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.
In this comparison, audio players are defined as media players which cannot play video files by default.
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[edit] General
[edit] Video players
| Name | Author | First public release date | Stable version | Cost | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | ESTsoft | 2004 | 1.62 (February 1, 2008) | Free | Proprietary |
| BS.Player | Webteh | 2000 | 2.27 (December 24, 2007) | Free (AdWare), €29,90 (Pro), €9,90 (Lite) | Proprietary |
| Chroma | mirailabs | 2003 | Template:Latest stable release/Chroma | Free (trial), $22.00 | Proprietary |
| Creative MediaSource | Creative Technology | 2002 | 5.10.38 (December 22, 2006) | Free (Requires Creative product) | Proprietary |
| CorePlayer | CoreCodec, Inc. | 2006 | 1.2.9 (March 14, 2008) | $19.95 | Proprietary |
| CrystalPlayer | Crystal Reality LLC | 2002-10 | 1.98 (May 31, 2007) | Free (Basic), $29,95 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| Elecard MPEG Player | Elecard Ltd. | 1999-11 | 5.0 (March 1, 2008) | $19.99 | Proprietary |
| GOM Player | Gretech Corporation | 2003-01-07 | 2.1.9.3754 (March 28, 2008) | Free | Proprietary |
| iTunes | Apple Inc. | 2001-01-09 | 7.6.2 (April 2, 2008) | Free | Proprietary |
| jetAudio | Cowon Systems | 1997 | 7.1.1.3101 (May 28, 2008) | Free (Basic), $29 (Plus) | Proprietary |
| Kaffeine | KDE | 2003 | 0.8.6 (January 20, 2008) | Free | GPL |
| Kantaris | Christofer Persson | 2007-07 | 0.3.4 (March 1, 2008) | Free | LGPL |
| FLV player | Moyea Ltd | 2007-05 | 1.1 (October 25, 2007) | Free | Proprietary |
| Web FLV player | Web-Anatomy | 2008-04 | 1.1 (October 25, 2007) | Free | Proprietary |
| KPlayer | KPlayer Team | 2003-01 | 0.7 (January 11, 2008) | Free | GPL |
| LCPlayer | LCSoftware & Design | 2008-03-15 | Template:Latest stable release/LCPlayer | Free | Proprietary |
| Light Alloy | Velikanov Ilya | 2001-12-21 | 4.1 (January 2, 2007) | Free (trial), $9.95 | Proprietary |
| MediaFrame | Airlock Limited | 2004-10 | 2.0 rc3 (February 13, 2005) | Free | GPL |
| Media Center | J. River | 2003-07 | 12.0.450 (March 5, 2008) | $40.00 | Proprietary |
| Media Player Classic | Gabest | 2003-05-29 | 6.4.9.0 (March 20, 2006) | Free | GPL |
| MPlayer | Árpád Gereöffy | 2000-09 | 1.0rc2 (October 7, 2007) | Free | GPL |
| Nemesis Player | Michaël Cherubini | 2007 | 1.1 (March 31, 2007) | Free | GPL |
| NicePlayer | Jay Tuley & Robert Chin | 2004-06 | 0.96.1 (November 10, 2007) | Free | GPL / MPL |
| Ogle | Chalmers University of Technology | 1999 | 0.9.2 (November 6, 2003) | Free | GPL |
| Passion audio player | George Boudouris | 2002-07 | 2.4 (March 4, 2007) | Free | Proprietary |
| PowerDVD | CyberLink | 1995 | 8.0 (2008) | $49.95 (Standard), $59.95 (Max), $69.95 (Deluxe) | Proprietary |
| QuickTime | Apple Computer | 1991-12-02 | 7.5 (June 9, 2008) | Free (Basic), $29.95 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| Quickview Pro | Wolfgang Hesseler | 1994 | 2.58 (March 1, 2007) | $23/$15 | Proprietary |
| Quintessential Player | Paul Quinn | 1997 | 4.51 (May 11, 2004) | Free | Proprietary |
| Radioactive Player | Shady Industries | 2005 | 1.0.1 | Free | Proprietary |
| RadLight | RadLight | ? | 4 (2005-11-18) | Free (Basic; Pro, AdWare), €29.95 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| RealPlayer | RealNetworks | 1995 | 11.0.2 (Windows), 11.0.0.876 (Mac OS X), 11.0.0.4028 (Linux/Unix), 1.6.1 (Palm) (March 14, 2008 (Windows) May 29, 2008 (Mac OS X)) |
Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus) | Proprietary |
| SimpleCenter | Universal Electronics Inc. | 2002-2003 | Template:Latest stable release/SimpleCenter | Free | Proprietary |
| SMPlayer | RVM | 2006-12-11[1] | 0.5.62 (2007-11-16) | Free | GPL |
| Songbird | Pioneers of the Inevitable | 2006-02-08 | 0.6 (June 14, 2008) | Free | GPL |
| The Core Media Player | CoreCodec, Inc. | 2006-06 named "TCMP" | 4.11 (January 20, 2006) | Free (Basic), $9.95 (Plus) | Proprietary |
| The Core Pocket Media Player | Gabor Kovacs | 2004-07 named "BetaPlayer" | 4.11 (2007-04-07) | Free | GPL |
| The KMPlayer | Kang, YoungHuee | 2002-12 | 2.9.3.1428 (December 16, 2007) | Free | Proprietary |
| TrayPlayer | @MAX software | 2003-06-21 | 1.01b (2005-07-07) | Free | Proprietary |
| Totem Movie Player | Totem Team | 2002-07 | Free | GPL | |
| Vidlizard | Softdepia software agency | 2003-12 | 1.25 (2007-05-08) | $24.95 | Proprietary |
| VLC media player | VideoLAN | 2000-02 | 0.8.6h (June 6, 2008) | Free | GPL |
| ViPlay | URUSoft | 2002-12-01 | 2.09 (2004-03-06) | Free | GPL |
| Winamp | Nullsoft | 1997-06 | 5.531 (5.5.3.1938) (April 1, 2008) | Free (Bundle,full and lite), $19.95 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| Windows Media Player | Microsoft | 1992-11 | 11.0.6000.6344 (8 September 2007) | Free, Windows-License needed | Proprietary |
| WinDVD | Corel | 1998 | 9.0B14.084 (2008) | $39.95(Gold), $59.95(Platinum) | Proprietary |
| XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) | Team-XBMC | 2003-10 | 2.0.1 (2006-11-12) | Free | GPL / LGPL |
