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The following '''comparison of video players''' compares general and technical information for notable software [[media player (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==
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=== Active players ===
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{| class="sortable sort-under wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! Name
! Author
! width=75|First public release
! Stable version
! width=50|Cost
! width=110|[[Software license]]
! [[multimedia framework|Framework]] used
! Written in
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership
| {{start date|1998|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/ALLPlayer}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| [[FFmpeg]] + original + DirectShow
| [[Object Pascal]] (Delphi)
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| Pavel Koshevoy
| {{start date|2010|05|29|df=yes}}
| r407 and later
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| FFmpeg
| [[C++]] ([[Qt (software)|Qt]])
|-
! [[DivX]]
| DivX, LLC
| {{start date|2001|07|15|df=yes}}
| 11.12 (April 17, 2025)
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{proprietary}}
| C/C++ ([[Qt (software)|Qt]])
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| FFmpeg project
| {{start date|2000|12|20|df=yes}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q847465|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q847465|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]], part [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| FFmpeg
| [[C (programming language)|C]]
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| GOM & Company
| {{start date|2003|01|07|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/GOM Player}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| FFmpeg
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| [[Apple Inc.]]
| {{start date|2001|01|09|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/iTunes}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| [[QuickTime]]
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]] (Basic)
| [[Cowon]] Systems
| {{start date|1997|df=yes}}
| 8.1.8.20800 ({{Start date and age|2020|08|06|df=yes}})
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| FFmpeg
| C++
|-
! [[jetAudio]] (Plus)
| Cowon Systems
| {{start date|1997|df=yes}}
| 8.1.8.20800 ({{Start date and age|2020|08|06|df=yes}})
| {{nonfree|$29}}
| {{proprietary}}
| FFmpeg
| C++
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| JRiver, Inc.
| {{start date|1998|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/JRiver_Media_Center}}
| {{nonfree|$69.98 to $89.98}}
| {{proprietary}}
| original + DirectShow
| C++, SSE/MMX [[assembly language|assembly]]
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| YoungHuee Kang
| {{start date|2002|10|01|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/K-Multimedia Player}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| DirectShow
| Object Pascal
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| [[Macgo]] Inc.
| {{start date|2011|df=yes}}
| 3.3.21 ({{Start date and age|2021|08|28|df=yes}})
| {{nonfree|$59.95}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| Team MediaPortal
| {{start date|2004|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/MediaPortal}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
| DirectShow
| C#, C++
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| [[Gabest]]
| {{start date|2006|03|29|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic Home Cinema}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| FFmpeg + DirectShow
| C++
|-
! [[Microsoft Movies & TV]] (formerly Xbox Video)
|[[Microsoft]]
| {{start date|2012|10|26|df=yes}}
| 
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| 
| 
|-
![[Microsoft Photos]]
|[[Microsoft]]
|{{start date|2012|10|26|df=yes}}
|
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
|
|
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| Árpád Gereöffy
| {{start date|2000|09|df=yes}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q131344|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q131344|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| FFmpeg + original
| C
|-
! [[Mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| mpv Community 
| {{start date|2013|08|07|df=yes}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q20760334|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q20760334|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]], part [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]]}}
| FFmpeg
| C, Objective C, Lua
|-
! [[Plex (software)|Plex Media Player]]
| Plex, Inc.
| {{start date|2008|05|21|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Plex Media Player}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| FFmpeg
| C++
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| Kakao
| {{start date|2006|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/PotPlayer}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| DirectShow
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PowerDVD]] Standard
| [[CyberLink]]
| {{start date|1998|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/PowerDVD}}
| {{nonfree|$59.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
| DirectShow
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PowerDVD]] Pro
| CyberLink
| {{start date|1998|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/PowerDVD}}
| {{nonfree|$79.95}}
| {{proprietary}}
| DirectShow
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PowerDVD]] Ultra
| CyberLink
| {{start date|1998|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/PowerDVD}}
| {{nonfree|$99.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
| DirectShow
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[QuickTime|QuickTime X]]
| Apple Inc.
| {{start date|2009|08|28|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/QuickTime X}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| [[QuickTime]]
| [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] (on OS X)
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| [[RealNetworks]]
| {{start date|1995|04|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/RealPlayer}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| original
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[SMPlayer]]
| Ricardo Villalba
| {{start date|2006|12|11|df=yes}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2596578|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2596578|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| MPlayer
| C++ (Qt)
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| [[The GNOME Project]]
| {{start date|2003|02|df=yes}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1131577|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1131577|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] + exception}}<ref>{{cite web
   | url        = https://git.gnome.org/browse/totem/tree/COPYING
   | title      = COPYING file mentioning exception added 8th Feb 2005
   | publisher   = Totem
   | date        = May 6, 2009
   | access-date  = April 23, 2014
 }}</ref>
| [[GStreamer]]
| C
|-
! [[Videostream]]
| Videostream Team
| {{start date|2014|02|df=yes}}
| 2.1.3.15
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| [[Google Chrome|Chrome]] + FFmpeg
| [[JavaScript]], [[C++]]
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| [[VideoLAN]]
| {{start date|2001|02|01|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable release/VLC media player}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]], [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]]}}
| libVLC + FFmpeg
| C, C++
|-
! [[WinDVD|WinDVD Pro]]
| Corel
| {{start date|1998}}
| {{Latest stable software release/WinDVD}}
| {{nonfree|$79.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
| DirectShow
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC)
| {{start date|2002}}
| {{Latest stable software release/XBMC}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| FFmpeg
| C++
|-
! [[xine]]
| xine Team
| {{start date|2000|08|15|df=yes}}
| {{Latest stable software release/xine}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| [[Xine#xine backend|xine-lib]] + FFmpeg
| C
|-
! [[sView]]
| Kirill Gavrilov
| {{start date|2009}}
| 22.01 ({{start date|2022|01|06}})
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| FFmpeg	
| C++
|-
! [[IPTVX]]
| IPTVX LLC
| {{start date|2019|04|03|df=yes}}
| 14.4.2 (tvOS), 5.4.2 (iOS)
| {{nonfree|$13.99/year}}
| {{proprietary}}
| VLCKit
| Objective-C / Swift / Kotlin
|- class="sortbottom"
! Name
! Author
! First public release
! Stable version
! Cost
! Software license
! Framework used
! Written in
|}

