Comparison of media players
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The following comparison of media players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs.
For the purpose of this comparison, "video players" are defined as any media player which can play video, even if it can also play audio files. "Audio players" are defined as media players which can only play audio files.
[edit] General
[edit] Video players
| Name | Author | First public release date | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Based Framework | Written in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPlayer | Allplayer ltd | 1998 | 3.7.6.5 (24 December 2008) | Free with no codecs, the codecs must be purchased separately. | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Chroma | mirailabs | 2003 | 2007.3
(January 1, 2007) |
Trialware, USD$22.00 | Proprietary / license violating[generalnotes 1]FFmpeg's Hall of Shame</ref> | FFmpeg[generalnotes 2] | ? |
| Creative MediaSource | Creative Technology | 2002 | 5.10.38
(2006-12-22) |
Requires Creative product | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | CoreCodec, Inc. | 2006 | Template:Latest stable software release/CorePlayer | USD$19.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| CrystalPlayer | Crystal Reality LLC | October 2002 | 1.98
(2007-5-31) |
USD$29,95 | Proprietary | original | ? |
| FFplay | FFmpeg project | 2003-06-07[generalnotes 3] | 0.5
(March 10, 2009) |
Free | LGPL (partially GPL) | FFmpeg | C99 |
| GOM Player | Gretech Corporation | 7 January 2003 | 2.1.11.4846
(2009-11-06) |
Free | Proprietary / license violating[generalnotes 1] | FFmpeg | ? |
| iTunes | Apple Inc. | 9 January 2001 | 9.0.1 (50)
(2009-09-23) |
Free | Proprietary | QuickTime | ? |
| Kaffeine | KDE | 2003 | 0.8.8
(2009-5-23) |
Free | GPL | xine | C++ |
| KMPlayer | Koos Vriezen, Joonas Koivunen | January 2003 | 0.11.0 RC4 (6 June 2008) | Free | GPL | MPlayer | C++ |
| K-Multimedia Player | Kang, YoungHuee | 1 October 2002 | 2.9.4.1435
(2009-09-15) |
Free | Proprietary / license violating[generalnotes 1] | ? | ? |
| Media Center | J. River | July 2003 | 14.0.46
(2009-08-07) |
USD$40.00 | Proprietary | ? | C++, SSE/MMX Assembly |
| Media Go | Sony Creative Software Inc. | 2009 | 1.2 | Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | Gabest | 29 May 2003 | 6.4.9.1
(2008-12-10) |
Free | GPL | DirectShow | C++ |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Casimir666 | 29 March 2006 | 1.3.1249
(2009-8-28) |
Free | GPL | DirectShow | C++ |
| MPlayer | Árpád Gereöffy | September 2000 | 1.0rc3
(2009-11-01) |
Free | GPL | FFmpeg + original | C99 |
| Mplayerxp | Nick Kurshev | 2002 | 0.7.1/06.01.2009 | Free | GPL | FFmpeg + original | C99 |
| Ogle | Chalmers University of Technology | 1999 | 0.9.2
(2003-11-06) |
Free | GPL | ? | C |
| PowerDVD Standard | CyberLink | 1996 | 9.0.2227.0
(2009-11-02) |
USD$49.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| PowerDVD Deluxe | CyberLink | 1996 | 9.0.2227.0
(2009-11-02) |
USD$69.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| PowerDVD Ultra | CyberLink | 1996 | 9.0.2227.0
(2009-11-02) |
USD$99.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| QuickTime Basic | Apple Inc. | 2 December 1991 | 7.6.5
(2009-11-19[1][2]) |
Free | Proprietary | original | Template:Cocoa (on Mac OS X) |
| QuickTime Pro | Apple Inc. | 2 December 1991 | 7.6.5
(2009-11-19[1][2]) |
USD$29.95 | Proprietary | original | Template:Cocoa (on Mac OS X |
| Quintessential Player | Paul Quinn | 1997 | 5.0.121
(2009-2-18) |
Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer Basic | RealNetworks | 1995 | SP 1.0.5 (12.0.0.343) (Windows), 11.0.1.949 (Mac OS X), 11.0.1.1056 (Linux/Unix), 1.6.1 (Palm) (2009-11-11 (Windows) |
Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer Plus | RealNetworks | 1995 | SP 1.0.5 (12.0.0.343) (Windows), 11.0.1.949 (Mac OS X), 11.0.1.1056 (Linux/Unix), 1.6.1 (Palm) (2009-11-11 (Windows) |
