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.

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[edit] General

[edit] Video players

Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license Based Framework Written in
ALLPlayer Allplayer ltd 1998 3.7.6.5 (24 December 2008) Free with no codecs. The codecs must be purchased separately. 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; 17 months 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 (Free) Webteh 2000 2.42

 (2009-07-13; 3 days ago)

Free Proprietary ? ?
BS.Player (Pro) Webteh 2000 2.42

 (2009-07-13; 3 days ago)

€29,90 Proprietary ? ?
Sucusoft Web Video Player (Shareware) Socusoft 2009 Template:Add video to web/Socusoft.Player Shareware Proprietary ? ?
Socusoft Web Video Player (Full) Socusoft 2009 Template:Add video to web/Socusoft.Player USD$49,95 Proprietary ? ?
Chroma mirailabs 2003 2007.3

 (January 1, 2007)

Trialware, USD$22.00 Proprietary / license violating[1] FFmpeg[3] ?
Creative MediaSource Creative Technology 2002 5.10.38

 (2006-12-22; 2 years ago)

Bundled (Requires Creative product) Proprietary ? ?
CorePlayer CoreCodec, Inc. 2006 1.2.9

 (2008-3-14; 15 months ago)

USD$19.95 Proprietary ? ?
CrystalPlayer Crystal Reality LLC October 2002 1.98

 (2007-5-31; 2 years ago)

USD$29,95 Proprietary ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player Elecard Devices November 1999 5.6.90515

 (2009-5-26; 51 days ago)

Trialware, USD$40.00 Proprietary ? ?
FFplay FFmpeg project 2003-06-07[4] 0.5

 (March 10, 2009)

Free LGPL (partially GPL) FFmpeg C99
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; 20 months ago)

Free Proprietary Adobe Flash Player ?
GOM Player Gretech Corporation 7 January 2003 2.1.18.4762

 (2009-06-09; 37 days ago)

Free Proprietary / license violating[1] FFmpeg ?
iTunes Apple Inc. 9 January 2001 8.1 (50)

 (2009-03-11; 4 months ago)

Free Proprietary QuickTime ?
jetAudio (Basic) Cowon Systems 1997 7.5.3

 (2009-06-11; 35 days ago)

Free Proprietary ? ?
jetAudio (Plus) Cowon Systems 1997 7.5.3

 (2009-06-11; 35 days ago)

USD$29.00 Proprietary ? ?
Kaffeine KDE 2003 0.8.8

 (2009-5-23; 54 days ago)

Free GPL xine C++
Kantaris Christofer Persson July 2007 0.4.2

 (2008-11-19; 7 months ago)

Free Unknown VLC C, C++
KMPlayer Koos Vriezen, Joonas Koivunen January 2003 0.11.0 RC4 (6 June 2008) Free GPL MPlayer C++
KPlayer KPlayer Team January 2003 Template:Latest stable software release/KPlayer Free GPL MPlayer C++
LCPlayer LCSoftware & Design 15 March 2008 0.5.4 Free Proprietary ? ?
Light Alloy Velikanov Ilya 21 December 2001 4.1

 (2007-1-2; 2 years ago)

Trialware, USD$9.95 Proprietary ? ?
MediaFrame Airlock Limited October 2004 2.0 rc3

 (2005-2-13; 4 years ago)

Free GPL ? ?
Media Center J. River July 2003 13.0.132

 (2009-4-13; 3 months ago)

USD$40.00 Proprietary ? ?
Media Player Classic Gabest 29 May 2003 6.4.9.1

 (2008-12-10; 7 months ago)

Free GPL DirectShow C++
MPlayer Árpád Gereöffy September 2000 1.0rc2

 (2007-10-7; 20 months ago)

Free GPL FFmpeg + original C99
Mplayerxp Nick Kurshev 2002 0.7.1/06.01.2009 Free GPL FFmpeg + original C99
Nemesis Player Michaël Cherubini 2007 1.1

 (2007-3-31; 2 years ago)

Free GPL ? ?
NicePlayer Jay Tuley & Robert Chin June 2004 0.96.2

 (2008-08-23; 10 months ago)

Free GPL / MPL ? Objective-C
Ogle Chalmers University of Technology 1999 0.9.2

 (2003-11-06; 5 years ago)

Free GPL ? C
Passion audio player George Boudouris July 2002 2.5

 (2008-5-30; 13 months ago)