=== Inactive players ===
{| class="sortable sort-under wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! Name
! Author
! width=75|First public release
! Stable version
! width=50|Cost
! width=110|[[Software license]]
! [[multimedia framework|Framework]] used
! Written in
|-
! [[Banshee (music player)|Banshee]]
| Aaron Bockover
| 2005-02-17
| {{Latest stable software release/Banshee}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| [[GStreamer]]
| [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]
|-
! [[CoreAVC|CorePlayer]]
| CoreCodec Inc.
| {{hs|00 Jan}} 2006
| {{Latest stable software release/CoreAVC}}
| {{nonfree|?}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Creative MediaSource]]
| [[Creative Technology]]
| {{hs|00 Jan}} 2002
| {{Latest stable software release/Creative MediaSource}}
| {{Included|Requires Creative product}}
| {{proprietary}}
| [[DirectShow]]
| {{dunno}}
|-
! DSPlayer
| DSPlayer team
| {{hs|00 Jan}} 2002
| {{Latest stable software release| article=DSPlayer| latest release version=0.889| latest release date={{Start date and age|2007|02|12|df=yes}}}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
|
| Object Pascal (Delphi), [[C++]]
|-
! [[Media Player Classic]]
| [[Gabest]]
| May 29, 2003
| {{Latest stable software release/Media Player Classic}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| [[DirectShow]]
| C++
|-
! [[Ogle DVD Player|Ogle]]
| [[Chalmers University of Technology]]
| {{hs|00 Jan}} 1999
| {{Latest stable software release/Ogle}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| C
|-
! [[Quintessential Player]]
| Paul Quinn
| {{hs|00 Jan}} 1997
| {{Latest stable software release/Quintessential Player}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Songbird (software)|Songbird]]
| Tom Lord
| February 8, 2006
| {{Latest stable software release/Songbird}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
| [[GStreamer]], [[XULRunner]]
| C++
|-
! [[The Core Pocket Media Player]]
| Gabor Kovacs
| {{hs|00}} 2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer"
| {{Latest stable software release/The Core Pocket Media Player}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
| FFmpeg + original
| C++
|-
! [[Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre|TotalMedia Theatre]]
| [[ArcSoft]]
| November 15, 2009
| 6.7.1.199 {{Start date and age|2014|6|6}}
| {{nonfree|?}}
| {{proprietary}}
| original
| C++
|-
! [[QuickTime]]
| Apple Inc.
| 1991-12-02
| {{Latest stable software release/QuickTime}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| [[QuickTime]]
| [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] (on OS X)
|-
! [[Winamp]] Lite, Full, Bundle
| [[Nullsoft]]
| {{hs|00}} Jun 1997
| {{Latest stable software release/Winamp}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Winamp]] Pro
| Nullsoft
| {{hs|00}} Jun 1997
| {{Latest stable software release/Winamp}}
| {{nonfree|?}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| [[Microsoft]]
| {{hs|00}} Nov 1992
| {{Latest stable software release/Windows Media Player}}
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| DirectShow <!--and [[Video for Windows|VFW]]?-->
| C++ (COM)
|- class="sortbottom"
! 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]].

