Comparison of video player software

This article is about video player software. For a comparison of audio player software, see Comparison of audio player software. For a comparison of hardware device type portable media players, see Comparison of portable media players.

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

Name Author First public release Stable version Cost Software license Based framework Written in
ALLPlayer ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership 1998 6.1.1 (February 12, 2015) [±] Free Proprietary FFmpeg + original + DirectShow Object Pascal (Delphi)
Apprentice Video Pavel Koshevoy 2011 r407 and later Free MIT FFmpeg C++ (Qt)
Banshee Aaron Bockover Aug 2005 2.6.2 (February 18, 2014[1]) [±] Free MIT GStreamer C#
Creative MediaSource Creative Technology 2002 5.10.38 (December 22, 2006) [±] Requires Creative product Proprietary ? ?
CorePlayer CoreCodec Inc. 2006 3.0.1 (September 9, 2011) [±] US$19.95 Proprietary ? ?
CrystalPlayer Crystal Reality LLC Oct 2002 1.99 (September 1, 2012) [±] US$29.95 Proprietary FFmpeg ?
DSPlayer DSPlayer team 2002 0.999 Free Proprietary Object Pascal (Delphi), C++
FFplay FFmpeg project 06 Jun 2003 2.6.2 (April 12, 2015[2]) [±] Free LGPL, part GPL FFmpeg C
GOM Player Gretech Corporation 07 Jan 2003 2.2.67.5221 (February 4, 2015) [±] Free Proprietary FFmpeg ?
iTunes Apple Inc. 09 Jan 2001 12.1.2.27 (April 9, 2015) [±][3] Free Proprietary QuickTime ?
jetAudio (Basic) Cowon Systems 1997 8.1.3 October 16, 2014 Free Proprietary FFmpeg C++
jetAudio (Plus) Cowon Systems 1997 8.1.3 October 16, 2014 US$29.00 Proprietary FFmpeg C++
JRiver Media Center JRiver, Inc. Jul 2003 19.0.124 (March 27, 2014) [±] US$49.98 Proprietary original C++, SSE/MMX assembly
K-Multimedia Player YoungHuee Kang 01 Oct 2002 3.9.1.133 (9 February 2015[4]) [±] Free Proprietary ? Object Pascal
Mac Blu-ray Player Macgo Inc. 2011 2.11.1 December 26, 2014 US$59.95 Proprietary ? ?
Media Go Sony Creative Software Inc. 2009 2.2 August 1, 2012 Free Proprietary ? ?
Media Player Classic Gabest 29 May 2003 6.4.9.1 (December 10, 2008) [±] Free GPL DirectShow C++
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Casimir666 29 Mar 2006 1.7.8 (January 25, 2015) [±] Free GPL DirectShow C++
MediaPortal Team MediaPortal 2004 1.10.0 (December 26, 2014) [±] Free GPL DirectShow C#, C++
MPlayer Árpád Gereöffy Sep 2000 1.1.1 (May 5, 2013) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg + original C
Mplayerxp Guru Kas aka Nickols_K 2002 0.7.1/06.01.2009 Free GPL FFmpeg + original C
Ogle Chalmers University of Technology 1999 0.9.2 (November 6, 2003) [±] Free GPL ? C
Plex Plex, Inc. 2008 0.9.11.7 (server)December 23, 2014 Free Proprietary FFmpeg C++
PowerDVD Standard CyberLink 1996 14.0 build 4704 (November 25, 2014[5][6]) [±] US$49.95 Proprietary ? ?
PowerDVD Deluxe CyberLink 1996 14.0 build 4704 (November 25, 2014[7][8]) [±] US$69.95 Proprietary ? ?
PowerDVD Ultra CyberLink 1996 14.0 build 4704 (November 25, 2014[9][10]) [±] US$99.95 Proprietary ? ?
QuickTime Basic Apple Inc. 02 Dec 1991 7.76.80.95 (October 7, 2014) [±][11] Free Proprietary original Cocoa (on OS X)
QuickTime Pro Apple Inc. 02 Dec 1991 7.76.80.95 (October 7, 2014) [±][11] US$29.95 Proprietary original Cocoa (on OS X)
Quintessential Player Paul Quinn 1997 5.0.121 (February 18, 2009) [±] Free Proprietary ? ?
RealPlayer Basic RealNetworks 1995 Windows: 17.0.15.10 (November 6, 2014) [±]

OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012[12]) [±]

Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009[13]) [±]

Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013) [±]

 Free Proprietary ? ?
RealPlayer Plus RealNetworks 1995 Windows: 17.0.15.10 (November 6, 2014) [±]

OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012[14]) [±]

Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009[15]) [±]

Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013) [±]

 US$49.99[16] Proprietary ? ?
SMPlayer Ricardo Villalba 11 Dec 2006 14.3.0 (March 30, 2014) Free GPL MPlayer C++ (Qt)
Songbird Tom Lord 08 Feb 2006 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013) [±] Free GPL GStreamer, XULRunner C++
Splash Lite Mirillis 14 Sep 2009 1.7.1 (November 10, 2011) [±] Free Proprietary ? ?
The Core Pocket Media Player Gabor Kovacs 2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer" 0.71 (November 23, 2005) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg + original C++
TotalMedia Theatre ArcSoft 15 Nov 2009 5.2.1.119 January 11, 2012 US$99.99 Proprietary original C++
Totem Movie Player Totem Team Jul 2002 3.16 (March 25, 2015) [±][17] Free GPL + exception[18] GStreamer C
Videostream Videostream Team Feb 2014 2.1.3.15 Free Proprietary FFmpeg Javascript, C++
VLC VideoLAN Feb 2000
  • Desktop:
    2.2.1 (16 April 2015) [±][19]
  • iOS:
    2.5.1 (31 March 2015) [±][20]
  • Android:
    1.2.6 (9 April 2015) [±][21]
 Free GPL, LGPL FFmpeg + original C, C++
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle Nullsoft Jun 1997 5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013) [±] Free Proprietary ? ?
Winamp Pro Nullsoft Jun 1997 5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013) [±] US$19.95 Proprietary ? ?
Windows Media Player Microsoft Nov 1992 12.0.7601.17514 (July 22, 2009) [±] Free Proprietary DirectShow C++ (COM)
WinDVD Gold Corel 1998 11.6 (SP3) (November 13, 2013[22]) [±] US$39.95 Proprietary ? ?
WinDVD Platinum Corel 1998 11.6 (SP3) (November 13, 2013[23]) [±] US$59.95 Proprietary ? ?
Kodi (software) (formerly XBMC) Team-XBMC Oct 2003 13.1 (codename: "Gotham") (5 June 2014) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg C++
xine xine Team 15 Aug 2000 0.99.7 (June 9, 2012) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg + original C
Name Author First public release Stable version Cost Software license Based framework 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.

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

      Features

      Video player Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
      ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
      Apprentice Video No No No Yes No only on OSX No
      Banshee Yes Partial[featurenotes 1] Yes Yes In Development Yes Yes
      CorePlayer Yes Yes No No No No Yes
      DSPlayer No Yes No Yes Yes No No
      FFplay ? No No ? Yes No No
      GOM Player Yes Yes No No No Yes No
      iTunes Yes Partial[24] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      jetAudio Partial[24] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
      JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes No[featurenotes 2] Yes Yes No
      Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
      Media Go No No Yes No No No SensMe
      Media Player Classic No No No No No Yes No
      Media Player Classic Home Cinema ? No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
      MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      MPlayer Yes Yes No No No Yes No
      Mplayerxp Yes No Yes No No No No
      Plex Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
      PowerDVD ? Yes No ? Yes ? No
      QuickTime Partial[featurenotes 3] Partial[featurenotes 4] No Yes No Yes No
      Quintessential Player Partial[24] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
      RealPlayer No Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes
      SMPlayer ? Yes No ? ? ? No
      Songbird No Yes Yes Yes No Yes[featurenotes 5] Yes
      Totem Movie Player No No No No Yes No No
      VLC Yes Yes yes, not Mac No Yes Yes No
      Winamp Partial[24] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[24] Yes[featurenotes 6]
      Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      XBMC Yes[featurenotes 7] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      xine No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
      Video player Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)

      Extended features

      Video player Color controls Time stretching Pitch shifting A-B repeat Audio resync Subtitle resync Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) Shutdown on play complete
      ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Apprentice Video No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No
      Banshee ? No No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
      CorePlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
      FFplay No No No No ? No No No No Yes
      GOM Player Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      iTunes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
      jetAudio Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      JRiver Media Center ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some[featurenotes 8] Yes Yes
      Mac Blu-ray Player No No No No No No No No No No
      Media Go No No No No No No No No No No
      Media Player Classic Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      MediaPortal ? No No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
      MPlayer Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes Yes Partial No No Yes
      Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes Yes Partial No No Yes
      Plex No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      PowerDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes No
      QuickTime Yes Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 10] ? ? Yes ? ? No
      Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      RealPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 11] Yes Yes Partial No Yes Yes
      Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      Totem Movie Player Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No
      VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (from 2.2) Yes
      Winamp No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
      Windows Media Player Yes Yes No No No No DVD only No Partial[24] Partial[24]
      WinDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes No Yes ?
      XBMC Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      xine Yes Audio plugin No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
      Video player Color controls Time stretching Pitch shifting A-B repeat Audio resync Subtitle resync Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) Shutdown on play complete
      1. ↑ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
      2. ↑ "gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums". Kmplayer.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
      3. ↑ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
      4. ↑ Only the media creator can create skins.
      5. ↑ Apple Remote ability, and dbus add-on for Linux
      6. ↑ Via media library in "modern" skin
      7. ↑ XBMC (XBoxMediaCenter) has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a web server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
      8. ↑ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
      9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Pitch-shifting and AB-Repeat are not included in Mplayer's interactive keyboard controls, but can be set up via command line parameters. Mplayer manual
      10. ↑ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
      11. ↑ As of SVN 3349

      Video format ability

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

      Video player MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP) MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC) WMV RealVideo Theora Flash Dirac VP8 VP9 HEVC (H.265)
      ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
      Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
      Banshee Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] ? ?
      CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
      DSPlayer Yes Partial[v 2] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[25] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
      FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      GOM Player Yes Partial[v 2] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[25] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
      iTunes Yes Partial[v 4] Yes Yes Partial[v 5] No Partial[v 6] Partial[v 7] No Partial[v 7] ? ?
      jetAudio Yes Partial[v 2] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[25] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes ? ?
      JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
      K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
      Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ?
      Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
      MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ?
      Plex Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
      QuickTime Yes Partial[v 4] Yes Yes Partial[v 5] No Partial[v 6] Partial[v 7] No Partial[v 7] ? ?
      Quintessential Player Yes No No No Yes No No No No No ? ?
      RealPlayer Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Yes Partial[v 8] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
      SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
      Songbird No No Partial[v 9] Partial[v 9] Partial[v 10] No Yes No No No ? ?
      TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No ? ?
      Totem Movie Player Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] ? ?
      VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Winamp Yes Partial[v 2] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[25] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes ? ?
      Windows Media Player Yes Yes[v 2] Yes[v 11] Yes[v 11] Yes Partial[25] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 12] ? ?
      XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes[v 13] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
      Video player MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP) MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC) WMV RealVideo Theora Flash Dirac VP8 VP9 HEVC (H.265)
      1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Available via Gstreamer plugin.
      2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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.
      3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
      4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
      5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
      6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
      7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 On Macs, 3rd party plugins are available. The Perian QuickTime components for Mac OS X 10.4.7+ allow any QuickTime application to play a wide variety of formats.
      8. ↑ Plugin available.
      9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 This format is supported out-of-the-box on Mac OS X. On Windows, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of QuickTime filters. There is a distribution known as QuickTime Alternative which bundles the needed QuickTime components without the need to install the corresponding player.
      10. ↑ This format is supported when running the program in Microsoft Windows, but is not supported on Mac OS X.
      11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 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.
      12. ↑ 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.
      13. ↑ XBMC running on Linux, Macintosh and Windows plays MPEG-4 ASP and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. Because of the relatively 'slow' Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processor inside the Xbox, the Xbox version of XBMC is limited to decoding 480x576 resolution H.264 video encoded without CABAC and deblocking, or 352x288 resolution H.264 video encoded with CABAC and deblocking. As the FFmpeg-based codec is optimized further, XBMC on Xbox might be able to decode H.264 at 720x480 resolution on the Xbox hardware, but probably no higher than that.

      Audio format ability

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

      Video player Lossy compression Lossless compression
      MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC-3 Opus APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV
      ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Banshee Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] ? Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26]
      CorePlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes No No Yes
      DSPlayer Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes No No Yes
      FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? No No No No No
      iTunes Yes yes, no DRM No Partial[27] No Yes No ? No Partial[27] Yes No No
      jetAudio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No Yes
      JRiver Media Center 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 Partial[28] Yes
      Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[28] Yes Yes ? Partial[28] Yes Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28]
      Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[28] Yes Yes ? Partial[28] Yes Partial[28] Partial[28] Yes
      MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Plex Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      QuickTime Yes Partial[29] No Partial[27] No Yes Partial[24] ? No Partial[27] Yes No No
      Quintessential Player Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No ? Partial[24] Partial[24] No No Partial[24]
      RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[24] No Yes No ? No No No No No
      SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Songbird Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? ?
      TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? No No
      Totem Movie Player Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26]
      VLC Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Winamp Yes Yes Partial[28] Yes Partial[30] Yes Partial[30] ? Partial[30] Yes Partial[30] Partial[30] Partial[30]
      Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28] ? Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28]
      XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
      xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes
      Video player MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC-3 Opus APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV

        Container format ability

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

        Video player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 NUT FLV WebM
        ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
        DSPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ?
        FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
        iTunes No Win: yes
        Mac: file is parsable        		 Yes Partial[27] No No Yes ? ? ?
        jetAudio Yes Yes Partial[31] Vorbis only Yes Yes Partial[28] ? ? Yes
        JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
        K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
        Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
        Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
        MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        Plex Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
        QuickTime Yes Partial[29] Yes Partial[27] No Yes[32] Yes ? Yes[32] Yes[32]
        Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
        RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[24] Partial[24] No Yes ? ? ?
        Songbird Yes No Yes[31] Yes No No Yes ? ? ?
        TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes Yes Yes No Partial Yes No Yes ?
        Totem Movie Player Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] ? Yes[26] ?
        VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
        Winamp Yes Yes Partial[31] Vorbis only Partial[28] Partial[28] Yes ? ? Yes
        Windows Media Player Yes Yes WMP12 Yes[31] Partial[28] Partial[28] Partial[28] WMP12 Yes[28] ? Yes ?
        XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
        xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
        Video player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 NUT FLV WebM

        Streaming support

        Information about which internet protocols the players understand, for receiving streaming media content.

        Video player HTTP HTTPS HLS DASH FTP RTSP
        RTSPU/RTSPT        		 MMS
        MMSU/MMST        		 RTMP Podcast RDT RTP DAAP DLNA
        ALLPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
        Amarok Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ?
        Apprentice Video Yes No Partial ? No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
        Banshee Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        CorePlayer Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        DSPlayer No ? ? ? ? No No ? No ? ?
        FFplay Yes No ? ? No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
        GOM Player Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
        iTunes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? Yes ?
        jetAudio Yes ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
        JRiver Media Center Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
        K-Multimedia Player Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
        Media Player Classic Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
        Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
        MediaPortal Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ?
        MPlayer Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ?
        Mplayerxp Yes No ? ? Yes No Yes No No No Yes No ?
        Quod Libet Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        QuickTime Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        Quintessential Player Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        RealPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        Songbird Yes ? ? ? ? ? No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        Totem Movie Player Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] Yes[26] No ? Yes[26] Yes Yes
        VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes
        Winamp Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
        Windows Media Player Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Dropped
        (WMP10)        		 ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
        XBMC Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
        xine Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
        XMMS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
        Video player HTTP HTTPS HLS DASH FTP RTSP MMS RTMP Podcast RDT RTP DAAP DLNA

        Playlist format ability

        Information about which playlist formats the players understand.

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

        Subtitle ability

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

        Video player Bitmap Text Bitmap Text
        VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) SubRip (.srt) SAMI (.smi) RealText (.rt) MicroDVD (.sub) SubViewer (.sub) Text file[stnotes 1] (.txt) Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) DVB subtitles DVD subtitles Closed captioning
        ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ?
        Apprentice Video Yes[stnotes 2] Yes[stnotes 2] Yes[stnotes 2] No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
        CorePlayer No No No No No No No No No No ? ? ?
        FFplay No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
        GOM Player Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No ? ? ?
        iTunes No No No No No No No No No No ? ? ?
        jetAudio Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
        JRiver Media Center 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[28] ? ? ?
        Mac Blu-ray Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
        Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[25] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[28] ? ? ?
        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 Yes Yes Yes
        MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
        Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No ? ? ?
        QuickTime No Yes[32] Yes[32] No No No No No No No ? ? ?
        Quintessential Player No No No No No No No No No No ? ? ?
        RealPlayer Yes[24] No Yes[24] Yes Yes Yes[24] ? Yes[24] No No ? ? ?
        TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No ? Yes ?
        Totem Movie Player Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes No No ? ? ? No No ? ? ?
        VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
        Winamp Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] ? ? ?
        Windows Media Player Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[28] ? ? ?
        XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
        xine[stnotes 5] Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
        Video player VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) SubRip (.srt) Sami (.smi) RealText (.rt) MicroDVD (.sub) SubViewer (.sub) TXT (.txt) Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) DVB subtitles DVD subtitles Closed captioning
        1. ↑ This player can open files with the extension .txt, but those could contain any script language. So there is no guarantee it will play it.
        2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
        3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 This player understands some of the formatting data from SSA/ASS (at most coloring but no positioning, animation, typesetting etc.), but some players could understand the rest of it by using DirectVobSub as external subtitle filter instead of the built-in one.
        4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.
        5. ↑ "FAQ | Kaffeine - KDE Media Player". Kaffeine FAQ. Retrieved 2009-10-02.

        Metadata ability

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

        Video player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment AMF ASF metadata MOV metadata Cue sheet CD-Text
        ALLPlayer Yes Yes No No ? ? ? No No
        Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
        Cog Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
        CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
        DSPlayer Yes Yes No No ? ? ? No No
        FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
        GOM Player No No No No ? ? ? ? ?
        iTunes Yes Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
        jetAudio Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Partial[metadatanotes 1] ?
        JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
        K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
        Mac Blu-ray Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
        Media Player Classic Yes No ? Partial ? ? ? ? ?
        Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes ? Partial ? ? ? ? ?
        MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
        MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[metadatanotes 2] ?
        Mplayerxp Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? No No
        QuickTime Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
        Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
        RealPlayer Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? Yes
        Songbird Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No ?
        Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
        VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes
        Winamp Yes Yes Partial[metadatanotes 3] Yes ? ? ? Partial[24] Yes
        Windows Media Player Yes Partial[metadatanotes 4] ? Partial[24] ? Yes ? No Partial[24]
        XBMC Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Partial
        xine Yes Partial[metadatanotes 5] ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
        Video player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment AMF ASF metadata MOV metadata Cue sheet CD-Text
        1. ↑ Supports via plugin available in COWON Forums
        2. ↑ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
        3. ↑ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
        4. ↑ ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).
        5. ↑ Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags

        Optical media ability

        Information about what kinds of optical discs the players can play. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such abilities. Playback of Super Audio CD is not possible for any media player, because no suitable hardware exists. All media players capable of audio CD playback will also play the Redbook core of any HDCD disc, providing no sound-quality benefits over standard audio CDs.

        Audio Video
        Video player CD DVD-Audio HDCD SACD (Super Audio CD) VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray Disc HD DVD
        ALLPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes ? ?
        Apprentice Video No No No ? No No No No No
        CorePlayer No No No ? No No No No ?
        DSPlayer Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
        FFplay No No No ? No No No No No
        GOM Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
        iTunes Yes No No ? No No No No No
        jetAudio Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
        JRiver Media Center Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        K-Multimedia Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
        Media Player Classic Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
        Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
        MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes[optical 1] ?
        MPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
        Mplayerxp Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
        Ogle No No No ? No No Yes No ?
        PowerDVD ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No longer supported
        QuickTime Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
        Quintessential Player Yes No No ? No No No No No
        RealPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
        Songbird No[optical 2] No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
        TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes No ? Yes No Yes Yes No longer supported
        Totem Movie Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
        VLC Yes Yes[optical 3] No ? Yes Partial[optical 4] Yes Commercial BDs unsupported[33] No
        Winamp Yes No Yes ? No No No No No
        Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
        XBMC Yes No No ? Partial[optical 5] Partial[optical 5] Yes Commercial BDs unsupported ?
        xine Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
        Video player CD DVD-Audio HDCD SACD (Super Audio CD) VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray Disc HD DVD
        1. ↑ See this thread on team-mediaportal.com
        2. ↑ See this thread on Getsatisfaction.com
        3. ↑ DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1
        4. ↑ Handling still frames and switching between different video formats is problematic.
        5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 VCD menu nd SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.

        See also

        References

        1. ↑ "October 10, 2012". http://banshee.fm''. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
        2. ↑ "Download FFmpeg". 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
        3. ↑ "Latest iTunes Download". Apple. 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
        4. ↑ "KMPlayerㅣMultimedia Player". 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
        5. ↑ http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
        6. ↑ http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38288.page CyberLink Official Forum - PowerDVD 14 is Now Available!
        7. ↑ http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
        8. ↑ http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38288.page CyberLink Official Forum - PowerDVD 14 is Now Available!
        9. ↑ http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
        10. ↑ http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38288.page CyberLink Official Forum - PowerDVD 14 is Now Available!
        11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.6".
        12. ↑ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
        13. ↑ "RealPlayer 1.1". Ewandoo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
        14. ↑ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
        15. ↑ "RealPlayer 1.1". Ewandoo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
        16. ↑ http://www.real.com/realplayer/player-plus
        17. ↑ Clasen, Matthias (25 March 2015). "GNOME 3.16 released". gnome-announce-list (Mailing list). Retrieved 25 March 2015.
        18. ↑ "COPYING file mentioning exception added 8th Feb 2005". Totem. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
        19. ↑ "VLC 2.2.1 "Terry Pratchett"". VideoLAN.org. VideoLAN. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
        20. ↑ "VLC for iOS 2.5.1". VideoLAN.org. VideoLAN. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
        21. ↑ "VLC for Android". play.google.com. VideoLAN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
        22. ↑ http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?pgid=800161&ppid=3500025 Patches & Updates for WinDVD Pro 11 by Corel Corporation
        23. ↑ http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?pgid=800161&ppid=3500025 Patches & Updates for WinDVD Pro 11 by Corel Corporation
        24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.7 24.8 24.9 24.10 24.11 24.12 24.13 24.14 24.15 24.16 24.17 24.18 24.19 24.20 Plugin available.
        25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 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.
        26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 26.8 26.9 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 26.15 26.16 26.17 26.18 26.19 26.20 26.21 26.22 26.23 26.24 26.25 26.26 26.27 26.28 26.29 26.30 26.31 26.32 26.33 26.34 26.35 26.36 26.37 26.38 26.39 26.40 26.41 Available via Gstreamer plugin.
        27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 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.
        28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 28.8 28.9 28.10 28.11 28.12 28.13 28.14 28.15 28.16 28.17 28.18 28.19 28.20 28.21 28.22 28.23 28.24 28.25 28.26 28.27 28.28 28.29 28.30 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
        29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
        30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
        31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 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.
        32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 The open source Perian plug-in adds the ability to use many video formats and codecs to QuickTime. It also adds the ability to use SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles.
        33. ↑ anandtech - VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability

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