Comparison of audio player software
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The following comparison of audio players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs. For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players" are defined as any media player explicitly designed to play audio files, with limited or no support for video playback. Multi-media players designed for video playback, which can also play music, are included under comparison of video player software.
General
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! Name ! Author ! First public release ! Latest stable version ! Cost ! width=110px|Framework used ! Written in |
AIMP
| AIMP DevTeam | {{dts|2006-08-08}} | {{Latest stable software release/AIMP}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | BASS audio library (decoder) | Delphi |
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Amarok
| Mark Kretschmann | {{dts|2003-06-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Amarok}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | via Phonon: GStreamer, xine, MPlayer, VLC, DirectShow, QuickTime | C++ |
aTunes
| Alex Aranda et al. | {{dts|2006-01-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/aTunes}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | | Java |
Audacious
| Audacious Development Team | {{dts|2005-10-30}} | {{Latest stable software release/Audacious}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|BSD-2-Clause}} | XMMS based | C, C++ (GTK & Qt){{Cite web |title=Audacious - An Advanced Audio Player |url=https://audacious-media-player.org/news/32-audacious-3-6-released |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=audacious-media-player.org}}{{Note|Starting from v3.6, Audacious has both Qt and GTK2 support.}} |
Banshee
| Aaron Bockover | {{dts|2005-02-17}} | {{Latest stable software release/Banshee}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|MIT}} | GStreamer | C# |
BTR Amp
|BTR Labs |February 13, 2020 |15.1 (March 21, 2023) | {{nonfree|$0.99/month, $9.99/year, $29.99 one-time}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Clementine
| Clementine Team | {{dts|2010-02-22}} | {{Latest stable software release/Clementine}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | GStreamer | C++ (Qt) |
cmus
| Timo Hirvonen | {{dts|2005-01-18}} | {{Latest stable software release/cmus}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | | C |
Cog
| Vincent Spader | {{dts|2006-05-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Cog}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-only}} | |
DeaDBeeF
| Oleksiy Yakovenko | August 2009 | 1.9.6 / November 7, 2023 | {{free|No cost}} | | C, C++, Objective-C, Assembly language |
Exaile
| Adam Olsen | {{dts|2006-05-24}} | {{Latest stable software release/Exaile}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | GStreamer | Python (GTK) |
Ecoute
| Louka Desroziers & Julien Sagot | {{dts|2008-09}} | 3.0.8 | {{free|No cost}} (until version 4) | {{proprietary}} | AV Foundation & QuickTime |
Flash MP3 Player
| Reality Software | {{dts|2008-03-11}} | 1.00 | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
foobar2000
| Peter Pawlowski | {{dts|2002-11-29}} | {{Latest stable software release/foobar2000}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} (core), | | C++ |
Guayadeque Music Player
|Juan Rios | {{dts|2009-03-12}} | 0.4.6 (June 5, 2019) | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | GStreamer | C++ (wxWidgets, wxSqlite) |
iTunes
| {{dts|2001-01-09}} | {{Latest stable software release/iTunes}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| JRiver, Inc. | {{dts|1999-02-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/JRiver Media Center}} | {{nonfree|$59.98 to $79.98}} | {{proprietary}} | JRiver code | C++ |
JuK
| Scott Wheeler | {{dts|2003-02-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/JuK}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | | C++ |
MediaMonkey Standard
| Ventis Media Inc. | {{dts|2003-08-25}} | {{Latest stable software release/MediaMonkey}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | Delphi, C |
MediaMonkey Gold
| Ventis Media Inc. | {{dts|2003-08-25}} | {{Latest stable software release/MediaMonkey}} | {{nonfree|$24.95USD}} | {{proprietary}} | | Delphi, C |
MediaMonkey Lifetime
| Ventis Media Inc. | {{dts|2003-08-25}} | {{Latest stable software release/MediaMonkey}} | {{nonfree|$49.95USD}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Groove Music
| Microsoft | {{dts|2012}} | | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Mpxplay
| Mpxplay | {{dts|1998-01-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Mpxplay}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | C |
Music on Console
| Damian Pietras | {{dts|2002-01-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Music on Console}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | | C |
Music Player Daemon
| Warren Dukes | {{dts|2003-05-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Music Player Daemon}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | | C |
MusicBee
| Steven Mayall | {{dts|2008-12-04}} | {{Latest stable software release/MusicBee}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | BASS audio library |
musikCube
| Casey Langen | {{dts|2005-01-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/musikCube}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|BSD-3-Clause}} | | |
Napster
| William Christopher Gorog | {{dts|2003-10-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Napster (pay service)}} | {{nonfree|Subscription}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Quod Libet
| Quod Libet Team | {{dts|2004-11-08}} | {{Latest stable software release/Quod_Libet}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | GStreamer | Python (GTK) PyGTK |
Rdio
| Rdio Inc | {{dts|2010-08-03}} | Microsoft Windows: 1.12.0.0 (2013) WP 8+ : 4.0.5.0 ({{Start date and age|df=yes|2013|10|28}}) iOS: 3.0.3 ({{Start date and age|df=yes|2014|09|27}}) | {{nonfree|Subscription}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Rhapsody
| {{dts|2003-01-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Rhapsody}} | {{nonfree|Subscription}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Rhythmbox
| Colin Walters | {{dts|2004-04-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Rhythmbox}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | GStreamer | C |
