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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 | ? | ? |
| 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) |
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) |
Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| BS.Player (Pro) | Webteh | 2000 | 2.42
(2009-07-13) |
€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) |
Bundled (Requires Creative product) | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| CorePlayer | CoreCodec, Inc. | 2006 | 1.2.9
(2008-3-14) |
USD$19.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| CrystalPlayer | Crystal Reality LLC | October 2002 | 1.98
(2007-5-31) |
USD$29,95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Elecard MPEG Player | Elecard Devices | November 1999 | 5.6.90515
(2009-5-26) |
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) |
Free | Proprietary | Adobe Flash Player | ? |
| GOM Player | Gretech Corporation | 7 January 2003 | 2.1.18.4762
(2009-06-09) |
Free | Proprietary / license violating[1] | FFmpeg | ? |
| iTunes | Apple Inc. | 9 January 2001 | 8.1 (50)
(2009-03-11) |
Free | Proprietary | QuickTime | ? |
| jetAudio (Basic) | Cowon Systems | 1997 | 7.5.3
(2009-06-11) |
Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| jetAudio (Plus) | Cowon Systems | 1997 | 7.5.3
(2009-06-11) |
USD$29.00 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Kaffeine | KDE | 2003 | 0.8.8
(2009-5-23) |
Free | GPL | xine | C++ |
| Kantaris | Christofer Persson | July 2007 | 0.4.2
(2008-11-19) |
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) |
Trialware, USD$9.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| MediaFrame | Airlock Limited | October 2004 | 2.0 rc3
(2005-2-13) |
Free | GPL | ? | ? |
| Media Center | J. River | July 2003 | 13.0.132
(2009-4-13) |
USD$40.00 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic | Gabest | 29 May 2003 | 6.4.9.1
(2008-12-10) |
Free | GPL | DirectShow | C++ |
| MPlayer | Árpád Gereöffy | September 2000 | 1.0rc2
(2007-10-7) |
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) |
Free | GPL | ? | ? |
| NicePlayer | Jay Tuley & Robert Chin | June 2004 | 0.96.2
(2008-08-23) |
Free | GPL / MPL | ? | Objective-C |
| Ogle | Chalmers University of Technology | 1999 | 0.9.2
(2003-11-06) |
Free | GPL | ? | C |
| Passion audio player | George Boudouris | July 2002 | 2.5
(2008-5-30) |
Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| PowerDVD Standard | CyberLink | 1995 | 9.0
(2009-3-2) |
USD$49.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| PowerDVD Deluxe | CyberLink | 1995 | 9.0
(2009-3-2) |
USD$69.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| PowerDVD Ultra | CyberLink | 1995 | 9.0
(2009-3-2) |
USD$99.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| QuickTime Basic | Apple Inc. | 2 December 1991 | 7.62
(2009-6-1) |
Free | Proprietary | original | ? |
| QuickTime Pro | Apple Inc. | 2 December 1991 | 7.62
(2009-6-1) |
USD$29.95 | Proprietary | original | ? |
| Quickview Pro | Wolfgang Hesseler | 1994 | 2.58
(2007-3-1) |
USD$23/$15 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Quintessential Player | Paul Quinn | 1997 | 5.0.121
(2009-2-18) |
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 (Windows) |
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 (Windows) |
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) |
Free | Proprietary / license violating[1] | ? | ? |
| Totem Movie Player | Totem Team | July 2002 | version 2.26.1
(2009-04-14) |
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 | USD$24.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| VLC media player | VideoLAN | February 2000 | 1.0.0
(2009-07-07[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) |
Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Winamp Pro | Nullsoft | June 1997 | 5.5.6.2512
(2009-7-01) |
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) | 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]) |
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) |
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: | 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) |
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 | 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 | 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 | ||
| 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) |
Free | Proprietary (core), BSD (first-party components) |
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| 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) |
Free | GPL | ||
| KSP Sound Player | Kalliope s.c. | December 2005 | 2006R2 | 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) |
Free | Proprietary | ||
| MediaMonkey Gold | Ventis Media Inc. | 25 August 2003 | 3.1.0.1256
(2009-6-12) |
USD$19.95 | Proprietary | ||
| MediaMonkey Lifetime | Ventis Media Inc. | 25 August 2003 | 3.1.0.1256
(2009-6-12) |
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 | 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 | ||
| 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) |
Free | GPL | GStreamer | |
| QuickPlayer | Jan Vorel | July 2006 | 1.00 beta 61a | Free | GPL | DirectShow | |
| QuuxPlayer | Quux Software | June 2008 | 2.6.1 | Free | Proprietary | ||
| Rhapsody | RealNetworks | 2003 | 14.0 | Free | Proprietary | ||
| Rhythmbox | Colin Walters | April 2004 | 0.12.2
(2009-05-31) |
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 | Free | GPL | original | C |
| XMPlay | Ian Luck | July 1998 | 3.4.2.1
(2007-7-19) |
Free | Proprietary | ||
| 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 |
[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 | ? | ? |