Comparison of video player software Informatics Engineering 464 pasar.pts-ptn.net

The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable 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.

1 General
2 Operating system requirement
3 Features
- 3.1 Extended features
4 Video format ability
5 Audio format ability
6 Container format ability
7 Scalable, composite and emulation format abilities
8 Protocol abilities
- 8.1 General protocols
- 8.2 Other
9 Playlist format ability
10 Subtitle ability
11 Metadata ability
12 Optical media ability
13 See also
14 References
15 Notes
16 Related lists on other projects

General

Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based framework	Written in
ALLPlayer	ALLCinema ltd	00 Jan 1998	5.2 (July 5, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-05)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	FFmpeg	Object Pascal (Delphi)
Apprentice Video	Pavel Koshevoy	03 Apr 2011	r407 and later	Free	MIT	FFmpeg	C++ (Qt)
Banshee	Aaron Bockover	00 Aug 2005	2.6.0 (October 3, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-10-03)^[1]) [±]	Free	MIT	GStreamer	C#
Creative MediaSource	Creative Technology	00 Jan 2002	5.10.38 (December 22, 2006; 6 years ago (2006-12-22)) [±]	Requires Creative product	Proprietary	?	?
CorePlayer	CoreCodec Inc.	00 Jan 2006	3.0.1 (September 9, 2011; 18 months ago (2011-09-09)) [±]	US$19.95	Proprietary	?	?
CrystalPlayer	Crystal Reality LLC	00 Oct 2002	1.99 (September 1, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-09-01)) [±]	US$29.95	Proprietary	FFmpeg	?
DSPlayer	DSPlayer team	00 Jan 2002	0.999	Free	Proprietary		Object Pascal (Delphi), C++
FFplay	FFmpeg project	06 Jun 2003^{[generalnotes 1]}	1.2 (March 15, 2013; 11 days ago (2013-03-15)) [±]	Free	LGPL, part GPL	FFmpeg	C
GOM Player	Gretech Corporation	07 Jan 2003	2.1.47.5133 (December 12, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-12)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	FFmpeg	?
iTunes	Apple Inc.	09 Jan 2001	11.0.2.26 (February 19, 2013; 35 days ago (2013-02-19)) [±]^[2]	Free	Proprietary	QuickTime	?
iTVmediaPlayer	BitMar Networks	22 Nov 2010	5.1	US$24.99	Proprietary	.NET Framework	C#
jetAudio (Basic)	Cowon Systems	00 Jan 1997	8.0.17 May 4, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-05-04)	Free	Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
jetAudio (Plus)	Cowon Systems	00 Jan 1997	8.0.17 May 4, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-05-04)	US$29.00	Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
Kaffeine	KDE	00 Jan 2003	1.2.2 (April 4, 2011; 23 months ago (2011-04-04)) [±]	Free	GPL	xine	C++
K-Multimedia Player	YoungHuee Kang	01 Oct 2002	3.5.0.77 (23 January 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-23)^[3]) [±]	Free	Proprietary	?	Object Pascal
Konqueror Media Player	Koos Vriezen, Joonas Koivunen	00 Jan 2003	0.11.3d June 10, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-06-10)	Free	GPL	MPlayer	C++
JRiver Media Center	JRiver, Inc.	00 Jul 2003	18.0.106 (January 3, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-03)) [±]	US$49.98	Proprietary	original	C++, SSE/MMX assembly
Mac Blu-ray Player	MacGo, Inc.	00 Jan 2011	2.7.1 November 30, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-11-30)	US$59.95	Proprietary	?	?
Media Go	Sony Creative Software Inc.	00 Jan 2009	2.2 August 1, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-01)	Free	Proprietary	?	?
Media Player Classic	Gabest	29 May 2003	6.4.9.1 (December 10, 2008; 4 years ago (2008-12-10)) [±]	Free	GPL	DirectShow	C++
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Casimir666	29 Mar 2006	1.6.5 (December 16, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-16)) [±]	Free	GPL	DirectShow	C++
MediaPortal	Team MediaPortal	00 Jan 2004	1.3.0 (March 13, 2013; 13 days ago (2013-03-13)) [±]	Free	GPL	DirectShow	C#, C++
MPlayer	Árpád Gereöffy	00 Sep 2000	4.6 (March 15, 2013; 11 days ago (2013-03-15)) [±]	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C
Mplayerxp	Guru Kas aka Nickols_K	00 Jan 2002	0.7.1/06.01.2009	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C
