Comparison of video player software#Optical media ability
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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.
General
= Active players =
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Name
! Author ! width=75|First public release ! Stable version ! width=50|Cost ! width=110|Software license ! Framework used ! Written in |
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ALLPlayer
| ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership | {{start date|1998|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/ALLPlayer}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | FFmpeg + original + DirectShow | Object Pascal (Delphi) |
Apprentice Video
| Pavel Koshevoy | {{start date|2010|05|29|df=yes}} | r407 and later | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|MIT}} | FFmpeg |
DivX
| DivX, LLC | {{start date|2001|07|15|df=yes}} | 11.12 (April 17, 2025) | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | {{proprietary}} | C/C++ (Qt) |
FFplay
| FFmpeg project | {{start date|2000|12|20|df=yes}} | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q847465|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q847465|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|LGPL-2.1-or-later, part GPL-2.0-or-later}} | FFmpeg | C |
GOM Player
| GOM & Company | {{start date|2003|01|07|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/GOM Player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | FFmpeg | {{dunno}} |
iTunes
| {{start date|2001|01|09|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/iTunes}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} |
jetAudio (Basic)
| Cowon Systems | {{start date|1997|df=yes}} | 8.1.8.20800 ({{Start date and age|2020|08|06|df=yes}}) | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | FFmpeg | C++ |
jetAudio (Plus)
| Cowon Systems | {{start date|1997|df=yes}} | 8.1.8.20800 ({{Start date and age|2020|08|06|df=yes}}) | {{nonfree|$29}} | {{proprietary}} | FFmpeg | C++ |
JRiver Media Center
| JRiver, Inc. | {{start date|1998|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/JRiver_Media_Center}} | {{nonfree|$69.98 to $89.98}} | {{proprietary}} | original + DirectShow | C++, SSE/MMX assembly |
K-Multimedia Player
| YoungHuee Kang | {{start date|2002|10|01|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/K-Multimedia Player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | DirectShow | Object Pascal |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| Macgo Inc. | {{start date|2011|df=yes}} | 3.3.21 ({{Start date and age|2021|08|28|df=yes}}) | {{nonfree|$59.95}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaPortal
| Team MediaPortal | {{start date|2004|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/MediaPortal}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL}} | DirectShow | C#, C++ |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| Gabest | {{start date|2006|03|29|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic Home Cinema}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | FFmpeg + DirectShow | C++ |
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video)
| {{start date|2012|10|26|df=yes}} | | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
Microsoft Photos
|{{start date|2012|10|26|df=yes}} | | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | |
MPlayer
| Árpád Gereöffy | {{start date|2000|09|df=yes}} | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q131344|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q131344|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | FFmpeg + original | C |
mpv
| mpv Community | {{start date|2013|08|07|df=yes}} | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q20760334|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q20760334|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later, part LGPL-2.1-or-later}} | FFmpeg | C, Objective C, Lua |
Plex Media Player
| Plex, Inc. | {{start date|2008|05|21|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/Plex Media Player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | FFmpeg | C++ |
PotPlayer
| Kakao | {{start date|2006|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/PotPlayer}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | DirectShow | {{dunno}} |
PowerDVD Standard
| {{start date|1998|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/PowerDVD}} | {{nonfree|$59.99}} | {{proprietary}} | DirectShow | {{dunno}} |
PowerDVD Pro
| CyberLink | {{start date|1998|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/PowerDVD}} | {{nonfree|$79.95}} | {{proprietary}} | DirectShow | {{dunno}} |
PowerDVD Ultra
| CyberLink | {{start date|1998|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/PowerDVD}} | {{nonfree|$99.99}} | {{proprietary}} | DirectShow | {{dunno}} |
QuickTime X
| Apple Inc. | {{start date|2009|08|28|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/QuickTime X}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | Cocoa (on OS X) |
RealPlayer
