[38]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[38]	?	?
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[39]	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Yes	?	?
iTunes	Yes	Partial^[40]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[41]	No	Partial^[42]	Yes	?	?
jetAudio	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Yes	?	?
Kantaris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?
KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
KPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Light Alloy	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	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^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[38]	?	?
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^[40]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[41]	No	Partial^[42]	Yes	?	?
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[40]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[41]	No	Partial^[42]	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^[37]	?	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Yes	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Yes	?	?
SMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	No	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[44]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vidlizard	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	No	?	?
Winamp	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Yes	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Yes	?	?
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[45]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Zoom Player	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[38]	?	?
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

[edit] Audio format support

Information about what audio 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
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ALShow	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
AXMEDIS	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
E.M. Total Video Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
BS.Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
FFplay	Yes	Partial^[46]	Partial^[46]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Herrie	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	yes, no DRM	No	Partial^[42]	No	Yes	No	No	Partial^[42]	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^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
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^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
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^[41]	No	Partial^[42]	Partial^[15]	Yes	Partial^[15]	No	Partial^[42]	Yes	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[41]	No	Partial^[42]	No	Yes	Partial^[15]	No	Partial^[42]	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^[15]	Partial^[15]	No	No	Partial^[15]
QuuxPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Radioactive Player	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	No	No	Partial^[37]
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	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^[37]	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]
Vidlizard	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Yes	Partial^[47]	Yes	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Yes	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
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^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]
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
Alpha2Player	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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^[15]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Audion	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Banshee	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]
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^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	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	Yes^[48]	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^[47]	Partial^[47]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]
Mesk	Yes^[43]	No	No	Yes^[43]	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^[47]	No	Yes	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial^[47]
Muzikbrowzer	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	No	No	Partial^[37]
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]
QuickPlayer	Yes	Partial^[37]	No	Yes	No	No^[49]	No	No	No^[49]	No	No	No
Rhapsody	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rhythmbox	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]
SnackAmp	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sonique	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	No	No	No	No	No	No
VUPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
XMMS	Yes	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[47]	Yes	No	Partial^[47]	Yes
XMPlay	Yes	Yes	Partial^[47]	Yes	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]	Partial^[47]
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

[edit] 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
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ALShow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
AXMEDIS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
BS.Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	?	?	?
Chroma	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	Partial	Partial	Partial	?	?	?
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	?	?	?
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
iTunes	No^[50]	Win: yes Mac: file is parsable	Yes	Partial^[42]	No	No	Yes	?	?	?
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Partial^[37]	?	?	?
Kantaris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
KPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Light Alloy	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	?	?	?
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	?	?	Yes
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
Mplayerxp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
NicePlayer	Yes	Partial^[41]	Yes	Partial^[42]	Partial^[51]	Yes^[52]	Yes	?	?	?
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[41]	Yes	Partial^[42]	No	Yes^[52]	Yes	?	?	?
Quickview pro	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Radioactive Player	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	No	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[15]	Partial^[15]	No	Yes	?	?	?
E.M. Total Video Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Songbird	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	?	?
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[43]	?	?	?
Vidlizard	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Yes	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Vorbis only	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Yes	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	?	?	?
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[38]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	Partial^[37]	?	?	?
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^[15]	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes^[53]	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^[43]	?	?	?
QuickPlayer	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	?	?	?
Rhapsody	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	Yes^[43]	?	?	?
Sonique	No^[47]	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	MPEG-21	NUT	FLV

[edit] 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
ALLPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ALShow	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
AXMEDIS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
BS.Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Chroma	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
CorePlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Elecard MPEG Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	Yes (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	Yes (partially)	?	?	?	?	Yes(partially)	?	Yes(via xmms-plugins)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mplayerxp	Yes (partially)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
NicePlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
QuickTime	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quickview pro	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Radioactive Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Songbird	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
The KMPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes (partially)	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Vidlizard	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Winamp	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)
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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes (plugin)
Jajuk	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JuK	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
KSP Sound Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Listen	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes (winamp plugin)	Yes (winamp plugin)	Yes (winamp plugin)
Mesk	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPXPLAY	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quod Libet	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
QuickPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhapsody	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Sonique	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VUPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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

[edit] 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.