Sayonara Player
| Michael Lugmair (until 2020 under the pseudonym Lucio Carreras) | {{dts|2011}} | 1.5.1-stable5 / 29 August 2019 | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | GStreamer | C++ |
Songbird
| POTI Inc. | {{dts|2006-02-08}} | {{Latest stable software release/Songbird}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL}} | GStreamer | |
Sonic Visualiser
| Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London | {{dts|2007-05-10}} | 3.1.1 (August 14, 2018) | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | | |
Sonique
| Media Science | {{dts|1998-11-01}} | 1.96 (March 2002) | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Spotify
| Spotify LTD | {{dts|2008-10-07}} | {{Latest stable software release/Spotify}} | {{Nonfree|Subscription}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Style Jukebox
| Digital Geek LTD | {{dts|2009-07-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/Style Jukebox}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | C# |
Video.js (used on Wikipedia as of 2024)
| Brightcove, Inc. | 2010 | | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|Apache}} | | JavaScript, HTML5 |
VLC Player
| | 1996 | {{Latest stable software release/VLC media player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | |
Wax
| Jeffrey Barish | {{dts|July 19, 2024}} | 1.0.4 (build 366) | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|MIT}} | GStreamer | Python (GTK 3.0) |
Winamp
| Nullsoft | {{dts|April 21, 1997}} | {{Latest stable software release/Winamp}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | Wasabi |
XMMS
| XMMS Team | {{dts|1997-11-01}} | {{Latest stable software release/XMMS}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | original | C |
XMPlay
| Un4seen Developments | {{dts|1998}} | 3.8 ({{dts|2013|12|23}}) | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | BASS audio library | |
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Operating system compatibility
This section lists the operating systems on which the player works. There may be multiple versions of a player for different operating systems.
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! Windows ! macOS ! Linux ! iOS ! Android ! BSD Unix ! Solaris ! DOS |
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AIMP
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|via Wine}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|via Wine}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Amarok
| {{yes}} | {{yes|beta}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
aTunes
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Audacious
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Audion
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Banshee
| {{yes|alpha}} | {{yes|beta}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
BTR Amp
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
cmus
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Cog
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Clementine
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|remote controller only}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
DeaDBeeF
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Ecoute
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Exaile
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
foobar2000
| {{yes}} | {{yes|beta}} | {{partial|via Wine}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|via Wine}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Guayadeque Music Player
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Groove Music
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|remote controller only}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
MPXPLAY
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
Music Player Daemon
| {{yes|cygwin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
MusicBee
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{Partial}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
musikCube
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|remote control only}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Quod Libet
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Rdio
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Rhapsody
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Songbird
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Sonique
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Spotify
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Style Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Wax
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
XMMS
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
XMPlay
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Zinf
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
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! Audio player ! Windows ! macOS ! Linux ! iOS ! Android ! BSD Unix ! Solaris ! Other Unix ! DOS |
Features
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Audio player
! Video playback ! Outbound streaming ! Skinnable ! Media database ! Gapless audio decoding ! Remote controllable ! Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria) |
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AIMP
| {{no}} | {{partial|via Plugins}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|via Plugins}} | {{no}} |
Amarok
| {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Audacious
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Audion
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
BTR Amp
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
cmus
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Cog
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Clementine
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Exaile
| {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
foobar2000
| {{no}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin|Plugin available.}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{partial|via Plugins}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|via Plugins}} | {{yes}} |
JuK
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} |
MPXPLAY
| {{yes}} (with MMC v2.00a) | {{dunno}} | {{no|text-interface}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} (also LCD ability) | {{dunno}} |
Music Player Daemon
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Client dependent}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Client dependent}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Client dependent}} |