USD$19.99 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| SMPlayer | RVM | 11 December 2006[generalnotes 4] | 0.6.8 (26 July 2009) | 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 (7 April 2007) | Free | GPL | FFmpeg + original | C++ |
| Totem Movie Player | Totem Team | July 2002 | 2.28.4
(2009-11-14) |
Free | GPL | GStreamer | C |
| VLC media player | VideoLAN | February 2000 | 1.0.3
(2009-10-31) |
Free | GPL | FFmpeg + original | C,C++ |
| Winamp Lite/Full/Bundle | Nullsoft | June 1997 | 5.5.6.2512
(2009-07-01) |
Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Winamp Pro | Nullsoft | June 1997 | 5.5.6.2512
(2009-07-01) |
USD$19.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Microsoft | November 1992 | 12.0.7600.16385
(6 August 2009) |
Included in Microsoft Windows. | Proprietary | DirectShow | C++ (COM) |
| WinDVD Gold | Corel | 1998 | 2010 (10.0.4.258)
(2009-09-16) |
USD$39.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| WinDVD Platinum | Corel | 1998 | 2010 (10.0.4.258)
(2009-09-16) |
USD$59.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| XBMC | Team-XBMC | October 2003 | 9.04 (Babylon) | Free | GPL | FFmpeg | C++ |
| xine | xine Team | 15 August 2000 | 0.99.5
(2007-05-03]) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPlayer | Allplayer ltd | 1998 | 3.7 (24 December 2008) | Free | Proprietary | ||
| Amarok | Mark Kretschmann | June 2003 | 2.2.1
(2009-11-16) |
Free | GPL | via Phonon: GStreamer, xine, DirectShow, QuickTime | 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 | 1.13.4 Autan
(2009-09-26) |
Free | GPL | Java | |
| Audacious | Audacious Team | 30 October 2005 | 2.1.0 | Free | GPL | C, C++ | |
| Audion | Panic | 16 August 1999 | 3.0.2 (2002) | Free | Proprietary | ||
| Banshee | Aaron Bockover | August 2005 | 1.5.2
(2009-11-20) |
Free | MIT | GStreamer | C# |
| Beep Media Player | Milosz Derezynski | 24 June 2004 | 0.9.7.1 | Free | GPL | C | |
| 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 | Free | GPL | C | |
| Cog | Vincent Spader | 1 May 2006 | 0.07 | Free | GPL | Objective-C | |
| Creative MediaSource | Creative Technology | 2002 | 5.10.38 | Bundled (Requires Creative product) | Proprietary | ||
| Decibel Audio Player | François Ingelrest | 13 May 2007 | 1.00 | Free | GPL | Python | |
| Exaile | Adam Olsen | 24 May 2006 | Template:Latest stable software release/Exaile | Free | GPL | GStreamer | Python |
| Flash MP3 Player | Reality Software | 11 March 2008 | 1.00 | Free | Proprietary | ||
| foobar2000 | Peter Pawlowski | December 2002 | 0.9.6.9
(2009-08-22) |
Free | Proprietary (core), BSD (first-party components) |
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| KSP Sound Player | KSP Developer Team | September 2009 | 2009 R4 | Free | BSD | ||
| Listen | Mehdi Abaakouk | 4 March 2006 | 0.6 | Free | GPL | ||
| Media Jukebox | J. River | 1998 | 14.0.046 (7 August 2009) | Template:$40 | Proprietary | ||
| MediaMonkey Standard | Ventis Media Inc. | 25 August 2003 | 3.2.0.1294
(2009-11-19) |
Free | Proprietary | ||
| MediaMonkey Gold | Ventis Media Inc. | 25 August 2003 | 3.2.0.1294
(2009-11-19) |
USD$19.95 | Proprietary | ||
| MediaMonkey Lifetime | Ventis Media Inc. | 25 August 2003 | 3.2.0.1294
(2009-11-19) |
USD$29.95 | Proprietary | ||
| MPXPLAY | MPXPLAY | 1998 | 1.56beta (26 May 2008), 1.55 (2007) | Free | GPL | ||
| Music Player Daemon | Warren Dukes | May 2003 | 0.15.6 | 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 | Free | BSD | ||
| Napster | William Christopher Gorog | October 2003 | 4.0.4.8 | USD$9.95+ | Proprietary | ||
| Quod Libet | Joe Wreschnig | ? | 2.1
(2009-07-03) |
Free | GPL | GStreamer | |
| QuickPlayer | Jan Vorel | July 2006 | 1.00 beta 61a | Free | GPL | DirectShow | |
| Rhapsody | RealNetworks | 2003 | 14.0 | Free | Proprietary | ||