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! style="width:12em" | Video player
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! [[macOS]]
! [[iOS]]
! [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
! [[Linux]]
! [[BSD]] [[Unix]]
! [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]
! [[Unix-like]]
! [[DOS]]
! [[BeOS]], [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]], [[magnussoft ZETA|ZETA]]
! [[OS/2]]
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
![[Microsoft Movies & TV]] (formerly Xbox Video)
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{yes}}
| {{Included}}
| {{Included}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[jetVideo]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial|Alpha version}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Plex (software)|Plex Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{Included}}
| {{Included}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[SMPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Videostream]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial|Beta version}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dropped|Last version is Winamp 3}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{Included}}
| {{dropped}} (WMP9)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dropped}} (WMP6.3)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{no|unmaintained}}
| {{partial|WIP for 1.2 series}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Video player
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! [[macOS]]
! [[iOS]]
! [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
! [[Linux]]
! [[BSD Unix]]
! [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]
! [[Unix-like]]
! [[DOS]]
! [[BeOS]], [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]], [[magnussoft ZETA|ZETA]]
! [[OS/2]]
|}
<references group=VLC4iphone/><references group=osnotes/>

==Features==
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! Video player
! Outbound streaming
! Skinnable
! Media database
! [[gapless playback|Gapless]] audio decoding
! [[music visualization|Visualizer]]
! [[Equalizer (audio)|Audio equalizer]]
! Remote controllable
! Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
! [[High-dynamic-range imaging|HDR video playback]]
! Stereoscopic 3D Playback
! 360-degree video playback
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Partial|only on OSX}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{Yes}} (DLNA)
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}} (limited)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group=v name="plugin group=v">Plugin available.</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}<ref group="featurenotes">{{cite web |url=http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138 |title=gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums |publisher=Kmplayer.com |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713170451/http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138 |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Plex (software)|Plex Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[PowerDVD]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{partial}}<ref group="featurenotes">Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.</ref>
| {{partial}}<ref group="featurenotes">Only the media creator can create skins.</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[SMPlayer]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|yes, not macOS}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{some}}<ref group="featurenotes">anaglyph only</ref>
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{yes}}<ref group="featurenotes">Via media library in "modern" skin</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}<ref group="featurenotes">[[Kodi (software)|Kodi/XBMC]] has a built-in [[UPnP|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>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}} (WebUI)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! 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===
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! style="width:12em" | Video player
! Color controls
! [[Audio timescale-pitch modification|Time stretching]]
! [[Audio timescale-pitch modification#Pitch scaling|Pitch shifting]]
! A-B repeat
! Seek bar preview tooltip
!Interactive playback zoom
! Audio resync
! Subtitle resync
! Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm)
! Bookmark (DVD, video, audio)
! Auto resume (DVD, video, audio)
! Shutdown on play complete
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Banshee (music player)|Banshee]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Some}}<ref group="featurenotes">[http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9779 Bookmarks are limited to 20 files] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713171009/http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9779 |date=July 13, 2011 }} and [http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9778 are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713171643/http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9778 |date=July 13, 2011 }}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{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. [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html Mplayer manual]</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref group="featurenotes" name=mplayerCmd/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Plex (software)|Plex Media Player]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[PowerDVD]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref group="featurenotes">[https://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110200720/http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ |date=January 10, 2007 }} - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[SMPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref group="featurenotes">As of SVN 3349</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (from 2.2)
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVD only}}
| {{no}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
|-
! [[WinDVD]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|Audio plugin}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="width:12em" | 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
|}

