Comparison of audio player software

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The following comparison of audio players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs. For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players" are defined as any media player explicitly designed to play audio files, with limited or no support for video playback. Multi-media players designed for video playback, which can also play music, are included under comparison of video player software.

General

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Name Author First public release Latest stable version Cost Software license Framework used Written in
AIMP AIMP DevTeam Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/AIMP No cost Proprietary BASS audio library (decoder) Delphi
Amarok Mark Kretschmann Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source via Phonon: GStreamer, xine, MPlayer, VLC, DirectShow, QuickTime C++
aTunes Alex Aranda et al. Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source Java
Audacious Audacious Development Team Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Audacious No cost Template:Open source XMMS based C, C++

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Banshee Aaron Bockover Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source GStreamer C#
BTR Amp BTR Labs February 13, 2020 15.1 (March 21, 2023) $0.99/month, $9.99/year, $29.99 one-time Proprietary
Clementine Clementine Team Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Clementine No cost Template:Open source GStreamer C++ (Qt)
cmus Timo Hirvonen Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source C
Cog Vincent Spader Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source Objective-C
DeaDBeeF Oleksiy Yakovenko August 2009 1.9.6 / November 7, 2023 No cost Template:Open source C, C++, Objective-C, Assembly language
Exaile Adam Olsen Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Exaile No cost Template:Open source GStreamer Python (GTK)
Ecoute Louka Desroziers & Julien Sagot Template:Dts 3.0.8 No cost (until version 4) Proprietary AV Foundation & QuickTime Objective-C
Flash MP3 Player Reality Software Template:Dts 1.00 No cost Proprietary
foobar2000 Peter Pawlowski Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Proprietary (core),
BSD (SDK) 		C++
Guayadeque Music Player Juan Rios Template:Dts 0.4.6 (June 5, 2019) No cost Template:Open source GStreamer C++ (wxWidgets, wxSqlite)
iTunes Apple Inc. Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Proprietary QuickTime ?
JRiver Media Center JRiver, Inc. Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/JRiver Media Center $59.98 to $79.98 Proprietary JRiver code C++
JuK Scott Wheeler Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/JuK No cost Template:Open source C++
MediaMonkey Standard Ventis Media Inc. Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Proprietary Delphi, C
MediaMonkey Gold Ventis Media Inc. Template:Dts Template:LSR $24.95USD Proprietary Delphi, C
MediaMonkey Lifetime Ventis Media Inc. Template:Dts Template:LSR $49.95USD Proprietary
Groove Music Microsoft Template:Dts No cost Proprietary
Mpxplay Mpxplay Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Mpxplay No cost Proprietary C
Music on Console Damian Pietras Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Music on Console No cost Template:Open source C
Music Player Daemon Warren Dukes Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source C
MusicBee Steven Mayall Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/MusicBee No cost Proprietary BASS audio library Visual Basic .NET
musikCube Casey Langen Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source
Napster William Christopher Gorog Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Napster (pay service) Subscription Proprietary
Quod Libet Quod Libet Team Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source GStreamer Python (GTK) PyGTK
Rdio Rdio Inc Template:Dts Microsoft Windows: 1.12.0.0 (2013) WP 8+ : 4.0.5.0 (28 October 2013; Script error: No such module "Time ago". (2013-10-28)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)

iOS: 3.0.3 (27 September 2014; Script error: No such module "Time ago". (2014-09-27)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)

Subscription Proprietary
Rhapsody RealNetworks Template:Dts Template:LSR Subscription Proprietary
Rhythmbox Colin Walters Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source GStreamer C
Sayonara Player Michael Lugmair (until 2020 under the pseudonym Lucio Carreras) Template:Dts 1.5.1-stable5 / 29 August 2019 No cost Template:Open source GStreamer C++
Songbird POTI Inc. Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source GStreamer
Sonic Visualiser Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London Template:Dts 3.1.1 (August 14, 2018) No cost Template:Open source
Sonique Media Science Template:Dts 1.96 (March 2002) No cost Proprietary
Spotify Spotify LTD Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Spotify Subscription Proprietary
Style Jukebox Digital Geek LTD Template:Dts Template:Latest stable software release/Style Jukebox No cost Proprietary C#
Video.js (used on Wikipedia as of 2024) Brightcove, Inc. 2010 No cost Template:Open source JavaScript, HTML5
VLC Player 1996 Template:Multiple releases No cost Template:Open source C, C++, (with Qt), ...
Wax Jeffrey Barish Template:Dts 1.0.4 (build 366) No cost Template:Open source GStreamer Python (GTK 3.0)
Winamp Nullsoft Template:Dts Template:LSR


No cost Proprietary Wasabi C/C++
XMMS XMMS Team Template:Dts Template:LSR No cost Template:Open source original C
XMPlay Un4seen Developments Template:Dts 3.8 (Template:Dts) No cost Proprietary BASS audio library
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 for different operating systems.