[edit] General

[edit] 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
ALLPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	Yes	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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes(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	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	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

[edit] Audio Players

Audio player	HTTP	RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT)	MMS (MMSU, MMST)	Podcasting	Other
1by1	No	No	No	No	?
AIMP	Yes	?	?	?	?
Alpha2Player	Yes	No	?	No	ICY
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	upnp, daap
Aqualung	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
Audacious	Yes	Yes^[54]	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^[55]	?
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^[56]	?
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^[57]	upnp, daap
SnackAmp	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
Sonique	Yes	?	?	?	?
Spider Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
VUPlayer	Yes	?	?	?	?
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

[edit] Other

[edit] Video Players

Video player	DAAP	DMAP	DPAP	EsounD protocol	PulseAudio Simple protocol	PulseAudio Native protocol	DLNA
ALLPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ALShow	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Amarok	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
aTunes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
AXMEDIS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
BS.Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
CorePlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Elecard MPEG Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	No	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	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XMMS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Zoom Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	DAAP	DMAP	DPAP	EsounD protocol	PulseAudio Simple protocol	PulseAudio Native protocol	DLNA

[edit] Audio Players

Audio player	DAAP	DMAP	DPAP	EsounD protocol	PulseAudio Simple protocol	PulseAudio Native protocol	DLNA
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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XMMS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XMPlay	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Zinf	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Audio player	DAAP	DMAP	DPAP	EsounD protocol	PulseAudio Simple protocol	PulseAudio Native protocol	DLNA

[edit] Playlist format support

Information about which playlist formats the players support.

[edit] Video Players

Video player	asx/wax/wvx	m3u/m3u8	pls	xspf	ram/rmm	sdp	rpl	xpl
ALLPlayer	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
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	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Vidlizard	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	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

[edit] Audio Players

Audio player	asx/wax/wvx	m3u8	pls	xspf
1by1	?	?	?	?
Alpha2Player	?	Yes	Yes	No
Amarok	?	Yes	?	?
Aqualung	?	Yes	Yes	?
Audacious	?	?	?	Yes
Audion	?	?	?	?
cmus	?	?	?	?
Cog	?	?	?	?
DeliPlayer	?	?	?	?
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jajuk	?	?	?	?
JuK	?	?	?	?
Herrie	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
KSP Sound Player	?	?	?	?
Listen	?	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	?	?	?	?
Mesk	?	?	?	?
MPXPLAY	?	?	?	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?
Quod Libet	?	?	?	?
QuickPlayer	?	?	?	?
Rhapsody	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	?	?	Yes	?
Sonique	?	?	?	?
VUPlayer	?	?	?	?
XMMS	?	Yes	Yes	?
XMPlay	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Zinf	?	?	?	?
Audio player	asx/wax/wvx	m3u8	pls	xspf

[edit] 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^[58] (.txt)	PowerDivx (.psb)	Universal Subtitle Format (.usf)	Structured Subtitle Format (.ssf)	XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles)
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
ALShow	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	No	No	No	No
BS.Player	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	Yes^[60]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[37]
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	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	No	Partial^[59]	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kantaris	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
KMPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
KPlayer	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Light Alloy	Yes	Partial^[59]	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^[38]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[37]
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^[59]	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	No	Yes^[52]	Yes^[52]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Quickview pro	No	Partial^[59]	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^[15]	No	Yes^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes^[15]	?	Yes^[15]	No	No	No	No
The Core Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
The KMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[37]
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No	No	No
Vidlizard	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[37]
VLC media player	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Winamp	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[37]
Windows Media Player	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[37]
XBMC	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[61]	No^[61]	No^[61]	No^[61]
xine ^[62]	Yes	Partial^[59]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Zoom Player	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	No	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[60]	Yes^[37]
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)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Video Players

Video player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	Cue sheet	CD-Text
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Alpha2Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?
ALShow	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	?
BS.Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes
Cog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
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^[63]	?
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^[64]	Yes	Partial^[15]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
xine	Yes	Partial^[65]	?	Yes	?	?
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?
Video player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	Cue sheet	CD-Text

[edit] 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	?	?
Alpha2Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?
Amarok	Yes^[66]	Yes^[66]	Yes^[66]	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^[67]
Goggles Music Manager	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Jajuk	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
JuK	Yes^[66]	Yes^[66]	Yes^[66]	Yes^[66]	?	?
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^[65]	Partial^[65]	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
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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Video Players

Video player	Audio			Video
Video player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	Blu-ray	HD DVD
ALLPlayer	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
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	?
E.M. Total Video Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
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	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	No	Partial^[68]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
xine	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?
Zoom Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?
Video player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	Blu-ray	HD DVD
Video player	Audio			Video

[edit] Audio Players

Audio player	Audio
Audio player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD
AIMP	Yes	No	No
AlbumPlayer	No	No	No
Alpha2Player	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amarok	Yes	No	No
Aqualung	Yes	No	No
Audacious	Yes	No	No
Audion	Yes	No	No
cmus	No	No	No
Cog	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	No	No
Jajuk	Yes	No	No
JuK	Yes^[69]	No	No
KSP Sound Player	Yes	No	No
Media Jukebox	Yes	No	No
MediaMonkey	Yes	No	No
Mesk	Yes	No	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No
musikCube	Yes	No	No
Quod Libet	Yes	No	No
QuickPlayer	Yes	No	No
Rhapsody	Yes	No	No
Rhythmbox	Yes	No	No
Sonique	Yes	No	No
VUPlayer	Yes	No	No
XMMS	Yes	No	No
XMPlay	Yes	No	No
Yahoo! Music Jukebox	Yes	No	No
Zinf	Yes	No	No
Audio player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD
Audio player	Audio

