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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of media player programs. Please see the individual players' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. External links lead to plugins or extensions that add features to a player.

Contents 1 General 2 Operating system support 3 Features 4 Protocol support 5 Audio format support 6 Video format support 7 Container format support 8 Optical disc support 9 Metadata support 10 Subtitle support 11 Notes

[edit] General

Basic general information about the players: creator/company, license/price etc.

	Creator	First public release date	Stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license	Proprietary format
Amarok	Mark Kretschmann	June 2003	1.4.0	Free	GPL	None
Audacious	Beep Media Player & William Pitcock	October 30, 2005	1.2	Free	GPL	None
Audion	Panic	?	3.0.2	Free	Proprietary	None
Beep Media Player	Milosz Derezynski	June 24, 2004	0.9.7	Free	GPL	None
BSplayer	Webteh	N/A	1.37.826	Free (AdWare), €29,90 (pro)	Proprietary	None
Cog	Vincent Spader	2006-05-01	0.0.5	Free	GPL	None
DeliPlayer	Peter Kunath & Florian Vorberger	1997 (?)	2.03b	Free (basic), $20 (pro)	Proprietary	None
Elecard MPEG Player[9]	Elecard Ltd.[10]	November 1999	4.0.3	$20.00	Proprietary	None
foobar2000	Peter Pawlowski	December 2002	0.9.5.3  (May 24, 2008 (2008-05-24); 18 days ago)	Free	Proprietary (core), BSD (first-party components)	FPL (playlists)
Helium Music Manager 2006	?	?	?	$39.99	?	?
iTunes	Apple Computer	January 9, 2001	6.0.5 (20)	Free	Proprietary	Apple Lossless (part of QuickTime)
jetAudio	jetAudio Inc.	?	6.24VX	Free (basic), $29 (plus)	Proprietary	None
JuK	Scott Wheeler	February 2003	2.1	Free	GPL	None
Light Alloy	Velikanov Ilya	December 21, 2001	4.0	Free (trial) / $9.95	Proprietary	None
MediaFrame	Airlock Limited	October 2004	2.0	Free	GPL	None
Media Center	J. River	July 2003	11.1.090	$40.00	Proprietary	None
MediaMonkey	Ventis Media Inc.	October 12, 2001	2.5.2	Standard free, Gold $19.95, Lifetime $29.95	Proprietary	None
Media Player Classic	Gabest	May 29, 2003	6.4.9.0	Free	GPL	.mpcpl (playlists)
MP3Toys	Robert Frahm	April 2004	2.2	$14.95	Proprietary	None
MPlayer	MPlayer	September 2000	1.0rc2  (October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07); 248 days ago)	Free	GPL	None
Music Player Daemon	Warren Dukes	May 2003	0.11.0	Free	GPL	None
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yahoo!	May 1998	10.1	Free (basic)	Proprietary	None
musikCube	Casey Langen	?	1.0 RC2	Free	BSD	None
NicePlayer	Jay Tuley & Robert Chin	June 2004	0.94.1	Free	Proprietary	.nicelist (playlists)
Ogle	Chalmers University of Technology	1999	0.9.2	Free	GPL	None
PACo Producer	CoSA (The Company of Science & Art)	May 1991	1.0	$199? (now defunct)	Proprietary	CAVF
QuickPlayer	Jan Vorel	July 2005	1.00 beta 49a	Free	GPL	None
QuickTime	Apple Computer	December 1991	7.5  (June 9, 2008 (2008-06-09); 2 days ago)	Free (basic), $29.95 (pro)	Proprietary	QuickTime
Quintessential Player	Paul Quinn	1997	4.51	Free	Proprietary	None
RealPlayer	RealNetworks	1995	10	Free (basic)	Proprietary	RealAudio, RealVideo
Rhythmbox	Colin Walters	April 2004	0.9.5	Free	GPL	None
SimpleCenter	SimpleDevices, Inc.	2002-2003	4.0	Free	Proprietary	None
SnackAmp	Tom Wilkason	January 2002	3.1.2	Free	GPL	None
Songbird	Pioneers of the Inevitable	February 8, 2006	0.1.1	Free	GPL	None
Sonique	Media Science	November, 1998	1.96	Free	Proprietary	None
TrayPlayer	@MAX software	?	1.01b	Free	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Totem	July 2002	REDIRECT Template:Latest stable software release/Totem	Free	GPL	None
VLC media player	VideoLAN	February 2000	0.8.6h  (June 6, 2008 (2008-06-06); 5 days ago)	Free	GPL	None
VUPlayer	James Chapman	2000	2.42	Free	Proprietary	None
Winamp	Nullsoft	June 1997	5.531 (5.5.3.1938)  (April 1, 2008 (2008-04-01); 71 days ago)	Free (basic), $19.95 (Pro)	Proprietary	NSA, NSV
Windows Media Player	Microsoft	November 1992	11 (beta)	Free, Windows-License needed	Proprietary	WMA, WMV
WMV Player	Telestream, Inc.	?	2.0.2	Free	Proprietary	WMA, WMV
xine	xine	August 2000	1.1.1	Free	GPL	None
XMMS	XMMS	November 1997	1.2.10	Free	GPL	None
XMPlay	Ian Luck	July 1998	3.3	Free	Proprietary	None
Zinf	Zinf	April 2002	2.2.5	Free	GPL	None
Zoom Player	Inmatrix	December 31, 2000	4.51	Free (basic) $27.95 (pro) $35.95 (wmv pro)	Proprietary	None
	Creator	First public release date	Stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license	Proprietary format

