Comparison of video player software

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This article is about video player software. For a comparison of audio player software, see Comparison of audio player software. For a comparison of hardware device type portable media players, see Comparison of portable media players.

The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable software media player programs.

For the purpose of this comparison, "video players" are defined as any media player which can play video, even if it can also play audio files.

General

Name Author First public release Stable version Cost Software license Based framework Written in
ALLPlayer ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership 00 Jan 1998 6.1.1 (February 12, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02-12)) [±] Free Proprietary FFmpeg + original + DirectShow Object Pascal (Delphi)
Apprentice Video Pavel Koshevoy 03 Apr 2011 r407 and later Free MIT FFmpeg C++ (Qt)
Banshee Aaron Bockover 00 Aug 2005 2.6.2 (February 18, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-18)[1]) [±] Free MIT GStreamer C#
Creative MediaSource Creative Technology 00 Jan 2002 5.10.38 (December 22, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12-22)) [±] Requires Creative product Proprietary ? ?
CorePlayer CoreCodec Inc. 00 Jan 2006 3.0.1 (September 9, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-09-09)) [±] US$19.95 Proprietary ? ?
CrystalPlayer Crystal Reality LLC 00 Oct 2002 1.99 (September 1, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-09-01)) [±] US$29.95 Proprietary FFmpeg ?
DSPlayer DSPlayer team 00 Jan 2002 0.999 Free Proprietary Object Pascal (Delphi), C++
FFplay FFmpeg project 06 Jun 2003 2.8.4 (December 20, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-20)[2]) [±] Free LGPL, part GPL FFmpeg C
GOM Player Gretech Corporation 07 Jan 2003 2.2.69.5227 (March 26, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-26)) [±] Free Proprietary FFmpeg ?
iTunes Apple Inc. 09 Jan 2001 12.3.2 (December 11, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-11)[3]) [±] Free Proprietary QuickTime ?
jetAudio (Basic) Cowon Systems 00 Jan 1997 8.1.4 October 12, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-12) Free Proprietary FFmpeg C++
jetAudio (Plus) Cowon Systems 00 Jan 1997 8.1.4 October 12, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-12) US$29.00 Proprietary FFmpeg C++
JRiver Media Center JRiver, Inc. 00 Jul 2003 21.0. (June 30, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-30)) [±] US$49.98 Proprietary original C++, SSE/MMX assembly
K-Multimedia Player YoungHuee Kang 01 Oct 2002 4.0 (6 October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-06)[4]) [±] Free Proprietary ? Object Pascal
Mac Blu-ray Player Macgo Inc. 00 Jan 2011 2.11.1 December 26, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-26) US$59.95 Proprietary ? ?
Media Go Sony Creative Software Inc. 00 Jan 2009 2.2 August 1, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-08-01) Free Proprietary ? ?
Media Player Classic Gabest 29 May 2003 6.4.9.1 (December 10, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-10)) [±] Free GPL DirectShow C++
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Casimir666 29 Mar 2006 1.7.10 (November 14, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-11-14)) [±] Free GPL DirectShow C++
MediaPortal Team MediaPortal 00 Jan 2004 1.13.0 (December 24, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-24)) [±] Free GPL DirectShow C#, C++
MPlayer Árpád Gereöffy 00 Sep 2000 r37594 (January 9, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-09)) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg + original C
Mplayerxp Guru Kas aka Nickols_K 00 Jan 2002 0.7.1/06.01.2009 Free GPL FFmpeg + original C
Ogle Chalmers University of Technology 00 Jan 1999 0.9.2 (November 6, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-11-06)) [±] Free GPL ? C
Plex Plex, Inc. 21 May 2008 0.9.11.7 (server)December 23, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-23) Free Proprietary FFmpeg C++
PowerDVD Standard CyberLink 00 Jan 1996 15.0 build 2003 (August 24, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-24)[5][6]) [±]