Ogle	Chalmers University of Technology	00 Jan 1999	0.9.2 (November 6, 2003; 9 years ago (2003-11-06)) [±]	Free	GPL	?	C
Plex	Plex, Inc.	21 May 2008	0.9.5.4 / 0.9.6.6 (server)July 31, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-07-31)	Free	Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
PowerDVD Standard	CyberLink	00 Jan 1996	12.0 build 2625 (March 18, 2013; 8 days ago (2013-03-18)^[4]) [±]	US$49.95	Proprietary	?	?
PowerDVD Deluxe	CyberLink	00 Jan 1996	12.0 build 2625 (March 18, 2013; 8 days ago (2013-03-18)^[4]) [±]	US$69.95	Proprietary	?	?
PowerDVD Ultra	CyberLink	00 Jan 1996	12.0 build 2625 (March 18, 2013; 8 days ago (2013-03-18)^[4]) [±]	US$99.95	Proprietary	?	?
QuickTime Basic	Apple Inc.	02 Dec 1991	7.7.3 (November 8, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-08)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	original	Cocoa (on OS X)
QuickTime Pro	Apple Inc.	02 Dec 1991	7.7.3 (November 8, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-08)) [±]	US$29.95	Proprietary	original	Cocoa (on OS X)
Quintessential Player	Paul Quinn	00 Jan 1997	5.0.121 (February 18, 2009; 4 years ago (2009-02-18)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	?	?
RealPlayer Basic	RealNetworks	00 Jan 1995	Windows: 16.0.1.18 (March 14, 2013; 12 days ago (2013-03-14)) [±] OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-09-07)^[5]) [±] Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-07-30)^[6]) [±] Android: 0.0.1.0 (August 14, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-14)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	?	?
RealPlayer Plus	RealNetworks	00 Jan 1995	Windows: 16.0.1.18 (March 14, 2013; 12 days ago (2013-03-14)) [±] OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-09-07)^[5]) [±] Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-07-30)^[6]) [±] Android: 0.0.1.0 (August 14, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-14)) [±]	US$19.99	Proprietary	?	?
SMPlayer	RVM	11 Dec 2006^{[generalnotes 2]}	0.8 (April 2, 2012)	Free	GPL	MPlayer	C++
Songbird	Tom Lord	08 Feb 2006	2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013; 50 days ago (2013-02-04)) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer, XULRunner	C++
Splash Lite	Mirillis	14 Sep 2009	1.7.1 (November 10, 2011; 16 months ago (2011-11-10)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	?	?
The Core Pocket Media Player	Gabor Kovacs	00 Jul 2004 named "BetaPlayer"	0.71 (November 23, 2005; 7 years ago (2005-11-23)) [±]	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C++
Totem Movie Player	Totem Team	00 Jul 2002	3.6.3 (February 13, 2013; 41 days ago (2013-02-13)) [±]^[7]	Free	GPL	GStreamer	C
VLC	VideoLAN	00 Feb 2000	2.0.5 (December 15, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-15)) [±]^[8]^[9]	Free	GPL, LGPL^[10]^[11]^[12]	FFmpeg + original	C, C++
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle	Nullsoft	00 Jun 1997	5.6.3.3235 (June 28, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-06-28)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	?	?
Winamp Pro	Nullsoft	00 Jun 1997	5.6.3.3235 (June 28, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-06-28)) [±]	US$19.95	Proprietary	?	?
Windows Media Player	Microsoft	00 Nov 1992	12.0.7601.17514 (July 22, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-07-22)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	DirectShow	C++ (COM)
WinDVD Gold	Corel	00 Jan 1998	11.0.0.342 (October 16, 2011; 17 months ago (2011-10-16)^[13]) [±]	US$39.95	Proprietary	?	?
WinDVD Platinum	Corel	00 Jan 1998	11.0.0.342 (October 16, 2011; 17 months ago (2011-10-16)^[13]) [±]	US$59.95	Proprietary	?	?
XBMC Media Center	Team-XBMC	00 Oct 2003	12.0 (codename: "Frodo") (29 January 2013) [±]	Free	GPL	FFmpeg	C++
xine	xine Team	15 Aug 2000	0.99.7 (June 9, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-06-09)) [±]	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C
TotalMedia Theatre	ArcSoft	15 Nov 2009	5.2.1.119 January 11, 2012; 14 months ago (2012-01-11)	US$99.99	Proprietary	original	C++
Name	Author	First public release date	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based framework	Written in