| XAnim | Mark Podlipec | 1999-03-14 | 2.80.1 (1999-03-21) | Free | GPL |
| xine | xine Team | 2000-08-15 | 0.99.5 (May 3, 2007]) | Free | GPL |
| Zoom Player | Inmatrix | 2000-12-31 | 5.00 (2006-12-28) | Free (Basic) $27.95 (Pro) $35.95 (WMV Pro) | Proprietary |
| Name | Author | First public release date | Stable version | Cost | Software license |
[edit] Audio players
| Name | Author | First public release date | Stable version | Cost | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1by1 | Martin Pesch | 2006-12-13 | 1.63 (2008-01-15) | Free | Proprietary |
| AIMP | Artem Izmailov | 2006-08-08 | 2.11 (2008-03-14) | Free | Proprietary |
| AlbumPlayer | Albumon | 2003 | 4.9d | €29.90 | Proprietary |
| ALSong | ALTools | ? | 1.52 | Free | Proprietary |
| Amarok | Mark Kretschmann | 2003-06 | 1.4.9.1 (April 12, 2008) | Free | GPL |
| Aqualung | Tom Szilagyi | 2004-09-02 | 0.9beta9.1 (2008-02-10) | Free | GPL |
| aTunes | Alex Aranda et al. | 2006 | 1.9.0 (2008-6-12) | Free | GPL |
| Audacious | Audacious Team | 2005-10-30 | 1.4.6: (2008-01-31) | Free | GPL |
| Audion | Panic | 1999-08-16 | 3.0.2 (2002) | Free | Proprietary |
| Banshee | Aaron Bockover | 2005-08 | 1.0 (2008-06-10) | Free | MIT |
| BOSSA | Swami Systems | 2006-12 | 2.0 | Free (Basic), $24 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| Beep Media Player | Milosz Derezynski | 2004-06-24 | 0.9.7.1 (2005-10-22) | Free | GPL |
| Billy | Sanne Schaap | 2004-06-20 | 1.03 | Free | General |
| Cactus Jukebox | Sebastian Kraft | 2005-03-02 | 0.3.8 | Free | GPL |
| cmus | Timo Hirvonen | 2005-01-18 | 2.2.0 (2007-07-27) | Free | GPL |
| Cog | Vincent Spader | 2006-05-01 | 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 (2000-04-09) | Free | Proprietary |
| Decibel Audio Player | François Ingelrest | 2007-05-13 | 0.10 | Free | GPL |
| DeliPlayer | Peter Kunath, Florian Vorberger | 2000 | 2.03b (2004-04-04) | Free (Basic), $20 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| Exaile | Adam Olsen | 2006-05-24 | 0.2.13 (April 2, 2008) | Free | GPL |
| Express Scribe | NCH Software | 1997-07-17 | 4.11 (2007-04) | Free | Proprietary |
| foobar2000 | Peter Pawlowski | 2002-12 | 0.9.5.3 (May 24, 2008) | Free | Proprietary (core), BSD (first-party components) |
| Helium Music Manager 2007 | Intermedia Design | 2007 | 2007.0.0.5445 (2007-03-14) | $39.00 | Proprietary |
| Jajuk | Jajuk Team | 2004-03 | 1.5 (2008-02-03) | Free | GPL |
| JuK | Scott Wheeler | 2003-02 | 2.3.2 (2006-01-25) | Free | GPL |
| KSP Sound Player | Kalliope s.c. | 2005-12 | 2006R2 (2006-08-28) | Free | Proprietary |
| Listen | Mehdi Abaakouk | 2006-03-04 | 0.5 | Free | GPL |
| Media Jukebox | J. River | 1998 | 12.0.021 (2007-12-31) | Free | Proprietary |
| MediaMonkey | Ventis Media Inc. | 2003-08-25 | 3.0.2.1134 (2008-02-01) | Free (Standard), $19.95 (Gold), $29.95 (Lifetime) | Proprietary |
| Mesk | Travis Shirk | 2006-05-27 | 0.3.2 | Free | GPL |
| MP3Toys | Robert Frahm | 2004-04 | 2.2 | $14.95 | Proprietary |
| MPXPLAY | MPXPLAY | 1998 | 1.56beta (2008-05-26), 1.55 (2007) | Free | GPL |
| Music Player Daemon | Warren Dukes | 2003-05 | 0.13.1 (2008-01-28) | Free | GPL |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | Yahoo! | 1998-05 | 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 | 2003-10 | 4.0.4.8 | $9.95 and up | Proprietary |
| QuickPlayer | Jan Vorel | 2006-07 | 1.00 beta 58 (2007-01-19) | Free | GPL |
| Rhapsody | RealNetworks | 2003 | 4.0 (2006-10-16) | Free | Proprietary |
| Rhythmbox | Colin Walters | 2004-04 | 0.10.1 (May 28, 2007) | Free | GPL |
| SnackAmp | Tom Wilkason | 2002-01 | 3.1.2 (2005-07-02) | Free | GPL |
| Sonique | Media Science | 1998-11 | 1.96 (2002-03) | Free | Proprietary |
| Spider Player | Vitaly Kravchenko | 2007-09 | 2.02 | Free (Basic), $19.95 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| VUPlayer | James Chapman | 2000 | 2.42 | Free | Proprietary |
| XMMS | XMMS Team | 1997-11 | 1.2.11 (2007-11-16) | Free | GPL |
| XMPlay | Ian Luck | 1998-07 | 3.4.2.1 (July 19, 2007) | Free | Proprietary |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | Yahoo! | 2005 | 2.2.1.035 (2007-08-09) | Free (Basic), $19.99 (Plus) | Proprietary |
| Zinf | Zinf Team | 2002-04 | 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) | eComStation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BS.Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Chroma | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| CrystalPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Elecard MPEG Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Fusion Media Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| iTunes | Yes | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| jetAudio | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Kantaris | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| KPlayer | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Kaffeine | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| LCPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Light Alloy | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MediaFrame | Yes | PPC native[2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Media