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	Framework used	Written in
ALLPlayer	ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/ALLPlayer	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	FFmpeg + original + DirectShow	Object Pascal (Delphi)
Apprentice Video	Pavel Koshevoy	Template:Start date	r407 and later	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg	C++ (Qt)
DivX	DivX, LLC	Template:Start date	11.12 (April 17, 2025)	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	Template:Proprietary	C/C++ (Qt)
FFplay	FFmpeg project	Template:Start date	Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg	C
GOM Player	GOM & Company	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/GOM Player	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	FFmpeg	Template:Dunno
iTunes	Apple Inc.	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/iTunes	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	QuickTime	Template:Dunno
jetAudio (Basic)	Cowon Systems	Template:Start date	8.1.8.20800 (Template:Start date and age)	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
jetAudio (Plus)	Cowon Systems	Template:Start date	8.1.8.20800 (Template:Start date and age)	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
JRiver Media Center	JRiver, Inc.	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/JRiver Media Center	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	original + DirectShow	C++, SSE/MMX assembly
K-Multimedia Player	YoungHuee Kang	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/K-Multimedia Player	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	Object Pascal
Mac Blu-ray Player	Macgo Inc.	Template:Start date	3.3.21 (Template:Start date and age)	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MediaPortal	Team MediaPortal	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/MediaPortal	Template:Free	Template:Open source	DirectShow	C#, C++
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Gabest	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg + DirectShow	C++
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video)	Microsoft	Template:Start date		Template:Free	Template:Proprietary
Microsoft Photos	Microsoft	Template:Start date		Template:Free	Template:Proprietary
MPlayer	Árpád Gereöffy	Template:Start date	Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg + original	C
mpv	mpv Community	Template:Start date	Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg	C, Objective C, Lua
Plex Media Player	Plex, Inc.	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/Plex Media Player	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	FFmpeg	C++
PotPlayer	Kakao	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/PotPlayer	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	Template:Dunno
PowerDVD Standard	CyberLink	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/PowerDVD	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	Template:Dunno
PowerDVD Pro	CyberLink	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/PowerDVD	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	Template:Dunno
PowerDVD Ultra	CyberLink	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/PowerDVD	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	Template:Dunno
QuickTime X	Apple Inc.	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/QuickTime X	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	QuickTime	Cocoa (on OS X)
RealPlayer	RealNetworks	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/RealPlayer	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	original	Template:Dunno
SMPlayer	Ricardo Villalba	Template:Start date	Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata	Template:Free	Template:Open source	MPlayer	C++ (Qt)
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	The GNOME Project	Template:Start date	Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata	Template:Free	Template:Open source<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	GStreamer	C
Videostream	Videostream Team	Template:Start date	2.1.3.15	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	Chrome + FFmpeg	JavaScript, C++
VLC	VideoLAN	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable release/VLC media player	Template:Free	Template:Open source	libVLC + FFmpeg	C, C++
WinDVD Pro	Corel	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/WinDVD	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC)	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/XBMC	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg	C++
xine	xine Team	Template:Start date	Template:Latest stable software release/xine	Template:Free	Template:Open source	xine-lib + FFmpeg	C
sView	Kirill Gavrilov	Template:Start date	22.01 (Template:Start date)	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg	C++
IPTVX	IPTVX LLC	Template:Start date	14.4.2 (tvOS), 5.4.2 (iOS)	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	VLCKit	Objective-C / Swift / Kotlin
Name	Author	First public release	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Framework used	Written in

Inactive players

Name	Author	First public release	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Framework used	Written in
Banshee	Aaron Bockover	2005-02-17	Template:Latest stable software release/Banshee	Template:Free	Template:Open source	GStreamer	C#
CorePlayer	CoreCodec Inc.	Template:Hs 2006	Template:Latest stable software release/CoreAVC	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Creative MediaSource	Creative Technology	Template:Hs 2002	Template:Latest stable software release/Creative MediaSource	Template:Included	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	Template:Dunno
DSPlayer	DSPlayer team	Template:Hs 2002	Template:Latest stable software release	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary		Object Pascal (Delphi), C++
Media Player Classic	Gabest	May 29, 2003	Template:Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic	Template:Free	Template:Open source	DirectShow	C++
Ogle	Chalmers University of Technology	Template:Hs 1999	Template:Latest stable software release/Ogle	Template:Free	Template:Open source	Template:Dunno	C
Quintessential Player	Paul Quinn	Template:Hs 1997	Template:Latest stable software release/Quintessential Player	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Songbird	Tom Lord	February 8, 2006	Template:Latest stable software release/Songbird	Template:Free	Template:Open source	GStreamer, XULRunner	C++
The Core Pocket Media Player	Gabor Kovacs	Template:Hs 2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer"	Template:Latest stable software release/The Core Pocket Media Player	Template:Free	Template:Open source	FFmpeg + original	C++
TotalMedia Theatre	ArcSoft	November 15, 2009	6.7.1.199 Template:Start date and age	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	original	C++
QuickTime	Apple Inc.	1991-12-02	Template:Latest stable software release/QuickTime	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	QuickTime	Cocoa (on OS X)
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle	Nullsoft	Template:Hs Jun 1997	Template:Latest stable software release/Winamp	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Winamp Pro	Nullsoft	Template:Hs Jun 1997	Template:Latest stable software release/Winamp	Template:Nonfree	Template:Proprietary	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Microsoft	Template:Hs Nov 1992	Template:Latest stable software release/Windows Media Player	Template:Free	Template:Proprietary	DirectShow	C++ (COM)
Name	Author	First public release	Stable version	Cost	Software license	Framework used	Written in