[edit] Operating system support

The operating systems on which the players can run natively (without emulation), meaning which operating systems have which players specifically coded for them (not, for example, Windows Media Player for Windows running on an Apple Macintosh).

	Windows	Mac OS X	GNU/Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix
Amarok	No	Yes (via X11 layer)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audacious	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audion	No	PPC native [1]	No	No	No	No
BSplayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Cog	No	10.3 PPC and higher [1]	No	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
foobar2000	2000/XP/2003 only	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	2000/XP/2003/Vista only	Yes	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
JuK	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Light Alloy	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
MediaFrame	Yes	PPC native [1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media Center	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
MediaMonkey	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
MP3Toys	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Music Player Daemon	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
musikCube	2000/XP/2003 only	No	No	No	No	No
NicePlayer	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
QuickPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Rhythmbox	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SimpleCenter	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SnackAmp	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Songbird	Yes	available in SVN	available in SVN	No	No	No
Sonique	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Totem Movie Player	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
VUPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Winamp	Yes	No	Last version is a beta of 2.x	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Yes	Only WMP9 Supported	No	No	No	No
WMV Player	No	PPC native [1]; Replaces Windows Media Player	No	No	No	No
xine	No	PPC native [1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XMMS	No	Yes (via X11 layer)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XMPlay	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Yahoo Music Engine	Yes	?	No	No	No	No
Zinf	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zoom Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
	Windows	Mac OS X	GNU/Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix

[edit] Features

Information on what features each of the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.

	Audio playback	Video playback	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media Database	Gapless Audio Decoding	Visualizer
Amarok	Yes	Partial [2]	Yes	Partial [3]	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audacious	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?
Audion	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	Yes
BSplayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No
Cog	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
DeliPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	No	Template:But yes [4]	Template:But yes [5]	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [4]
iTunes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [4]	Yes	Template:But yes [6]	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [7]	Yes	Yes	?	?
JuK	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	?
Light Alloy	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?
MediaFrame	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?
Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaMonkey	Yes	Template:But yes [4]	Template:But yes [4]	Yes	Yes	?	Template:But yes [4]
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	No
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
musikCube	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	?
NicePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
QuickPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	?
QuickTime	Yes	Yes [8]	Template:But yes [9]	Partial [10]	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [11]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Rhythmbox	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	No
SnackAmp	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	?
Songbird	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	?
Sonique	Yes	Template:But yes [4]	No	Yes	No	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
VUPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [12]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
WMV Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	N/A	No
xine	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
XMMS	Yes	Template:But yes [4]	Template:But yes [4]	Yes	No	Template:But yes [4]	Yes
XMPlay	Yes	No	Template:But yes [4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zinf	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	?
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
	Audio playback	Video playback	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media Database	Gapless MP3/AAC Decoding	Visualizer