Center | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nemesis Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| NicePlayer | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Ogle | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| QuickTime | Yes | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Quickview pro | 9x/ME only | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Radioactive Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| SimpleCenter | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SMPlayer | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Songbird | 2000/XP/Server 2003 only | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Spider Player | 2000/XP/Vista only | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| The KMPlayer | 2000/XP/Vista only[3] | No | No | No | No | No | No | (No GUI) |
| Totem Movie Player | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Vidlizard | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Winamp | Yes | Template:Version Mac 9 | Last version is a beta of 2.x | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Media Player | Included | Dropped (WMP9) | No | No | Dropped (WMP6.3) | No | No | No |
| XBMC | Partial[4] | No | Partial[5] | No | No | No | No | No |
| xine | unmaintained | WIP for 1.2 series | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Zoom Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Video player | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD Unix | Solaris | Other Unix | DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS) | eComStation |
[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 |
| Albumplayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ALSong | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Amarok | No[6] | Yes (via X11 layer) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Aqualung | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No |
| aTunes | Yes | No[7] | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Audacious | No | Yes(via GTK+ Quartz) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audion | No | PPC native[2] | No | No | No | No | No |
| Banshee | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No |
| BOSSA | 2000/XP/Vista only | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cmus | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cog | No | 10.4+ | No | No | No | No | No |
| damp | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Decibel Audio Player | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| DeliPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Express Scribe | 98 to Vista | OS 10.1+ wav, mp3, aiff, dct formats only | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| foobar2000 | XP/Server 2003/Vista only since v0.9.5 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Jajuk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| JuK | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| KSP Sound Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Listen | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | No |
| Media Jukebox | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mesk | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No |
| MP3Toys | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MPXPLAY | 9x/ME only | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Music Player Daemon | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| musikCube | 2000/XP/Server 2003 only | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Muzikbrowzer | 2000/XP/Server 2003 only | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| QuickPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhapsody | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SnackAmp | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Sonique | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| VUPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| XMMS | No | Yes (via X11 layer) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| XMPlay | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Zinf | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio player | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD Unix | Solaris | Other Unix | DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS) |
[edit] Features
[edit] Video players
| Video player | Video playback | Outbound streaming | Skinnable | Media Database | Gapless Audio Decoding | Visualizer | Remote Controllable | Intelligent Playlists from database (based on criteria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| BS.Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