| Rhythmbox | Colin Walters | April 2004 | 0.12.5
(2009-09-18) |
Free | GPL | GStreamer | C |
| Sonique | Media Science | November 1998 | 1.96 (March 2002) | Free | Proprietary | ||
| UADE | Heikki Orsila | 2.12 (28 August 2008) | Free | GPL | |||
| XMMS | XMMS Team | November 1997 | 1.2.11 | Free | GPL | original | C |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox Basic | Yahoo! | 2005 | 2.2.2.058 | Free | Proprietary | ||
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus | Yahoo! | 2005 | 2.2.2.058 | USD$19.99 | Proprietary | ||
| Zinf | Zinf Team | April 2002 | 2.2.5 | Free | GPL | ||
| Name | Author | First public release date | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Based Framework | Written in |
- ^ a b c FFmpeg's Hall of Shame
- ^ Chroma's credit page
- ^ Log of /trunk/ffplay.c
- ^ The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary
[edit] Operating system requirement
This section lists the operating systems on which the player works. There may be multiple versions a player, each one for a particular operating system.
[edit] Video players
| Video player | Windows | Windows CE/Mobile | 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 | ? | ? | ? |
| Chroma | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| CrystalPlayer | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| FFplay | Yes | network doesn't work | Yes | (ffmpeg4iphone[osnotes 1]) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (PSP Media Player[osnotes 1]) |
| GOM Player | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | Partial | No | Included | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Kaffeine | No | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Go | Yes | No | No | No | No | 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 | ? | ? | ? |
| Ogle | No | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | ? | Included | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | 2000/XP/Vista only[osnotes 2] | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | No | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | No[osnotes 3] | Yes | Yes[VLC4iphone 1] | 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 | Yes | Yes | Dropped | No | Dropped | No | Dropped | No | No | No | 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/Mobile | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | Not yet officially[osnotes 4] | 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[osnotes 5] | No | No | No | No | No |
| Banshee | Partial | Yes[osnotes 6] | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No |
| cmus | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cog | No | 10.4+ | No | No | No | No | No |
| Decibel Audio Player | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Exaile | Not yet officially | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| foobar2000 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| JuK | Not yet officially[osnotes 7] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| KSP Sound Player | Yes | No | Yes | 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 |
| MPXPLAY | 9x/ME only | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Music Player Daemon | cygwin | 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 |
| Quod Libet | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| QuickPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhapsody | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Sonique | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| XMMS | No | Yes (via X11 layer) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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) |
- ^ a b not merged
- ^ Not guarantted to work on for Windows 2000.
- ^ VLC media player for WinCE / PocketPC
- ^ Amarok for Windows Download Page - not yet officially supported
- ^ Might be usable with Rosetta.