The tables compare general and technical information for a number of media player programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. External links lead to plugins or extensions that add features to that player.

[edit] Protocol support

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

	HTTP	RTSP	MMS	Podcasting
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audacious	Yes	No	No	No
Audion	Yes	No	No	No
BSplayer	Yes	?	?	?
Cog	No	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	Yes	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	Yes	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	No	No	Template:But yes [13]
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
jetAudio	?	?	?	?
JuK	?	?	?	?
Light Alloy	?	?	?	?
MediaFrame	Yes	Yes	No	?
Media Center	Yes	?	?	Yes
MediaMonkey	?	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	?	?	?
musikCube	Yes	No	No	?
NicePlayer	?	?	?	?
QuickPlayer	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	Yes	No	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rhythmbox	Yes	Yes	No	Partial [14]
SnackAmp	Yes	No	No	Yes
Songbird	Yes	?	No	?
Sonique	Yes	?	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
VLC media player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
VUPlayer	Yes	?	?	?
Winamp	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
XMMS	Yes	?	?	?
XMPlay	Yes	?	Yes	?
Zinf	Yes	Yes	No	No
	HTTP	RTSP	MMS	Podcasting

[edit] Audio format support

Information about what audio codecs, and by extension their native audio file formats, the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such functionality.

	Lossy compression							Lossless compression
	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	AC3	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	No	Yes
Audacious	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Audion	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?
BSplayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?
Cog	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	?
DeliPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	No	Yes	No	?
Elecard MPEG Player	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [15]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [16]
iTunes	Yes	Partial [17]	No	Template:But yes [18]	No	Yes	No	No	Template:But yes [18]	Yes	?
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	?
JuK	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Light Alloy	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaFrame	Yes	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	?
Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Template:But yes [20]	Template:But yes [20]	?
MP3Toys	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes [21]	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
musikCube	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	No	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Yes	Yes	No	?
NicePlayer	Yes	No [22]	No	Template:But yes [18]	?	Yes	Template:But yes [23]	?	Template:But yes [18]	Yes	?
QuickPlayer	Yes	Yes [24]	No	Yes	?	No [25]	No	No	No [25]	No	?
QuickTime	Yes	No [22]	No	Template:But yes [18]	No	Yes	Template:But yes [23]	?	Template:But yes [18]	Yes	?
Quintessential Player	Yes [21]	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?
SnackAmp	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Songbird	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?
Sonique	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	No	No	No	No	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	No	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
VUPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Winamp	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	No	Template:But yes [19]
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	No	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	No	No
WMV Player	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
XMMS	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Template:But yes [19]
XMPlay	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [19]	Yes	?	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	Template:But yes [19]	No	?
Zinf	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	AC3	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN

[edit] Video format support

Information about what video codecs the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such functionality.

	MPEG-1	MPEG-2	MPEG-4	WMV	RealVideo	Theora	Flash
Amarok	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audacious	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audion	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BSplayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Cog	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
foobar2000	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	Template:But yes [27]	Yes	Template:But yes [22]	No	Template:But yes [18]	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
JuK	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Light Alloy	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Template:But yes [20]	No
MediaFrame	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No
MediaMonkey	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Template:But yes [20]	Template:But yes [20]
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
musikCube	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NicePlayer	Yes	Template:But yes [27]	Yes	Template:But yes [22]	No	Template:But yes [18]	Yes
QuickPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	Template:But yes [27]	Yes	Template:But yes [22]	No	Template:But yes [18]	Yes
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Rhythmbox	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Songbird	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sonique	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
VUPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Winamp	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [26]	Yes	Template:But yes [20]	Template:But yes [26]	Yes
WMV Player	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XMMS [28]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
XMPlay	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zinf	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	MPEG-1	MPEG-2	MPEG-4	WMV	RealVideo [20]	Theora	Flash

[edit] Container format support

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

	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4
Amarok	Yes	?	?	Yes	Basic	Basic	Yes
Audacious	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No
Audion	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BSplayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cog	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	No	No	No	?	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
foobar2000	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Template:But yes [29]	Yes
iTunes	No [30]	Win: yes Mac: file is parsable	Yes	Template:But yes [18]	No	No	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	No [31]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No [31]
JuK	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Light Alloy	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [26]	{{yes}	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	?
MediaFrame	No	No	No	?	No	No	Yes
Media Center	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	No
musikCube	No	No	No	?	No	No	No
NicePlayer	Yes	Template:But yes [22]	Yes	Template:But yes [18]	No	?	Yes
QuickPlayer	No	Yes [24]	No	?	No	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	Template:But yes [22]	Yes	Template:But yes [18]	No	?	Yes
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [32]	Yes [32]	No	Yes
Rhythmbox	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
Songbird	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sonique	No [19]	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
VUPlayer	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No
Winamp	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Template:But yes [26]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	No	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	Template:But yes [26]	No
WMV Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XMMS	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No
XMPlay	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No
Zinf	No	No	No	?	No	No	No
Zoom Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4

[edit] Optical disc support

Information about what optical discs the players support. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.

	Audio				Video
	CD	SACD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	HD-DVD	Blu-ray
Amarok	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audacious	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audion	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BSplayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Cog	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
JuK	?	No	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
Light Alloy	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
MediaFrame	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Center	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	Yes	No	No
MediaMonkey	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
MPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
musikCube	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NicePlayer	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
QuickPlayer	Yes [33]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No
Rhythmbox	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Songbird	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sonique	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
VLC	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
VUPlayer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Winamp	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
WMV Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
xine	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
XMMS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
XMPlay	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zinf	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	CD	SACD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	VCD	SVCD	DVD	HD-DVD	Blu-ray

[edit] Metadata support

Information about what metadata, or tagging, formats the players support. Most other containers have their own metadata format and the players usually use them. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.

	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment
Amarok	Yes [34]	Yes [34]	No	Yes
Audacious	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Audion	Yes	Yes	No	No
BSplayer	Yes	Yes	No	?
Cog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
DeliPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	?
Elecard MPEG Player	No	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	Yes [35]	Yes	Yes
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	?
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	?	?
JuK	Yes [34]	Yes [34]	No	?
Light Alloy	?	?	?	?
MediaFrame	No	No	No	?
Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	No	No	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	?
musikCube	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
NicePlayer	No	No	No	?
QuickPlayer	Partial [36]	Partial [36]	No	?
QuickTime	Yes	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	?	No
Rhythmbox	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
SnackAmp	Yes	Yes	No	?
Songbird	Yes	Yes	?	?
Sonique	Yes	No	?	?
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
VUPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial [37]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	?	?
WMV Player	?	?	No	?
xine	Yes	Partial [36]	?	Yes
XMMS	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
XMPlay	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Zinf	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment

[edit] Subtitle support

Information about what subtitle formats the players support. DVD subtitle is not listed, as the players either have to support all DVD features or none. Footnotes lead to information about support in future versions of the players or filters that provide such functionality.

	Bitmap	Text
	VobSub (.idx+.sub)	SubStation Alpha (.ssa)	SubRip (.srt)	Sami (.smi)	RealText (.rt)
Amarok	No	No	No	No	No
Audacious	No	No	No	No	No
Audion	No	No	No	No	No
BSplayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Cog	No	No	No	No	No
DeliPlayer	No	No	No	No	No
Elecard MPEG Player	No	No	No	No	No
foobar2000	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	No	No	No	No	No
jetAudio	No	No	No	No	No
JuK	No	No	No	No	No
Light Alloy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Media Center	?	?	?	?	?
MediaFrame	No	No	No	No	No
MediaMonkey	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:But yes [20]
MPlayer	Yes	Partial [38]	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	No	No	No	No	No
musikCube	No	No	No	No	No
NicePlayer	No	No	No	No	No
QuickPlayer	No	No	No	No	No
QuickTime	No	No	No	No	No
Quintessential Player	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	No	No	No	No	Yes
Rhythmbox	No	No	No	No	No
Songbird	No	No	No	No	No
Sonique	No	No	No	No	No
Totem Movie Player	Yes	Partial [38]	Yes	No	No
VLC media player	Yes	Partial [39]	Yes	Yes	No
VUPlayer	No	No	No	No	No
Winamp	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Template:But yes [40]	Template:But yes [40]	Template:But yes [40]	Yes	No
WMV Player	No	No	No	No	No
xine	No	? [38]	Yes	Yes	No
XMMS	No	No	No	No	No
XMPlay	No	No	No	No	No
Zinf	No	No	No	No	No
	VobSub (.idx+.sub)	SubStation Alpha (.ssa)	SubRip (.srt)	Sami (.smi)	RealText (.rt)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Might be usable with Rosetta. Compare with the OSX86 Project's Universal software page.
2. ^ Basic support with NMM
3. ^ Context Browser uses CSS.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Plugin available.
5. ^ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
6. ^ iTunes (correct as of v.6.0.5.20) cuts the audio of the file playing to start the other correctly.
7. ^ jetCast (free) needed [1].
8. ^ The free version of QuickTime Player does not support full-screen playback, (correct as of v7.1).
9. ^ Available with Quicktime Streaming Server.
10. ^ Only the media creator can create skins.
11. ^ Plugin available (Quintessential Player is able to use WinAmp plugins).
12. ^ There is a separate tool available [2].
13. ^ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
14. ^ As of 0.9.2 it allows reading RSS as podcast source. Issues if links in RSS do not point directly to playable media. Automatic update of podcasts available.
15. ^ Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin. [3]
16. ^ Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin. [4]
17. ^ Converts only.
18. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (No FLAC container support), Speex, and Theora.
19. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y} Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
20. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} The playing compatibility of Media Player depends on the availability of DirectShow, QuickTime, RealMedia and Shockwave filters. There are two distributions known as QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative which bundle the required QuickTime and RealPlayer components without the need to install the corresponding players.
21. ^ ^{a b} Supports Mp3PRO as well.
22. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
23. ^ ^{a b} Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin. [5]
24. ^ ^{a b} Requires Microsoft Windows Media Audio.
25. ^ ^{a b} Requires another sound system.
26. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
27. ^ ^{a b c} The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
28. ^ MPlayer can be embedded by XMMS using the XMMPlayer or XMMS-MPlayer plugins.
29. ^ Support is available from a 3rd-party plugin [6]
30. ^ A hack allows playback. [7]
31. ^ ^{a b} Requires QuickTime 4 or higher.
32. ^ ^{a b} Needs an additional plug-in [8]
33. ^ Supports CD and CDDA (Jitter correction optional)
34. ^ ^{a b c d} Support of ID3v1, ID3v2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
35. ^ Plugin is available for 0.8.3. Natively supported in 0.9.
36. ^ ^{a b c} Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags
37. ^ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
38. ^ ^{a b c} These players strip the formatting data from SSA/ASS. (unsure about Totem and xine -- please test)
39. ^ This player supports some (color/positioning) of the formatting data from SSA/ASS, but has no full support.
40. ^ ^{a b c} For Windows, support of many subtitle formats can be added by installing VSFilter.

* Media players

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