Comparison of video player software

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

Name	Author	First public release	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based framework	Written in
ALLPlayer	ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership	1998	6.1.1 (February 12, 2015) [±]	Free	Proprietary	FFmpeg + original + DirectShow	Object Pascal (Delphi)
Apprentice Video	Pavel Koshevoy	2011	r407 and later	Free	MIT	FFmpeg	C++ (Qt)
Banshee	Aaron Bockover	Aug 2005	2.6.2 (February 18, 2014[1]) [±]	Free	MIT	GStreamer	C#
Creative MediaSource	Creative Technology	2002	5.10.38 (December 22, 2006) [±]	Requires Creative product	Proprietary	DirectShow	?
FFplay	FFmpeg project	06 Jun 2003	3.0 (February 15, 2016[2]) [±]	Free	LGPL, part GPL	FFmpeg	C
GOM Player	Gretech Corporation	07 Jan 2003	2.2.69.5227 (March 26, 2015) [±]	Free	Proprietary	FFmpeg	?
iTunes	Apple Inc.	09 Jan 2001	12.3.3 (March 21, 2016[3]) [±]	Free	Proprietary	QuickTime	?
jetAudio (Basic)	Cowon Systems	1997	8.1.4 October 12, 2015	Free	Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
jetAudio (Plus)	Cowon Systems	1997	8.1.4 October 12, 2015	US$29.00	Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
JRiver Media Center	JRiver, Inc.	Jul 2003	21.0. (June 30, 2015) [±]	US$49.98	Proprietary	original + DirectShow	C++, SSE/MMX assembly
K-Multimedia Player	YoungHuee Kang	01 Oct 2002	4.0 (6 October 2015[4]) [±]	Free	Proprietary	DirectShow	Object Pascal
Mac Blu-ray Player	Macgo Inc.	2011	2.11.1 December 26, 2014	US$59.95	Proprietary	?	?
Media Go	Sony Creative Software Inc.	2009	3.0a December 4, 2015	Free	Proprietary	original + DirectShow + QuickTime (optional)	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	MPC-HC Team	29 Mar 2006	1.7.10 (November 14, 2015) [±]	Free	GPL	DirectShow + LAV Filters (FFmpeg)	C++
MediaPortal	Team MediaPortal	2004	1.13.0 (December 24, 2015) [±]	Free	GPL	DirectShow	C#, C++
MPlayer	Árpád Gereöffy	Sep 2000	1.3.0 (February 16, 2016) [±]	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C
Plex Media Player	Plex, Inc.	2008		Free	GPL	FFmpeg	C++
PowerDVD Standard	CyberLink	1996	16.0.1510.60 (January 4, 2016[5][6]) [±]	US$59.95	Proprietary	DirectShow	?
PowerDVD Pro	CyberLink	1996	16.0.1510.60 (January 4, 2016[7][8]) [±]	US$79.95	Proprietary	DirectShow	?
PowerDVD Ultra	CyberLink	1996	16.0.1510.60 (January 4, 2016[9][10]) [±]	US$99.95	Proprietary	DirectShow	?
QuickTime Player	Apple Inc.	02 Dec 1991	7.7.9 (January 7, 2016) [±][11]	Free	Proprietary	QuickTime	Cocoa (on OS X)
RealPlayer Basic	RealNetworks	1995	Windows: 18.1.3.100 (February 4, 2016) [±] OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012[12]) [±] Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009[13]) [±] Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013) [±]	Free	Proprietary	original	?
RealPlayer Plus	RealNetworks	1995	Windows: 18.1.3.100 (February 4, 2016) [±] OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012[14]) [±] Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009[15]) [±] Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013) [±]	US$49.99[16]	Proprietary	original + DirectShow (optional) + QuickTime (optional)[17]	?
SMPlayer	Ricardo Villalba	11 Dec 2006	14.3.0 (March 30, 2014)	Free	GPL	MPlayer	C++ (Qt)
Splash	Mirillis	14 Sep 2009	2.0.1 January 27, 2016	Free	Proprietary	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	ArcSoft	15 Nov 2009	6.7.1.199 June 6, 2014	US$99.99	Proprietary	original	C++
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	The GNOME Project	Jul 2002	3.20 (March 23, 2016[18]) [±]	Free	GPL + exception[19]	GStreamer	C
Videostream	Videostream Team	Feb 2014	2.1.3.15	Free	Proprietary	Chrome + FFmpeg	Javascript, C++
VLC	VideoLAN	Feb 2000	Desktop: 2.2.3 (3 May 2016) [±][20] iOS: 2.7.2 (12 January 2016) [±][21] Android: 1.7.5 (4 January 2016) [±][22] Windows Store: 1.7.0.0 (29 February 2015) [±][23]	Free	GPL, LGPL	libVLC + FFmpeg	C, C++
WinDVD Gold	Corel	1998	11 Service Pack 5 (September 9, 2015[24]) [±]	US$39.95	Proprietary	DirectShow	?
WinDVD Platinum	Corel	1998	11 Service Pack 5 (September 9, 2015[25]) [±]	US$59.95	Proprietary	DirectShow	?
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC)	Oct 2003	14.2 (codename: "Helix") (28 March 2015) [±]	Free	GPL	FFmpeg	C++
xine	xine Team	15 Aug 2000	0.99.9 (August 21, 2014) [±]	Free	GPL	xine-lib + FFmpeg	C
Name	Author	First public release	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based framework	Written in