- ^ Banshee 1.4
- ^ KDE on Windows Project - Part of kdemultimedia
[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 |
| Chroma | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| FFplay | ? | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| iTunes | Yes | Partial[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kaffeine | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Go | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | SensMe |
| 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 |
| PowerDVD | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | Partial[featurenotes 1] | Partial[featurenotes 2] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Quintessential Player | Partial[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[featurenotes 3] | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Template:Yes, not Mac. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Winamp | Partial[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | Yes[featurenotes 4] |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XBMC | Yes[featurenotes 5] | 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 |
| Chroma | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 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 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kaffeine | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes[featurenotes 6] | Yes[featurenotes 6] | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Media Go | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes[featurenotes 7] | Yes[featurenotes 7] | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | No | Yes |
| Mplayerxp | Yes | Yes | Yes[featurenotes 7] | Yes[featurenotes 7] | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | No | Yes |
| PowerDVD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[featurenotes 8] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No |
| Quintessential Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial | ? | Yes | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some[featurenotes 9] | Yes | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | Partial[featurenotes 10] | Yes | Partial[featurenotes 11] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aqualung | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| Audacious | Partial[featurenotes 12] | No | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audion | No | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | No |
| Banshee | Yes | Yes | Partial[featurenotes 13] | Yes | ? | In Development | Yes | Yes |
| cmus | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Cog | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Exaile | No | ? | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| foobar2000 | No | Partial[4] | Yes[featurenotes 14] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | Yes |
| JuK | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[featurenotes 15] | ? |
| KSP Sound Player | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Listen | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| Media Jukebox | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaMonkey | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | Yes |
| MPXPLAY | Only sound output | ? | text-interface | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (also LCD capability) | ? |
| 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[4] | ? | Yes |
| Quod Libet | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes[featurenotes 16] |
| QuickPlayer | No | No | No | No | ? | No | ? | No |
| Rhapsody | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Songbird | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[featurenotes 17] | Yes |
| Sonique | Partial[4] | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No |
| XMMS | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | Yes | No | Partial[4] | Yes | Yes | No |
| 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[featurenotes 18] | Time Stretching | Pitch Shifting | A-B Repeat | Bookmark | Auto Resume | Shutdown on play complete | Archive capability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[featurenotes 19] | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Aqualung | Yes | Yes | Partial[featurenotes 20] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audacious | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Audion | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Banshee | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| cmus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Cog | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Exaile | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | Partial[4] | No | No |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | ? | Partial[4] | Yes | Partial[4] | Yes |
| JuK | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KSP Sound Player | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Listen | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Jukebox | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | Yes | ? | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | Yes | ? | |
| MPXPLAY | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | ? | Partial[featurenotes 21] | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| musikCube | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quod Libet | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| QuickPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
| XMMS | Partial | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | ? | Partial[featurenotes 21] | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zinf | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Audio player | Replay Gain | Mass Tagging | Flexible tagging[featurenotes 18] | Time Stretching | Pitch Shifting | A-B Repeat | Bookmark | Auto Resume | Shutdown on play complete | Archive capability |
- ^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
- ^ Only the media creator can create skins.
- ^ gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums
- ^ through media library in "modern" skin
- ^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a web server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
- ^ a b For Audio files only.
- ^ a b c d Pitch-shifting and AB-Repeat are not included in Mplayer's interactive keyboard controls, but can be set up via command line parameters. Mplayer manual
- ^ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
- ^ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
- ^ Basic function with NMM
- ^ Context Browser uses CSS.
- ^ Basic function via MPlayer backend
- ^ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
- ^ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
- ^ Using DCOP
- ^ by means of saved search queries
- ^ Apple Remote capability, and dbus add-on for Linux
- ^ a b Flexible tagging means the ability to read or write custom tags, apart from the default ones like title, album and date. Users can use custom tags to provide additional information to media files. Custom tags work via ID3v2.4 (via the TXXX tag field), Vorbis comments and APEv2.
- ^ Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7
- ^ Custom tags are read and displayed but can’t be written.
