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 that can play video, even if it can also play audio files.
General
Active players
| Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Framework used | Written in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPlayer | ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Latest stable software release/ALLPlayer | No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg + original + DirectShow | Object Pascal (Delphi) |
| Apprentice Video | Pavel Koshevoy | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | r407 and later | No cost | Template:Open source | FFmpeg | C++ (Qt) |
| DivX | DivX, LLC | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 11.14 (December 11, 2025) | No cost | Proprietary | Proprietary | C/C++ (Qt) |
| FFplay | FFmpeg project | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata | No cost | Template:Open source | FFmpeg | C |
| GOM Player | GOM & Company | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
|
No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg | ? |
| iTunes | Apple Inc. | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:LSR | No cost | Proprietary | QuickTime | ? |
| jetAudio (Basic) | Cowon Systems | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 8.1.8.20800 (August 6, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) | No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ |
| jetAudio (Plus) | Cowon Systems | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 8.1.8.20800 (August 6, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) | $29 | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ |
| JRiver Media Center | JRiver, Inc. | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Latest stable software release/JRiver Media Center | $69.98 to $89.98 | Proprietary | original + DirectShow | C++, SSE/MMX assembly |
| K-Multimedia Player | YoungHuee Kang | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Latest stable software release/K-Multimedia Player | No cost | Proprietary | DirectShow | Object Pascal |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | Macgo Inc. | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3.3.21 (August 28, 2021Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) | $59.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| MediaPortal | Team MediaPortal | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Latest stable software release/MediaPortal | No cost | Template:Open source | DirectShow | C#, C++ |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Gabest | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 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 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | No cost | Proprietary | |||
| Microsoft Photos | Microsoft | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | No cost | Proprietary | |||
| MPlayer | Árpád Gereöffy | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata | No cost | Template:Open source | FFmpeg + original | C |
| mpv | mpv Community | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata | No cost | Template:Open source | FFmpeg | C, Objective C, Lua |
| Plex Media Player | Plex, Inc. | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Latest stable software release/Plex Media Player | No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ |
| PotPlayer | Kakao | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Latest stable software release/PotPlayer | No cost | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| PowerDVD Standard | CyberLink | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:LSR | $59.99 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| PowerDVD Pro | CyberLink | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:LSR | $79.95 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| PowerDVD Ultra | CyberLink | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:LSR | $99.99 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| QuickTime X | Apple Inc. | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Latest stable software release/QuickTime X | No cost | Proprietary | QuickTime | Cocoa (on OS X) |
| RealPlayer | RealNetworks | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Windows: Template:LSR
OS X: Template:LSR Windows Mobile: Template:LSR Android: Template:LSR |
No cost | Proprietary | original | ? |
| SMPlayer | Ricardo Villalba | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata | No cost | Template:Open source | MPlayer | C++ (Qt) |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | The GNOME Project | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata | No cost | Template:Open source[1] | GStreamer | C |
| Videostream | Videostream Team | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2.1.3.15 | No cost | Proprietary | Chrome + FFmpeg | JavaScript, C++ |
| VLC | VideoLAN | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Multiple releases | No cost | Template:Open source | libVLC + FFmpeg | C, C++ |
| WinDVD Pro | Corel | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:LSR | $79.99 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC) | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:LSR | No cost | Template:Open source | FFmpeg | C++ |
| xine | xine Team | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:LSR | No cost | Template:Open source | xine-lib + FFmpeg | C |
| sView | Kirill Gavrilov | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 22.01 (Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) | No cost | Template:Open source | FFmpeg | C++ |
| IPTVX | IPTVX LLC | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 14.4.2 (tvOS), 5.4.2 (iOS) | $13.99/year | Proprietary | VLCKit | Objective-C / Swift / Kotlin |
| Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Framework used | Written in |
Inactive players
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 | 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 |
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
- ↑ Only the media creator can create skins.
- ↑ anaglyph only
- ↑ Via media library in "modern" skin
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files Template:Webarchive and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved Template:Webarchive
- ↑ 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
- ↑ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ Template:Webarchive - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
- ↑ 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
| Video player | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | XAVC | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth | Template:Verth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- ↑ a b c Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i only if FFmpeg was built with libass and 'subtitles' video filter.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 |
- ↑ Supports via plugin available in Cowon Forums
- ↑ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
- ↑ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
- ↑ ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).
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 | |
- ↑ A built-in hdcd audio filter is available but needs to manually enable via commandline option.
- ↑ Non-commercial BDs supported through plug-in, see this thread on team-mediaportal.com
- ↑ See VCD and SVCD players Template:Webarchive on The X Lab
- ↑ DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1
- ↑ See VLC playback Features at videolan.org.
- ↑ HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS) from version 3.0.0
- ↑ a b VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.
See also
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- List of codecs
- Open source codecs and containers
- Comparison of video codecs
- Comparison of audio coding formats
- Comparison of video container formats
- Subtitles
- Comparison of DVR software packages
Related lists on other projects
- Open Source Toolset - short sections on Audio editing and Video editing
- Software - short lists of Ogg audio and video editors
- Help:Converting video - tools for manipulating audio and video
Notes
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Plugin available.
- ↑ a b c d 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.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
- ↑ a b The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for QuickTime.
- ↑ a b c d The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for QuickTime.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h 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.
- ↑ a b c d On macOS, 3rd party plugins are available. The Perian QuickTime components for Mac OS X 10.4.7+ allow any QuickTime application to play a wide variety of formats.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Available via Gstreamer plugin.
- ↑ a b 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.
- ↑ 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.
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References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Support MPEG-4 Studio Profile FFmpeg Project
- ↑ Red Cinema r3d files not supported FFmpeg Project
- ↑ Support for DNG (RAW) FFmpeg Project
- ↑ a b c d e f g Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.webmproject.org/tools/#gstreamer-plug-ins As of Gstreamer 1.0, WebM related support is included in gstreamer-plugins-good
- ↑ only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSL, GnuTLS, Secure Transport or SChannel.
- ↑ Since FFmpeg 3.4, only if FFmpeg was built with libxml2
- ↑ FFmpeg-devel - PATCH - add hds demuxer, FFmpeg project, October 14, 2016
- ↑ only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSH.
- ↑ With FFmpeg or youtube-dl
- ↑ NEWS, VideoLAN
- ↑ #4439 (Support SCTE-27 / Digicipher II (DCII) subtitles) FFmpeg Project
- ↑ #4859 (TTML subtitles) FFmpeg Project
- ↑ id3v1.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
- ↑ id3v2.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
- ↑ apetag.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
- ↑ rtmppkt.h File Reference, FFmpeg project
- ↑ [FFmpeg-devel,1/7] lavf: add cue sheet demuxer, FFmpeg project, May 8, 2017
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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