| Chroma | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Elecard MPEG Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| iTunes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| jetAudio | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Kaffeine | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kantaris | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| KPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| Light Alloy | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| MediaFrame | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | No |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| NicePlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| PowerDVD | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | Partial[9] | Partial[10] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Quickview pro | Yes | No | text-interface | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Radioactive Player | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes |
| SMPlayer | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Songbird | Yes[11] | No | Yes, called Feathers | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[12] | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Vidlizard | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[13] | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Winamp | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes[14] |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes[15] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Zoom Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
| Video player | Video playback | Outbound streaming | Skinnable | Media Database | Gapless Audio Decoding | Visualizer | Remote Controllable | Intelligent Playlists from database (based on criteria) |
[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 |
| AlbumPlayer | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | Yes |
| ALSong | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial | No |
| Amarok | Partial[16] | Yes | Partial[17] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aqualung | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| Audacious | Partial[18] | No | Yes | No | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audion | No | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | No |
| Banshee | Yes | Yes | Partial[19] | Yes | ? | In Development | ? | Yes |
| cmus | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Cog | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| damp | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| DeliPlayer | No | No | Yes | No | ? | No | ? | No |
| Exaile | No | ? | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| foobar2000 | No | Partial[8] | Yes[20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Partial[8] |
| Jajuk | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| JuK | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[21] | ? |
| 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[8] | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes |
| Mesk | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| MPXPLAY | Only sound output | ? | text-interface | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (also LCD-support) | ? |
| Music Player Daemon | ? | Yes | text-interface | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| musikCube | No | No | No | Yes | No | Partial[8] | ? | Yes |
| Muzikbrowzer | No | No | Partial | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
| QuickPlayer | No | No | No | No | ? | No | ? | No |
| Rhapsody | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SnackAmp | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| Sonique | Partial[8] | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No |
| VUPlayer | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No |
| XMMS | Partial[8] | Partial[8] | Yes | No | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | No |
| XMPlay | No | Partial[8] | 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] Features (continued)
[edit] Video players
| Video player | Color Controls | Time Stretching | Pitch Shifting | A-B Repeat | Audio Resync | Subtitle Resync | Chapter (dvd, mkv, mp4, ogm) | Bookmark (dvd, video, audio) | Auto Resume (dvd, video, audio) | Shutdown on play complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BS.Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chroma | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Elecard MPEG Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| jetAudio | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Kaffeine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Light Alloy | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaFrame | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes[22] | Yes[22] | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | No | No |
| NicePlayer | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Partial |
| PowerDVD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[23] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No |
| Quintessential Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quickview pro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Radioactive Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Winamp | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| WinDVD | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No |
| xine | Yes | Audio plugin | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Zoom Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Video player | Color Controls | Time Stretching | Pitch Shifting | A-B Repeat | Audio Resync | Subtitle Resync | Chapter (dvd, mkv, mp4, ogm) | Bookmark (dvd, video, audio) | Auto Resume (dvd, video, audio) | Shutdown on play complete |