- ^ a b Paid version only
[edit] Video format capability
Information about what video formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about capabilities of 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 |
| Chroma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | No | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[videonotes 1] | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Partial[5] | Yes | Partial[5] | Yes | Partial[6] | Partial[5] | Yes | ? | ? |
| iTunes | Yes | Partial[videonotes 2] | Yes | Yes | Partial[7] | No | Partial[8] | Yes | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Yes | Partial[6] | Partial[5] | Partial[6] | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mplayerxp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QuickTime | Yes | Partial[videonotes 2] | Yes | Yes | Partial[7] | No | Partial[8] | Yes | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | 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[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | No | Yes[9] | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (with Dlls, or Partial)[10] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Yes | Partial[6] | Partial[5] | Yes | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Yes | Partial[6] | Partial[5] | Yes | ? | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[videonotes 3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Yes | Partial[6] | Partial[5] | Partial[6] | ? | ? |
| 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 |
- ^ with external library
- ^ a b The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
- ^ XBMC running on Linux, Mac and Windows plays MPEG-4 ASP and H.264. Because of the relatively 'slow' Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processor inside the Xbox, the Xbox version of XBMC is limited to decoding 480x576 resolution H.264 video encoded without CABAC and deblocking, or 352x288 resolution MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video encoded with CABAC and deblocking. As the FFmpeg-based codec is optimized further, XBMC on Xbox might be able to decode MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) at 720x480 resolution on the Xbox hardware, but probably not higher than that.[citation needed]
[edit] Audio format capability
Information about what audio formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about capabilities of future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such functionality.
[edit] Video Players
| 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 |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| FFplay | Yes | Partial[audionotes 1] | Partial[audionotes 1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| iTunes | Yes | yes, no DRM | No | Partial[8] | No | Yes | No | No | Partial[8] | Yes | No | No |
| KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] |
| 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 |
| QuickTime | Yes | Partial[7] | No | Partial[8] | No | Yes | Partial[4] | No | Partial[8] | Yes | No | No |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | No | No | Partial[4] |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes (with Dlls, or Partial)[10] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Yes | Partial[11] | Yes | Partial[11] | Partial[11] | Yes | Partial[11] | Partial[11] | Partial[11] |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] |
| 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[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] |
| Video player | MP3 | WMA | RealAudio | Vorbis | Musepack | AAC | AC3 | APE | FLAC | ALAC | SHN | WV |
[edit] Audio Players
| Audio player | MP3 | WMA | RealAudio | Vorbis | Musepack | AAC | AC3 | APE | FLAC | ALAC | SHN | WV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[4] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Audion | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Banshee | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] |
| 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 |
| Exaile | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | 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 | Yes |
| Listen | Yes | Yes[audionotes 2] | 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[11] | Partial[11] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | Partial[4] |
| 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[11] | No | Yes | Partial[11] | Partial[11] | Partial[11] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial[11] |
| Quod Libet | Yes | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] |
| QuickPlayer | Yes | Partial[5] | No | Yes | No | No[audionotes 3] | No | No | No[audionotes 3] | No | No | No |
| Rhapsody | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[11] | Partial[11] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XMMS | Yes | Partial[11] | Partial[11] | Partial[11] | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[11] | Yes | No | Partial[11] | Yes |
| 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 |
- ^ a b can't understand some codecs
- ^ Requires following fix: http://www.listen-project.org/ticket/722.
- ^ a b Requires another sound system.
[edit] Container format capability
Information about what container formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about capabilities of future versions of the players or filters that provide such functionality.
[edit] Video Players
| 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 |
| Chroma | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Partial | Partial | Partial | ? | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| iTunes | No[containernotes 1] | Win: yes Mac: file is parsable |
Yes | Partial[8] | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| 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 |
| QuickTime | Yes | Partial[7] | Yes | Partial[8] | No | Yes[12] | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[4] | Partial[4] | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[6] | Vorbis only | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[6] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | ? | ? | Yes |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Zoom Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[6] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | Partial[5] | ? | ? | ? |
| Video player | AVI | ASF | QuickTime | Ogg | OGM | Matroska | MP4 | MPEG-21 | NUT | FLV |
[edit] Audio Players
| Audio player | AVI | ASF | QuickTime | Ogg | OGM | Matroska | MP4 | MPEG-21 | NUT | FLV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ? | ? | ? |
| foobar2000 | Partial[4] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[containernotes 2] | 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 | ? | ? | ? |
| 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[9] | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickPlayer | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | No | No | No | Vorbis only | No | No | Yes[9] | ? | ? | ? |
| Songbird | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | No[11] | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | No | No | No | Vorbis only | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Zinf | No | No | No | Vorbis only | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Audio player | AVI | ASF | QuickTime | Ogg | OGM | Matroska | MP4 | MPEG-21 | NUT | FLV |
- ^ A hack allows playback.