| {{start date|1995|04|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/RealPlayer}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | original | {{dunno}} |
SMPlayer
| Ricardo Villalba | {{start date|2006|12|11|df=yes}} | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2596578|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2596578|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | MPlayer | C++ (Qt) |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{start date|2003|02|df=yes}} | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1131577|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1131577|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later + exception}}{{cite web | url = https://git.gnome.org/browse/totem/tree/COPYING | title = COPYING file mentioning exception added 8th Feb 2005 | publisher = Totem | date = May 6, 2009 | access-date = April 23, 2014 }} | C |
Videostream
| Videostream Team | {{start date|2014|02|df=yes}} | 2.1.3.15 | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | Chrome + FFmpeg | JavaScript, C++ |
VLC
| VideoLAN | {{start date|2001|02|01|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable release/VLC media player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later}} | libVLC + FFmpeg | C, C++ |
WinDVD Pro
| Corel | {{start date|1998}} | {{Latest stable software release/WinDVD}} | {{nonfree|$79.99}} | {{proprietary}} | DirectShow | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC) | {{start date|2002}} | {{Latest stable software release/XBMC}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | FFmpeg | C++ |
xine
| xine Team | {{start date|2000|08|15|df=yes}} | {{Latest stable software release/xine}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | xine-lib + FFmpeg | C |
sView
| Kirill Gavrilov | {{start date|2009}} | 22.01 ({{start date|2022|01|06}}) | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | FFmpeg | C++ |
IPTVX
| IPTVX LLC | {{start date|2019|04|03|df=yes}} | 14.4.2 (tvOS), 5.4.2 (iOS) | {{nonfree|$13.99/year}} | {{proprietary}} | VLCKit | Objective-C / Swift / Kotlin |
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! Name ! Author ! First public release ! Stable version ! Cost ! Software license ! Framework used ! Written in |
= Inactive players =
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Banshee
| Aaron Bockover | 2005-02-17 | {{Latest stable software release/Banshee}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|MIT}} | C# |
CorePlayer
| CoreCodec Inc. | {{hs|00 Jan}} 2006 | {{Latest stable software release/CoreAVC}} | {{nonfree|?}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Creative MediaSource
| {{hs|00 Jan}} 2002 | {{Latest stable software release/Creative MediaSource}} | {{Included|Requires Creative product}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} |
DSPlayer
| DSPlayer team | {{hs|00 Jan}} 2002 | {{Latest stable software release| article=DSPlayer| latest release version=0.889| latest release date={{Start date and age|2007|02|12|df=yes}}}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | | Object Pascal (Delphi), C++ |
Media Player Classic
| Gabest | May 29, 2003 | {{Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | C++ |
Ogle
| Chalmers University of Technology | {{hs|00 Jan}} 1999 | {{Latest stable software release/Ogle}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL}} | {{dunno}} | C |
Quintessential Player
| Paul Quinn | {{hs|00 Jan}} 1997 | {{Latest stable software release/Quintessential Player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Songbird
| Tom Lord | February 8, 2006 | {{Latest stable software release/Songbird}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL}} | C++ |
The Core Pocket Media Player
| Gabor Kovacs | {{hs|00}} 2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer" | {{Latest stable software release/The Core Pocket Media Player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{open source|GPL}} | FFmpeg + original | C++ |
TotalMedia Theatre
| ArcSoft | November 15, 2009 | 6.7.1.199 {{Start date and age|2014|6|6}} | {{nonfree|?}} | {{proprietary}} | original | C++ |
QuickTime
| Apple Inc. | 1991-12-02 | {{Latest stable software release/QuickTime}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | Cocoa (on OS X) |
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle
| Nullsoft | {{hs|00}} Jun 1997 | {{Latest stable software release/Winamp}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Winamp Pro
| Nullsoft | {{hs|00}} Jun 1997 | {{Latest stable software release/Winamp}} | {{nonfree|?}} | {{proprietary}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{hs|00}} Nov 1992 | {{Latest stable software release/Windows Media Player}} | {{free|No cost}} | {{proprietary}} | DirectShow | C++ (COM) |
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! Name ! Author ! First public release ! Stable version ! Cost ! Software license ! Framework used ! Written in |
Operating system compatibility
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.