[edit] Audio players
| Audio player | Replay Gain | Mass Tagging | Time Stretching | Pitch Shifting | A-B Repeat | Bookmark | Auto Resume | Shutdown on play complete | Archive support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1by1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| AIMP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| AlbumPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
| ALSong | ((?)) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Amarok | Partial | Yes | ? | ? | Yes[25] | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Aqualung | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audacious | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Audion | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Banshee | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| cmus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Cog | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| damp | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| DeliPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Exaile | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Partial[8] | No | No |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Partial[8] | ? | Partial[8] | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes |
| Jajuk | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| JuK | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KSP Sound Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Listen | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Jukebox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Partial[8] | Partial[8] | Partial[8] | Partial[8] | Yes | ? |
| Mesk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPXPLAY | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | ? | Partial[26] | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| musikCube | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Muzikbrowzer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| SnackAmp | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
| VUPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | Partial | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| XMPlay | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | ? | Partial[27] | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zinf | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Audio player | Replay Gain | Mass Tagging | Time Stretching | Pitch Shifting | A-B Repeat | Bookmark | Auto Resume | Shutdown on play complete | Archive support |
[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.
| Video player | HTTP | RTSP | MMS | Podcasting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Amarok | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| aTunes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| BS.Player | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Elecard MPEG Player | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| iTunes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| jetAudio | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| Kantaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| KPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Light Alloy | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaFrame | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| Media Center | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| NicePlayer | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Radioactive Player | No | No | No | No |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Songbird | Yes | ? | No | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Vidlizard | No | No | No | No |
| VLC media player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| XMMS | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio player | HTTP | RTSP | MMS | Podcasting |
| 1by1 | No | No | No | No |
| AIMP | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Amarok | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aqualung | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Audacious | Yes | Yes[28] | No | No |
| Audion | Yes | No | No | No |
| Banshee | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| cmus | Yes | No | No | No |
| Cog | No | No | No | No |
| DeliPlayer | Yes | No | No | No |
| foobar2000 | Yes | No | No | Partial[29] |
| 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[30] |
| 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[31] |
| SnackAmp | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Sonique | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| VUPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| XMPlay | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Zinf | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Audio player | HTTP | RTSP | MMS | Podcasting |
[edit] Audio format support
Information about what audio codecs, and by extension their native audio file formats, the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such functionality.
