Comparison Of Media Players

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of media player programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. External links lead to plugins or extensions that add features to that player.

General

Basic general information about the players: creator/company, license/price etc.
!Creator !First public release date !Stable version !Cost (USD) !Software license !Proprietary format
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK Mark Kretschmann June, 2003 1.2.3 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 Peter Pawlowski December, 2002 0.8.3 Free Proprietary (core),
BSD (first-party components)		 FPL (playlists)
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes Apple Computer January, 2001 4.7.1 Free Proprietary M4A
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio jetAudio Inc. ? 6.1.3 Free (basic),
$29 (plus)		 Proprietary None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK Scott Wheeler February, 2003 2.1 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic Gabest May 29, 2003 6.4.8.4 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer MPlayer September, 2000 1.0pre6a Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox Musicmatch May, 1998 9.0 Free (basic) Proprietary None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player Nero AG January, 2000? ? Part of Nero Burning ROM Proprietary None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime Apple Computer December, 1991 6.5.2 Free (basic) Proprietary QuickTime
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player Paul Quinn ? 4.51 Free Proprietary None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer RealNetworks 1995 10 Free (basic) Proprietary RealAudio, RealVideo
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox Colin Walters April, 2004 0.8.8 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique Media Science November, 1998 1.96 Free Proprietary None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player Totem July, 2002 1.0.1 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC VideoLAN February, 2000 0.8.1 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp Nullsoft June, 1997 5.08 Free (basic) Proprietary NSV
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player Microsoft November, 1992 10 Free Proprietary WMA, WMV
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine xine August, 2000 1.0 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS XMMS November, 1997 1.2.10 Free GPL None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay Ian Luck July, 1998 3.2.0.4 Free Proprietary None
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf Zinf April, 2002 2.2.5 Free GPL None
!Creator !First public release date !Stable version !Cost (USD) !Software license !Proprietary format

Operating system support

The operating systems on which the players can run natively (without emulation).
! style="width:16%;" | Windows ! style="width:16%;" | Mac OS X ! style="width:16%;" | Linux ! style="width:16%;" | BSD ! style="width:16%;" | Unix
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
!Windows !Mac OS X !Linux !BSD !Unix

Features

Information on what features each of the players support.
!style="width:16%"|Audio playback !style="width:16%"|Video playback !style="width:16%"|Outbound streaming !style="width:16%"|Skinnable !style="width:16%"|Media Database
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffffdd | Partial 1 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffffdd | Partial 2 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 3 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 4 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 3 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 5 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 6 bgcolor=#ffffdd | Partial 7 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 3 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=WhiteSmoke | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 3 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 8 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 3 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 3 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
!Audio playback !Video playback !Outbound streaming !Skinnable !Media Database
Note 1: Basic support with NMM. Note 2: Context Browser uses CSS. Note 3: Plugin avalible. Note 4: Shares Windows' themes by default; alternative UIs available. Note 5: jetCast (free) needed http://www.jetaudio.com/download/jetcast.html. Note 6: Avalible with Quicktime Streaming Server http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss/. Note 7: Only the media creator can create skins. Note 8: There is a separate tool available http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx.

Protocol support

Information about which internet protocols the players support, for receiving streaming media content. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
!style="width:25%"|HTTP !style="width:25%"|RTSP !style="width:25%"|MMS
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
!HTTP !RTSP !MMS

Audio format support

Information about what audio file formats the players support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
owspan="2"| colspan="6"|Lossy compression colspan="3"|Lossless compression
tyle="width:9%"|MP3 9 style="width:9%"|WMA style="width:9%"|RealAudio style="width:9%"|Vorbis style="width:9%"|AAC style="width:9%"|AC3 style="width:9%"|APE style="width:9%"|FLAC style="width:9%"|ALAC
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 11 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 11 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 11 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 11 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 11 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 11 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
!MP3 !WMA !RealAudio !Vorbis !AAC !AC3 !APE !FLAC !ALAC
Note 9: Because of the software patent issue, more free software had dropped support of MP3. Note 10: The playing compatibility of Media Player Classic depends on the availability of DirectShow, QuickTime, RealMedia and Shockwave filters. There are two distributions known as QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative which bundle the required QuickTime and RealPlayer components without the need to install the corresponsing players. Note 11: Available via plugins http://www.un4seen.com/. Note 12: The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.

Video format support

Information about what video file formats the players support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
!style="width:11%"|MPEG-1 !style="width:11%"|MPEG-2 !style="width:11%"|MPEG-4 !style="width:11%"|WMV !style="width:11%"|RealVideo !style="width:11%"|Theora !style="width:11%"|Flash
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
!MPEG-1 !MPEG-2 !MPEG-4 !WMV !RealVideo !Theora !Flash

Container format support

Information about what container formats the players support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
!style="width:13%"|AVI !style="width:13%"|ASF !style="width:13%"|QuickTime !style="width:13%"|OGM !style="width:13%"|Matroska !style="width:13%"|MP4
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 13 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 12 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 13
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
!AVI !ASF !QuickTime !OGM !Matroska !MP4
Note 13: Requires QuickTime 4 or higher.

Optical disc support

Information about what optical discs the players support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
owspan="2"| colspan="4"|Audio colspan="5"|Video
tyle="width:9%"|CD style="width:9%"|SACD style="width:9%"|DVD-Audio style="width:9%"|HDCD style="width:9%"|VCD style="width:9%"|SVCD style="width:9%"|DVD style="width:9%"|HD-DVD style="width:9%"|BD
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffffdd | Partial bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
!CD !SACD !DVD-Audio !HDCD !VCD !SVCD !DVD !HD-DVD !BD

Metadata support

Information about what metadata formats the players support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
!style="width:25%"|ID3v1 !style="width:25%"|ID3v2 !style="width:25%"|APEv2 tag
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 14 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 14 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
!ID3v1 !ID3v2 !APEv2 tag
Note 14: Support of ID3v1, ID3v2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html.

Subtitle support

Information about what subtitle the players support. DVD subtitle is not listed as the players either have to support all DVD features or none. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
owspan="2"| colspan="1"|Bitmap colspan="4"|Text
tyle="width:16%"|VobSub (.idx+.sub) style="width:16%"|Substation Alpha (.ssa) style="width:16%"|SubRip (.srt) style="width:16%"|Sami (.smi) style="width:16%"|RealText (.rt)
tyle="background: #ececec;"| amaroK bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| foobar2000 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| iTunes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| jetAudio bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| JuK bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Media Player Classic bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 10
tyle="background: #ececec;"| MPlayer bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Musicmatch Jukebox bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Nero Media Player bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ? bgcolor=#fcfcfc | ?
tyle="background: #ececec;"| QuickTime bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Quintessential Player bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| RealPlayer bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Rhythmbox bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Sonique bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Totem Movie Player bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| VLC bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Winamp bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Windows Media Player bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No 15 bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| xine bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMMS bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| XMPlay bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
tyle="background: #ececec;"| Zinf bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
!VobSub (.idx+.sub) !Substation Alpha (.ssa) !SubRip (.srt) !Sami (.smi) !RealText (.rt)
Note 15: For Windows, support of many subtitle formats can be added by installing VobSub.

See also

External links

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