<references group=featurenotes/>

==Consumer video format ability==
Information about what [[video compression|video formats]] the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or plugins/filters that provide such abilities.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! Video player
! [[MPEG-1]]
! [[MPEG-2]]
! [[MPEG-4 Part 2]] (ASP)
! [[MPEG-4 Part 10]] H.264 (AVC)
! [[Windows Media Video|WMV]]
! [[RealVideo]]
! [[Theora]]
! [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]
! [[Dirac (codec)|Dirac]]
! [[VP8]]
! [[VP9]]
! [[High Efficiency Video Coding|HEVC (H.265)]]
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name=windows7/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter">The playing compatibility depends on the availability of [[DirectShow]] filters.</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{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>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="qtimeMPG2">The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for QuickTime.</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP">The playing compatibility depends on the availability of [[WMV Player]] component for QuickTime.</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{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>
| {{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>
| {{no}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name=perian/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name=windows7/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref name="rmfilter" />
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[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}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Microsoft Movies & TV]]
| <!-- MPEG-1 -->{{yes}}
| <!-- MPEG-2 -->{{yes}}
| <!-- MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP) -->{{yes}}
| <!-- MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC) -->{{yes}}
| <!-- WMV -->{{yes}}
| <!-- RealVideo -->{{Dunno}}
| <!-- Theora -->{{Dunno}}
| <!-- Flash -->{{Dunno}}
| <!-- Dirac -->{{Dunno}}
| <!-- VP8 -->{{Dunno}}
| <!-- VP9 -->{{dunno}}
| <!-- HEVC (H.265) -->{{dunno}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Plex (software)|Plex Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name=qtimeMPG2/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP"/>
| {{no}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name=perian/>
| {{no}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name=perian/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[SMPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer">Available via [[Gstreamer]] plugin.</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name=windows7/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref name="rmfilter" />
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{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>
| {{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>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name=wmp12/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref name="rmfilter" />
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{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]] &lt;video&gt; element to [[Internet Explorer 9]] or later.</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! 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==

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! Video player
! {{verth|[[MPEG-4 Part 2#Simple Studio Profile (SStP)|MPEG-4<br/>SStP]]}}
! {{verth|[[AVC-Intra]]}}
! {{verth|[[AVC-Intra#AVC-Ultra|AVC-Ultra]]}}
! [[XAVC]]
! {{verth|[[Apple ProRes]]}}
! {{verth|VC-2<br/>/[[Dirac (video compression format)|Dirac Pro]]}}
! {{verth|VC-3<br/>/Avid<br/>[[DNxHD codec|DNxHD]]}}
! {{verth|VC-5<br/>/GoPro<br/>[[CineForm]]}}
! {{verth|[[Red Digital Cinema Camera Company|Redcode RAW]]}}
! {{verth|[[Arri Alexa#ArriRaw|ARRIRAW]]}}
! {{verth|[[CinemaDNG]]}}
! {{verth|[[Cineon]]<br/>/[[Digital Picture Exchange|DPX]]<br/>sequence}}
! {{verth|[[OpenEXR]]<br/>sequence}}
! {{verth|[[TIFF]]<br/>sequence}}
! {{verth|[[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]<br/>sequence}}
! {{verth|[[JPEG]]<br/>sequence}}
! {{verth|[[JPEG 2000]]<br/>sequence}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{yes}}<ref>[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4447 Support MPEG-4 Studio Profile] FFmpeg Project</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{some}}<ref>[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2690 Red Cinema r3d files not supported] FFmpeg Project</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}<ref>[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4364 Support for DNG (RAW)] FFmpeg Project</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{some}}
| {{some}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{some}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{some}}
| {{some}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{some}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width: 12em" | Video player
! colspan="8" | [[Lossy compression]]
! colspan="5" | [[Lossless compression]]
|-
! [[MP3]]
! [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]]
! [[RealAudio]]
! [[Vorbis]]
! [[Musepack]]
! [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]]
! [[Dolby Digital|AC-3]]
! [[Opus (audio format)|Opus]]
! [[Monkey's Audio|APE]]
! [[FLAC]]
! [[Apple Lossless|ALAC]]
! [[Shorten (file format)|SHN]]
! [[WavPack|WV]]
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|yes, no DRM}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{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}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[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}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Plex (software)|Plex Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP"/>
| {{No}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[SMPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref name="autodl">Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref name=autodl/>
| {{Partial}}<ref name=autodl/>
| {{Partial}}<ref name=autodl/>
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref name=autodl/>
| {{Partial}}<ref name=autodl/>
| {{Partial}}<ref name=autodl/>
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Video player
! MP3
! WMA
! RealAudio
! Vorbis
! Musepack
! AAC
! AC-3
! Opus
! APE
! FLAC
! ALAC
! SHN
! WV
|}