| Video player | Lossy compression | Lossless compression | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP3 | WMA | RealAudio | Vorbis | Musepack | AAC | AC3 | APE | FLAC | ALAC | SHN | WV | |
| ALShow | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| BS.Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Elecard MPEG Player | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| iTunes | Yes | yes, no DRM | No | Partial[33] | No | Yes | No | No | Partial[33] | Yes | No | No |
| jetAudio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Kantaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Light Alloy | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| 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[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NicePlayer | Yes | Partial[34] | No | Partial[33] | Partial[8] | Yes | Partial[8] | No | Partial[33] | Yes | Partial[8] | Partial[8] |
| QuickTime | Yes | Partial[34] | No | Partial[33] | No | Yes | Partial[8] | No | Partial[33] | 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[8] | Partial[8] | No | No | Partial[8] |
| Radioactive Player | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | No | No | Partial[32] |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Spider Player | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] |
| Vidlizard | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[36] |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[37] | Yes | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Yes | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| 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[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| Audio player | MP3 | WMA | RealAudio | Vorbis | Musepack | AAC | AC3 | APE | FLAC | ALAC | SHN | WV |
| 1by1 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| AIMP | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| AlbumPlayer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Amarok | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aqualung | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Audacious | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Audion | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Banshee | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] |
| 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[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes | Yes |
| Jajuk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JuK | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| KSP Sound Player | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Listen | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Media Jukebox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Partial[8] |
| Mesk | Yes[35] | No | No | Yes[35] | 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[37] | No | Yes | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial[37] |
| Muzikbrowzer | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | No | No | Partial[32] |
| QuickPlayer | Yes | Partial[32] | No | Yes | No | No[38] | No | No | No[38] | No | No | No |
| Rhapsody | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] |
| SnackAmp | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Sonique | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| VUPlayer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| XMMS | Yes | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[37] | Yes | No | Partial[37] | Yes |
| XMPlay | Yes | Yes | Partial[37] | Yes | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] | Partial[37] |
| 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] Video format support
Information about what video codecs the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such functionality. (Note: Pure audio players are not listed)
| Video player | MPEG-1 | MPEG-2 | MPEG-4 ASP (MPEG-4 Part 2) | MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) (MPEG-4 Part 10) | WMV | RealVideo | Theora | Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No |
| BS.Player | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Yes |
| Chroma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | No |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Elecard MPEG Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Yes |
| iTunes | Yes | Partial[40] | Yes | Yes | Partial[34] | No | Partial[33] | Yes |
| jetAudio | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Yes |
| Kantaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| KPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Light Alloy | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | 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[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Partial[39] |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NicePlayer | Yes | Partial[40] | Yes | Yes | Partial[34] | No | Partial[33] | Yes |
| QuickTime | Yes | Partial[40] | Yes | Yes | Partial[34] | No | Partial[33] | 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[32] | ? | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Yes |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | No |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Vidlizard | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | No |
| Winamp | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Yes |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Yes |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited[41] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zoom Player | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Partial[39] |
| 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 |
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BS.Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| Chroma | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Elecard MPEG Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes | No[42] | Win: yes Mac: file is parsable |
Yes | Partial[33] | No | No | Yes |
| jetAudio | Yes | Yes | Partial[39] | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Partial[32] |
| Kantaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Light Alloy | Yes | Yes | Partial[39] | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| MediaFrame | No | No | No | Vorbis only | No | No | AAC only |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NicePlayer | Yes | Partial[34] | Yes | Partial[33] | Partial[43] | Yes[44] | Yes |
| QuickTime | Yes | Partial[34] | Yes | Partial[33] | No | Yes[44] | Yes |
| Quickview pro | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Radioactive Player | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | No |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[8] | Partial[8] | No | Yes |
| Songbird | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] |
| Vidlizard | Yes | Yes | Partial[39] | Yes | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[39] | Vorbis only | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Yes |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zoom Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[39] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] | Partial[32] |
| Audio player | AVI | ASF | QuickTime | Ogg | OGM | Matroska | MP4 |
| 1by1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Amarok | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Basic | Basic | Yes |
| Aqualung | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? |
| Audacious | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Audion | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cmus | No | No | No | Vorbis only | No | No | AAC only |
| Cog | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| DeliPlayer | No | No | No | Vorbis only | No | No | No |
| foobar2000 | Partial[8] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Partial[8] | 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 |
| QuickPlayer | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No |
| Rhapsody | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | No | No | No | Vorbis only | No | No | ? |
| Sonique | No[37] | 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 |
[edit] Optical media publication support
Information about what optical discs the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.