Free Proprietary ? ?
PowerDVD Standard CyberLink 1995 9.0

 (2009-3-2; 4 months ago)

USD$49.95 Proprietary ? ?
PowerDVD Deluxe CyberLink 1995 9.0

 (2009-3-2; 4 months ago)

USD$69.95 Proprietary ? ?
PowerDVD Ultra CyberLink 1995 9.0

 (2009-3-2; 4 months ago)

USD$99.95 Proprietary ? ?
QuickTime Basic Apple Inc. 2 December 1991 7.62

 (2009-6-1; 45 days ago)

Free Proprietary original ?
QuickTime Pro Apple Inc. 2 December 1991 7.62

 (2009-6-1; 45 days ago)

USD$29.95 Proprietary original ?
Quickview Pro Wolfgang Hesseler 1994 2.58

 (2007-3-1; 2 years ago)

USD$23/$15 Proprietary ? ?
Quintessential Player Paul Quinn 1997 5.0.121

 (2009-2-18; 4 months ago)

Free Proprietary ? ?
Radioactive Player Shady Industries 2005 1.0.1 Free Proprietary ? ?
RadLight Basic RadLight  ? 4 Free Proprietary ? ?
RadLight Pro RadLight  ? 4 €29.95 Proprietary ? ?
RealPlayer Basic RealNetworks 1995 11.0.8 (Windows),
11.0.1.949 (Mac OS X),
11.0.1.1056 (Linux/Unix),
1.6.1 (Palm)

 (2009-02-12; 4 months ago (Windows)
2008-05-29; 13 months ago (Mac OS X))

Free Proprietary ? ?
RealPlayer Plus RealNetworks 1995 11.0.8 (Windows),
11.0.1.949 (Mac OS X),
11.0.1.1056 (Linux/Unix),
1.6.1 (Palm)

 (2009-02-12; 4 months ago (Windows)
2008-05-29; 13 months ago (Mac OS X))

USD$19.99 Proprietary ? ?
SimpleCenter Universal Electronics Inc. 2002–2003 4.2.0.66

 (14 March 2008)

Free Proprietary ? ?
SMPlayer RVM 11 December 2006[5] 0.6.7 (2009-03-09) Free GPL MPlayer C++
The Core Media Player Basic CoreCodec, Inc. June 2006 named "TCMP" 4.11

 (January 20, 2006)

Free Proprietary ? ?
The Core Media Player Plus CoreCodec, Inc. June 2006 named "TCMP" 4.11

 (January 20, 2006)

USD$9.95 Proprietary ? ?
The Core Pocket Media Player Gabor Kovacs July 2004 named "BetaPlayer" 4.11 (2007-04-07) Free GPL FFmpeg + original C++
The KMPlayer Kang, YoungHuee December 2002 2.9.4.1434

 (2008-12-22; 6 months ago)

Free Proprietary / license violating[1] ? ?
Totem Movie Player Totem Team July 2002 version 2.26.1

 (2009-04-14; 3 months ago)

Free GPL GStreamer C
TrayPlayer @MAX software 21 June 2003 1.01b (2005-07-07) Free Proprietary ? ?
Vidlizard Softdepia software agency December 2003 1.25

 (8 May 2007)

USD$24.95 Proprietary ? ?
VLC media player VideoLAN February 2000 1.0.0

 (2009-07-07; 9 days ago[6])

Free GPL FFmpeg + original C,C++
ViPlay URUSoft 1 December 2002 2.09 (2004-03-06) Free MPL ? Delphi
Winamp Lite/Full/Bundle Nullsoft June 1997 5.5.6.2512

 (2009-7-01; 15 days ago)

Free Proprietary ? ?
Winamp Pro Nullsoft June 1997 5.5.6.2512

 (2009-7-01; 15 days ago)

USD$19.95 Proprietary ? ?
Windows Media Player Microsoft November 1992 11.0.6001.7000

 (4 February 2008)

Free Proprietary DirectShow C++ (COM)
WinDVD Gold Corel 1998 9.0.14.106

 (2008)

USD$39.95 Proprietary ? ?
WinDVD Platinum Corel 1998 9.0.14.106

 (2008)

USD$59.95 Proprietary ? ?
XBMC Team-XBMC October 2003 9.04 (Babylon)

 (6 May 2009)