US$59.95 Proprietary ? ?
PowerDVD Pro CyberLink 00 Jan 1996 15.0 build 2003 (August 24, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-24)[7][8]) [±]


US$79.95 Proprietary ? ?
PowerDVD Ultra CyberLink 00 Jan 1996 15.0 build 2003 (August 24, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-24)[9][10]) [±]


US$99.95 Proprietary ? ?
QuickTime Basic Apple Inc. 02 Dec 1991 7.7.9 (January 7, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-07)) [±][11] Free Proprietary original Cocoa (on OS X)
QuickTime Pro Apple Inc. 02 Dec 1991 7.7.9 (January 7, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-07)) [±][11] US$29.95 Proprietary original Cocoa (on OS X)
Quintessential Player Paul Quinn 00 Jan 1997 5.0.121 (February 18, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-18)) [±] Free Proprietary ? ?
RealPlayer Basic RealNetworks 00 Jan 1995 Windows: 18.1.2.175 (November 5, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-11-05)) [±]

OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-09-07)[12]) [±]

Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-07-30)[13]) [±]

Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-27)) [±]

 Free Proprietary ? ?
RealPlayer Plus RealNetworks 00 Jan 1995 Windows: 18.1.2.175 (November 5, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-11-05)) [±]

OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-09-07)[14]) [±]

Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-07-30)[15]) [±]

Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-27)) [±]

 US$49.99[16] Proprietary ? ?
SMPlayer Ricardo Villalba 11 Dec 2006 14.3.0 (March 30, 2014) Free GPL MPlayer C++ (Qt)
Songbird Tom Lord 08 Feb 2006 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-04)) [±] Free GPL GStreamer, XULRunner C++
Splash Lite Mirillis 14 Sep 2009 1.7.1 (November 10, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-11-10)) [±] Free Proprietary ? ?
The Core Pocket Media Player Gabor Kovacs 00 2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer" 0.71 (November 23, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-11-23)) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg + original C++
TotalMedia Theatre ArcSoft 15 Nov 2009 5.2.1.119 January 11, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-01-11) US$99.99 Proprietary original C++
Totem Movie Player Totem Team 00 Jul 2002 3.18 (September 23, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09-23)[17]) [±] Free GPL + exception[18] GStreamer C
Videostream Videostream Team Feb 2014 2.1.3.15 Free Proprietary FFmpeg Javascript, C++
VLC VideoLAN 00 Feb 2000 <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Desktop:
    2.2.1 (16 April 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-16)) [±][19]
  • iOS:
    2.5.1 (31 March 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-31)) [±][20]
  • Android:
    1.3.2 (30 April 2015; 8 years ago (2015-04-30)) [±][21]
  • Windows Phone:
    1.3.3.7 (29 April 2015; 8 years ago (2015-04-29)) [±][22]
 Free GPL, LGPL FFmpeg + original C, C++
Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle Nullsoft 00 Jun 1997 5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-12)) [±] Free Proprietary ? ?
Winamp Pro Nullsoft 00 Jun 1997 5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-12)) [±] US$19.95 Proprietary ? ?
Windows Media Player Microsoft 00 Nov 1992 12.0.7601.17514 (July 22, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-07-22)) [±] Free Proprietary DirectShow C++ (COM)
WinDVD Gold Corel 00 Jan 1998 11.7 (SP4) (September 26, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-09-26)[23]) [±] US$39.95 Proprietary ? ?
WinDVD Platinum Corel 00 Jan 1998 11.7 (SP4) (September 26, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-09-26)[24]) [±] US$59.95 Proprietary ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC) 00 Oct 2003 14.2 (codename: "Helix") (28 March 2015) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg C++
xine xine Team 15 Aug 2000 0.99.9 (August 21, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-08-21)) [±] Free GPL FFmpeg + original C
Name Author First public release Stable version Cost Software license Based framework Written in