| Video player | Audio | Video | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | VCD | SVCD | DVD | HD DVD | Blu-ray | |
| ALShow | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | No | No |
| BS.Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Chroma | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| CorePlayer | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Elecard MPEG Player | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| iTunes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| jetAudio | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Kantaris | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| KPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Light Alloy | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| MediaFrame | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Media Center | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| MPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| NicePlayer | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| QuickTime | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Quickview pro | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Radioactive Player | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| RealPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Songbird | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Vidlizard | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| VLC | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Winamp | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Partial[45] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| xine | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Zoom Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Audio player | CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | VCD | SVCD | DVD | HD DVD | Blu-ray |
| AIMP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| AlbumPlayer | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Amarok | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Aqualung | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Audacious | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Audion | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cmus | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Cog | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| DeliPlayer | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| foobar2000 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Jajuk | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| JuK | Yes[46] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| KSP Sound Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Media Jukebox | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mesk | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| musikCube | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| QuickPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhapsody | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Sonique | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| VUPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| XMMS | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| XMPlay | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Zinf | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Audio player | CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | VCD | SVCD | DVD | HD DVD | Blu-ray |
[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.
| Video player | ID3v1 | ID3v2 | APEv2 tag | Vorbis comment | Cue sheet | CD-Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALShow | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
| BS.Player | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes |
| Cog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Elecard MPEG Player | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| GOM Player | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| iTunes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes |
| jetAudio | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Kantaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| KPlayer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| Light Alloy | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaFrame | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | ? | Partial | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Partial[47] | ? |
| NicePlayer | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Radioactive Player | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Vidlizard | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | No | ? |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[48] | Yes | Partial[8] | Yes |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| xine | Yes | Partial[49] | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Audio player | ID3v1 | ID3v2 | APEv2 tag | Vorbis comment | Cue sheet | CD-Text |
| AIMP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| AlbumPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Amarok | Yes[50] | Yes[50] | Yes[50] | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Aqualung | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Audacious | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Audion | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| cmus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Cog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| DeliPlayer | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Jajuk | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| JuK | Yes[50] | Yes[50] | Yes[50] | Yes[50] | ? | ? |
| 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 | ? | ? |
| QuickPlayer | Partial[49] | Partial[49] | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| SnackAmp | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VUPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| XMPlay | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Zinf | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| Audio player | ID3v1 | ID3v2 | APEv2 tag | Vorbis comment | Cue sheet | CD-Text |
[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VobSub (.idx+.sub) | SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) | SubRip (.srt) | SAMI (.smi) | RealText (.rt) | MicroDVD (.sub) | Subviewer (.sub) | Text file[51] (.txt) | PowerDivx (.psb) | Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) | Structured Subtitle Format (.ssf) | XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) | |
| ALShow | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
| BS.Player | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | Yes[53] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[32] |
| Chroma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| CorePlayer | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Elecard MPEG Player | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| iTunes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| jetAudio | No | Partial[52] | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Kantaris | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| KPlayer | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Light Alloy | Yes | Partial[52] | 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[39] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[32] |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| NicePlayer | No | Partial[52] | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| QuickTime | No | Yes[44] | Yes[44] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Quickview pro | No | Partial[52] | 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[8] | No | Yes[8] | Yes | Yes | Yes[8] | ? | Yes[8] | No | No | No | No |
| The Core Media Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[32] |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
| Vidlizard | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[32] |
| VLC media player | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Winamp | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[32] |
| Windows Media Player | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[32] |
| XBMC | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[54] | No[54] | No[54] | No[54] |
| xine [55] | Yes | Partial[52] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Zoom Player | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | No | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] | Yes[32] |
| 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] See also
- List of codecs
- Open source codecs and containers
- Comparison of video codecs
- Comparison of audio codecs
- Comparison of container formats
- Subtitle (captioning)
- Comparison of portable media players
[edit] Notes
- ^ The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary
- ^ a b Might be usable with Rosetta.