Inactive players

Name	Author	First public release	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based framework	Written in
CorePlayer	CoreCodec Inc.	2006	3.0.1 (September 9, 2011) [±]	US$19.95	Proprietary	?	?
CrystalPlayer	Crystal Reality LLC	Oct 2002	1.99 (September 1, 2012) [±]	US$29.95	Proprietary	FFmpeg	?
DSPlayer	DSPlayer team	2002	0.889	Free	Proprietary		Object Pascal (Delphi), C++
Media Player Classic	Gabest	29 May 2003	6.4.9.1 (December 10, 2008) [±]	Free	GPL	DirectShow	C++
Ogle	Chalmers University of Technology	1999	0.9.2 (November 6, 2003) [±]	Free	GPL	?	C
Quintessential Player	Paul Quinn	1997	5.0.121 (February 18, 2009) [±]	Free	Proprietary	?	?
Songbird	Tom Lord	08 Feb 2006	2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer, XULRunner	C++
The Core Pocket Media Player	Gabor Kovacs	2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer"	0.71 (November 23, 2005) [±]	Free	GPL	FFmpeg + original	C++
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle	Nullsoft	Jun 1997	5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013) [±]	Free	Proprietary	?	?
Winamp Pro	Nullsoft	Jun 1997	5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013) [±]	US$19.95	Proprietary	?	?
Windows Media Player	Microsoft	Nov 1992	12.0.7601.17514 (July 22, 2009) [±]	Free	Proprietary	DirectShow	C++ (COM)
Name	Author	First public release	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Based framework	Written in

Operating system compatibility

This section lists the operating systems on which the player works. There may be multiple versions of a player, each one for a given operating system.

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

Features

Video player	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media database	Gapless audio decoding	Visualizer	Remote controllable	Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)	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	?	?	?
Banshee	Yes	Partial[featurenotes 1]	Yes	Yes	In Development	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	?	?	?
DSPlayer	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?
FFplay	?	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	Some	No
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	?
iTunes	Yes	Partial[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
jetAudio	Partial[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No[featurenotes 2]	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?
Media Go	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	SensMe	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	No	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	?
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	No
Plex Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	?
PowerDVD	?	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	No	?	Yes	?
QuickTime Player	Partial[featurenotes 3]	Partial[featurenotes 4]	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Partial[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?
SMPlayer	?	Yes	No	?	?	?	No	?	?	?
Songbird	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes[featurenotes 5]	Yes	?	?	?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	yes, not Mac	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Some[featurenotes 6]	?
Winamp	Partial[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[26]	Yes[featurenotes 7]	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Yes[featurenotes 8]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
xine	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?
Video player	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media database	Gapless audio decoding	Visualizer	Remote controllable	Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)	HDR video playback	Stereoscopic 3D Playback	360-degree video playback

Extended features

Video player	Color controls	Time stretching	Pitch shifting	A-B repeat	Audio resync	Subtitle resync	Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm)	Bookmark (DVD, video, audio)	Auto resume (DVD, video, audio)	Shutdown on play complete
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apprentice Video	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Banshee	?	No	No	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
FFplay	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iTunes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
jetAudio	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JRiver Media Center	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some[featurenotes 9]	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Go	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	?	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes[featurenotes 10]	Yes[featurenotes 10]	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	No	Yes
Plex Media Player	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PowerDVD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
QuickTime Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[featurenotes 11]	?	?	Yes	?	?	No
Quintessential Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
SMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[featurenotes 12]	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	Yes
Songbird	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (from 2.2)	Yes
Winamp	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	DVD only	No	Partial[26]	Partial[26]
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
Video player	Color controls	Time stretching	Pitch shifting	A-B repeat	Audio resync	Subtitle resync	Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm)	Bookmark (DVD, video, audio)	Auto resume (DVD, video, audio)	Shutdown on play complete

