The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable software media player programs.
The complete uninstall command line for Neuview Standard and Professional 6.07 is C: Program Files (x86) QO Developments Neuview Media Player unins000.exe. Neuview Pro.exe is the Neuview Standard and Professional 6.07's main executable file and it takes about 9.93 MB (10407936 bytes) on disk. Neuview Standard and Professional 6.08 is a program developed by QO Developments. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 13.62 MB (14,279,514 bytes). QoUpdate.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.
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.
- 1General
- 3Features
General[edit]
Active players[edit]
Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Based framework | Written in | ||||||||||||
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ALLPlayer | ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership | 1998 | 8.6 (June 28, 2019; 2 months ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | FFmpeg + original + DirectShow | Object Pascal (Delphi) | ||||||||||||
Apprentice Video | Pavel Koshevoy | 29 May 2010 | r407 and later | Free | MIT | FFmpeg | C++ (Qt) | ||||||||||||
FFplay | FFmpeg project | 20 December 2000 | 4.2 (August 5, 2019; 44 days ago[1])[±] | Free | LGPL, part GPL | FFmpeg | C | ||||||||||||
GOM Player | Gretech Corporation | 7 January 2003 |
2.3.40 Build 5302 (April 16, 2019; 5 months ago[2])
1.4.5 (March 5, 2019; 6 months ago[3])
1.4.4 (March 14, 2019; 6 months ago[4])[±] | Free | Proprietary | FFmpeg | ? | ||||||||||||
iTunes | Apple Inc. | 9 January 2001 | 12.9.2 (December 5, 2018; 9 months ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | QuickTime | ? | ||||||||||||
jetAudio (Basic) | Cowon Systems | 1997 | 8.1.7 (15 December 2018; 9 months ago) | Free | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ | ||||||||||||
jetAudio (Plus) | Cowon Systems | 1997 | 8.1.7 (15 December 2018; 9 months ago) | Not free | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ | ||||||||||||
JRiver Media Center | JRiver, Inc. | 1998 | 24.0.75 (January 24, 2019; 7 months ago)[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | original + DirectShow | C++, SSE/MMX assembly | ||||||||||||
K-Multimedia Player | YoungHuee Kang | 1 October 2002 | 4.0 (6 October 2015; 3 years ago[5])[±] | Free | Proprietary | DirectShow | Object Pascal | ||||||||||||
Mac Blu-ray Player | Macgo Inc. | 2011 | 2.11.1 (26 December 2014; 4 years ago) | Not Free | Proprietary | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
Media Go | Sony Network Entertainment | 17 March 2009 | 3.0a (4 December 2015; 3 years ago) | Free | Proprietary | original + DirectShow + QuickTime (optional) | ? | ||||||||||||
MediaPortal | Team MediaPortal | 2004 | 2.2.1 (March 29, 2019; 5 months ago)[±] | Free | GPL | DirectShow | C#, C++ | ||||||||||||
Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Gabest | 29 March 2006 | 1.7.13 (March 6, 2017; 2 years ago)[±] | Free | GPL | FFmpeg + DirectShow | C++ | ||||||||||||
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video) | Microsoft | 26 October 2012 | Free | Proprietary | |||||||||||||||
Microsoft Photos | Microsoft | 26 October 2012 | Free | Proprietary | |||||||||||||||
MPlayer | Árpád Gereöffy | September 2000 | 1.4.0[6][7](April 18, 2019; 5 months ago)[±] | Free | GPL | FFmpeg + original | C | ||||||||||||
mpv | mpv Community | 7 August 2013 | 0.29.1 (October 2, 2018; 11 months ago[8])[±] | Free | GPL, part LGPL | MPlayer | C, Objective C, Lua | ||||||||||||
Plex Media Player | Plex, Inc. | 21 May 2008 |
1.8.4.4249-3497d6779 ([9])[±] | Free | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ | ||||||||||||
PotPlayer | Kakao | ? | Windows: 1.7.18958 (June 10, 2019; 3 months ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
PowerDVD Standard | CyberLink | 1998 | 19 build 1912 (July 22, 2019; 58 days ago[10][11])[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? | ||||||||||||
PowerDVD Pro | CyberLink | 1998 | 19 build 1912 (July 22, 2019; 58 days ago[12][13])[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? | ||||||||||||
PowerDVD Ultra | CyberLink | 1998 | 19 build 1912 (July 22, 2019; 58 days ago[14][15])[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? | ||||||||||||
QuickTime X | Apple Inc. | 28 August 2009 | 10.5 (August 31, 2018; 12 months ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | QuickTime | Cocoa (on OS X) | ||||||||||||
RealPlayer Basic | RealNetworks | April 1995 | Windows: 18.1.17.202 (May 29, 2019; 3 months ago)[±] OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 7 years ago[16])[±] Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 10 years ago[17])[±] Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013; 5 years ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | original | ? | ||||||||||||
RealPlayer Plus | RealNetworks | April 1995 | Windows: 18.1.17.202 (May 29, 2019; 3 months ago)[±] OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 7 years ago[18])[±] Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 10 years ago[19])[±] Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013; 5 years ago)[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | original + DirectShow (optional) + QuickTime (optional)[20] | ? | ||||||||||||
SMPlayer | Ricardo Villalba | 11 December 2006 | 19.5.0 (May 14, 2019; 4 months ago[21])[±] | Free | GPL | MPlayer | C++ (Qt) | ||||||||||||