Audio player[2] Windows macOS Linux iOS Android BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS
AIMP Yes No via Wine No Yes via Wine No No No
Amarok Yes beta Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
aTunes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Audacious Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Audion No Yes No No No No No No No
Banshee alpha beta Yes No No Yes No No No
BTR Amp No No No Yes No No No No No
cmus No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Cog No Yes No No No No No No No
Clementine Yes Yes Yes No remote controller only Yes Yes Yes No
DeaDBeeF Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Ecoute No Yes No Yes No No No No No
Exaile Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No
foobar2000 Yes beta
[osnotes 1] 		via Wine
[osnotes 2] 		Yes Yes via Wine
[osnotes 2] 		No No No
Guayadeque Music Player No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Groove Music Yes No No No No No No No No
iTunes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes remote controller only Yes No No No No
MediaMonkey Yes No No No Yes No No No No
MPXPLAY Yes No No No No No No No Yes
Music Player Daemon cygwin Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
MusicBee Yes No Partial
[3] 		No No No No No No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No No No No No No No
musikCube Yes Yes Yes No remote control only
[4] 		Yes No No No
Quod Libet Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Rdio Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Rhapsody Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Rhythmbox No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Sayonara Player No No Yes No No Yes No No No
Songbird Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No
Sonique Yes No No No No No No No No
Spotify Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Style Jukebox Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No
Wax No No Yes No No No No No No
Winamp Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No
XMMS No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
XMPlay Yes No No No No No No No No
Zinf Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Audio player Windows macOS Linux iOS Android BSD Unix Solaris Other Unix DOS
  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Features

Audio player Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
AIMP No via Plugins Yes Yes Yes Yes via Plugins No
Amarok Partial
[featurenotes 1] 		Yes Partial
[featurenotes 2] 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audacious No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Audion No No Yes No ? Yes ? No
BTR Amp No No No Yes Yes No No Yes
cmus No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Cog No No No No Yes No Yes No
Clementine No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exaile No ? No Yes Yes No Yes
[5] 		Yes
foobar2000 No PartialTemplate:Efn Yes
[featurenotes 3] 		Yes Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn Yes
iTunes Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JRiver Media Center Yes via Plugins Yes Yes Yes Yes via Plugins Yes
JuK No No No Yes No No Yes
[featurenotes 4] 		?
MediaMonkey Yes PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn Yes
MPXPLAY Yes (with MMC v2.00a) ? text-interface Yes Yes Yes Yes (also LCD ability) ?
Music Player Daemon No Yes Client dependent Yes Yes Client dependent Yes Client dependent
MusicBee No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ?
musikCube No No No Yes No PartialTemplate:Efn ? Yes
Quod Libet No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Rhapsody No No No Yes ? No ? ?
Rhythmbox No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sayonara Player No ? No (Dark Mode available) Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Sonique PartialTemplate:Efn No Yes No No Yes ? No
Spotify Yes ? No No Yes No Yes (via app) No
Wax No No No Yes Yes No No No
Winamp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XMMS PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn Yes No PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Yes No
XMPlay PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn Yes No Yes Yes No No
Zinf No No Yes Yes ? No ? ?
Audio player Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
Audio player ReplayGain Tag mass Tag flexible
[featurenotes 5] 		Time stretch Pitch shift A-B repeat Bookmark Auto resume Shutdown on play complete Archive ability
AIMP Yes Yes
[featurenotes 6] 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Amarok Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
[featurenotes 7] 		Yes Yes No No
Audacious Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Audion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BTR Amp Yes ? Yes ? No ? No Yes No
cmus Yes No No No No No No Yes No No
Cog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Clementine Yes Yes No No No ? No No No No
Exaile Yes Yes Yes
[6] 		No No YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn Yes YesTemplate:Efn No
foobar2000 Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn Yes PartialTemplate:Efn Yes
iTunes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
[featurenotes 7] 		Yes Yes Yes No
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey Yes Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Yes ?
MPXPLAY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MusicBee Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox ? Partial
[featurenotes 8] 		? No No ? ? ? ? ?
musikCube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet Yes Yes Yes Partial
[featurenotes 9] 		Partial
[featurenotes 9] 		No Yes Yes No No
Rhapsody ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No
Sayonara Player Yes Yes No No No ? Yes Yes ? ?
Sonique No No ? Yes Yes No No No No ?
Spotify No No No No No No No Yes No No
Wax No No Yes No No No No No No No
Winamp Yes Yes ? No Yes ? Yes ? No ?
XMMS Partial Yes ? No No No No Yes No No
XMPlay Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes
Zinf ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Audio player ReplayGain Tag mass Tag flexible Time stretch Pitch shift A-B repeat Bookmark Auto resume Shutdown on play complete Archive ability
  1. ↑ Basic function with NMM
  2. ↑ Context Browser uses CSS.
  3. ↑ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
  4. ↑ Using DCOP
  5. ↑ Flexible tagging is the ability to read or write custom tags, apart from the default ones like title, album and date. Users can use custom tags to provide additional information to media files. Custom tags work via ID3v2.4 (via the TXXX tag field), Vorbis comments and APEv2.
  6. ↑ Through use of the Advanced Tag Editor.
  7. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Paid version only
  9. ↑ a b Through Audio Pitch, Speed plugin

Audio format ability

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

Audio player Lossy compression Lossless compression
MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC Dolby AC-3 VQF Opus APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV WMA L
AIMP Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
AmarokTemplate:Efn
[7][8] 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audacious Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
Audion Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? No No No No No ?
Banshee Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
BTR Amp Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
cmus Yes YesTemplate:Efn No Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn ? YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn Yes YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn Yes ?
Cog Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Exaile YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ? Yes YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ?
foobar2000 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Groove Music Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JuK Yes No No Yes Yes No No ? ? Yes Yes No Yes No ?
Media Jukebox Yes
[audionotes 1] 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
MediaMonkey Yes Yes No Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn ? No Yes Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn ?
MPXPLAY Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Yes No No Yes ?
Music Player Daemon Yes YesTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes ?
MusicBee Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No No No No No ? ? No No No No No ?
musikCube Yes PartialTemplate:Efn No Yes PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn ? ? Yes Yes No No PartialTemplate:Efn ?
Quod Libet YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ? Yes YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ?
Rhapsody Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No ? ? No No No No No ?
Rhythmbox YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ? YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ?
Sayonara Player Yes ? ? Yes ? ? No ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Sonique Yes Yes No Yes PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn No ? ? No No No No No ?
Spotify[9] Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Style Jukebox Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Wax YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ? YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ?
Winamp Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? YesTemplate:Efn ?
XMMS Yes PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Yes No YesTemplate:Efn ? PartialTemplate:Efn Yes No PartialTemplate:Efn Yes ?
XMPlay Yes YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn Yes YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ? YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn ?
Zinf Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? No No No No No ?
Audio player MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC Dolby AC-3 VQF Opus APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV WMA L
  1. ↑ Requires External Encoding App

Container format ability

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

Audio player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 MPEG-21 NUT FLV
AIMP No Yes No Yes No Yes Partial No No No
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Basic Yes ? ? Yes
Audacious No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Audio only
Audion No No No No No No No ? ? ?
cmus No No No Vorbis only No Basic Yes ? ? ?
Cog No No No Yes No No Partial ? ? ?
foobar2000 PartialTemplate:Efn Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? ? Audio only
JuK No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
MediaMonkey No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
MOC Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes
MPXPLAY Yes Yes No Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ?
MusicBee No No No Vorbis only No No AAC only No No No
Musicmatch Jukebox No No No No No No No ? ? ?
musikCube No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
Rhapsody No No No No No No No ? ? ?
Rhythmbox No Yes No Vorbis only No No YesTemplate:Efn ? ? ?
Sayonara Player No ? No Vorbis only ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sonique NoTemplate:Efn No No Yes No No No ? ? ?
Winamp Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
XMMS No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
Zinf No No No Vorbis only No No No ? ? ?
Audio player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 MPEG-21 NUT FLV

Scalable, composite and emulation format abilities

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Audio player Flash RealPix QuickTime Video Effects in mov HTML+TIME
(+VML) 		smil/smi SVG MIDI
(smf) 		MIDI
(kar) 		MIDI
(xmf) 		MIDI
(rmi) 		MIDI
(xmi) 		NSF SPC PSF
AIMP No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No
Amarok ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audacious No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Audion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
cmus No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Cog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
foobar2000 No No No No No No Yes (plugin) ? ? Yes (plugin) Yes (plugin) Yes (plugin) Yes (plugin) Yes (plugin)
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes (Winamp plugin) Yes (Winamp plugin) Yes (Winamp plugin)
MPXPLAY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MusicBee ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Template:Efn Yes ? ?
Musicmatch Jukebox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
musikCube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhapsody ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Sayonara Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sonique ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XMMS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zinf ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Audio player Flash RealPix QuickTime Video Effects in mov HTML+TIME
(+VML) 		smil/smi SVG MIDI
(smf) 		MIDI
(kar) 		MIDI
(xmf) 		MIDI
(rmi) 		MIDI
(xmi) 		NSF SPC PSF

Protocol abilities

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

Audio player HTTP RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) MMS (MMSU, MMST) Podcasting Other
AIMP Yes No Yes No No
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes UPNP
Audacious Yes No Yes No ?
Audion Yes No No No ?
cmus Yes No No No ?
Cog No No No No ?
foobar2000 Yes Partial
[protocolnotes 1] 		Yes Partial
[protocolnotes 2] 		?
JuK ? ? ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
MediaMonkey Yes No No Yes
[protocolnotes 3] 		?
MusicBee Yes ? ? Yes ?
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes ? ? ? ?
musikCube Yes No No ? ?
Music Player Daemon YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn Yes Music Player Daemon
Rhapsody Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Rhythmbox Yes Yes No Partial
[protocolnotes 4] 		UPNP
Sayonara Player Yes ? ? ? ?
Sonique Yes ? ? ? ?
XMMS Yes ? ? ? ?
Zinf Yes Yes No No ?
Audio player HTTP RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT) MMS (MMSU, MMST) Podcasting Other
  1. ↑ Only WMA files are playable by foobar2000 through an RTSP connection. RealMedia, AAC, etc. are not supported.
  2. ↑ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
  3. ↑ Present in version 3.0 currently going through Alpha Testing.
  4. ↑ 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.

Playlist format ability

Information about which playlist formats the players understand.

Audio player asx,
wax, wvx 		M3U pls XSPF CUE SMIL
AIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Audacious Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial
Audion No No No ? ? No
Clementine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
cmus No Yes Yes No ? ?
Cog ? ? ? ? ? ?
Exaile Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
foobar2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
iTunes No Yes ? ? No ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
JuK ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey ? Yes ? No ? ?
MPXPLAY ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
MusicBee Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Musicmatch Jukebox ? Yes ? ? ? ?
musikCube ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet Partial Yes Yes No ? ?
Rhapsody ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? Yes ? No ?
Sayonara Player ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Sonique ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
Spotify[10] No No No No No ?
Winamp Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
XMMS ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
Zinf ? ? ? No ? ?
Audio player asx/wax/wvx M3U pls XSPF CUE SMIL

Metadata ability

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

Audio player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment Cue sheet CD-Text WAVE chunks
AIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Amarok Yes
[metadatanotes 1] 		Yes
[metadatanotes 1][metadatanotes 2] 		Yes
[metadatanotes 1] 		Yes Yes
[metadatanotes 3] 		? Yes
Audacious Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Audion Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
cmus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
Cog Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
foobar2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
[metadatanotes 4] 		Yes
iTunes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JuK Yes
[metadatanotes 1] 		Yes
[metadatanotes 1] 		Yes
[metadatanotes 1] 		Yes
[metadatanotes 1] 		? ? ?
MediaMonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Mixxx Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
MPXPLAY Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
MusicBee Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes Yes No ? ? Yes ?
musikCube Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Quod Libet Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Rhapsody Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Rhythmbox Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Sayonara Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
Sonique Yes No ? ? ? ? ?
XMMS Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Zinf Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Audio player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment Cue sheet CD-Text WAVE chunks
  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Understanding of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
  2. ↑ Amarok does not understand embedded covers.
  3. ↑ Yes Script error: No such module "webarchive"., but buggy.
  4. ↑ There is a plugin called CD-TEXT Reader adding such a feature.

Optical media ability

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

Audio player Audio
CD DVD-Audio HDCD
AIMP Yes No No
Amarok Partial No No
aTunes No No No
Audacious Yes No No
Audion Yes No No
cmus No No No
Cog No No No
foobar2000 Yes Yes (plugin)[opticalmedianotes 1] Yes (plugin)[opticalmedianotes 2]
JuK Yes
[opticalmedianotes 3] 		No No
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes
[opticalmedianotes 4] 		Yes
MediaMonkey Yes No No
MusicBee Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No
musikCube Yes No No
Rhapsody Yes No No
Rhythmbox Yes No No
Sonique Yes No No
Winamp Yes No No
XMMS Yes No No
Zinf Yes No No
Audio player CD DVD-Audio HDCD
Audio
  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Requires K3B
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

See also

Script error: No such module "Portal".

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. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Local files. Spotify.com.
  10. ↑ Import and export m3u playlists. Spotify.com.

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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