- ^ Support for Windows 2000 is not guaranteed.
- ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) is design to run natively on the Xbox game-console but XBMC was in November 2006 partially ported to Win32 to run on Microsoft Windows, but only the GUI part for development purposes so far.
- ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) is in the procces of being ported to linux and can as of today (nov 2007) play music and video decent. But is not yet in beta state.
- ^ Windows will be supported by Amarok 2 because Amarok 2 (and its dependency KDE-libs) will use the Qt4 toolkit.
- ^ Currently no Java 6 for Mac OS X available
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az Plugin available.
- ^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
- ^ Only the media creator can create skins.
- ^ Songbird uses the VLC plugin for media playback
- ^ gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums
- ^ VLC 0.9.0 will have a media library amongst many other new features.
- ^ through media library in "modern" skin
- ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a Web-Server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
- ^ Basic support with NMM
- ^ Context Browser uses CSS.
- ^ Basic support via MPlayer backend
- ^ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
- ^ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
- ^ Using DCOP
- ^ a b For Audio files only.
- ^ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
- ^ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
- ^ Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7
- ^ Paid version only
- ^ Paid version only
- ^ Supported through libnms
- ^ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
- ^ Present in version 3.0 currently going through Alpha Testing.
- ^ As of 0.9.2 it allows reading RSS as podcast source. Issues if links in RSS do not point directly to playable media. Automatic update of podcasts available.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (No FLAC container support), Speex, and Theora.
- ^ a b c d e f g The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl Available through a Gstreamer plugin.
- ^ Currently only plays WavPack files that are muxed into a Matroska container
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
- ^ a b Requires another sound system.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t The playing compatibility of Media Player depends on the availability of DirectShow, QuickTime, RealMedia and Shockwave filters. There are two distributions known as QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative which bundle the required QuickTime and RealPlayer components without the need to install the corresponding players.
- ^ a b c The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
- ^ Because of the relatively 'slow' Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processor inside the Xbox, XBMC is limited to decoding 480x576 resolution MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video encoded without CABAC and deblocking, or 352x288 resolution MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video encoded with CABAC and deblocking. As the FFmpeg-based codec is optimized further, XBMC might be able to decode MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) at 720x480 resolution on the Xbox hardware, but probably not higher than that unless XBMC moves to another, faster platform.
- ^ A hack allows playback.
- ^ PPC only plugin to NicePlayer that adds the Xine engine for video playback.
- ^ a b c d The open source Perian plug-in adds support for many video formats and codecs to QuickTime. It also adds support for SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles.
- ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) can play back HDCD [High Definition Compact Disc] but only in backward compatibility mode so you will not gain any sound-quality benefits over standard Audio-CDs.
- ^ Requires K3B
- ^ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
- ^ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
- ^ a b c d e f g Support of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
- ^ This player supports to open files with the extension .txt, but those could contain any script language. So there is no guarantee it will play it.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l This player supports some of the formatting data from SSA/ASS (at most coloring but no positioning, animation, typesetting etc.), but some players could add full support by using VSFilter as external subtitle filter instead of their build-in one.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an For Windows, support of many subtitle formats can be added by installing VSFilter or ffdshow.
- ^ a b c d XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) uses the subtitle library / source code from MPlayer so when/if MPlayer can display these subtitles then XBMC will soon be able to display them too.
- ^ Kaffeine Player Homepage. Kaffeine FAQ. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