- ^ PPC only plugin to NicePlayer that adds the Xine engine for video playback. Native Matroska tag reading and writing
[edit] Scalable, composite and emulation format capabilities
[edit] Video Players
| 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Chroma | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| FFplay | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Partial | ? | ? | ? | ? | Partial | ? | Yes(via xmms-plugins) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mplayerxp | Partial | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | Partial | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes [compositenotes 1] | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Winamp | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (plugin) | Yes (plugin) | Yes (plugin) |
| Windows Media Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XBMC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xine | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 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 |
[edit] Audio Players
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Aqualung | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audacious | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audion | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| cmus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Cog | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| foobar2000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (plugin) | Yes (plugin) | Yes (plugin) |
| JuK | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KSP Sound Player | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Listen | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Jukebox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (winamp plugin) | Yes (winamp plugin) | Yes (winamp plugin) |
| MPXPLAY | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| musikCube | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quod Libet | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Songbird | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zinf | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audio player | Flash | RealPix | QuickTime Video Effects in mov | HTML+TIME(+VML) | Silverlight | smil/smi | SVG | MIDI(smf) | MIDI(kar) | MIDI(xmf) | MIDI(rmi) | MIDI(xmi) | NSF | SPC | PSF |
- ^ Tested only on Mac OS X
[edit] Protocol capabilities
Information about which internet protocols the players understand, for receiving streaming media content. Footnotes lead to information about capabilities of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.
[edit] General
[edit] Video Players
| Video player | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) | MMS (MMSU, MMST) | RTMP | Netstream (mpst://) | Podcasting | PeerCast | RDT | TCP | UDP | SCTP | Gopher | SFTP | NFS | SMB/CIFS | PNA (pnm://, pna://) | RTP
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Amarok | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| aTunes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| FFplay | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes(optional) | ? | Yes |
| Mplayerxp | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Quod Libet | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC media player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Dropped (WMP10) |
? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| xine | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Video player | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) | MMS (MMSU, MMST) | RTMP | Netstream (mpst://) | Podcasting | PeerCast | RDT | TCP | UDP | SCTP | Gopher | SFTP | NFS | SMB/CIFS | PNA (pnm://, pna://) | RTP |
[edit] Audio Players
| Audio player | HTTP | RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) | MMS (MMSU, MMST) | Podcasting | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | upnp, daap |
| Aqualung | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Audacious Media Player | Yes | Yes[protocolnotes 1] | No | No | ? |
| Audion | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
| Banshee | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| cmus | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
| Cog | No | No | No | No | ? |
| foobar2000 | Yes | No | No | Partial[protocolnotes 2] | ? |
| JuK | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KSP Sound Player | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Listen | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| Media Jukebox | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | No | No | Yes[protocolnotes 3] | ? |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| musikCube | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| QuickPlayer | No | No | No | No | ? |
| Rhapsody | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[protocolnotes 4] | upnp, daap |
| Songbird | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? |
| Sonique | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zinf | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
| Audio player | HTTP | RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) | MMS (MMSU, MMST) | Podcasting | Other |
[edit] Other
[edit] Video Players
| Video player | DAAP | DMAP | DPAP | EsounD protocol | PulseAudio Simple protocol | PulseAudio Native protocol | DLNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Amarok | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| aTunes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| FFplay | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mplayerxp | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
| NicePlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quod Libet | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC media player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Winamp | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Video player | DAAP | DMAP | DPAP | EsounD protocol | PulseAudio Simple protocol | PulseAudio Native protocol | DLNA |
[edit] Audio Players
| Audio player | DAAP | DMAP | DPAP | EsounD protocol | PulseAudio Simple protocol | PulseAudio Native protocol | DLNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Aqualung | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audacious Media Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audion | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Banshee | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| cmus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Cog | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| foobar2000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| JuK | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KSP Sound Player | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Listen | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Jukebox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| musikCube | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Songbird | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zinf | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audio player | DAAP | DMAP | DPAP | EsounD protocol | PulseAudio Simple protocol | PulseAudio Native protocol | DLNA |
- ^ Function available 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.
