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.

Contents 1 General 1.1 Video players 1.2 Audio players 2 Operating system requirement 2.1 Video players 2.2 Audio players 3 Features 3.1 Video players 3.2 Video players (continued) 3.3 Audio players 3.4 Audio players (continued) 4 Video format capability 5 Audio format capability 5.1 Video Players 5.2 Audio Players 6 Container format capability 6.1 Video Players 6.2 Audio Players 7 Scalable, composite and emulation format capabilities 7.1 Video Players 7.2 Audio Players 8 Protocol capabilities 8.1 General 8.1.1 Video Players 8.1.2 Audio Players 8.2 Other 8.2.1 Video Players 8.2.2 Audio Players 9 Playlist format capability 9.1 Video Players 9.2 Audio Players 10 Subtitle capability 11 Metadata capability 11.1 Video Players 11.2 Audio Players 12 Optical media capability 12.1 Video Players 12.2 Audio Players 13 See also 14 References

[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; 2 years ago)	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; 2 years ago)	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; 21 days ago)	Free	Proprietary / license violating[generalnotes 1]	FFmpeg	?
iTunes	Apple Inc.	9 January 2001	9.0.1 (50)  (2009-09-23; 2 months ago)	Free	Proprietary	QuickTime	?
Kaffeine	KDE	2003	0.8.8  (2009-5-23; 6 months ago)	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; 2 months ago)	Free	Proprietary / license violating[generalnotes 1]	?	?
Media Center	J. River	July 2003	14.0.46  (2009-08-07; 3 months ago)	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; 11 months ago)	Free	GPL	DirectShow	C++
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Casimir666	29 March 2006	1.3.1249  (2009-8-28; 2 months ago)	Free	GPL	DirectShow	C++
MPlayer	Árpád Gereöffy	September 2000	1.0rc3  (2009-11-01; 26 days ago)	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; 6 years ago)	Free	GPL	?	C
PowerDVD Standard	CyberLink	1996	9.0.2227.0  (2009-11-02; 25 days ago)	USD$49.95	Proprietary	?	?
PowerDVD Deluxe	CyberLink	1996	9.0.2227.0  (2009-11-02; 25 days ago)	USD$69.95	Proprietary	?	?
PowerDVD Ultra	CyberLink	1996	9.0.2227.0  (2009-11-02; 25 days ago)	USD$99.95	Proprietary	?	?
QuickTime Basic	Apple Inc.	2 December 1991	7.6.5  (2009-11-19; 8 days ago[1][2]) 10.0 (90.3.1)  (2009-11-9; 18 days ago[3]) (Mac OS X v10.6)	Free	Proprietary	original	Template:Cocoa (on Mac OS X)
QuickTime Pro	Apple Inc.	2 December 1991	7.6.5  (2009-11-19; 8 days ago[1][2]) 10.0 (90.3.1)  (2009-11-9; 18 days ago[3]) (Mac OS X v10.6)	USD$29.95	Proprietary	original	Template:Cocoa (on Mac OS X
Quintessential Player	Paul Quinn	1997	5.0.121  (2009-2-18; 9 months ago)	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; 16 days ago (Windows) 2009-11-11; 16 days ago (Mac OS X))	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; 16 days ago (Windows) 2009-11-11; 16 days ago (Mac OS X))	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; 13 days ago)	Free	GPL	GStreamer	C
VLC media player	VideoLAN	February 2000	1.0.3  (2009-10-31; 27 days ago)	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C,C++
Winamp Lite/Full/Bundle	Nullsoft	June 1997	5.5.6.2512  (2009-07-01; 4 months ago)	Free	Proprietary	?	?
Winamp Pro	Nullsoft	June 1997	5.5.6.2512  (2009-07-01; 4 months ago)	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; 2 months ago)	USD$39.95	Proprietary	?	?
WinDVD Platinum	Corel	1998	2010 (10.0.4.258)  (2009-09-16; 2 months ago)	USD$59.95	Proprietary	?	?
XBMC	Team-XBMC	October 2003	9.04 (Babylon)  (6 May 2009)	Free	GPL	FFmpeg	C++
xine	xine Team	15 August 2000	0.99.5  (2007-05-03; 2 years ago])	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C
Zoom Player Pro	Inmatrix	31 December 2000	Template:Latest stable software release/ZoomPlayer	USD$27.95	Proprietary	?	?
Zoom Player WMV Pro	Inmatrix	31 December 2000	Template:Latest stable software release/ZoomPlayer	USD$35.95	Proprietary	?	?
Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based Framework	Written in