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! Windows ! Windows IoT (formerly Windows Embedded) ! macOS ! iOS ! Android ! Linux ! Solaris ! DOS ! OS/2 |
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ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
DivX
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video)
|{{yes}} |{{dunno}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{Included}} | {{Included}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
jetVideo
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Alpha version}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{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}} |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Plex Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{Included}} | {{Included}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
SMPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Videostream
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Beta version}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dropped|Last version is Winamp 3}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{Included}} | {{dunno}} | {{dropped}} (WMP9) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dropped}} (WMP6.3) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
xine
| {{no|unmaintained}} | {{no}} | {{partial|WIP for 1.2 series}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
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! Video player ! Windows ! Windows IoT (formerly Windows Embedded) ! macOS ! iOS ! Android ! Linux ! BSD Unix ! Solaris ! DOS ! OS/2 |
Features
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Video player
! Outbound streaming ! Skinnable ! Media database ! Gapless audio decoding ! Remote controllable ! Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria) ! Stereoscopic 3D Playback ! 360-degree video playback |
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ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{Partial|only on OSX}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
DivX
| {{Yes}} (DLNA) | {{no}} | {{Yes}} (limited) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{Yes}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{partial}}Plugin available. | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
Plex Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
PowerDVD
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{partial}}Available with QuickTime Streaming Server. | {{partial}}Only the media creator can create skins. | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
SMPlayer
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|yes, not macOS}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{some}}anaglyph only | {{dunno}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}Via media library in "modern" skin | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}Kodi/XBMC 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) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
xine
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{?}} (WebUI) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
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! Video player ! Outbound streaming ! Skinnable ! Media database ! Gapless audio decoding ! Visualizer !Audio equalizer ! Remote controllable ! Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria) ! HDR video playback ! Stereoscopic 3D Playback ! 360-degree video playback |
=Extended features=
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! Color controls ! A-B repeat ! Seek bar preview tooltip !Interactive playback zoom ! Audio resync ! Subtitle resync ! Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) ! Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) ! Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) ! Shutdown on play complete |
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ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Banshee
| {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
DivX
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
FFplay
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
iTunes
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MediaPortal
| {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Plex Media Player
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
PowerDVD
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
RealPlayer
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
SMPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}As of SVN 3349 | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} (from 2.2) | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|DVD only}} | {{no}} |
WinDVD
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
xine
| {{yes}} | {{yes|Audio plugin}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
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! style="width:12em" | Video player ! Color controls ! Time stretching ! Pitch shifting ! A-B repeat ! Seek bar preview tooltip !Interactive playback zoom ! Audio resync ! Subtitle resync ! Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) ! Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) ! Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) ! Shutdown on play complete |
Consumer 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.
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Video player
! MPEG-1 ! MPEG-2 ! MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP) ! MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC) ! WMV ! Theora ! Flash ! Dirac ! VP8 ! VP9 |
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ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
DivX
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
FFplay
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters. | {{yes}} | {{partial}}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. | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{partial}}The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for QuickTime. | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for QuickTime. | {{no}} | {{partial}}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. | {{partial}}On macOS, 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. | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Microsoft Movies & TV
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Dunno}} | {{Dunno}} | {{Dunno}} | {{Dunno}} | {{Dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Plex Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
SMPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}Available via Gstreamer plugin. | {{dunno}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}}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. | {{yes}}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. | {{yes}} | {{partial}}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. | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
xine
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
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! Video player ! MPEG-1 ! MPEG-2 ! MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP) ! MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC) ! WMV ! RealVideo ! Theora ! Flash ! Dirac ! VP8 ! VP9 ! HEVC (H.265) |
Production video format ability
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! Video player ! {{verth|MPEG-4 ! {{verth|AVC-Intra}} ! {{verth|AVC-Ultra}} ! XAVC ! {{verth|Apple ProRes}} ! {{verth|VC-2 ! {{verth|VC-3 ! {{verth|VC-5 ! {{verth|Redcode RAW}} ! {{verth|ARRIRAW}} ! {{verth|CinemaDNG}} ! {{verth|Cineon ! {{verth|OpenEXR ! {{verth|TIFF ! {{verth|PNG ! {{verth|JPEG ! {{verth|JPEG 2000 |
FFplay
| {{yes}}[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4447 Support MPEG-4 Studio Profile] FFmpeg Project | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{some}}[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2690 Red Cinema r3d files not supported] FFmpeg Project | {{no}} | {{no}}[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4364 Support for DNG (RAW)] FFmpeg Project | {{yes}} | {{some}} | {{some}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
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MPlayer
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{some}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{some}} | {{some}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
VLC
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{some}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
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.