^ Log of ffplay.c
^ "The SMPlayer Project / SMPlayer first anniversary". Smplayer.berlios.de. http://smplayer.berlios.de/forums/viewtopic.php?id=528. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

Operating system requirement

This section lists the operating systems on which the player works. There may be multiple versions of a player, each one for a given operating system.

Video player	Windows	Windows CE, Mobile	Windows Phone	Mac OS X	iOS	Android	Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Unix-like	DOS	BeOS, Haiku, ZETA	OS/2
ALLPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Apprentice Video	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Banshee	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
CrystalPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DSPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
FFplay	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	No	No	Included	Included	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kaffeine	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
KMPlayer	Via Cygwin	No	No	Via Fink	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
JRiver Media Center	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Go	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MediaPortal	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mplayerxp	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ogle	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Plex	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	No	No	Included	Included	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
SMPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Songbird	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Official support dropped	No	Official support dropped	No	No	No	No
Totem Movie Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
VLC	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	No	No	Beta version	No	Yes	Last version is Winamp 3	No	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Included	Included	Included	Dropped (WMP9)	No	No	No	No	Dropped (WMP6.3)	No	No	No	No
XBMC	Yes	Original Xbox only	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
xine	unmaintained	No	No	WIP for 1.2 series	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Video player	Windows	Windows CE, Mobile	Windows Phone	Mac OS X	iOS	Android	Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Unix-like	DOS	BeOS, Haiku, ZETA	OS/2

Features

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
Apprentice Video	No	No	No	Yes	No	only on OSX	No
Banshee	Yes	Partial^{[featurenotes 1]}	Yes	Yes	In Development	Yes	Yes
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
DSPlayer	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	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
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Partial^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Kaffeine	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^{[featurenotes 2]}	Yes	Yes	No
Konqueror Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Media Go	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	SensMe
Media Player Classic	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Mplayerxp	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Plex	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
PowerDVD	?	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	No
QuickTime	Partial^{[featurenotes 3]}	Partial^{[featurenotes 4]}	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Quintessential Player	Partial^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
RealPlayer	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes
SMPlayer	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Songbird	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^{[featurenotes 5]}	Yes
Totem Movie Player	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
VLC	Yes	Yes	yes, not Mac	No	Yes	Yes	No
Winamp	Partial^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[14]	Yes^{[featurenotes 6]}
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XBMC	Yes^{[featurenotes 7]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Video playback	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media database	Gapless audio decoding	Visualizer	Remote controllable	Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)

Extended features

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	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apprentice Video	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Banshee	?	No	No	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
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
iTVmediaPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kaffeine	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some^{[featurenotes 8]}	Yes	Yes
Konqueror Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	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
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	?	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[featurenotes 9]}	Yes^{[featurenotes 9]}	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	No	Yes
Mplayerxp	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[featurenotes 9]}	Yes^{[featurenotes 9]}	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	No	Yes
Plex	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PowerDVD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
QuickTime	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[featurenotes 10]}	?	?	Yes	?	?	No
Quintessential Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
SMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[featurenotes 11]}	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	Yes
Songbird	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	Partial^[14]	Partial^[14]
WinDVD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	Yes	?
XBMC	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Audio plugin	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	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

^ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
^ "gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums". Kmplayer.com. http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
^ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
^ Only the media creator can create skins.
^ Apple Remote ability, and dbus add-on for Linux
^ Via media library in "modern" skin
^ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a web server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
^ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pitch-shifting and AB-Repeat are not included in Mplayer's interactive keyboard controls, but can be set up via command line parameters. Mplayer manual
^ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
^ As of SVN 3349

Video format ability

Information about what video formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such abilities.