[edit] See also

Free software portal

[edit] Notes

^ FFmpeg's Hall of Shame
^ FFmpeg issue entry for Effectmatrix
^ FFmpeg's Hall of Shame
^ Chroma's credit page
^ Log of /trunk/ffplay.c
^ FFmpeg's Hall of Shame
^ The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary
^ FFmpeg's Hall of Shame
^ "VLC media player source code". http://nightlies.videolan.org/. Retrieved on 2008-12-01.
^ ^a ^b Might be usable with Rosetta.
^ Support for Windows 2000 is not guaranteed.
^ Amarok for Windows Download Page - not yet officially supported
^ Banshee 1.4
^ Some MPD clients run on Windows
^ ^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 Plugin available.
^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
^ Only the media creator can create skins.
^ Apple Remote support, and dbus add-on for Linux
^ gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums
^ 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)
^ ^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
^ 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
^ by means of saved search queries
^ Apple Remote support, and dbus add-on for Linux
^ ^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.
^ Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7
^ Custom tags are read and displayed but can’t be written.
^ ^a ^b Paid version only
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ with external library
^ ^a ^b ^c The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
^ ^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 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 ^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.
^ Windows and Linux through Real Dlls only
^ 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]}
^ ^a ^b unsupported some codecs
^ ^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
^ Requires following fix: http://www.listen-project.org/ticket/722.
^ ^a ^b Requires another sound system.
^ 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.
^ Native Matroska tag reading and writing
^ 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.
^ 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. http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=faq#question9. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
^ 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.
^ There is a plugin called CD-TEXT Reader adding such a feature.
^ XBMC Media Center) 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

[0] FFmpeg's Hall of Shame

[1] FFmpeg issue entry for Effectmatrix

[2] FFmpeg's Hall of Shame

[3] Chroma's credit page

[4] Log of /trunk/ffplay.c

[5] FFmpeg's Hall of Shame

[6] The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary

[7] FFmpeg's Hall of Shame

[8] "VLC media player source code". http://nightlies.videolan.org/. Retrieved on 2008-12-01.

[Rosetta-9] Might be usable with Rosetta.

[windows2000-10] Support for Windows 2000 is not guaranteed.

[AmarokNoWindowsSupportYet-11] Amarok for Windows Download Page - not yet officially supported

[12] Banshee 1.4

[MPDWindowsClients-13] Some MPD clients run on Windows

[plugin-14] ^ ^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 Plugin available.

[15] Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.

[16] Only the media creator can create skins.

[17] Apple Remote support, and dbus add-on for Linux

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

[19] through media library in "modern" skin

[20] 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)

[Audio_only-21] For Audio files only.

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

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

[24] Basic support with NMM

[25] Context Browser uses CSS.

[26] Basic support via MPlayer backend

[27] The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly

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

[29] Using DCOP

[30] y means of saved search queries

[31] Apple Remote support, and dbus add-on for Linux

[flextag-32] 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.

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

[34] Custom tags are read and displayed but can’t be written.

[Paid_version_only-35] Paid version only

[dsfilter-36] ^ ^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.

[wmpfilter-37] ^ ^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.

[38] with external library

[quicktime_mpeg2-39] The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.

[quicktime_wmvp-40] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.

[xiphqt-41] ^ ^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.

[through_gstreamer-42] ^ ^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.

[43] Windows and Linux through Real Dlls only

[44] 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]}

[ffmpeg-partial-45] unsupported some codecs

[autodl-46] ^ ^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

[47] Requires following fix: http://www.listen-project.org/ticket/722.

[soundsystem-48] Requires another sound system.

[49] A hack allows playback.

[xine_plugin-50] PPC only plugin to NicePlayer that adds the Xine engine for video playback.

[perian-51] 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.

[52] Native Matroska tag reading and writing

[53] Supported through libnms

[54] 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.

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

[56] 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.

[TXT-57] 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-58] ^ ^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-59] ^ ^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-60] 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.

[61] "Kaffeine Player Homepage". Kaffeine FAQ. http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=faq#question9. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.

[mplayer-62] MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults

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

[basic_tags-64] Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags

[taglib-65] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Support of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.

[foo_cdtext-66] There is a plugin called CD-TEXT Reader adding such a feature.

[67] XBMC Media Center) 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.

[68] Requires K3B

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