Operating system compatibility

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

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


Features

Video player Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Apprentice Video No No No Yes No only on OSX No
Banshee Yes Partial[featurenotes 1] Yes Yes In Development Yes Yes
CorePlayer Yes Yes No No No No Yes
DSPlayer No Yes No Yes Yes No No
FFplay ? No No ? Yes No No
GOM Player Yes Yes No No No Yes No
iTunes Yes Partial[25] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
jetAudio Partial[25] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes No[featurenotes 2] Yes Yes No
Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Media Go No No Yes No No No SensMe
Media Player Classic No No No No No Yes No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema ? Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Mplayerxp Yes No Yes No No No No
Plex Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
PowerDVD ? Yes No ? Yes ? No
QuickTime Partial[featurenotes 3] Partial[featurenotes 4] No Yes No Yes No
Quintessential Player Partial[25] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
RealPlayer No Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes
SMPlayer ? Yes No ? ? ? No
Songbird No Yes Yes Yes No Yes[featurenotes 5] Yes
Totem Movie Player No No No No Yes No No
VLC Yes Yes yes, not Mac No Yes Yes No
Winamp Partial[25] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[25] Yes[featurenotes 6]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes[featurenotes 7] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Video player Outbound streaming Skinnable Media database Gapless audio decoding Visualizer Remote controllable Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)

Extended features

Video player Color controls Time stretching Pitch shifting A-B repeat Audio resync Subtitle resync Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) Shutdown on play complete
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Apprentice Video No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No
Banshee ? No No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
FFplay No No No No ? No No No No Yes
GOM Player Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iTunes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
jetAudio Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JRiver Media Center ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some[featurenotes 8] Yes Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player No No No No No No No No No No
Media Go No No No No No No No No No No
Media Player Classic Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal ? No No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes Yes Partial No No Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes[featurenotes 9] Yes Yes Partial No No Yes
Plex No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes No
QuickTime Yes Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 10] ? ? Yes ? ? No
Quintessential Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes[featurenotes 11] Yes Yes Partial No Yes Yes
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (from 2.2) Yes
Winamp No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes No No No No DVD only No Partial[25] Partial[25]
WinDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes No Yes ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Audio plugin No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Video player Color controls Time stretching Pitch shifting A-B repeat Audio resync Subtitle resync Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) Shutdown on play complete
  1. ↑ The user interface is a pluggable Mono Assembly
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
  4. ↑ Only the media creator can create skins.
  5. ↑ Apple Remote ability, and dbus add-on for Linux
  6. ↑ Via media library in "modern" skin
  7. ↑ Kodi/XBMC has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a web server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
  8. ↑ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Pitch-shifting and AB-Repeat are not included in Mplayer's interactive keyboard controls, but can be set up via command line parameters. Mplayer manual
  10. ↑ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
  11. ↑ As of SVN 3349