Video player	MPEG-1	MPEG-2	MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP)	MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC)	WMV	RealVideo	Theora	Flash	Dirac	VP8
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apprentice Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Banshee	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Partial^{[v 2]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 4]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Partial^{[v 2]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 4]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}
iTunes	Yes	Partial^{[v 5]}	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[v 6]}	No	Partial^{[v 7]}	Partial^{[v 8]}	No	Partial^{[v 8]}
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
jetAudio	Yes	Partial^{[v 2]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 4]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Konqueror Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mplayerxp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Plex	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^{[v 5]}	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[v 6]}	No	Partial^{[v 7]}	Partial^{[v 8]}	No	Partial^{[v 8]}
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[v 9]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}
SMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Songbird	No	No	Partial^{[v 10]}	Partial^{[v 10]}	Partial^{[v 11]}	No	Yes	No	No	No
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}	Yes^{[v 1]}
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Partial^{[v 2]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 4]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 3]}	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes^{[v 2]}	Yes^{[v 12]}	Yes^{[v 12]}	Yes	Partial^{[v 4]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 3]}	Partial^{[v 13]}
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[v 14]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Video player	MPEG-1	MPEG-2	MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP)	MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC)	WMV	RealVideo	Theora	Flash	Dirac	Snow

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Available via Gstreamer plugin.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e This format is supported out-of-the-box in Windows 7 and later. In Windows Vista and earlier, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
^ ^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 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The playing compatibility depends on the availability of RealMedia filters. There is a distribution known as Real Alternative which bundles the needed RealPlayer components without the need to install the corresponding player.
^ ^a ^b The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
^ ^a ^b The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
^ ^a ^b 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (Doesn't work with FLAC containers), Speex, and Theora.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d On Macs, 3rd party plugins are available. The Perian QuickTime components for Mac OS X 10.4.7+ allow any QuickTime application to play a wide variety of formats.
^ Plugin available.
^ ^a ^b This format is supported out-of-the-box on Mac OS X. On Windows, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of QuickTime filters. There is a distribution known as QuickTime Alternative which bundles the needed QuickTime components without the need to install the corresponding player.
^ This format is supported when running the program in Microsoft Windows, but is not supported on Mac OS X.
^ ^a ^b This format is supported out-of-the-box in Windows Media Player 12 and later (which requires Windows 7 or later). In Windows Media Player 11 and earlier, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
^ The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters, or in the case of Windows Media Player 12 and above, there is also the option of using Microsoft Media Foundation components, which have the added bonus of adding WebM support through the HTML5 <video> element to Internet Explorer 9 or later.
^ XBMC running on Linux, Macintosh and Windows plays MPEG-4 ASP and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. 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 H.264 video encoded with CABAC and deblocking. As the FFmpeg-based codec is optimized further, XBMC on Xbox might be able to decode H.264 at 720x480 resolution on the Xbox hardware, but probably no higher than that.^{[citation needed]}

Audio format ability

Information about what audio formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such abilities.

Video player	Lossy compression								Lossless compression
Video player	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	AC-3	Opus	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN	WV
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apprentice Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Banshee	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	?	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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^[16]	No	Yes	No	?	No	Partial^[16]	Yes	No	No
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[17]	Yes
Konqueror Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[17]	Yes	Yes	?	Partial^[17]	Yes	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[17]	Yes	Yes	?	Partial^[17]	Yes	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Yes
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPlayer	Yes	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
Plex	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[18]	No	Partial^[16]	No	Yes	Partial^[14]	?	No	Partial^[16]	Yes	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	Partial^[14]	Partial^[14]	No	No	Partial^[14]
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
Songbird	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	No	Yes	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	No	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	?	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]
VLC	Yes	Yes	Partial^[19]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^[17]	Yes	Partial^[20]	Yes	Partial^[20]	?	Partial^[20]	Yes	Partial^[20]	Partial^[20]	Partial^[20]
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	?	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]
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
Video player	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	AC-3	Opus	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN	WV

Container format ability

Information about what container formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or filters that provide such abilities.