Operating system compatibility

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

Video player	Windows	macOS	iOS	Android	Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Unix-like	DOS	BeOS, Haiku, ZETA	OS/2
ALLPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Apprentice Video	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
DivX	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video)	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
iTunes	Template:Yes	Template:Included	Template:Included	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
jetVideo	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Plex Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Included	Template:Included	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
SMPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Videostream	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dropped	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Windows Media Player	Template:Included	Template:Dropped (WMP9)	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dropped (WMP6.3)	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
xine	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
sView	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Video player	Windows	macOS	iOS	Android	Linux	BSD Unix	Solaris	Unix-like	DOS	BeOS, Haiku, ZETA	OS/2

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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	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
DivX	Template:Yes (DLNA)	Template:No	Template:Yes (limited)	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
iTunes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group=v name="plugin group=v">Plugin available.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
jetAudio	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No<ref group="featurenotes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No
Plex Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
PowerDVD	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno
QuickTime Player	Template:Partial<ref group="featurenotes">Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.</ref>	Template:Partial<ref group="featurenotes">Only the media creator can create skins.</ref>	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
RealPlayer	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
SMPlayer	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Some<ref group="featurenotes">anaglyph only</ref>	Template:Dunno
Winamp	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Yes<ref group="featurenotes">Via media library in "modern" skin</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes<ref group="featurenotes">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)</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
xine	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:? (WebUI)	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template: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	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Apprentice Video	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Banshee	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
DivX	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
FFplay	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
iTunes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
JRiver Media Center	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Some<ref group="featurenotes">Bookmarks are limited to 20 files Template:Webarchive and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved Template:Webarchive</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MediaPortal	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref group="featurenotes" name="mplayerCmd">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</ref>	Template:Yes<ref group="featurenotes" name=mplayerCmd/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Plex Media Player	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
PowerDVD	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref group="featurenotes">www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ Template:Webarchive - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No
RealPlayer	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
SMPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref group="featurenotes">As of SVN 3349</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes (from 2.2)	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
WinDVD	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
xine	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
sView	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template: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

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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	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
DivX	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
FFplay	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=windows7/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter">The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name="rmfilter">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.</ref>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
iTunes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="qtimeMPG2">The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for QuickTime.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP">The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for QuickTime.</ref>	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt">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.</ref>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="perian">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.</ref>	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=perian/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=windows7/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name="rmfilter" />	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Microsoft Movies & TV	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Plex Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=qtimeMPG2/>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP"/>	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=perian/>	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=perian/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
SMPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer">Available via Gstreamer plugin.</ref>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Dunno
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=windows7/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name="rmfilter" />	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="windows7">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.</ref>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="wmp12">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.</ref>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name=wmp12/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name="rmfilter" />	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name=mediafoundation>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.</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
xine	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template: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	Template:Yes<ref>Support MPEG-4 Studio Profile FFmpeg Project</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Some<ref>Red Cinema r3d files not supported FFmpeg Project</ref>	Template:No	Template:No<ref>Support for DNG (RAW) FFmpeg Project</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Some	Template:Some	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MPlayer	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Some	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Some	Template:Some	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
VLC	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Some	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template: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	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Apprentice Video	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
DivX	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
FFplay	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
iTunes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Plex Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP"/>	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
SMPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name="autodl">Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name=autodl/>	Template:Partial<ref name=autodl/>	Template:Partial<ref name=autodl/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name=autodl/>	Template:Partial<ref name=autodl/>	Template:Partial<ref name=autodl/>
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
xine	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
sView	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Video player	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	AC-3	Opus	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN	WV