Video format ability

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

Video player MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP) MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC) WMV RealVideo Theora Flash Dirac VP8 VP9 HEVC (H.265)
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Banshee Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] ? ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
DSPlayer Yes Partial[v 2] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[26] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GOM Player Yes Partial[v 2] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[26] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
iTunes Yes Partial[v 4] Yes Yes Partial[v 5] No Partial[v 6] Partial[v 7] No Partial[v 7] ? ?
jetAudio Yes Partial[v 2] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[26] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ?
Plex Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
QuickTime Yes Partial[v 4] Yes Yes Partial[v 5] No Partial[v 6] Partial[v 7] No Partial[v 7] ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes No No No Yes No No No No No ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Yes Partial[v 8] Yes Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] ? ?
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Songbird No No Partial[v 9] Partial[v 9] Partial[v 10] No Yes No No No ? ?
TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] Yes[v 1] ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Partial[v 2] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[26] Partial[v 3] Yes Partial[v 3] Yes ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes[v 2] Yes[v 11] Yes[v 11] Yes Partial[26] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 3] Partial[v 12] ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Video player MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 Part 2 (ASP) MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264 (AVC) WMV RealVideo Theora Flash Dirac VP8 VP9 HEVC (H.265)
  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Available via Gstreamer plugin.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 This format is supported out-of-the-box in Windows 7 and later. In Windows Vista and earlier, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of MPEG2 component for Quicktime.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 3rd party plugins are available. The Xiph QuickTime Components allow any QuickTime application to parse Ogg files and play Vorbis, FLAC (Doesn't work with FLAC containers), Speex, and Theora.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 On Macs, 3rd party plugins are available. The Perian QuickTime components for Mac OS X 10.4.7+ allow any QuickTime application to play a wide variety of formats.
  8. ↑ Plugin available.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 This format is supported out-of-the-box on Mac OS X. On Windows, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of QuickTime filters. There is a distribution known as QuickTime Alternative which bundles the needed QuickTime components without the need to install the corresponding player.
  10. ↑ This format is supported when running the program in Microsoft Windows, but is not supported on Mac OS X.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 This format is supported out-of-the-box in Windows Media Player 12 and later (which requires Windows 7 or later). In Windows Media Player 11 and earlier, the playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
  12. ↑ The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters, or in the case of Windows Media Player 12 and above, there is also the option of using Microsoft Media Foundation components, which have the added bonus of adding WebM support through the HTML5 <video> element to Internet Explorer 9 or later.

Audio format ability

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

Video player Lossy compression Lossless compression
MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC-3 Opus APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Banshee Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] ? Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27]
CorePlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes No No Yes
DSPlayer Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes No No Yes
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? No No No No No
iTunes Yes yes, no DRM No Partial[28] No Yes No ? No Partial[28] Yes No No
jetAudio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No Yes
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Partial[29] Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[29] Yes Yes ? Partial[29] Yes Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29]
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Plex Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickTime Yes Partial[30] No Partial[28] No Yes Partial[25] ? No Partial[28] Yes No No
Quintessential Player Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No ? Partial[25] Partial[25] No No Partial[25]
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[25] No Yes No ? No No No No No
SMPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Songbird Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? ?
TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? No No
Totem Movie Player Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27]
VLC Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[29] Yes Partial[31] Yes Partial[31] ? Partial[31] Yes Partial[31] Partial[31] Partial[31]
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29] ? Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29]
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Video player MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC-3 Opus APE FLAC ALAC SHN WV


Container format ability

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

Video player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 NUT FLV WebM
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
DSPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ?
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
GOM Player Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
iTunes No Win: yes
Mac: file is parsable		 Yes Partial[28] No No Yes ? ? ?
jetAudio Yes Yes Partial[32] Vorbis only Yes Yes Partial[29] ? ? Yes
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Vorbis only Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Plex Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
QuickTime Yes Partial[30] Yes Partial[28] No Yes[33] Yes ? Yes[33] Yes[33]
Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes Partial[25] Partial[25] No Yes ? ? ?
Songbird Yes No Yes[32] Yes No No Yes ? ? ?
TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes Yes Yes No Partial Yes No Yes ?
Totem Movie Player Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] ? Yes[27] ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[32] Vorbis only Partial[29] Partial[29] Yes ? ? Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Yes WMP12 Yes[32] Partial[29] Partial[29] Partial[29] WMP12 Yes[29] ? Yes ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Video player AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 NUT FLV WebM

Streaming support

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

Video player HTTP HTTPS HLS DASH HDS Smooth FTP RTSP
RTSPU/RTSPT		 MMS
MMSU/MMST		 RTMP Podcast RDT RTP DAAP DLNA
ALLPlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ?
Apprentice Video Yes No Partial ? ? ? No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Banshee Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
CorePlayer Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
DSPlayer No ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? No ? ?
FFplay Yes No ? ? ? ? No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
GOM Player Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
iTunes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? Yes ?
jetAudio Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
K-Multimedia Player Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes ? ?
MediaPortal Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ?
MPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ?
Mplayerxp Yes No ? ? ? ? Yes No Yes No No No Yes No ?
Quod Libet Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
QuickTime Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Songbird Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] ? ? Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] Yes[27] No ? Yes[27] Yes Yes
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes
Winamp Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Dropped
(WMP10)		 ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? ?
XMMS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Video player HTTP HTTPS HLS DASH HDS Smooth FTP RTSP MMS RTMP Podcast RDT RTP DAAP DLNA

Playlist format ability

Information about which playlist formats the players understand.