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! colspan="8" | Lossy compression ! colspan="5" | Lossless compression |
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MP3
! WMA ! Vorbis ! Musepack ! AAC ! AC-3 ! Opus ! APE ! FLAC ! ALAC ! SHN ! WV |
ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
DivX
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
FFplay
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{yes|yes, no DRM}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Plex Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
SMPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}}Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
xine
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
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! 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.
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Video player
! AVI ! ASF ! Ogg ! OGM ! Matroska ! MP4 ! NUT ! FLV ! WebM |
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ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
DivX
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
FFplay
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Vorbis only}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
iTunes
| {{No}} | {{Partial|Windows: yes | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}}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. | {{Partial|Vorbis only}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
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}} | {{dunno}} |
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Plex Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}}http://www.webmproject.org/tools/#gstreamer-plug-ins As of Gstreamer 1.0, WebM related support is included in gstreamer-plugins-good |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Vorbis only}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
xine
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
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! Video player ! AVI ! ASF ! QuickTime ! Ogg ! OGM ! Matroska ! MP4 ! NUT ! FLV ! WebM |
Streaming support
Information about which protocols the players understand, for receiving streaming media content.
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Video player
! HTTP ! HTTPS ! HLS ! DASH ! HDS ! Smooth ! FTP ! SFTP ! RTSP ! MMS ! RTMP ! Podcast ! RDT/RealRTSP ! RTP ! DAAP ! DLNA |
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ALLPlayer
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Amarok
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{partial}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
DivX
| {{no}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{no}} | {{No}} | {{no}} | {{No}} | {{no}} | {{No}} | {{no}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{no}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
FFplay
| {{yes}} | {{yes2}}Yesonly if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSL, GnuTLS, Secure Transport or SChannel. | {{yes}} | {{yes}}[https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#dash-1 Since FFmpeg 3.4], only if FFmpeg was built with libxml2 | {{no|patch available}}[https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2016-October/201100.html FFmpeg-devel - PATCH - add hds demuxer], FFmpeg project, October 14, 2016 | {{no}} | {{Yes}} | {{yes2}}Yesonly if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSH. | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}With [https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/README.md#compilation FFmpeg] or youtube-dl | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}[https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS NEWS], VideoLAN | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dropped}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
xine
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
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! Video player ! HTTP ! HTTPS ! HLS ! DASH ! HDS ! Smooth ! FTP ! SFTP ! RTSP ! MMS ! RTMP ! Podcast ! RDT/RealRTSP ! RTP ! DAAP ! DLNA |
Playlist format ability
Information about which playlist formats the players understand.
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Video player
! asx/wax/wvx ! m3u/m3u8 ! pls ! xspf ! ram/rmm ! sdp ! rpl ! xpl ! bdmv ! wmx |
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ALLPlayer
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
DivX
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
FFplay
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GOM Player
! ASX support | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
iTunes
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
jetAudio
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MediaPortal
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
mpv
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
xine
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
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! Video player ! asx/wax/wvx ! m3u/m3u8 ! pls ! xspf ! ram/rmm ! sdp ! rpl ! xpl ! bdmv ! wmx |
Electronic program guide format ability
Information about which Electronic program guide format the players viewable.
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Video player
! PSI EIT ! PSIP ! XMLTV |
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ALLPlayer
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
FFplay
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
DivX
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
GOM Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
iTunes
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
jetAudio
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaPortal
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MPlayer
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
mpv
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
Winamp
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{partial}} | {{dunno}} | {{partial}} |
xine
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
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! Video player ! PSI EIT ! PSIP ! XMLTV |
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.