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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	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
DivX	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
FFplay	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
iTunes	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name="qtfilter">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.</ref>	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Plex Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>	Template:No	Template:Yes<ref name=perian/>	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes<ref name=perian/>	Template:Yes<ref name=perian/>
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/><ref>http://www.webmproject.org/tools/#gstreamer-plug-ins As of Gstreamer 1.0, WebM related support is included in gstreamer-plugins-good</ref>
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name=qtfilter/>	Template:Partial	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref name=qtfilter/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
xine	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template: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	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Amarok	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
DivX	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
FFplay	Template:Yes	Template:Yes2Yes<ref>only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSL, GnuTLS, Secure Transport or SChannel.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref>Since FFmpeg 3.4, only if FFmpeg was built with libxml2</ref>	Template:No<ref>FFmpeg-devel - PATCH - add hds demuxer, FFmpeg project, October 14, 2016</ref>	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes2Yes<ref>only if FFmpeg was built with OpenSSH.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
iTunes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref>With FFmpeg or youtube-dl</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref>NEWS, VideoLAN</ref>	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dropped (WMP10)	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
xine	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template: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	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
DivX	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
FFplay	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GOM Player	ASX support	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
iTunes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
jetAudio	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MediaPortal	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
mpv	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
QuickTime Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
xine	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template: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	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
FFplay	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
DivX	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
GOM Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
iTunes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
jetAudio	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
JRiver Media Center	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MediaPortal	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno
mpv	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
QuickTime Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
RealPlayer	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
Winamp	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Partial	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial
xine	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:No	Template:No	Template: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	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="NoExternalSubs">Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="NoExternalSubs"/>	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="NoExternalSubs"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
FFplay	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs">only if FFmpeg was built with libass and 'subtitles' video filter.</ref>	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:No	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:Yes2Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>	Template:No <ref>#4439 (Support SCTE-27 / Digicipher II (DCII) subtitles) FFmpeg Project</ref>	Template:No <ref>#4859 (TTML subtitles) FFmpeg Project</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:Partial <ref group="stnotes" name="substation">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.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
iTunes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:Partial <ref group="stnotes" name=substation/>	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes <ref name="perian">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.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref name=perian/>	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes	Template:Partial <ref group="stnotes" name=substation/>	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Some	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Yes <ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
xine<ref group="stnotes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial <ref group="stnotes" name=substation/>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template: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

<references group=stnotes/>

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	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No
Apprentice Video	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
FFplay	Template:Yes<ref>id3v1.h File Reference, FFmpeg project</ref>	Template:Yes<ref>id3v2.h File Reference, FFmpeg project</ref>	Template:Yes<ref>apetag.h File Reference, FFmpeg project</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref>rtmppkt.h File Reference, FFmpeg project</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
GOM Player	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
iTunes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial<ref group="metadatanotes" name="jetAudio">Supports via plugin available in Cowon Forums</ref>	Template:Dunno
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="metadatanotes" name="mplayer">MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults</ref>	Template:Dunno
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="metadatanotes">Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Yes
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="metadatanotes">ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Partial
xine	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="metadatanotes" name="basic_tags">Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
sView	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
Video player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	AMF	ASF metadata	MOV metadata	Cue sheet	CD-Text

<references group=metadatanotes/>

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	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno
Apprentice Video	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
FFplay	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Partial<ref group="optical">A built-in hdcd audio filter is available but needs to manually enable via commandline option.</ref>	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No
GOM Player	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno
iTunes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
jetAudio	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
JRiver Media Center	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
K-Multimedia Player	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes
MediaPortal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No<ref group="optical"> Non-commercial BDs supported through plug-in, see this thread on team-mediaportal.com </ref>	Template:Dunno
MPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
PotPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
PowerDVD	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Yes, limited
QuickTime Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No<ref group="optical">See VCD and SVCD players Template:Webarchive on The X Lab</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
RealPlayer	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
GNOME Videos (formerly Totem)	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
VLC	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref group="optical" name="DVDAudi_vlc">DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1</ref>	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref group="optical" name="SVCD_vlc">See VLC playback Features at videolan.org.</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes<ref group="optical" name="HDDVD_vlc">HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS) from version 3.0.0</ref>
Winamp	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Windows Media Player	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
Kodi (formerly XBMC)	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial<ref group="optical" name="VCD_XBMC">VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.</ref>	Template:Partial<ref group="optical" name="VCD_XBMC"/>	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Dunno
xine	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
WinDVD	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
sView	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Video player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD	Super Audio CD (SACD)	Video CD (VCD)	SVCD	DVD	Blu-ray Disc	HD DVD

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See also

• 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 video codecs
• 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