<references group=audionotes/>

==Container format ability==
Information about what [[container format (digital)|container formats]] the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or filters that provide such abilities.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! Video player
! [[Audio Video Interleave|AVI]]
! [[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]]
! [[QuickTime]]
! [[Ogg]]
! [[OGM]]
! [[Matroska]]
! [[MPEG-4 Part 14|MP4]]
! NUT
! [[Flash Video|FLV]]
! [[WebM]]
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial|Vorbis only}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Windows: yes<br />macOS: file is parsable}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{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>
| {{Partial|Vorbis only}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[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}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Microsoft Movies & TV]] (formerly Xbox Video)
| <!-- AVI --> {{yes}}
| <!-- ASF --> {{yes}}
| <!-- QuickTime --> {{yes}}
| <!-- Ogg --> {{No}}
| <!-- OGM --> {{dunno}}
| <!-- Matroska --> {{Yes}}
| <!-- MP4 --> {{yes}}
| <!-- NUT --> {{dunno}}
| <!-- FLV --> {{No}}
| <!-- WebM --> {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Plex (software)|Plex Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="qtimeWMVP"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="xiphqt"/>
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=perian/>
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=perian/>
| {{yes}}<ref name=perian/>
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{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 media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref name=qtfilter/>
| {{Partial|Vorbis only}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial|WMP12 Yes}}<ref name=qtfilter/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{Partial|WMP12 Yes}}<ref group="v" name="dsfilter"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Video player
! AVI
! ASF
! QuickTime
! Ogg
! OGM
! Matroska
! MP4
! NUT
! FLV
! WebM
|}