Free GPL / LGPL MPlayer C++
XAnim Mark Podlipec 14 March 1999 2.80.1 (1999-03-21) Free non-commercial ? C
xine xine Team 15 August 2000 0.99.5

 (2007-05-03; 2 years ago])

Free GPL FFmpeg + original C
Zoom Player Pro Inmatrix 31 December 2000 Template:Latest stable software release/ZoomPlayer USD$27.95 Proprietary ? ?
Zoom Player WMV Pro Inmatrix 31 December 2000 Template:Latest stable software release/ZoomPlayer USD$35.95 Proprietary ? ?
Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license Based Framework Written in

[edit] Audio players

Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license Based Framework Written in
1by1 Martin Pesch 13 December 2006 1.68 (26 June 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 2.1.1

 (2009-06-17; 29 days ago)

Free GPL C++
Aqualung Tom Szilagyi et al. 2 September 2004 0.9beta10 (8 February 2009) Free GPL FFmpeg, LADSPA C
aTunes Alex Aranda et al. 2006 1.13.1 Autan RC

 (2009-05-14)

Free GPL Java
Audacious Audacious Team 30 October 2005 1.5.1:

 (23 May 2008)

Free GPL C, C++
Audion Panic 16 August 1999 3.0.2 (2002) Free Proprietary
Banshee Aaron Bockover August 2005 1.4.3

 (2009-3-4; 4 months ago)

Free MIT GStreamer C#
BOSSA Basic Swami Systems December 2006 2.0 Free Proprietary
BOSSA Pro Swami Systems December 2006 2.0 $24 Proprietary
Beep Media Player Milosz Derezynski 24 June 2004 0.9.7.1

 (22 October 2005)

Free GPL C
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

 (27 July 2007)

Free GPL C
Cog Vincent Spader 1 May 2006 0.07

 (23 December 2007)

Free GPL Objective-C
Creative MediaSource Creative Technology 2002 5.10.38 Bundled (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 Basic Peter Kunath, Florian Vorberger 2000 2.03b (4 April 2004) Free Proprietary
DeliPlayer Pro Peter Kunath, Florian Vorberger 2000 2.03b (4 April 2004) USD$20.00 Proprietary
Exaile Adam Olsen 24 May 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/Exaile Free GPL GStreamer
Express Scribe NCH Software 17 July 1997 4.11 (April 2007) Free Proprietary Python
Flash MP3 Player Reality Software 11 March 2008 1.00 Free Proprietary
foobar2000 Peter Pawlowski December 2002 0.9.6.8

 (2009-06-7; 39 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) USD$39.00 Proprietary
Herrie Ed Schouten 2006 2.2 (14 March 2008) Free BSD C
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; 11 months ago)

Free GPL
KSP Sound Player Kalliope s.c. December 2005 2006R2

 (28 August 2006)

Free Proprietary
Listen Mehdi Abaakouk 4 March 2006 0.6 Free GPL
Media Jukebox J. River 1998 12.0.047 (14 July 2008) Free Proprietary
MediaMonkey Standard Ventis Media Inc. 25 August 2003 3.1.0.1256

 (2009-6-12; 34 days ago)

Free Proprietary
MediaMonkey Gold Ventis Media Inc. 25 August 2003 3.1.0.1256

 (2009-6-12; 34 days ago)

USD$19.95 Proprietary
MediaMonkey Lifetime Ventis Media Inc. 25 August 2003 3.1.0.1256

 (2009-6-12; 34 days ago)

USD$29.95 Proprietary
Mesk Travis Shirk 27 May 2006 0.3.2 Free GPL GStreamer
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 0.15.0

 (23 June 2009)

Free GPL
Musicmatch Jukebox Basic Yahoo! May 1998 10.1

 (2005)

Free Proprietary
Musicmatch Jukebox Plus Yahoo! May 1998 10.1

 (2005)

USD$19.99 Proprietary
musikCube Casey Langen 2005 1.0

 (3 December 2006)

Free BSD
Muzikbrowzer Pecan Ventures 2003 1.0 USD$20.00 Proprietary DirectShow
Napster William Christopher Gorog October 2003 4.0.4.8 USD$9.95+ Proprietary
Neformal Peter Semiletov 7 May 2009 3.0.1 Free GPL
Quod Libet Joe Wreschnig  ? 2.1

 (2009-07-03; 13 days ago)

Free GPL GStreamer
QuickPlayer Jan Vorel July 2006 1.00 beta 61a

 (5 April 2008)