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | The GNOME Project | February 2003 | 3.34[22](12 September 2019; 6 days ago)[±] | Free | GPL + exception[23] | GStreamer | C | ||||||||||||
Videostream | Videostream Team | February 2014 | 2.1.3.15 | Free | Proprietary | Chrome + FFmpeg | JavaScript, C++ | ||||||||||||
VLC | VideoLAN | 1 February 2001 |
| Free | GPL, LGPL | libVLC + FFmpeg | C, C++ | ||||||||||||
WinDVD Gold | Corel | 1998 | WinDVD Pro 12 Service Pack 5 (June 12, 2018; 15 months ago[33][34])[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? | ||||||||||||
WinDVD Platinum | Corel | 1998 | WinDVD Pro 12 Service Pack 5 (June 12, 2018; 15 months ago[35][36])[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? | ||||||||||||
Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC) | 2002 | 18.0 (codename: 'Leia') (January 28, 2019; 7 months ago[37])[±] | Free | GPL | FFmpeg | C++ | ||||||||||||
xine | xine Team | 15 August 2000 | 0.99.10 (December 28, 2017; 20 months ago)[±] | Free | GPL | xine-lib + FFmpeg | C | ||||||||||||
Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Based framework | Written in |
Inactive players[edit]
Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Based framework | Written in |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banshee | Aaron Bockover | 2005-02-17 | 2.6.2 (February 18, 2014; 5 years ago[38])[±] | Free | MIT | GStreamer | C# |
CorePlayer | CoreCodec Inc. | 2006 | 3.0.1 (September 9, 2011; 8 years ago)[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
Creative MediaSource | Creative Technology | 2002 | 5.10.38 (December 22, 2006; 12 years ago)[±] | Requires Creative product | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
DSPlayer | DSPlayer team | 2002 | Not Free | Free | Proprietary | Object Pascal (Delphi), C++ | |
Media Player Classic | Gabest | May 29, 2003 | 6.4.9.1 (December 10, 2008; 10 years ago)[±] | Free | GPL | DirectShow | C++ |
Ogle | Chalmers University of Technology | 1999 | 0.9.2 (November 6, 2003; 15 years ago)[±] | Free | GPL | ? | C |
Quintessential Player | Paul Quinn | 1997 | 5.0.121 (February 18, 2009; 10 years ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
Songbird | Tom Lord | February 8, 2006 | 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013; 6 years ago)[±] | Free | GPL | GStreamer, XULRunner | C++ |
The Core Pocket Media Player | Gabor Kovacs | 2004 Jul as 'BetaPlayer' | 0.71 (November 23, 2005; 13 years ago)[±] | Free | GPL | FFmpeg + original | C++ |
TotalMedia Theatre | ArcSoft | November 15, 2009 | 6.7.1.199 June 6, 2014; 5 years ago | Not Free | Proprietary | original | C++ |
Quicktime | Apple Inc. | 1991-12-02 | 7.7.9 (January 7, 2016; 3 years ago)[±][39][40] | Free | Proprietary | QuickTime | Cocoa (on OS X) |
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle | Nullsoft | Jun 1997 | 5.8.3660 (October 19, 2018; 10 months ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
Winamp Pro | Nullsoft | Jun 1997 | 5.8.3660 (October 19, 2018; 10 months ago)[±] | Not Free | Proprietary | ? | ? |
Windows Media Player | Microsoft | Nov 1992 | 12.0.7601.17514[needs update](July 22, 2009; 10 years ago)[±] | Free | Proprietary | DirectShow | C++ (COM) |
Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Based framework | Written in |
Operating system compatibility[edit]
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 IoT (formerly Windows Embedded) | Windows Mobile (formerly Windows Phone) | Mac OS X | iOS | Android | Linux | Solaris | Unix-like | DOS | BeOS, Haiku, ZETA | OS/2 | |
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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 |
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 |
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video) | Yes | ? | Yes | 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 | Yes | 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 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 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
mpv | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 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 |
RealPlayer | Yes | No | 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 |
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 | No | 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 | Dropped (WMP9) | No | No | No | No | Dropped (WMP6.3) | No | No | No | No |
Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes | No | 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 IoT (formerly Windows Embedded) | Windows Mobile (formerly Windows Phone) | Mac OS X | iOS | Android | Linux | BSD Unix | Solaris | Unix-like | DOS | BeOS, Haiku, ZETA | OS/2 |
Features[edit]
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 | ? | ? | ? |
FFplay | ? | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Some | No |
GOM Player | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 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 Go | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | SensMe | ? | ? | ? |
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 |
mpv | 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 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 Mac | No | 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 | ? | ? | ? |
Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes[featurenotes 6] | 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[edit]