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! colspan="13" | Text ! colspan="4" | Bitmap |
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SubRip (.srt)
! SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) ! MicroDVD (.sub) ! SAMI (.smi) ! SubViewer (.sub) ! RealText (.rt) ! Text file (.txt) ! Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) ! {{verth|MPEG-4 Part 17}} ! {{verth|SCTE-27}} ! WebVTT (.vtt) ! VobSub (.idx+.sub) ! XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) ! DVD subtitles ! DVB subtitles |
ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
FFplay
| {{yes2}}Yes | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
iTunes
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{some}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Video player
! SubRip (.srt) ! SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) ! MicroDVD (.sub) ! SAMI (.smi) ! SubViewer (.sub) ! RealText (.rt) ! Text file (.txt) ! Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) ! {{verth|MPEG-4 Part 17}} ! {{verth|SCTE-27}} ! WebVTT (.vtt) ! VobSub (.idx+.sub) ! XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) ! DVD subtitles ! DVB subtitles |
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.
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Video player
! ID3v1 ! ID3v2 ! AMF ! ASF metadata ! MOV metadata ! CD-Text |
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ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
Apprentice Video
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
FFplay
| {{yes}}[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/id3v1_8h.html id3v1.h File Reference], FFmpeg project | {{yes}}[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/id3v2_8h.html id3v2.h File Reference], FFmpeg project | {{yes}}[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/apetag_8h.html apetag.h File Reference], FFmpeg project | {{yes}} | {{yes}}[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/rtmppkt_8h.html rtmppkt.h File Reference], FFmpeg project | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No|patch available[https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/patch/3609/ [FFmpeg-devel,1/7] lavf: add cue sheet demuxer], FFmpeg project, May 8, 2017}} | {{No}} |
GOM Player
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Partial}}Supports via plugin available in Cowon Forums | {{dunno}} |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Mac Blu-ray Player
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}}MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults | {{dunno}} |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}} | {{yes}} |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}}Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible. | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{Partial}}ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12). | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}} |
xine
| {{yes}} | {{Partial}}Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
sView
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
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! Video player ! ID3v1 ! ID3v2 ! APEv2 tag ! Vorbis comment ! AMF ! ASF metadata ! MOV metadata ! Cue sheet ! CD-Text |
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.
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! colspan="4" | Audio
! colspan="5" | Video ! |
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Video player
! CD ! HDCD ! Super Audio CD (SACD) ! Video CD (VCD) ! SVCD ! DVD ! HD DVD |
ALLPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | |
Apprentice Video
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
FFplay
| {{partial|via libcdio}} | {{No}} | {{partial|via libcdio}}A built-in hdcd audio filter is available but needs to manually enable via commandline option. | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{partial|via libbluray}} | {{No}} | |
GOM Player
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |
iTunes
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
jetAudio
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
JRiver Media Center
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | |
K-Multimedia Player
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
Media Player Classic Home Cinema
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Commercial BDs unsupported}} | {{yes}} | |
MediaPortal
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | |
MPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
PotPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | |
PowerDVD
| {{yes}} | {{partial|No longer supported}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|No longer supported}} |Yes, limited |
QuickTime Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
RealPlayer
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
VLC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}}DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1 | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}}See [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VLC playback Features] at videolan.org. | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Commercial BDs unsupported}}{{cite web|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/5461/vlc-hack-for-encrypted-bluray-playback-capability|title=VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability|first=Ganesh T|last=S|access-date=August 19, 2016}} | {{yes}}HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS) from version 3.0.0 | |
Winamp
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
Windows Media Player
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
Kodi (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{Partial}}VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed. | {{yes}} | {{Partial|Commercial BDs unsupported}} | {{dunno}} | |
xine
| {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |
WinDVD
| {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | |
sView
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
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! Video player ! CD ! DVD-Audio ! HDCD ! Super Audio CD (SACD) ! Video CD (VCD) ! SVCD ! DVD ! Blu-ray Disc ! HD DVD ! |
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
- List of codecs
- Open source codecs and containers
- Comparison of video codecs
- Comparison of audio coding formats
- Comparison of video container formats
- Subtitles
- Comparison of video codecs
- Comparison of DVR software packages
Related lists on other projects
- 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
Notes
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References
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