MusicBee
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
Quod Libet
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Rhapsody
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} (Dark Mode available) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
Sonique
| {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
Spotify
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (via app) | {{no}} |
Wax
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
XMMS
| {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
XMPlay
| {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Zinf
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! Video playback ! Outbound streaming ! Skinnable ! Media database ! Gapless audio decoding ! Visualizer ! Remote controllable ! Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria) |
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! Tag mass ! Tag flexible ! A-B repeat ! Bookmark ! Auto resume ! Shutdown on play complete ! Archive ability |
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AIMP
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Amarok
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Audacious
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Audion
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
BTR Amp
| {{Yes}} |? | {{Yes}} |? | {{No}} |? | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | |
cmus
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Cog
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Clementine
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Exaile
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{no}} |
foobar2000
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
JuK
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MPXPLAY
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MusicBee
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{dunno}} | {{partial}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Quod Libet
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Rhapsody
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sonique
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Spotify
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Wax
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
XMMS
| {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
XMPlay
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
Zinf
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! ReplayGain ! Tag mass ! Tag flexible ! Time stretch ! Pitch shift ! A-B repeat ! Bookmark ! Auto resume ! Shutdown on play complete ! Archive ability |
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 functionality.
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rowspan="2" style="width: 12em" | Audio player
! colspan="9" | Lossy compression ! colspan="6" | Lossless compression |
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MP3
! WMA ! Vorbis ! Musepack ! AAC ! VQF ! Opus ! APE ! FLAC ! ALAC ! SHN ! WV ! WMA L |
AIMP
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_winamp|Available through a Winamp plugin.}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Amarok{{efn|Amarok uses non-Amarok libraries to decode audio. It will play any file for which a codec is available on the system. The default libraries in Linux are from the GStreamer project, and in Windows from the VLC project.}} {{cite web|title=Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Windows|url=http://community.kde.org/Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Windows#2.6.0|accessdate=24 February 2013}}{{cite web|title=VLC playback Features|url=http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.php?cat=audio#audio_notes|publisher=VideoLAN Organization|accessdate=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103042927/http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.php?cat=audio#audio_notes|archive-date=3 January 2010|url-status=dead}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Audacious
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Audion
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Banshee
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
BTR Amp
| {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
cmus
| {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg|Available through a FFmpeg plugin.}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_opusfile|Available through the opusfile plugin.}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Cog
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Exaile
| {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer|Available through a Gstreamer plugin.}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} |
foobar2000
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Groove Music
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
JuK
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl|Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation.}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{dunno}} |
MPXPLAY
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Music Player Daemon
| {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_ffmpeg}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MusicBee
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_winamp}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_winamp}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{dunno}} |
Quod Libet
| {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhapsody
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sonique
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Spotify[https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/features/listen-to-local-files/ Local files]. Spotify.com.
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Style Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
Wax
| {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{dunno}} |
XMMS
| {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{dunno}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
XMPlay
| {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{dunno}} |
Zinf
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! MP3 ! WMA ! RealAudio ! Vorbis ! Musepack ! AAC ! Dolby AC-3 ! VQF ! Opus ! APE ! FLAC ! ALAC ! SHN ! WV ! WMA L |
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 functionality.