[edit] Playlist format capability
Information about which playlist formats the players understand.
[edit] Video Players
| Video player | asx/wax/wvx | m3u/m3u8 | pls | xspf | ram/rmm | sdp | rpl | xpl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPlayer | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Chroma | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| FFplay | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mplayerxp | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| QuickTime | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XBMC | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xine | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Video player | asx/wax/wvx | m3u8 | pls | xspf | ram/rmm | sdp | rpl | xpl |
[edit] Audio Players
| Audio player | asx/wax/wvx | m3u8 | pls | xspf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Aqualung | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Audacious | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| Audion | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| cmus | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Cog | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JuK | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KSP Sound Player | No | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Listen | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Jukebox | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPXPLAY | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| musikCube | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quod Libet | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Songbird | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Zinf | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Audio player | asx/wax/wvx | m3u8 | pls | xspf |
[edit] Subtitle capability
Information about what subtitle formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about capabilities of future versions of the players or filters that provide such functionality. (Note: Pure audio players are not listed)
| Video player | Bitmap | Text | Bitmap | Text | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VobSub (.idx+.sub) | SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) | SubRip (.srt) | SAMI (.smi) | RealText (.rt) | MicroDVD (.sub) | SubViewer (.sub) | Text file[subtitlenotes 1] (.txt) | PowerDivx (.psb) | Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) | Structured Subtitle Format (.ssf) | XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) | DVB subtitles | DVD subtitles | PGS (.sup) | Closed captioning | |
| ALLPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| FFplay | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | Partial[subtitlenotes 2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[5] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mplayerxp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| QuickTime | No | Yes[12] | Yes[12] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes[4] | No | Yes[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes[4] | ? | Yes[4] | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The Core Media Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[5] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | Partial[subtitlenotes 2] | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC media player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Winamp | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | No | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | No | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[5] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | No | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | No | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[5] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | Partial[subtitlenotes 2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[subtitlenotes 4] | No[subtitlenotes 4] | No[subtitlenotes 4] | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xine [subtitlenotes 5] | Yes | Partial[subtitlenotes 2] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | No | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | No | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[subtitlenotes 3] | Yes[5] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 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) | DVB subtitles | DVD subtitles | PGS (.sup) | Closed captioning |
- ^ This player can 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 This player understands some of the formatting data from SSA/ASS (at most coloring but no positioning, animation, typesetting etc.), but some players could understand the rest of it by using VSFilter as external subtitle filter instead of the built-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 For Windows, one can add the ability to use many subtitle formats by installing VSFilter or ffdshow.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "FAQ | Kaffeine - KDE Media Player". Kaffeine FAQ. http://kaffeine.kde.org/?q=faq#question9. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
[edit] Metadata capability
Information about what metadata, or tagging, formats the players understand. Most other containers have their own metadata format and the players usually use them. Footnotes lead to information about capabilties of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.