[edit] Audio players

Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based Framework	Written in
ALLPlayer	Allplayer ltd	1998	3.7 (24 December 2008)	Free	Proprietary
Amarok	Mark Kretschmann	June 2003	2.2.1  (2009-11-16; 11 days ago)	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  (July 6, 2009)	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; 7 days ago)	Free	MIT	GStreamer	C#
Beep Media Player	Milosz Derezynski	24 June 2004	0.9.7.1  (22 October 2005)	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  (27 July 2007)	Free	GPL		C
Cog	Vincent Spader	1 May 2006	0.07  (23 December 2007)	Free	GPL		Objective-C
Creative MediaSource	Creative Technology	2002	5.10.38	Bundled (Requires Creative product)	Proprietary
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; 3 months ago)	Free	Proprietary (core), BSD (first-party components)
KSP Sound Player	KSP Developer Team	September 2009	2009 R4  (30 October 2009)	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; 8 days ago)	Free	Proprietary
MediaMonkey Gold	Ventis Media Inc.	25 August 2003	3.2.0.1294  (2009-11-19; 8 days ago)	USD$19.95	Proprietary
MediaMonkey Lifetime	Ventis Media Inc.	25 August 2003	3.2.0.1294  (2009-11-19; 8 days ago)	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  (18 November 2009)	Free	GPL
Musicmatch Jukebox Basic	Yahoo!	May 1998	10.1  (2005)	Free	Proprietary
Musicmatch Jukebox Plus	Yahoo!	May 1998	10.1  (2005)	USD$19.99	Proprietary
musikCube	Casey Langen	2005	1.0  (3 December 2006)	Free	BSD
Napster	William Christopher Gorog	October 2003	4.0.4.8	USD$9.95+	Proprietary
Quod Libet	Joe Wreschnig	?	2.1  (2009-07-03; 4 months ago)	Free	GPL	GStreamer
QuickPlayer	Jan Vorel	July 2006	1.00 beta 61a  (5 April 2008)	Free	GPL	DirectShow
Rhapsody	RealNetworks	2003	14.0  (16 October 2006)	Free	Proprietary
Rhythmbox	Colin Walters	April 2004	0.12.5  (2009-09-18; 2 months ago)	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  (16 November 2007)	Free	GPL	original	C
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Basic	Yahoo!	2005	2.2.2.058  (5 February 2008)	Free	Proprietary
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus	Yahoo!	2005	2.2.2.058  (5 February 2008)	USD$19.99	Proprietary
Zinf	Zinf Team	April 2002	2.2.5  (14 February 2004)	Free	GPL
Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based Framework	Written in

1. ^ ^{a b c} FFmpeg's Hall of Shame
2. ^ Chroma's credit page
3. ^ Log of /trunk/ffplay.c
4. ^ 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

1. ^ VLC media player for iPhone

[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)

1. ^ ^{a b} not merged
2. ^ Not guarantted to work on for Windows 2000.
3. ^ VLC media player for WinCE / PocketPC
4. ^ Amarok for Windows Download Page - not yet officially supported
5. ^ Might be usable with Rosetta.
6. ^ Banshee 1.4
7. ^ 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

1. ^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
2. ^ Only the media creator can create skins.
3. ^ gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums
4. ^ through media library in "modern" skin
5. ^ 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)
6. ^ ^{a b} For Audio files only.
7. ^ ^{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
8. ^ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
9. ^ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
10. ^ Basic function with NMM
11. ^ Context Browser uses CSS.
12. ^ Basic function via MPlayer backend
13. ^ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
14. ^ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
15. ^ Using DCOP
16. ^ by means of saved search queries
17. ^ Apple Remote capability, and dbus add-on for Linux
18. ^ ^{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.
19. ^ Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7
20. ^ Custom tags are read and displayed but can’t be written.
21. ^ ^{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

1. ^ with external library
2. ^ ^{a b} The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
3. ^ 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

1. ^ ^{a b} can't understand some codecs
2. ^ Requires following fix: http://www.listen-project.org/ticket/722.
3. ^ ^{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

1. ^ A hack allows playback.
2. ^ 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

1. ^ 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

1. ^ Function available through libnms
2. ^ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
3. ^ Present in version 3.0 currently going through Alpha Testing.
4. ^ 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

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ ^{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.
3. ^ ^{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.
4. ^ ^{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.
5. ^ "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

1. ^ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
2. ^ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
3. ^ ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).
4. ^ ^{a b c} Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Understanding of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
6. ^ Only older 1.5.* versions work with CUE files, it may work in future versions of 2.*.
7. ^ 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

1. ^ Handling still frames and switching between different video formats is problematic.
2. ^ http://dvdadecoder.sourceforge.net/
3. ^ 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

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