==Streaming support==
Information about which [[communication protocol|protocols]] the players understand, for receiving [[streaming media]] content.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! Video player
! [[HTTP]]
! [[HTTPS]]
! [[HTTP Live Streaming|HLS]]
! [[Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP|DASH]]
! [[HTTP Dynamic Streaming|HDS]]
! [[Microsoft Smooth Streaming|Smooth]]
! [[FTP]]
! [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SFTP]]
! [[Real Time Streaming Protocol|RTSP]]<br><small style="font-size:xx-small">RTSPU/RTSPT</small>
! [[Microsoft Media Services|MMS]]<br><small style="font-size:xx-small">MMSU/MMST</small><!--Microsoft-->
! [[Real Time Messaging Protocol|RTMP]] <!--Adobe-->
! [[Podcasting|Podcast]]
! [[Real Data Transport|RDT]]/RealRTSP <!--RealNetworks-->
! [[Real-time Transport Protocol|RTP]]
! [[Digital Audio Access Protocol|DAAP]] <!--Apple-->
! [[Digital Living Network Alliance|DLNA]]
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Amarok (software)|Amarok]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{partial}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes2}}Yes<ref>only if FFmpeg was built with [[OpenSSL]], [[GnuTLS]], Secure Transport or [[Security Support Provider Interface|SChannel]].</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>[https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#dash-1 Since FFmpeg 3.4], only if FFmpeg was built with [[libxml2]]</ref>
| {{no|patch available}}<ref>[https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2016-October/201100.html FFmpeg-devel - PATCH - add hds demuxer], FFmpeg project,  October 14, 2016</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes2}}Yes<ref>only if FFmpeg was built with [[OpenSSH]].</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>With [https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/README.md#compilation FFmpeg] or youtube-dl</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<ref group="v" name="viaGstreamer"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>[https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS NEWS], VideoLAN</ref>
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dropped}}<br />(WMP10)
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! Video player
! asx/wax/wvx
! [[M3U|m3u/m3u8]]
! [[PLS (file format)|pls]]
! [[XML Shareable Playlist Format|xspf]]
! ram/rmm <!--RealMedia shortcut-->
! sdp <!--Real Scalable Multicast-->
! rpl
! xpl
! bdmv
! wmx
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
! ASX support
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! Video player
! [[Program-specific information|PSI]] EIT
! [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]]
! [[XMLTV]]
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[DivX]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[mpv (media player)|mpv]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{partial}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{partial}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! 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.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Video player
! colspan="13" | [[Plain text|Text]]
! colspan="4" | [[Raster graphics|Bitmap]]
|-
! [[SubRip]] (.srt)
! [[SubStation Alpha]] (.ssa+.ass)
! [[MicroDVD]] (.sub)
! [[SAMI]] (.smi)
! SubViewer (.sub)
! [[Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language|RealText]] (.rt)
! [[Text file]] (.txt)
! [[Universal Subtitle Format]] (.usf)
! [[Closed captioning]]
! {{verth|[[MPEG-4 Part 17]]}}
! {{verth|SCTE-27}}
! {{verth|[[Timed Text Markup Language|TTML]]/<br/>[[Timed Text Markup Language#SMPTE-TT|SMPTE-TT]]}}
! [[WebVTT]] (.vtt)
! [[VobSub]] (.idx+.sub)
! [[XSUB]] (.divx embedded subtitles)
! [[DVD]] subtitles
! [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] subtitles
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="NoExternalSubs">Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="NoExternalSubs"/>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="NoExternalSubs"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs">only if FFmpeg was built with [[libass]] and 'subtitles' video filter.</ref>
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{no}}
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{yes2}}Yes<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="ffplay-textsubs"/>
| {{no}}<br/><ref>[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4439 #4439 (Support SCTE-27 / Digicipher II (DCII) subtitles)] FFmpeg Project</ref>
| {{no}}<br/><ref>[https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4859 #4859 (TTML subtitles)] FFmpeg Project</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<br/><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>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name=substation/>
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}<br/><ref name="perian">The [[Open-source software|open source]] [[Perian]] [[plug-in (computing)|plug-in]] adds the ability to use many [[video format]]s and [[video codec]]s to QuickTime. It also adds the ability to use [[SubRip]] and [[SubStation Alpha]] subtitles.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref name=perian/>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name=substation/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{some}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{yes}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name="windows-textsubs">For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[xine]]<ref group="stnotes">{{cite web|url=http://kaffeine.kde.org/?q=faq#question9|title=FAQ {{!}} Kaffeine - KDE Media Player|access-date=October 2, 2009|work=Kaffeine FAQ|archive-date=January 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105054516/http://kaffeine.kde.org/?q=faq#question9|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<br/><ref group="stnotes" name=substation/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! Video player
! [[SubRip]] (.srt)
! [[SubStation Alpha]] (.ssa+.ass)
! [[MicroDVD]] (.sub)
! [[SAMI]] (.smi)
! SubViewer (.sub)
! [[Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language|RealText]] (.rt)
! [[Text file]] (.txt)
! [[Universal Subtitle Format]] (.usf)
! [[Closed captioning]]
! {{verth|[[MPEG-4 Part 17]]}}
! {{verth|SCTE-27}}
! {{verth|[[Timed Text Markup Language|TTML]]/<br/>[[Timed Text Markup Language#SMPTE-TT|SMPTE-TT]]}}
! [[WebVTT]] (.vtt)
! [[VobSub]] (.idx+.sub)
! [[XSUB]] (.divx embedded subtitles)
! [[DVD]] subtitles
! [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] subtitles
|}

<references group=stnotes/>

==Metadata ability==
Information about what [[metadata (computing)|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.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
! Video player
! [[ID3]]v1
! ID3v2<!--mp3, adts, asf, mp4-->
! [[APEv2|APEv2 tag]]<!--WavPack, OptimFROG, ape, mp3-->
! [[Vorbis comment]]<!--ogg, flac, speex-->
! [[Action Message Format|AMF]]<!--flv, swf, rtmp-->
! [[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]] metadata<!--asf (wmv, wma)-->
! [[QuickTime File Format|MOV]] metadata<!--mov-->
! [[Cue sheet (computing)|Cue sheet]]
! [[CD-Text]]
|-
! [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{yes}}<ref>[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/id3v1_8h.html id3v1.h File Reference], FFmpeg project</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref>[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/id3v2_8h.html id3v2.h File Reference], FFmpeg project</ref><!--mp3, adts aac-->
| {{yes}}<ref>[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/apetag_8h.html apetag.h File Reference], FFmpeg project</ref><!--ape-->
| {{yes}}<!--ogg, flac-->
| {{yes}}<ref>[https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.1/rtmppkt_8h.html rtmppkt.h File Reference], FFmpeg project</ref><!--flv-->
| {{yes}}<!--asf-->
| {{yes}}<!--mov-->
| {{No|patch available<ref>[https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/patch/3609/ &#91;FFmpeg-devel,1/7&#93; lavf: add cue sheet demuxer], FFmpeg project, May 8, 2017</ref>}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[GOM Player]]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[iTunes]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="metadatanotes" name="jetAudio">Supports via plugin available in Cowon Forums</ref>
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Mac Blu-ray Player]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MediaPortal]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{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>
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Winamp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="metadatanotes">Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="metadatanotes">ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="v" name="plugin group=v" />
|-
! [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}
|-
! [[xine]]
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="metadatanotes" name="basic_tags">Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[sView]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! 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 disc]]s 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 [[Compact Disc|audio CD]] playback will also play the [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|Redbook]] core of any [[High Definition Compatible Digital|HDCD]] disc, providing no sound-quality benefits over standard audio CDs.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 90%; width: auto; table-layout: fixed"
|-
!
! colspan="4" | [[digital audio|Audio]]
! colspan="5" | [[digital video|Video]]
!
|-
! Video player
! [[Compact disc|CD]]
! [[DVD-Audio]]
! [[High Definition Compatible Digital|HDCD]]
! [[Super Audio CD]] (SACD)
! [[Video CD]] (VCD)
! [[SVCD]]
! [[DVD]]
! [[Blu-ray Disc]]
! [[HD DVD|HD&nbsp;DVD]]
![[UHD Blu-ray|UHD BD]]
|-
| [[ALLPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [[Apprentice Video]]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[FFmpeg|FFplay]]
| {{partial|via libcdio}}
| {{No}}
| {{partial|via libcdio}}<ref group="optical">A built-in hdcd audio filter is available but needs to manually enable via commandline option.</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{partial|via libbluray}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[GOM Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [[iTunes]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[jetAudio]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[JRiver Media Center]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [[K-Multimedia Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[Media Player Classic Home Cinema]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial|Commercial BDs unsupported}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| [[MediaPortal]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}<ref group="optical"> Non-commercial BDs supported through plug-in, see [https://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/movies-videos/bluray-handler-0-9-7/ this thread] on team-mediaportal.com </ref>
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [[MPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[PotPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[PowerDVD]]
| {{yes}}
| {{partial|No longer supported}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial|No longer supported}}
|Yes, limited
|-
| [[QuickTime]] Player
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}<ref group="optical">See [http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/vcds.html VCD and SVCD players] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707221406/http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/vcds.html |date=July 7, 2017 }} on The X Lab</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| [[RealPlayer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[GNOME Videos]] (formerly Totem)
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[VLC media player|VLC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref group="optical" name="DVDAudi_vlc">DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1</ref>
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="optical" name="SVCD_vlc">See [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VLC playback Features] at videolan.org.</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial|Commercial BDs unsupported}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/5461/vlc-hack-for-encrypted-bluray-playback-capability|title=VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability|first=Ganesh T|last=S|access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref>
| {{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]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[Windows Media Player]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] (formerly XBMC)
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Partial}}<ref group="optical" name="VCD_XBMC">VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.</ref>
| {{Partial}}<ref group="optical" name="VCD_XBMC"/>
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial|Commercial BDs unsupported}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [[xine]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[WinDVD]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [[sView]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-class="sortbottom"
! Video player
! CD
! DVD-Audio
! HDCD
! Super Audio CD (SACD)
! Video CD (VCD)
! SVCD
! DVD
! Blu-ray Disc
! HD&nbsp;DVD
!
|}

<references group=optical/>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[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'''
* [[:m:Open Source Toolset|Open Source Toolset]] - short sections on Audio editing and Video editing
* [[commons:Software|Software]] - short lists of Ogg audio and video editors
* [[commons:Help:Converting video|Help:Converting video]] - tools for manipulating audio and video

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Media player (application software)}}
{{Home theater PC (application software)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Comparison Of Video Player Software}}
[[Category:Media players| ]]
[[Category:Multimedia software comparisons|video player software]]
[[Category:ITunes]]

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