Video player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4	NUT	FLV
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apprentice Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
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^[16]	No	No	Yes	?	?
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Partial^[21]	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Partial^[17]	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Konqueror Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mplayerxp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plex	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
QuickTime	Yes	Partial^[18]	Yes	Partial^[16]	No	Yes^[22]	Yes	?	Yes^[22]
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[14]	Partial^[14]	No	Yes	?	?
Songbird	Yes	No	Yes^[21]	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	No	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	?	Yes^[15]
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^[21]	Vorbis only	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Yes	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	WMP12 Yes^[21]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	Partial^[17]	WMP12 Yes^[17]	?	Yes
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Video player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4	NUT	FLV

^ A hack allows playback.

Scalable, composite and emulation format abilities

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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Apprentice Video	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CorePlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	Partial	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GOM Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTunes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Konqueror Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Partial	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Partial^[23]	Partial^[23]	Partial^[23]	Partial^[23]	Partial^[23]	No	No	No
MediaPortal	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPlayer	Partial	?	?	?	?	Partial	?	Yes (via xmms-plugins)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mplayerxp	Partial	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
QuickTime	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Songbird	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Partial	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?
Winamp	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)
Windows Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XBMC	Partial	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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

Protocol abilities

Information about which internet protocols the players understand, for receiving streaming media content. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such abilities.

General protocols

Video player	HTTP	HTTPS	HLS	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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Apprentice Video	Yes	No	Partial	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Banshee	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	No	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
CorePlayer	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	No	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
DSPlayer	No	?	?	?	No	No	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	Yes	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	?	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Konqueror Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
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	?
Songbird	Yes	?	?	?	?	No	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	HTTP	HTTPS	HLS	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

Other

Video player	DAAP	DMAP	DPAP	EsounD protocol	PulseAudio Simple protocol	PulseAudio Native protocol	DLNA	Home TV Streaming Protocol (HTSP)
ALLPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Amarok	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Apprentice Video	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Banshee	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
CorePlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?
GOM Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTunes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTVmediaPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
jetAudio	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Konqueror Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaPortal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mplayerxp	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?
Quod Libet	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
QuickTime	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Songbird	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Totem Movie Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Winamp	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?
XBMC	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XMMS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	DAAP	DMAP	DPAP	EsounD protocol	PulseAudio Simple protocol	PulseAudio Native protocol	DLNA	Home TV Streaming Protocol (HTSP)

Playlist format ability

Information about which playlist formats the players understand.

Video player	asx/wax/wvx	m3u/m3u8	pls	xspf	ram/rmm	sdp	rpl	xpl	bdmv	mpcpl	wmx
ALLPlayer	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Apprentice Video	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CorePlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
GOM Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTunes	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTVmediaPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
jetAudio	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
Konqueror Media Player	?	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mplayerxp	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
QuickTime	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Songbird	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XBMC	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
xine	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	asx/wax/wvx	m3u/m3u8	pls	xspf	ram/rmm	sdp	rpl	xpl	bdmv	mpcpl	wmx

Subtitle ability

Information about what subtitle formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or filters that provide such abilities.

Video player	Bitmap	Text										Bitmap				Text
Video player	VobSub (.idx+.sub)	SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass)	SubRip (.srt)	SAMI (.smi)	RealText (.rt)	MicroDVD (.sub)	SubViewer (.sub)	Text file^{[stnotes 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	?	?	?	?
Apprentice Video	Yes^{[stnotes 2]}	Yes^{[stnotes 2]}	Yes^{[stnotes 2]}	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[stnotes 2]}	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^{[stnotes 3]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
iTunes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Partial^{[stnotes 3]}	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	?	Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[17]	?	?	?	?
Konqueror Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[23]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[17]	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mplayerxp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
QuickTime	No	Yes^[22]	Yes^[22]	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^[14]	No	Yes^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes^[14]	?	Yes^[14]	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Partial^{[stnotes 3]}	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	No	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	No	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^[17]	?	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	No	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	No	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^{[stnotes 4]}	Yes^[17]	?	?	?	?
XBMC	Yes	Partial^{[stnotes 3]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^{[stnotes 5]}	No^{[stnotes 5]}	No^{[stnotes 5]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^{[stnotes 5]}
xine^{[stnotes 6]}	Yes	Partial^{[stnotes 3]}	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
Video player	VobSub (.idx+.sub)	SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass)	SubRip (.srt)	Sami (.smi)	RealText (.rt)	MicroDVD (.sub)	SubViewer (.sub)	TXT (.txt)	PowerDivx (.psb)	Universal Subtitle Format (.usf)	Structured Subtitle Format (.ssf)	XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles)	DVB subtitles	DVD subtitles	PGS (.sup)	Closed captioning