1. The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
2. "gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums". Kmplayer.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
3. Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
4. Only the media creator can create skins.
5. Apple Remote ability, and dbus add-on for Linux
6. anaglyph only
7. Via media library in "modern" skin
8. 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)
9. Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
10. 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
11. www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
12. 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	?	?	?
Banshee	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	?	?
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Partial[v 2]	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[27]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	?	?
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Partial[v 2]	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[27]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	?	?
iTunes	Yes	Partial[v 4]	Yes	Yes	Partial[v 5]	No	Partial[v 6]	Partial[v 7]	No	Partial[v 7]	?	?
jetAudio	Yes	Partial[v 2]	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[27]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Yes	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plex Media Player	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]	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Yes	Partial[v 8]	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	?	?
SMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Songbird	No	No	Partial[v 9]	Partial[v 9]	Partial[v 10]	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	Yes[v 1]	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Partial[v 2]	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[27]	Partial[v 3]	Yes	Partial[v 3]	Yes	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes[v 2]	Yes[v 11]	Yes[v 11]	Yes	Partial[27]	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 3]	Partial[v 12]	?	?
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Video player	MPEG-1	MPEG-2	MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP)	MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC)	WMV	RealVideo	Theora	Flash	Dirac	VP8	VP9	HEVC (H.265)

1. Available via Gstreamer plugin.
2. This format is supported out-of-the-box in Windows 7 and later. In Windows Vista and earlier, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
3. The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
4. The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
5. The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
6. 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (Doesn't work with FLAC containers), Speex, and Theora.
7. On Macs, 3rd party plugins are available. The Perian QuickTime components for Mac OS X 10.4.7+ allow any QuickTime application to play a wide variety of formats.
8. Plugin available.
9. This format is supported out-of-the-box on Mac OS X. On Windows, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of QuickTime filters. There is a distribution known as QuickTime Alternative which bundles the needed QuickTime components without the need to install the corresponding player.
10. This format is supported when running the program in Microsoft Windows, but is not supported on Mac OS X.
11. This format is supported out-of-the-box in Windows Media Player 12 and later (which requires Windows 7 or later). In Windows Media Player 11 and earlier, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
12. The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters, or in the case of Windows Media Player 12 and above, there is also the option of using Microsoft Media Foundation components, which have the added bonus of adding WebM support through the HTML5 <video> element to Internet Explorer 9 or later.

Production Video format ability

Video player	MPEG-4 SStP	AVC-Intra	AVC-Ultra	XAVC	Apple ProRes	VC-2/Dirac Pro	VC-3/Avid DNxHD	VC-5/GoPro CineForm	Redcode RAW	ARRIRAW	CinemaDNG	Cineon/DPX sequence	OpenEXR sequence	TIFF sequence	PNG sequence	JPEG sequence	JPEG 2000 sequence
FFplay	No[28]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some[29]	No	No[30]	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
Video player	MPEG-4 SStP	AVC-Intra	AVC-Ultra	XAVC	Apple ProRes	VC-2/Dirac Pro	VC-3/Avid DNxHD	VC-5/GoPro CineForm	Redcode RAW	ARRIRAW	CinemaDNG	Cineon/DPX sequence	OpenEXR sequence	TIFF sequence	PNG sequence	JPEG sequence	JPEG 2000 sequence

Audio format ability

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

Video player	Lossy compression								Lossless compression
	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	AC-3	Opus	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN	WV
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apprentice Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Banshee	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	?	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	yes, no DRM	No	Partial[32]	No	Yes	No	?	No	Partial[32]	Yes	No	No
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[33]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[33]	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[33]	Yes	Yes	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Yes	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]
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
Plex Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
QuickTime Player	Yes	Partial[34]	No	Partial[32]	No	Yes	Partial[26]	?	No	Partial[32]	Yes	No	No
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	Partial[26]	Partial[26]	No	No	Partial[26]
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[26]	No	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	No	No
SMPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Songbird	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	No	Yes	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	No	No
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]
VLC	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial[33]	Yes	Partial[35]	Yes	Partial[35]	Partial[35]	Partial[35]	Yes	Partial[35]	Partial[35]	Partial[35]
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]
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
Video player	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	AC-3	Opus	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN	WV

Container format ability

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

Video player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4	NUT	FLV	WebM
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Apprentice Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GOM Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
iTunes	No	Win: yes Mac: file is parsable	Yes	Partial[32]	No	No	Yes	?	?	?
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Partial[36]	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Partial[33]	?	?	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vorbis only	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plex Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
QuickTime Player	Yes	Partial[34]	Yes	Partial[32]	No	Yes[37]	Yes	?	Yes[37]	Yes[37]
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[26]	Partial[26]	No	Yes	?	?	?
Songbird	Yes	No	Yes[36]	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	?	Yes[31]	Yes[31][38]
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Partial[36]	Vorbis only	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Yes	?	?	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	WMP12 Yes[36]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	Partial[33]	WMP12 Yes[33]	?	Yes	?
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
Video player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4	NUT	FLV	WebM

Streaming support

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

Video player	HTTP	HTTPS	HLS	DASH	HDS	Smooth	FTP	SFTP	RTSP RTSPU/RTSPT	MMS MMSU/MMST	RTMP	Podcast	RDT	RTP	DAAP	DLNA
ALLPlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Amarok	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
Apprentice Video	Yes	No	Partial	?	?	?	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Banshee	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
CorePlayer	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
DSPlayer	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	No	?	No	?	?	?	?
FFplay	Yes	Yes[39]	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes[40]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
GOM Player	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	?
iTunes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
jetAudio	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	?
Quod Libet	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
QuickTime Player	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Songbird	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	?	?	Yes[31]	?	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	Yes[31]	No	?	Yes[31]	Yes	Yes
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes
Winamp	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Dropped (WMP10)	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xine	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	?
XMMS	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	HTTP	HTTPS	HLS	DASH	HDS	Smooth	FTP	SFTP	RTSP	MMS	RTMP	Podcast	RDT	RTP	DAAP	DLNA

Playlist format ability

Information about which playlist formats the players understand.

Video player	asx/wax/wvx	m3u/m3u8	pls	xspf	ram/rmm	sdp	rpl	xpl	bdmv	wmx
ALLPlayer	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Apprentice Video	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CorePlayer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?
GOM Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTunes	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
jetAudio	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
QuickTime Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Songbird	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	?	?	?
Cog	?	?	?
CorePlayer	?	?	?
DSPlayer	?	?	?
FFplay	No	No	No
GOM Player	?	?	?
iTunes	?	?	?
jetAudio	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	?	?	?
MediaPortal	?	?	?
MPlayer	No	No	?
QuickTime Player	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	?	?	?
RealPlayer	?	?	?
Songbird	?	?	?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	?
Winamp	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	?	?	?
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Partial	?	Partial
xine	?	?	?
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	Bitmap	Text									Bitmap			Text
	VobSub (.idx+.sub)	SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass)	SubRip (.srt)	SAMI (.smi)	RealText (.rt)	MicroDVD (.sub)	SubViewer (.sub)	Text file[stnotes 1] (.txt)	Universal Subtitle Format (.usf)	WebVTT (.srt+.vtt)	XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles)	DVB subtitles	DVD subtitles	Closed captioning	SCTE-27	MPEG-4 Part 17	TTML/SMPTE-TT
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
Apprentice Video	Yes[stnotes 2]	Yes[stnotes 2]	Yes[stnotes 2]	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?
CorePlayer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	Yes	Yes[stnotes 3]	Yes[stnotes 3]	Yes[stnotes 3]	Yes[stnotes 3]	Yes[stnotes 3]	Yes[stnotes 3]	Yes[stnotes 3]	No	Yes[stnotes 3]	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No[41]	?	No[42]
GOM Player	Yes	Partial[stnotes 4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
iTunes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
jetAudio	Yes	Partial[stnotes 4]	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes[33]	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[27]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes[33]	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	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	Yes	No	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
QuickTime Player	No	Yes[37]	Yes[37]	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes[26]	No	Yes[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes[26]	?	Yes[26]	No	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	No	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Yes	Partial[stnotes 4]	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
VLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some
Winamp	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	No	Yes[stnotes 5]	No	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	?	Yes[stnotes 5]	?	?	?	?	?	?
Windows Media Player	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	No	Yes[stnotes 5]	No	Yes[stnotes 5]	Yes[stnotes 5]	?	Yes[33]	?	?	?	?	?	?
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
xine[stnotes 6]	Yes	Partial[stnotes 4]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	VobSub (.idx+.sub)	SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass)	SubRip (.srt)	Sami (.smi)	RealText (.rt)	MicroDVD (.sub)	SubViewer (.sub)	TXT (.txt)	Universal Subtitle Format (.usf)	WebVTT (.srt+.vtt)	XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles)	DVB subtitles	DVD subtitles	Closed captioning	SCTE-27	MPEG-4 Part 17	TTML/SMPTE-TT

1. This player can open files with the extension .txt, but those could contain any script language. So there is no guarantee it will play it.
2. Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
3. only if FFmpeg was built with libass and 'subtitles' video filter.
4. 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.
5. For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.
6. "FAQ | Kaffeine - KDE Media Player". Kaffeine FAQ. Retrieved 2009-10-02.