[edit] Video Players
| Video player | ID3v1 | ID3v2 | APEv2 tag | Vorbis comment | AMF | ASF metadata | MOV metadata | Cue sheet | CD-Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPlayer | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
| Cog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| CorePlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GOM Player | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | ? | Partial | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[metadatanotes 1] | ? |
| Mplayerxp | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
| QuickTime | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[metadatanotes 2] | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Partial[4] | Yes |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Partial[metadatanotes 3] | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| xine | Yes | Partial[metadatanotes 4] | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoom Player | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Video player | ID3v1 | ID3v2 | APEv2 tag | Vorbis comment | AMF | ASF metadata | MOV metadata | Cue sheet | CD-Text |
[edit] Audio Players
| Audio player | ID3v1 | ID3v2 | APEv2 tag | Vorbis comment | Cue sheet | CD-Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarok | Yes[metadatanotes 5] | Partial[metadatanotes 5] | Yes[metadatanotes 5] | Yes | No[metadatanotes 6] | ? |
| 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 | ? | ? |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[metadatanotes 7] |
| JuK | Yes[metadatanotes 5] | Yes[metadatanotes 5] | Yes[metadatanotes 5] | Yes[metadatanotes 5] | ? | ? |
| 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 |
| MPXPLAY | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes |
| musikCube | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Quod Libet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| QuickPlayer | Partial[metadatanotes 4] | Partial[metadatanotes 4] | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhapsody | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sonique | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMMS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| Zinf | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| Audio player | ID3v1 | ID3v2 | APEv2 tag | Vorbis comment | Cue sheet | CD-Text |
- ^ 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.
- ^ ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).
- ^ a b c d e f g Understanding of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
- ^ Only older 1.5.* versions work with CUE files, it may work in future versions of 2.*.
- ^ There is a plugin called CD-TEXT Reader adding such a feature.
[edit] Optical media capability
Information about what kinds of optical discs the players can play. Footnotes lead to information about capabilities of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality. Playback of Super Audio CD is not possible for any media player, because no suitable hardware exists. All media players capable of audio CD playback will also play the Redbook core of any HDCD disc, providing no sound-quality benefits over standard audio CDs.
[edit] Video Players
| Video player | Audio | Video | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | VCD | SVCD | DVD | Blu-ray | HD DVD | |
| ALLPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Chroma | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
| CorePlayer | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
| FFplay | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| iTunes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
| KMPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Center | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| Mplayerxp | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Ogle | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
| QuickTime | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| The KMPlayer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| TotalMedia Theatre | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| VLC | Yes | No | No | Yes | Partial [opticalmedianotes 1] | Yes | No | ? |
| Winamp | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
| XBMC | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| xine | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| Zoom Player | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
| Video player | CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | VCD | SVCD | DVD | Blu-ray | HD DVD |
| Audio | Video | |||||||
[edit] Audio Players
| Audio player | Audio | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | |
| Amarok | Yes | No | No |
| Aqualung | Yes | No | No |
| Audacious | Yes | No | No |
| Audion | Yes | No | No |
| cmus | No | No | No |
| Cog | No | No | No |
| foobar2000 | Yes | Yes (plugin)[opticalmedianotes 2] | No |
| JuK | Yes[opticalmedianotes 3] | No | No |
| KSP Sound Player | No | No | No |
| Media Jukebox | Yes | No | No |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | No | No |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | Yes | No | No |
| musikCube | Yes | No | No |
| Quod Libet | Yes | No | No |
| QuickPlayer | Yes | No | No |
| Rhapsody | Yes | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | No | No |
| Songbird | Yes | No | No |
| Sonique | Yes | No | No |
| XMMS | Yes | No | No |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | Yes | No | No |
| Zinf | Yes | No | No |
| Audio player | CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD |
| Audio | |||
- ^ Handling still frames and switching between different video formats is problematic.
- ^ http://dvdadecoder.sourceforge.net/
- ^ Requires K3B
[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
- Comparison of video encoders
[edit] References
- ^ "QuickTime 7.6.4 for Mac". 2009-09-09. http://support.apple.com/downloads/QuickTime_7_6_4_for_Mac. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ "QuickTime 7.6.4 for Windows". 2009-09-09. http://support.apple.com/downloads/QuickTime_7_6_4_for_Windows. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ "Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28". 2009-08-24. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/08/24macosx.html. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
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- ^ 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 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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 d The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (Doesn't work with FLAC containers), Speex, and Theora.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw Available through a Gstreamer plugin.
- ^ a b Partial native decoding an all platforms since 0.9.9. Windows and Linux can also decode through Real Dlls[citation needed]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
- ^ a b c The open source Perian plug-in adds the ability to use many video formats and codecs to QuickTime. It also adds the ability to use SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles.