Comparison of video player software

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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 First public release Stable version Cost Software license Framework used Written in
ALLPlayer ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/ALLPlayer No cost Template:Proprietary FFmpeg + original + DirectShow Object Pascal (Delphi)
Apprentice Video Pavel Koshevoy Template:Start date r407 and later No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg C++ (Qt)
DivX DivX, LLC Template:Start date 11.12 (April 17, 2025) No cost Template:Proprietary Template:Proprietary C/C++ (Qt)
FFplay FFmpeg project Template:Start date Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg C
GOM Player GOM & Company Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/GOM Player No cost Template:Proprietary FFmpeg ?
iTunes Apple Inc. Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/iTunes No cost Template:Proprietary QuickTime ?
jetAudio (Basic) Cowon Systems Template:Start date 8.1.8.20800 (Template:Start date and age) No cost Template:Proprietary FFmpeg C++
jetAudio (Plus) Cowon Systems Template:Start date 8.1.8.20800 (Template:Start date and age) $29 Template:Proprietary FFmpeg C++
JRiver Media Center JRiver, Inc. Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/JRiver Media Center $69.98 to $89.98 Template:Proprietary original + DirectShow C++, SSE/MMX assembly
K-Multimedia Player YoungHuee Kang Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/K-Multimedia Player No cost Template:Proprietary DirectShow Object Pascal
Mac Blu-ray Player Macgo Inc. Template:Start date 3.3.21 (Template:Start date and age) $59.95 Template:Proprietary ? ?
MediaPortal Team MediaPortal Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/MediaPortal No cost Template:Open source DirectShow C#, C++
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Gabest Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic Home Cinema No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg + DirectShow C++
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video) Microsoft Template:Start date No cost Template:Proprietary
Microsoft Photos Microsoft Template:Start date No cost Template:Proprietary
MPlayer Árpád Gereöffy Template:Start date Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg + original C
mpv mpv Community Template:Start date Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg C, Objective C, Lua
Plex Media Player Plex, Inc. Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/Plex Media Player No cost Template:Proprietary FFmpeg C++
PotPlayer Kakao Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/PotPlayer No cost Template:Proprietary DirectShow ?
PowerDVD Standard CyberLink Template:Start date Template:LSR $59.99 Template:Proprietary DirectShow ?
PowerDVD Pro CyberLink Template:Start date Template:LSR $79.95 Template:Proprietary DirectShow ?
PowerDVD Ultra CyberLink Template:Start date Template:LSR $99.99 Template:Proprietary DirectShow ?
QuickTime X Apple Inc. Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/QuickTime X No cost Template:Proprietary QuickTime Cocoa (on OS X)
RealPlayer RealNetworks Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/RealPlayer No cost Template:Proprietary original ?
SMPlayer Ricardo Villalba Template:Start date Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata No cost Template:Open source MPlayer C++ (Qt)
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) The GNOME Project Template:Start date Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata No cost Template:Open source[1] GStreamer C
Videostream Videostream Team Template:Start date 2.1.3.15 No cost Template:Proprietary Chrome + FFmpeg JavaScript, C++
VLC VideoLAN Template:Start date Template:Latest stable release/VLC media player No cost Template:Open source libVLC + FFmpeg C, C++
WinDVD Pro Corel Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/WinDVD $79.99 Template:Proprietary DirectShow ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC) Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/XBMC No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg C++
xine xine Team Template:Start date Template:Latest stable software release/xine No cost Template:Open source xine-lib + FFmpeg C
sView Kirill Gavrilov Template:Start date 22.01 (Template:Start date) No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg C++
IPTVX IPTVX LLC Template:Start date 14.4.2 (tvOS), 5.4.2 (iOS) $13.99/year Template:Proprietary VLCKit Objective-C / Swift / Kotlin
Name Author First public release Stable version Cost Software license Framework used Written in

Inactive players

Name Author First public release Stable version Cost Software license Framework used Written in
Banshee Aaron Bockover 2005-02-17 Template:Latest stable software release/Banshee No cost Template:Open source GStreamer C#
CorePlayer CoreCodec Inc. Template:Hs 2006 Template:LSR ? Template:Proprietary ? ?
Creative MediaSource Creative Technology Template:Hs 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/Creative MediaSource Requires Creative product Template:Proprietary DirectShow ?
DSPlayer DSPlayer team Template:Hs 2002 Template:Latest stable software release No cost Template:Proprietary Object Pascal (Delphi), C++
Media Player Classic Gabest May 29, 2003 Template:Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic No cost Template:Open source DirectShow C++
Ogle Chalmers University of Technology Template:Hs 1999 Template:Latest stable software release/Ogle No cost Template:Open source ? C
Quintessential Player Paul Quinn Template:Hs 1997 Template:Latest stable software release/Quintessential Player No cost Template:Proprietary ? ?
Songbird Tom Lord February 8, 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/Songbird No cost Template:Open source GStreamer, XULRunner C++
The Core Pocket Media Player Gabor Kovacs Template:Hs 2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer" Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source FFmpeg + original C++
TotalMedia Theatre ArcSoft November 15, 2009 6.7.1.199 Template:Start date and age ? Template:Proprietary original C++
QuickTime Apple Inc. 1991-12-02 Template:LSR[2][3] No cost Template:Proprietary QuickTime Cocoa (on OS X)
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle Nullsoft Template:Hs Jun 1997 Template:LSR


No cost Template:Proprietary ? ?
Winamp Pro Nullsoft Template:Hs Jun 1997 Template:LSR


? Template:Proprietary ? ?
Windows Media Player Microsoft Template:Hs Nov 1992 Template:Latest stable software release/Windows Media Player No cost Template:Proprietary DirectShow C++ (COM)
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.

Video player Windows macOS iOS Android Linux BSD Unix Solaris Unix-like DOS BeOS, Haiku, ZETA OS/2
ALLPlayer Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No
Apprentice Video Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No
DivX Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video) Yes No No No No No No No No No No
iTunes Yes Included Included No No No No No No No No
jetVideo Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
K-Multimedia Player Yes Alpha version Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Mac Blu-ray Player Yes 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
MediaPortal Yes No No No No No No No No No No
MPlayer Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
mpv Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Plex Media Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
PotPlayer Yes No No No No No No No No No No
QuickTime Player Yes Included Included No No No No No No No No
RealPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
SMPlayer Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Videostream Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Beta version No Yes Last version is Winamp 3 No No No No No No
Windows Media Player Included Dropped (WMP9) No No No No Dropped (WMP6.3) No No No No
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
xine unmaintained WIP for 1.2 series No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
sView Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Video player Windows macOS 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 Audio equalizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria) HDR video playback Stereoscopic 3D Playback 360-degree video playback
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
Apprentice Video No No No Yes No ? only on OSX No ? ? ?
DivX Yes (DLNA) No Yes (limited) No No No No No No No Yes
GOM Player Yes Yes No No No ? Yes No No ? Yes
iTunes Yes Partial[v 1] Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
jetAudio Partial[v 1] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes No[featurenotes 1] Yes ? Yes No ? ? ?
Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? No No ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema ? Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes No No No ? Yes No No ? No
mpv Yes Yes No Yes No ? Yes No Yes ? No
Plex Media Player Yes Yes Yes No No ? Yes No ? ? ?
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
PowerDVD ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? No ? No ?
QuickTime Player Partial[featurenotes 2] Partial[featurenotes 3] No Yes No ? Yes No ? ? ?
RealPlayer No Yes Yes No Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ?
SMPlayer ? Yes No ? ? ? ? No ? ? ?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) No No No No Yes ? No No ? ? ?
VLC Yes Yes yes, not macOS No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Some[featurenotes 4] ?
Winamp Partial[v 1] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Partial[v 1] Yes[featurenotes 5] ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes[featurenotes 6] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
xine No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes No ? ? ?
sView No No No Yes No ? ? (WebUI) No No Yes Yes
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

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
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 ? No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
DivX No No No No No No No No No No 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Some[featurenotes 7] Yes Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player No No No No No ? No No No No No No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal ? No No Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 8] Yes[featurenotes 8] ? ? Yes Yes Partial No No Yes
mpv Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Partial No Yes Yes
Plex Media Player No Yes No No ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No
QuickTime Player Yes Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 9] ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? No
RealPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 10] ? ? Yes Yes Partial No Yes Yes
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes No No No ? ? No No Yes No Yes No
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (from 2.2) Yes
Winamp No Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes No No No ? No No DVD only No Partial[v 1] Partial[v 1]
WinDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No Yes ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes No No No ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Audio plugin No No ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
sView Yes No No No ? ? Yes No No No Yes No
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
  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
  3. ↑ Only the media creator can create skins.
  4. ↑ anaglyph only
  5. ↑ Via media library in "modern" skin
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files Template:Webarchive and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved Template:Webarchive
  8. ↑ a b 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
  9. ↑ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ Template:Webarchive - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
  10. ↑ As of SVN 3349

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.

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 ? ? ?
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 Partial[v 2] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[4] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Yes
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[4] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? Yes
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 ? ?
Microsoft Movies & TV Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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 ? ? ?
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickTime Player Yes Partial[v 4] Yes Yes Partial[v 5] No Partial[v 6] Partial[v 7] No Partial[v 7] ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Yes Partial[v 1] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] ?
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[4] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes[v 2] Yes[v 9] Yes[v 9] Yes Partial[4] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 10] ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
sView Yes Yes Yes Yes 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)

Production video format ability

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FFplay Yes[5] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some[6] No No[7] Yes Some Some Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some No No Yes Some Some Yes Yes Yes
VLC ? Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? No No Yes ? 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.

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
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, no DRM No Partial[v 6] No Yes No ? No Partial[v 6] 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 Yes
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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 ? 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 ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickTime Player Yes Partial[v 5] No Partial[v 6] No Yes Partial[v 1] ? No Partial[v 6] Yes No No
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[v 1] No Yes No ? No No No No No
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8]
VLC Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[8] Yes Partial[8] Partial[8] Partial[8] Yes Partial[8] Partial[8] Partial[8]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3]
Kodi (formerly 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
sView Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 ?
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 Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
iTunes No Windows: yes
macOS: file is parsable 		Yes Partial[v 6] No No Yes ? ? ?
jetAudio Yes Yes Partial[9] Vorbis only Yes Yes Partial[v 3] ? ? Yes
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video) Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes ? No ?
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 ? Yes ?
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
QuickTime Player Yes Partial[v 5] Yes Partial[v 6] No Yes[10] Yes ? Yes[10] Yes[10]
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[v 1] Partial[v 1] No Yes ? ? ?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] ? Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8][11]
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[9] Vorbis only Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes ? ? Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Yes WMP12 Yes[9] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] WMP12 Yes[v 3] ? Yes ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
sView Yes Yes 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 protocols the players understand, for receiving streaming media content.

Video player HTTP HTTPS HLS DASH HDS Smooth FTP SFTP RTSP
RTSPU/RTSPT 		MMS
MMSU/MMST 		RTMP Podcast RDT/RealRTSP RTP DAAP DLNA
ALLPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ?
Apprentice Video Yes No Partial ? ? ? No ? 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 Yes[12] Yes Yes[13] patch available[14] No Yes Yes[15] Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
GOM Player Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No Yes ? No ? Yes ? ?
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 Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes ? ?
MediaPortal Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ?
MPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ?
mpv Yes Yes Yes Yes[16] ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ?
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickTime Player Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] ? ? Yes[v 8] ? Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] Yes[v 8] No ? Yes[v 8] Yes Yes
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[17] Yes
Winamp Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Dropped
(WMP10) 		? Yes ? ? ? Yes
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
sView Yes Yes Yes No No No ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? No No
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.

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
DivX No No No No No No No No No No
FFplay No No No No No No No No ? ?
GOM Player ASX support ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
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 Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
MediaPortal ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
mpv Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
QuickTime Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes
xine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
sView No Yes No No No No No No No No
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.

Video player PSI EIT PSIP XMLTV
ALLPlayer ? ? ?
Apprentice Video ? ? ?
FFplay No No No
DivX No No No
GOM Player ? ? ?
iTunes ? ? ?
jetAudio ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center ? ? ?
K-Multimedia Player ? ? ?
Mac Blu-ray Player ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema ? ? ?
MediaPortal ? ? ?
MPlayer No No ?
mpv No No ?
PotPlayer Yes Yes No
QuickTime Player ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? ? ?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) ? ? ?
VLC Yes Yes ?
Winamp ? ? ?
Windows Media Player ? ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Partial ? Partial
xine ? ? ?
sView No No No
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.

Video player Text Bitmap
SubRip (.srt) SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) MicroDVD (.sub) SAMI (.smi) SubViewer (.sub) RealText (.rt) Text file (.txt) Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) Closed captioning Template:Verth Template:Verth Template:Verth WebVTT (.vtt) VobSub (.idx+.sub) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) DVD subtitles DVB subtitles
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
Apprentice Video Yes
[stnotes 1] 		Yes
[stnotes 1] 		No No No No No No No ? ? ? ? Yes
[stnotes 1] 		Yes Yes Yes
FFplay Yes
[stnotes 2] 		Yes
[stnotes 2] 		Yes
[stnotes 2] 		Yes
[stnotes 2] 		Yes
[stnotes 2] 		Yes
[stnotes 2] 		Yes
[stnotes 2] 		No Yes
[stnotes 2] 		Yes
[stnotes 2] 		No
[18] 		No
[19] 		? Yes Yes Yes Yes
GOM Player Yes Partial
[stnotes 3] 		Yes Yes No Yes No No ? ? ? ? Yes Yes No Yes ?
iTunes No No No No No No No No No ? ? ? ? No No No No
jetAudio Yes Partial
[stnotes 3] 		Yes No ? No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes 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 ? ?
Mac Blu-ray Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickTime Player Yes
[10] 		Yes
[10] 		No No No No No No ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ?
RealPlayer Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes Partial
[stnotes 3] 		? No ? No ? No ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes
[stnotes 4] 		Yes
[stnotes 4] 		Yes
[stnotes 4] 		Yes
[stnotes 4] 		No No Yes
[stnotes 4] 		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 No Yes
[stnotes 4] 		Yes
[stnotes 4] 		? ? ? ? ? Yes
[stnotes 4] 		Yes
[stnotes 4] 		? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine[stnotes 5] Yes Partial
[stnotes 3] 		Yes Yes Yes No Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ?
sView Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No ? 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) Closed captioning Template:Verth Template:Verth Template:Verth WebVTT (.vtt) VobSub (.idx+.sub) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) DVD subtitles DVB subtitles
  1. ↑ a b c Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i only if FFmpeg was built with libass and 'subtitles' video filter.
  3. ↑ a b c d 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. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

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
FFplay Yes[20] Yes[21] Yes[22] Yes Yes[23] Yes Yes patch available[24] 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 Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ?
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[metadatanotes 2] ?
PotPlayer Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ?
QuickTime Player Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? Yes
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[metadatanotes 3] Yes ? ? ? Partial[v 1] Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Partial[metadatanotes 4] ? Partial[v 1] ? Yes ? No Partial[v 1]
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Partial
xine Yes Partial[metadatanotes 5] ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
sView Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
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 Super Audio CD (SACD) Video CD (VCD) SVCD DVD Blu-ray Disc HD DVD UHD BD
ALLPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes ? ?
Apprentice Video No No No ? No No No No No
FFplay via libcdio No via libcdio[optical 1] ? No No No via libbluray 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 Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Commercial BDs unsupported Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No[optical 2] ?
MPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
PotPlayer Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PowerDVD Yes No longer supported ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No longer supported Yes, limited
QuickTime Player Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No[optical 3] Yes No No
RealPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
VLC Yes Yes[optical 4] No ? Yes Partial[optical 5] Yes Commercial BDs unsupported[25] Yes[optical 6]
Winamp Yes No Yes ? No No No No No
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes No No ? Partial[optical 7] Partial[optical 7] Yes Commercial BDs unsupported ?
xine Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
WinDVD Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
sView No No No No No No No No No
Video player CD DVD-Audio HDCD Super Audio CD (SACD) Video CD (VCD) SVCD DVD Blu-ray Disc HD DVD
  1. ↑ A built-in hdcd audio filter is available but needs to manually enable via commandline option.
  2. ↑ Non-commercial BDs supported through plug-in, see this thread on team-mediaportal.com
  3. ↑ See VCD and SVCD players Template:Webarchive on The X Lab
  4. ↑ DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1
  5. ↑ See VLC playback Features at videolan.org.
  6. ↑ HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS) from version 3.0.0
  7. ↑ a b VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.

See also

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Related lists on other projects

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ a b c d 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.
  5. ↑ Support MPEG-4 Studio Profile FFmpeg Project
  6. ↑ Red Cinema r3d files not supported FFmpeg Project
  7. ↑ Support for DNG (RAW) FFmpeg Project
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
  9. ↑ a b c 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. ↑ a b c d e The open source Perian plug-in adds the ability to use many video formats and video codecs to QuickTime. It also adds the ability to use SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles.
  11. ↑ http://www.webmproject.org/tools/#gstreamer-plug-ins As of Gstreamer 1.0, WebM related support is included in gstreamer-plugins-good
  12. ↑ only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSL, GnuTLS, Secure Transport or SChannel.
  13. ↑ Since FFmpeg 3.4, only if FFmpeg was built with libxml2
  14. ↑ FFmpeg-devel - PATCH - add hds demuxer, FFmpeg project, October 14, 2016
  15. ↑ only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSH.
  16. ↑ With FFmpeg or youtube-dl
  17. ↑ NEWS, VideoLAN
  18. ↑ #4439 (Support SCTE-27 / Digicipher II (DCII) subtitles) FFmpeg Project
  19. ↑ #4859 (TTML subtitles) FFmpeg Project
  20. ↑ id3v1.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
  21. ↑ id3v2.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
  22. ↑ apetag.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
  23. ↑ rtmppkt.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
  24. ↑ [FFmpeg-devel,1/7] lavf: add cue sheet demuxer, FFmpeg project, May 8, 2017
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".


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