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Audio player
! AVI ! ASF ! Ogg ! OGM ! Matroska ! MP4 ! MPEG-21 ! NUT ! FLV |
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AIMP
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|Partial}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Amarok
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|Basic}} | {{partial|Basic}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
Audacious
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{Partial|Audio only}} |
Audion
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
cmus
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Basic}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Cog
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
foobar2000
| {{partial}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Partial|Audio only}} |
JuK
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MOC
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
MPXPLAY
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MusicBee
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|AAC only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhapsody
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sonique
| {{no}}{{efn|name=autodl}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=plugin}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
XMMS
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Zinf
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Vorbis only}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! AVI ! ASF ! QuickTime ! Ogg ! OGM ! Matroska ! MP4 ! MPEG-21 ! NUT ! FLV |
Scalable, composite and emulation format abilities
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Audio player
! Flash ! RealPix ! QuickTime Video Effects in mov ! HTML+TIME ! smil/smi ! SVG ! MIDI ! MIDI ! MIDI ! MIDI ! MIDI ! NSF ! SPC ! PSF |
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AIMP
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Amarok
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Audacious
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Audion
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
cmus
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Cog
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
foobar2000
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Yes}} (plugin) | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{partial|Yes}} (plugin) | {{partial|Yes}} (plugin) | {{partial|Yes}} (plugin) | {{partial|Yes}} (plugin) | {{partial|Yes}} (plugin) |
JuK
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{partial|Yes}} (Winamp plugin) | {{partial|Yes}} (Winamp plugin) | {{partial|Yes}} (Winamp plugin) |
MPXPLAY
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MusicBee
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}}{{efn|name=through_gstreamer}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhapsody
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sonique
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
XMMS
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Zinf
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! Flash ! RealPix ! QuickTime Video Effects in mov ! HTML+TIME ! smil/smi ! SVG ! MIDI ! MIDI ! MIDI ! MIDI ! MIDI ! 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 functionality.
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Audio player
! HTTP ! RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) ! MMS (MMSU, MMST) ! Other |
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AIMP
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Amarok
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | UPNP |
Audacious
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Audion
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
cmus
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Cog
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
foobar2000
| {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{dunno}} |
JuK
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MusicBee
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Music Player Daemon
| {{yes}}{{efn|Provided by the "curl" plugins.}} | {{yes}}{{efn|Provided by the "ffmpeg" plugin.}} | {{yes}}{{efn|Provided by the "mms" plugin.}} | {{yes}} |
Rhapsody
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | UPNP |
Sayonara Player
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sonique
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
XMMS
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Zinf
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! HTTP ! RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) ! MMS (MMSU, MMST) ! Podcasting ! Other |
Playlist format ability
Information about which playlist formats the players understand.
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Audio player
! asx, ! M3U ! pls ! XSPF ! CUE ! SMIL |
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AIMP
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Amarok
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Audacious
| {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} |
Audion
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
Clementine
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
cmus
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Cog
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Exaile
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
foobar2000
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
iTunes
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
JuK
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MPXPLAY
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MusicBee
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Quod Libet
| {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhapsody
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sonique
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Spotify[https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Import-and-export-m3u-playlists/idi-p/196732 Import and export m3u playlists]. Spotify.com.
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
XMMS
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Zinf
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! asx/wax/wvx ! M3U ! pls ! XSPF ! CUE ! SMIL |
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 functionality.
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Audio player
! ID3v1 ! ID3v2 ! CD-Text ! WAVE chunks |
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AIMP
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Amarok
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
Audacious
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Audion
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
cmus
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
Cog
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
foobar2000
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
JuK
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Mixxx
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
MPXPLAY
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MusicBee
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
musikCube
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Quod Libet
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
Rhapsody
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sayonara Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Sonique
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
XMMS
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Zinf
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Audio player ! ID3v1 ! ID3v2 ! APEv2 tag ! Vorbis comment ! Cue sheet ! CD-Text ! WAVE chunks |
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 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.
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! colspan="3" | Audio |
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CD
! HDCD |
AIMP
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |
Amarok
| {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
aTunes
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Audacious
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Audion
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
cmus
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Cog
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
foobar2000
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} (plugin){{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdadecoder/|title=DVD-Audio Decoder and Watermark Detector|date=February 24, 2024|website=SourceForge}} | {{yes}} (plugin){{Cite web|url=http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_hdcd|title = Foobar2000: Components Repository - HDCD decoder}} |
JuK
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MediaMonkey
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
MusicBee
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Musicmatch Jukebox
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
musikCube
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Rhapsody
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Rhythmbox
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Sonique
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
XMMS
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Zinf
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
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! rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Audio player ! CD ! DVD-Audio ! HDCD |
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! colspan="3" | Audio |
See also
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Notes
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References
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