Video player asx/wax/wvx m3u/m3u8 pls xspf ram/rmm sdp rpl xpl bdmv wmx
ALLPlayer No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Apprentice Video No No No No No No No No No No
CorePlayer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
DSPlayer Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
FFplay No No No No No No No No ? ?
GOM Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
iTunes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
jetAudio ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Mac Blu-ray Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes
MediaPortal ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes No No No No No ? ?
QuickTime ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Songbird Yes ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ?
Winamp Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes
xine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Video player asx/wax/wvx m3u/m3u8 pls xspf ram/rmm sdp rpl xpl bdmv wmx

Subtitle ability

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

Video player Bitmap Text Bitmap Text
VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) SubRip (.srt) SAMI (.smi) RealText (.rt) MicroDVD (.sub) SubViewer (.sub) Text file[stnotes 1] (.txt) Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) WebVTT (.srt+.vtt) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) DVB subtitles DVD subtitles Closed captioning
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? Yes ? ? ?
Apprentice Video Yes[stnotes 2] Yes[stnotes 2] Yes[stnotes 2] No No No No No No ? Yes Yes Yes No
CorePlayer No No No No No No No No No ? No ? ? ?
FFplay No No No No No No No No No ? Yes Yes Yes No
GOM Player Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No ? No ? ? ?
iTunes No No No No No No No No No ? No No No No
jetAudio Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes ? No ? Yes Yes
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes[29] ? ? ?
Mac Blu-ray Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[26] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes[29] ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? No Yes Yes Yes
Mplayerxp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? No ? ? ?
QuickTime No Yes[33] Yes[33] No No No No No No ? No ? ? ?
Quintessential Player No No No No No No No No No ? No ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes[25] No Yes[25] Yes Yes Yes[25] ? Yes[25] No ? No ? ? ?
TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No ? No ? Yes ?
Totem Movie Player Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes No No ? ? ? No ? No ? ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] ? Yes[stnotes 4] ? ? ?
Windows Media Player Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] No Yes[stnotes 4] Yes[stnotes 4] ? Yes[29] ? ? ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
xine[stnotes 5] Yes Partial[stnotes 3] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No ? No ? ? ?
Video player VobSub (.idx+.sub) SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) SubRip (.srt) Sami (.smi) RealText (.rt) MicroDVD (.sub) SubViewer (.sub) TXT (.txt) Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) WebVTT (.srt+.vtt) XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) DVB subtitles DVD subtitles Closed captioning
  1. ↑ This player can open files with the extension .txt, but those could contain any script language. So there is no guarantee it will play it.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Metadata ability

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

Video player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment AMF ASF metadata MOV metadata Cue sheet CD-Text
ALLPlayer Yes Yes No No ? ? ? No No
Apprentice Video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Cog Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
CorePlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
DSPlayer Yes Yes No No ? ? ? No No
FFplay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GOM Player No No No No ? ? ? ? ?
iTunes Yes Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
jetAudio Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Partial[metadatanotes 1] ?
JRiver Media Center Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
K-Multimedia Player Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
Mac Blu-ray Player ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Yes No ? Partial ? ? ? ? ?
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[metadatanotes 2] ?
Mplayerxp Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? No No
QuickTime Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quintessential Player Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
RealPlayer Yes Yes ? No ? ? ? Yes
Songbird Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Totem Movie Player Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes
Winamp Yes Yes Partial[metadatanotes 3] Yes ? ? ? Partial[25] Yes
Windows Media Player Yes Partial[metadatanotes 4] ? Partial[25] ? Yes ? No Partial[25]
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Partial
xine Yes Partial[metadatanotes 5] ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Video player ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 tag Vorbis comment AMF ASF metadata MOV metadata Cue sheet CD-Text
  1. ↑ Supports via plugin available in COWON Forums
  2. ↑ MPlayer can read .cue files with cue:// type URL, but has problems, see Talk:Cue sheet (computing)#mplayer have more faults
  3. ↑ Winamp relies on the tagging of its decoder. Replacing the standard decoder with an APEv2 capable one is possible.
  4. ↑ ID3 V2.4 not supported (even on Windows Media Player 12).
  5. ↑ Displays basic ID3v1 / ID3v2 / Ogg Vorbis tags