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 | ? | ? |
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 |
Media Go | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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 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 |
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 (from 2.2) | Yes |
Winamp | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | 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 |
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 |
- ^'gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums'. Kmplayer.com. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
- ^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 and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
- ^ abPitch-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/Archived January 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
- ^As of SVN 3349
Consumer video format ability[edit]
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 | ? | ? | ? |
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[41] | 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[41] | 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 | ? | ? | ? |
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[41] | Partial[v 3] | Yes | Partial[v 3] | Yes | ? | ? |
Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes[v 2] | Yes[v 9] | Yes[v 9] | Yes | Partial[41] | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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) |
- ^ abcdefgPlugin available.
- ^ abcdThis 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.
- ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvThe playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
- ^ abThe playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
- ^ abThe playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
- ^ ab3rd 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.
- ^ abcdOn 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.
- ^ abcdefghijkAvailable via Gstreamer plugin.
- ^ abThis 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.
Production video format ability[edit]
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 | Yes[42] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some[43] | No | No[44] | 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[edit]
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 |
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[v 1] | No | Yes | No | ? | No | Partial[v 1] | 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 2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[v 2] | 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 |
QuickTime Player | Yes | Partial[v 3] | No | Partial[v 1] | No | Yes | Partial[v 4] | ? | No | Partial[v 1] | Yes | No | No |
RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[v 4] | 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 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] |
VLC | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[v 2] | Yes | Partial[45] | Yes | Partial[45] | Partial[45] | Partial[45] | Yes | Partial[45] | Partial[45] | Partial[45] |
Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] |
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[edit]
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 | ? |
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[v 1] | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
jetAudio | Yes | Yes | Partial[46] | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Partial[v 2] | ? | ? | 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 | ? |
QuickTime Player | Yes | Partial[v 3] | Yes | Partial[v 1] | No | Yes[47] | Yes | ? | Yes[47] | Yes[47] |
RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[v 4] | Partial[v 4] | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | ? | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5][48] |
VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial[46] | Vorbis only | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | WMP12 Yes[46] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | Partial[v 2] | WMP12 Yes[v 2] | ? | 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[edit]
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/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 |
FFplay | Yes | Yes[49] | Yes | Yes[50] | patch available[51] | No | Yes | Yes[52] | 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 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[53] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
QuickTime Player | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RealPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | ? | ? | Yes[v 5] | ? | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | Yes[v 5] | No | ? | Yes[v 5] | Yes | Yes |
VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[54] | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Video player | HTTP | HTTPS | HLS | DASH | HDS | Smooth | FTP | SFTP | RTSP | MMS | RTMP | Podcast | RDT/RealRTSP | RTP | DAAP | DLNA |
Playlist format ability[edit]
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 |
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 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Video player | asx/wax/wvx | m3u/m3u8 | pls | xspf | ram/rmm | sdp | rpl | xpl | bdmv | wmx |
Electronic program guide format ability[edit]
Information about which Electronic program guide format the players viewable.