Free GPL DirectShow
QuuxPlayer Quux Software June 2008 2.6.1 Free Proprietary
Rhapsody RealNetworks 2003 14.0

 (16 October 2006)

Free Proprietary
Rhythmbox Colin Walters April 2004 0.12.2

 (2009-05-31; 46 days ago)

Free GPL GStreamer C
SnackAmp Tom Wilkason January 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/SnackAmp Free GPL
Sonique Media Science November 1998 1.96 (March 2002) Free Proprietary
Spider Player Basic Vitaly Kravchenko April 2006 2.3.5 Free Proprietary
Spider Player Pro Vitaly Kravchenko April 2006 2.3.5 USD$19.95 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

 (16 November 2007)

Free GPL original C
XMPlay Ian Luck July 1998 3.4.2.1

 (2007-7-19; 23 months ago)

Free Proprietary
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Basic Yahoo! 2005 2.2.2.058

 (5 February 2008)

Free Proprietary
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus Yahoo! 2005 2.2.2.058

 (5 February 2008)

USD$19.99 Proprietary
Zinf Zinf Team April 2002 2.2.5

 (14 February 2004)

Free GPL
Name Author First public release date Stable version Cost Software license Based Framework Written in

[edit] Operating system support

[edit] Video players

Video player Windows Windows CE Mac OS X iPhone Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS) BeOS (Haiku, ZETA) OS/2 PSP
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 (ffmpeg WinCE Port[7]) Yes (ffmpeg4iphone[7]) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (PSP Media Player[7])
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[8] ? 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 No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
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 ? ? ?
Spider Player 2000/XP/Vista only ? No ? No No No No No ? ? ?
The KMPlayer 2000/XP/Vista only[9] ? 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 No[10] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
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 Windows CE Mac OS X iPhone Linux BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS (FreeDOS, Dr-DOS) BeOS (Haiku, ZETA) OS/2 PSP