Optical media ability

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

Audio Video
Video player CD DVD-Audio HDCD SACD (Super Audio CD) VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray Disc HD DVD
ALLPlayer Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes ? ?
Apprentice Video No No No ? No No No No No
CorePlayer No No No ? No No No No ?
DSPlayer Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
FFplay No No No ? No No No No No
GOM Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No ?
iTunes Yes No No ? No No No No No
jetAudio Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
JRiver Media Center Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
K-Multimedia Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Media Player Classic Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Media Player Classic Home Cinema Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaPortal Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes[optical 1] ?
MPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Mplayerxp Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Ogle No No No ? No No Yes No ?
PowerDVD ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No longer supported
QuickTime Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quintessential Player Yes No No ? No No No No No
RealPlayer Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Songbird No[optical 2] No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
TotalMedia Theatre Yes Yes No ? Yes No Yes Yes No longer supported
Totem Movie Player Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
VLC Yes Yes[optical 3] No ? Yes Partial[optical 4] Yes Commercial BDs unsupported[34] Yes[optical 5]
Winamp Yes No Yes ? No No No No No
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Kodi (formerly XBMC) Yes No No ? Partial[optical 6] Partial[optical 6] Yes Commercial BDs unsupported ?
xine Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Video player CD DVD-Audio HDCD SACD (Super Audio CD) VCD SVCD DVD Blu-ray Disc HD DVD
  1. ↑ See this thread on team-mediaportal.com
  2. ↑ See this thread on Getsatisfaction.com
  3. ↑ DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1
  4. ↑ Handling still frames and switching between different video formats is problematic.
  5. ↑ HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS) from version 3.0.0
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
  6. ↑ http://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/company/press-news-content.do?pid=3811
  7. ↑ http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
  8. ↑ http://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/company/press-news-content.do?pid=3811
  9. ↑ http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html PowerDVD Patches & Support
  10. ↑ http://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/company/press-news-content.do?pid=3811
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ http://www.real.com/realplayer/player-plus
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
  24. ↑ Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
  25. ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 25.17 25.18 25.19 25.20 Plugin available.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 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.
  27. ↑ 27.00 27.01 27.02 27.03 27.04 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.08 27.09 27.10 27.11 27.12 27.13 27.14 27.15 27.16 27.17 27.18 27.19 27.20 27.21 27.22 27.23 27.24 27.25 27.26 27.27 27.28 27.29 27.30 27.31 27.32 27.33 27.34 27.35 27.36 27.37 27.38 27.39 27.40 27.41 Available via Gstreamer plugin.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 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.
  29. ↑ 29.00 29.01 29.02 29.03 29.04 29.05 29.06 29.07 29.08 29.09 29.10 29.11 29.12 29.13 29.14 29.15 29.16 29.17 29.18 29.19 29.20 29.21 29.22 29.23 29.24 29.25 29.26 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of DirectShow filters.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 The playing compatibility depends on the availability of WMV Player component for Quicktime.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 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.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 The open source Perian plug-in adds the ability to use many video formats and codecs to QuickTime. It also adds the ability to use SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles.
  34. ↑ anandtech - VLC 'Hack' for Encrypted Blu-ray Playback Capability

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