Video player | PSI EIT | PSIP | XMLTV |
---|---|---|---|
ALLPlayer | ? | ? | ? |
Apprentice Video | ? | ? | ? |
FFplay | 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 | ? |
QuickTime Player | ? | ? | ? |
RealPlayer | ? | ? | ? |
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[edit]
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 | MPEG-4 Part 17 | SCTE-27 | TTML/SMPTE-TT | 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[55] | No[56] | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GOM Player | Yes | Partial[stnotes 3] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | No | 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 |
QuickTime Player | Yes[47] | Yes[47] | 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 | No | 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 | ? | ? |
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 | MPEG-4 Part 17 | SCTE-27 | TTML/SMPTE-TT | WebVTT (.vtt) | VobSub (.idx+.sub) | XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) | DVD subtitles | DVB subtitles |
- ^ abcSubtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
- ^ abcdefghionly if FFmpeg was built with libass and 'subtitles' video filter.
- ^ abcdThis 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.
- ^ abcdefghijklmnopFor Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.
- ^'FAQ | Kaffeine - KDE Media Player'. Kaffeine FAQ. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
Metadata ability[edit]
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[57] | Yes[58] | Yes[59] | Yes | Yes[60] | Yes | Yes | patch available[61] | 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 | ? | ? |
MediaPortal | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[metadatanotes 2] | ? |
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 4] | Yes |
Windows Media Player | Yes | Partial[metadatanotes 4] | ? | Partial[v 4] | ? | Yes | ? | No | Partial[v 4] |
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 |
- ^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).
- ^Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags
Optical media ability[edit]
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 |
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 | Yes[optical 2] | ? |
MPlayer | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
PowerDVD | Yes | No longer supported | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No longer supported |
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[62] | 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 |
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.
- ^See this thread on team-mediaportal.com
- ^See VCD and SVCD players 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
- ^ abVCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'FFmpeg 4.2 'Ada''. FFmpeg Git. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ^'Windows Desktop'. web site. April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^'Apple on the App Store'. iTunes Store. March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^'GOM Player'. Google Play Store. March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^'KMPlayerㅣMultimedia Player'. October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- ^http://mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
- ^http://mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html
- ^'Release v0.29.1'. mpv-player/mpv (source code repository). GitHub.
- ^'Plex Media Server - Page 9 — Plex Forums'.
- ^http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
- ^http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/79022.page PowerDVD 19 Released!
- ^http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
- ^http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/79022.page PowerDVD 19 Released!
- ^http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
- ^http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/79022.page PowerDVD 19 Released!
- ^http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
- ^'RealPlayer 1.1'. Ewandoo. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
- ^'RealPlayer 1.1'. Ewandoo. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^'Unsupported file type' error RealNetworks
- ^'Changes from version 17.1 to 19.5'. forum.smplayer.info. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^Clasen, Matthias (September 12, 2019). 'GNOME 3.34 released'. GNOME Mail Services (Mailing list). Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ^'COPYING file mentioning exception added 8th Feb 2005'. Totem. May 6, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^'VLC 3.0.8 Vetinari - VideoLAN'. www.videolan.org. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
- ^http://www.videolan.org/news.html
- ^'VLC for Android - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ^'Index of /videolan/vlc-android/'. get.videolan.org. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ^'VLC - Chrome Web Store'. chrome.google.com. VideoLAN. December 23, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^'VLC for Mobile'. App Store. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^'Official Download of VLC media player for Windows Store - VideoLAN'. www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. July 20, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^'Get VLC - Microsoft Store'. www.microsoft.com. VideoLAN. July 20, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^'Official Download of VLC media player for Windows Phone - VideoLAN'. www.videolan.org. VideoLAN. July 20, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^Corel WinDVD Home
- ^Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
- ^Corel WinDVD Home
- ^Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
- ^'Kodi 18 is here!'. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^'October 10, 2012'. banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ^'About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.9'.
- ^'Apple - Support - QuickTime - Downloads'.
- ^ abcdThe 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
- ^ abcdefgAvailable via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
- ^ abcThe 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.
- ^ abcdeThe open sourcePerianplug-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
- ^S, Ganesh T. 'VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability'. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ abcdefCite error: The named reference
xiphqt
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuCite error: The named reference
dsfilter
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ abCite error: The named reference
qtimeWMVP
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ abcdefgCite error: The named reference
plugin group=v
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeCite error: The named reference
viaGstreamer
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Related lists on other projects[edit]
- 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
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