[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[11] 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[8] No No No No No
Banshee No Yes[12] 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 Yes 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[13] 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[14] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
jetAudio Partial[14] 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[15] Partial[16] No Yes No Yes No
Quintessential Player Partial[14] 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 ? ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes No[17] 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[14] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] Yes[18]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XBMC Yes[19] 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 Yes 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 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
KPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Light Alloy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaFrame ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Center Yes Yes[20] Yes[20] No ? ? Yes Yes Yes No
Media Player Classic Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes Yes Partial No No Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes Yes Partial No No Yes
NicePlayer No No No Yes No No Yes No No Partial
PowerDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ?
QuickTime Yes Yes Yes Yes[22] ? ? Yes ? ? No
Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quickview pro ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Partial ? Yes Yes
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some[23] 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 Yes No No No No DVD Only No Template:Buggy 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 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[24] Yes Partial[25] Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Aqualung No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
Audacious Partial[26] No Yes No Partial Yes Yes No
Audion No No Yes No ? Yes ? No
Banshee Yes Yes Partial[27] 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[14] Yes[28] Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] 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[29] ?
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[14] Partial[14] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] 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[14] ? Yes
Muzikbrowzer No No Partial Yes No No Yes ?
Quod Libet No Yes No Yes ? No ? Yes[30]
QuickPlayer No No No No ? No ? No
QuuxPlayer No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rhapsody No No No Yes ? No ? ?
Rhythmbox No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SnackAmp No Yes No Yes ? No ? ?
Songbird Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes[31] Yes
Sonique Partial[14] No Yes No No Yes ? No
VUPlayer No No No No Yes Yes ? No
XMMS Partial[14] Partial[14] Yes No Partial[14] Yes Yes No
XMPlay No Partial[14] 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[32] 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 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[33] Yes Yes No No
Aqualung Yes Yes Partial[34] ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Audacious Yes ? No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Audion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Banshee Yes Yes ? No No ? Yes ? ? ?
cmus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
damp ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
DeliPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Exaile Yes Yes ? No No No No Partial[14] No No
foobar2000 Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] Partial[14] ? Partial[14] Yes Partial[14] 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[14] Partial[14] Partial[14] Partial[14] Yes ?
Mesk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPXPLAY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox ? Partial[35] ? 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Songbird Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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[35] ? No No ? ? ? ? ?
Zinf ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Audio player Replay Gain Mass Tagging Flexible tagging[32] 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[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] 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[37] Partial[36] Partial[37] ? ?
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[38] Yes
GOM Player Yes Partial[36] Yes Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Yes ? ?
iTunes Yes Partial[39] Yes Yes Partial[40] No Partial[41] Yes ? ?
jetAudio Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] 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[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] 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[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Partial[37] ? ?
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[39] Yes Yes Partial[40] No Partial[41] Yes ? ?
QuickTime Yes Partial[39] Yes Yes Partial[40] No Partial[41] 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[36] ? Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Yes ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Yes Partial[14] 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[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] No ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (with Dlls, or Partial)[43] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vidlizard Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] No ? ?
Winamp Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Yes ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Yes ? ?
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes[44] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Zoom Player Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Partial[37] ? ?
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
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[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
AXMEDIS Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
E.M. Total Video Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
BS.Player Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
CorePlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
FFplay Yes Partial[45] Partial[45] 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[41] No Yes No No Partial[41] 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[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
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[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
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[40] No Partial[41] Partial[14] Yes Partial[14] No Partial[41] Yes Partial[14] Partial[14]
QuickTime Yes Partial[40] No Partial[41] No Yes Partial[14] No Partial[41] 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[14] Partial[14] No No Partial[14]
QuuxPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Radioactive Player Yes Yes No Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] No No Partial[36]
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] No Yes No No No No No No
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[36] Yes
Totem Movie Player Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42]
Vidlizard Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
VLC Yes Yes Yes (with Dlls, or Partial)[43] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[36] Yes Partial[46] Yes Partial[46] Partial[46] Yes Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
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[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36]
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[14] Yes Yes No Yes
Audion Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Banshee Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42]
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[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42]
foobar2000 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] Yes Yes Partial[14] 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[47] 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[46] Partial[46] Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] Partial[14]
Mesk Yes[42] No No Yes[42] 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[46] No Yes Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46] Yes Yes No No Partial[46]
Muzikbrowzer Yes Yes No Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] No No Partial[36]
Quod Libet Yes Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42]
QuickPlayer Yes Partial[36] No Yes No No[48] No No No[48] No No No
Rhapsody Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
Rhythmbox Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42]
SnackAmp Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Songbird Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Sonique Yes Yes No Yes Partial[46] Partial[46] No No No No No No
VUPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
XMMS Yes Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46] Yes Yes No Partial[46] Yes No Partial[46] Yes
XMPlay Yes Yes Partial[46] Yes Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46] Partial[46]
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 (MOV) 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[37] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] ? ? ?
Chroma Yes Partial Yes No Partial Partial Partial ? ? ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Elecard MPEG Player Yes Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes ? ? ?
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
iTunes No[49] Win: yes
Mac: file is parsable
Yes Partial[41] No No Yes ? ? ?
jetAudio Yes Yes Partial[37] Vorbis only Yes Yes Partial[36] ? ? ?
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[37] Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] ? ? ?
MediaFrame No No No Vorbis only No No AAC only ? ? ?
Media Center Yes 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[40] Yes Partial[41] Partial[50] Yes[51] Yes ? ? ?
QuickTime Yes Partial[40] Yes Partial[41] No Yes[51] Yes ? ? ?
Quickview pro Yes No Yes No No No ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player Yes Yes No Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] No ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[14] Partial[14] No Yes ? ? ?
E.M. Total Video Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Totem Movie Player Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] Yes[42] ? ? ?
Vidlizard Yes Yes Partial[37] Yes Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] ? ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[37] Vorbis only Partial[36] Partial[36] Yes ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] ? ? Yes
XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Zoom Player Yes Yes Partial[37] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] Partial[36] ? ? ?
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[14] Yes No Yes No Yes[52] 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[42] ? ? ?
QuickPlayer No No No ? No No No ? ? ?
Rhapsody No No No No No No No ? ? ?
Rhythmbox No No No Vorbis only No No Yes[42] ? ? ?
Songbird Yes No No Yes No No Yes ? ? ?
Sonique No[46] 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] Scalable, composite and emulation 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 Partial 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 Partial ? ? ? ? Partial ? Yes(via xmms-plugins) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mplayerxp Partial ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NicePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuickTime ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quickview pro ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Radioactive Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The KMPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Partial ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Vidlizard ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
VLC Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes [53] ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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) Yes (plugin) Yes (plugin)
Jajuk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KSP Sound Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Listen ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Jukebox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes (winamp plugin) Yes (winamp plugin) Yes (winamp plugin)
Mesk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPXPLAY ? ?