^ This player can open files with the extension .txt, but those could contain any script language. So there is no guarantee it will play it.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e This player understands some of the formatting data from SSA/ASS (at most coloring but no positioning, animation, typesetting etc.), but some players could understand the rest of it by using VSFilter as external subtitle filter instead of the built-in one.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing VSFilter or ffdshow.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d XBMC (formerly XBox Media Center) uses the subtitle library and source code from MPlayer, so if or when MPlayer can display these subtitles, then XBMC will soon be able to do so.
^ "FAQ | Kaffeine - KDE Media Player". Kaffeine FAQ. http://kaffeine.kde.org/?q=faq#question9. Retrieved 2009-10-02.

Metadata ability

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 abilities of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such abilities.

Video player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	AMF	ASF metadata	MOV metadata	Cue sheet	CD-Text
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
Apprentice Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
GOM Player	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes
iTVmediaPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Partial^{[metadatanotes 1]}	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
Konqueror Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	?	Partial	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	?	Partial	?	?	?	?	?
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[metadatanotes 2]}	?
Mplayerxp	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	Yes
Songbird	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	No	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[metadatanotes 3]}	Yes	?	?	?	Partial^[14]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Partial^{[metadatanotes 4]}	?	Partial^[14]	?	Yes	?	No	Partial^[14]
XBMC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Partial
xine	Yes	Partial^{[metadatanotes 5]}	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	AMF	ASF metadata	MOV metadata	Cue sheet	CD-Text

^ Supports via plugin available in COWON Forums
^ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
^ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
^ ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).
^ Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags

Optical media ability

Information about what kinds of optical discs the players can play. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such abilities. 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.

	Audio			Video
Video player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	Blu-ray	HD DVD
ALLPlayer	Yes	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	?
Apprentice Video	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CorePlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	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	No
iTVmediaPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Konqueror Media Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[optical 1]}	?
MPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mplayerxp	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Ogle	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?
PowerDVD							Yes
QuickTime	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Songbird	No^{[optical 2]}	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Totem Movie Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
VLC	Yes	Yes^{[optical 3]}	No	Yes	Partial^{[optical 4]}	Yes	Commercial BDs unsupported^[24]	No
Winamp	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	?
XBMC	Yes	No	No	Partial^{[optical 5]}	Partial^{[optical 5]}	Yes	Commercial BDs unsupported	No
xine	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

^ See this thread on team-mediaportal.com
^ See this thread on Getsatisfaction.com
^ DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1
^ Handling still frames and switching between different video formats is problematic.
^ ^a ^b VCD menu nd SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.

References

^ "October 10, 2012". http://banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. http://banshee.fm/download/archives/2-6-0/. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
^ "iTunes 11.0.2". Apple Inc.. 2013-02-19. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1614. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
^ "[2012/11/07] KMPlayer 3.4 Release (Build NO. 3.4.0.59)". 2012-11-07. http://www.kmpmedia.net/update/update. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
^ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
^ "RealPlayer 1.1". Softpedia. SoftNews NET SRL. http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia-Graphics/Video-Players/RealPlayer-80639.shtml. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
^ Müllner, Florian (February 13, 2013), "GNOME 3.6.3 released", gnome-announce mailing list, https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-February/msg00012.html, retrieved February 24, 2013
^ "VLC 2.0.5". feepk. 2012-12-15. http://feepk.net/2012/12/15/vlc-2-0-5/. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
^ Kempf, Jean-Baptiste (2012-12-11). "VLC media player 2.0.5 - Twoflower". VideoLAN. http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0.git;a=tag;h=2.0.5. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
^ "Press Release on libVLC relicensing to LGPL". VideoLAN. 2011-12-21. http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl-libvlc.html. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
^ "Press Release on modules relicensing to LGPL". VideoLAN. 2011-12-21. http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl-modules.html. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
^ "Left wondering why VLC relicensed some code to LGPL". Free Software Foundation. 2012-11-29. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/left-wondering-why-vlc-relicensed-some-code-to-lgpl. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
^ http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?pgid=800161&ppid=3500025 Patches & Updates for WinDVD Pro 11 by Corel Corporation
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Plugin available.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af Available via Gstreamer plugin.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (Doesn't work with FLAC containers), Speex, and Theora.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
^ ^a ^b The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
^ VLC supported audio formats
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The playing compatibility depends on the availability of QuickTime filters. There is a distribution known as QuickTime Alternative which bundles the needed QuickTime components without the need to install the corresponding player.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The open source Perian plug-in adds the ability to use many video formats and codecs to QuickTime. It also adds the ability to use SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The playing compatibility depends on the availability of RealMedia filters. There is a distribution known as Real Alternative which bundles the needed RealPlayer components without the need to install the corresponding player.
^ anandtech - VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability

Notes

Related lists on other projects

m:Open Source Toolset - short sections on Audio editing and Video editing
Software - short lists of Ogg audio and video editors
Help:Converting video - tools for manipulating audio and video

Media player software

Freeware or free software

Microsoft Windows	Adobe Media Player AIMP CrystalPlayer Dell MediaDirect foobar2000 GOM Player jetAudio KMPlayer MadCat Media Browser Media Go Media Player Classic MediaMonkey Mod4Win Mpxplay MusicBee MusikCube InterActual Player QuickTime Quintessential Player QuuxPlayer Style Jukebox Winamp

Linux	Amarok Baudline Beep Media Player cmus Gnome Music Player Client Helix JuK Kaffeine LinuxMCE Miro Mpg123 Muine Music Player Daemon Music on Console Noatun Ogle DVD Player Rhythmbox Totem Xine XMMS XMMS2

Multi-platform	Amarok Audacious Banshee Boxee Clementine DivX Player Exaile ffplay iTunes KMPlayer Miro MPlayer Nightingale Plex (software) QuickTime RealPlayer Songbird VLC media player XBMC Zinf

Commercial or bundled

Microsoft Windows	Connect Player Iriver plus 3 JRiver Media Center PowerDVD TotalMedia Theatre SonicStage WinDVD Windows Media Center Windows Media Player Yahoo! Music Jukebox

OS X	Centerstage DVD Player Front Row Peel

Mobile	Pocket Tunes CoreAVC CorePlayer Core Pocket Media Player doubleTwist RealPlayer TuneWiki Winamp

Lists

Video players Audio players Portable media players Personal video recorders

Home theater PC software and related devices

Windows	Beyond TV DVBViewer GB-PVR MediaPortal JRiver Media Center ShowShifter Windows Media Center

OS X	Centerstage Front Row ITheater

Linux distributions	Element OS GeeXboX LinuxMCE Mythbuntu MythDora XBMC Live MythTV OpenELEC Video Disk Recorder Ubuntu TV

Cross-platform	Plex (Android, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Windows Phone) SageTV (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) XBMC (Android, Apple TV, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X, MeeGo, Raspberry Pi, Windows, Xbox)

Set-top boxes/ Digital media receivers	Apple TV Boxee Box DBox2 Dreambox HP MediaSmart Connect Hauppauge MediaMVP Inview Technology Google TV Nexus Q Netgear Digital Entertainer Roku TiVo Vu+ WD TV Windows Media Center Extender

Related hardware	ATI Theater Cards Elgato EyeTV devices TechniSat DVB Adapters TerraTec DVB Adapters Hauppauge Computer Works WinTV PVR Cards HDHomeRun Remote control Touchscreen Mac Mini Nvidia TV-Tuner Cards Quiet PC

System manufacturers	Alienware Apple Inc. Dell Gateway Hewlett-Packard Intel Logitech Interact-TV Shuttle Inc. Sony VAIO series Toshiba Velocity Micro Zotac

Related articles	10-foot user interface Comparison of video player software Comparison of audio player software Digital media receiver HD media player Home cinema Home theater PC Internet television Media server Portable media player Set-top box Hybrid IPTV Smart TV Video player

Comparison of video player software

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