Metadata ability

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

Video player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	AMF	ASF metadata	MOV metadata	Cue sheet	CD-Text
ALLPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
Apprentice Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?
CorePlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
FFplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
GOM Player	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes
jetAudio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Partial[metadatanotes 1]	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic	Yes	No	?	Partial	?	?	?	?	?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
MPlayer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial[metadatanotes 2]	?
QuickTime Player	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quintessential Player	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
RealPlayer	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?	?	Yes
Songbird	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	No	?
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[26]	Yes
Windows Media Player	Yes	Partial[metadatanotes 4]	?	Partial[26]	?	Yes	?	No	Partial[26]
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Partial
xine	Yes	Partial[metadatanotes 5]	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Video player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	AMF	ASF metadata	MOV metadata	Cue sheet	CD-Text

1. Supports via plugin available in Cowon Forums
2. MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
3. Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
4. ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).
5. Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags

Optical media ability

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

	Audio				Video
Video player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	Super Audio CD (SACD)	Video CD (VCD)	SVCD	DVD	Blu-ray Disc	HD DVD
ALLPlayer	Yes	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	?
Apprentice Video	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No
CorePlayer	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	?
DSPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
FFplay	via libcdio	No	No	?	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	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MediaPortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[optical 1]	?
MPlayer	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Ogle	No	No	No	?	No	No	Yes	No	?
PowerDVD	Yes	No longer supported	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No longer supported
QuickTime Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No[optical 2]	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quintessential Player	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No
RealPlayer	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Songbird	No[optical 3]	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
TotalMedia Theatre	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No longer supported
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[43]	Yes[optical 6]
Winamp	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Media Player	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
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
Video player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	Super Audio CD (SACD)	Video CD (VCD)	SVCD	DVD	Blu-ray Disc	HD DVD

1. See this thread on team-mediaportal.com
2. See VCD and SVCD players on The X Lab
3. See this thread on Getsatisfaction.com
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. VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.

See also

• List of codecs
• Open source codecs and containers
• Comparison of video codecs
• Comparison of audio coding formats
• Comparison of container formats
• Subtitle (captioning)
• Comparison of portable media players
• Comparison of video encoders
• Comparison of PVR software packages

References

1. "October 10, 2012". banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
2. "Download FFmpeg". 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
3. "Apple releases iTunes 12.3.2 with changes to Classical listings in Apple Music". 9to5Mac. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
4. "KMPlayerㅣMultimedia Player". 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
5. http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
6. http://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/company/press-news-content.do?pid=3811
7. http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
8. http://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/company/press-news-content.do?pid=3811
9. http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
10. http://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/company/press-news-content.do?pid=3811
11. "About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.9".
12. http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
13. "RealPlayer 1.1". Ewandoo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
14. http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
15. "RealPlayer 1.1". Ewandoo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
16. http://www.real.com/realplayer/player-plus
17. 'Unsupported file type' error RealNetworks
18. Clasen, Matthias (March 23, 2016). "GNOME 3.20". gnome-announce-list (Mailing list). Retrieved March 23, 2016.
19. "COPYING file mentioning exception added 8th Feb 2005". Totem. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
20. "VLC 2.2.3 "WeatherWax"". VideoLAN. VideoLAN. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
21. "VLC for iOS 2.5.1". VideoLAN.org. VideoLAN. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
22. "VLC for Android". play.google.com. VideoLAN. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
23. "VLC for Windows Phone". www.microsoft.com. VideoLAN. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
24. Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
25. Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
26. Plugin available.
27. 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.
28. Support MPEG-4 Studio Profile FFmpeg Project
29. Red Cinema r3d files not supported FFmpeg Project
30. Support for DNG (RAW) FFmpeg Project
31. Available via Gstreamer plugin.
32. 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.
33. The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
34. The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
35. Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. http://www.webmproject.org/tools/#gstreamer-plug-ins As of Gstreamer 1.0, WebM related support is included in gstreamer-plugins-good
39. only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSL, GnuTLS, Secure Transport or SChannel.
40. only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSH.
41. #4439 (Support SCTE-27 / Digicipher II (DCII) subtitles) FFmpeg Project
42. #4859 (TTML subtitles) FFmpeg Project
43. anandtech - VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability

Related lists on other projects

• m: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