# Comparison of video player software

The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable software media player programs.
For the purpose of this comparison, video players are defined as any media player which can play video, even if it can also play audio files.

## General
### Active players

| Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Framework used | Written in |
| ALLPlayer | ALLPlayer Group Ltd. Partnership | 1998 (1998) | 8.9.2 (April 4, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-04)) | No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg + original + DirectShow | Object Pascal (Delphi) |
| Apprentice Video | Pavel Koshevoy | 29 May 2010 (2010-05-29) | r407 and later | No cost | MIT | FFmpeg | C++ (Qt) |
| DivX | DivX, LLC | 15 July 2001 (2001-07-15) | 11.11 (September 17, 2024) | No cost | Proprietary | Proprietary | C/C++ (Qt) |
| FFplay | FFmpeg project | 20 December 2000 (2000-12-20) | 7.1.1 3 March 2025 | No cost | LGPL-2.1-or-later, part GPL-2.0-or-later | FFmpeg | C |
| GOM Player | GOM & Company | 7 January 2003 (2003-01-07) | Windows 2.3.71.5335 (November 19, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-11-19)) iOS 1.5.1 (February 26, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-02-26)) Android 1.6.1 (August 30, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-30)) | No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg | ? |
| iTunes | Apple Inc. | 9 January 2001 (2001-01-09) | | No cost | Proprietary | QuickTime | ? |
| jetAudio (Basic) | Cowon Systems | 1997 (1997) | 8.1.8.20800 (6 August 2020; 4 years ago (2020-08-06)) | No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ |
| jetAudio (Plus) | Cowon Systems | 1997 (1997) | 8.1.8.20800 (6 August 2020; 4 years ago (2020-08-06)) | $29 | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ |
| JRiver Media Center | JRiver, Inc. | 1998 (1998) | 32.0.58 (July 24, 2024; 7 months ago (2024-07-24)) | $69.98 to $89.98 | Proprietary | original + DirectShow | C++, SSE/MMX assembly |
| K-Multimedia Player | YoungHuee Kang | 1 October 2002 (2002-10-01) | 4.2.2.588 (3 December 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-03)) | No cost | Proprietary | DirectShow | Object Pascal |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | Macgo Inc. | 2011 (2011) | 3.3.21 (28 August 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-28)) | $59.95 | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| MediaPortal | Team MediaPortal | 2004 (2004) | 2.4 (December 30, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-30)) | No cost | GPL | DirectShow | C#, C++ |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Gabest | 29 March 2006 (2006-03-29) | 2.3.8 (November 27, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-11-27)) | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | FFmpeg + DirectShow | C++ |
| Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video) | Microsoft | 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) | | No cost | Proprietary | | |
| Microsoft Photos | Microsoft | 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) | | No cost | Proprietary | | |
| MPlayer | Árpád Gereöffy | September 2000 (2000-09) | 1.5 27 February 2022 | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | FFmpeg + original | C |
| mpv | mpv Community | 7 August 2013 (2013-08-07) | 0.39.0 23 September 2024 | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later, part LGPL-2.1-or-later | FFmpeg | C, Objective C, Lua |
| Plex Media Player | Plex, Inc. | 21 May 2008 (2008-05-21) | Windows: 2.57.0.1074 (May 5, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-05)) macOS: 2.57.0.1074 (May 5, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-05)) iOS: 7.28.1 (February 8, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-02-08)) Android: 8.29.1.30697 (February 15, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-02-15)) | No cost | Proprietary | FFmpeg | C++ |
| PotPlayer | Kakao | 2006 (2006) | 1.7.22498 (March 4, 2025 (2025-3-4)) | No cost | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| PowerDVD Standard | CyberLink | 1998 (1998) | PowerDVD 23 (2024-03-07) | $59.99 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| PowerDVD Pro | CyberLink | 1998 (1998) | PowerDVD 23 (2024-03-07) | $79.95 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| PowerDVD Ultra | CyberLink | 1998 (1998) | PowerDVD 23 (2024-03-07) | $99.99 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| QuickTime X | Apple Inc. | 28 August 2009 (2009-08-28) | 10.5 (August 31, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-31)) | No cost | Proprietary | QuickTime | Cocoa (on OS X) |
| RealPlayer | RealNetworks | April 1995 (1995-04) | Windows: 24.0.1.306 (September 20, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-09-20)) OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-07)) Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-30)) Android: 1.61 (October 23, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-10-23)) | No cost | Proprietary | original | ? |
| SMPlayer | Ricardo Villalba | 11 December 2006 (2006-12-11) | 24.5.0 13 May 2024 | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | MPlayer | C++ (Qt) |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | The GNOME Project | February 2003 (2003-02) | 43.1 23 October 2024 | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later + exception | GStreamer | C |
| Videostream | Videostream Team | February 2014 (2014-02) | 2.1.3.15 | No cost | Proprietary | Chrome + FFmpeg | JavaScript, C++ |
| VLC | VideoLAN | 1 February 2001 (2001-02-01) | Windows, Linux, & macOS3.0.21 / 5 June 2024; 9 months ago (5 June 2024)Android3.6.3 / 31 January 2025; 46 days ago (31 January 2025)ChromeOS1.7.3 / 23 December 2015; 9 years ago (23 December 2015)iOS, Apple TV3.6.4 / 23 August 2024; 6 months ago (23 August 2024)Windows (UWP)3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-20)Windows Phone3.1.2 / 20 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-20) | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later | libVLC + FFmpeg | C, C++ |
| WinDVD Pro | Corel | 1998 (1998) | WinDVD Pro 12 Service Pack 8 (April 28, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-28)) | $79.99 | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Team-Kodi (formerly Team-XBMC) | 2002 (2002) | 19.3 (codename: "Matrix") (October 25, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-25)) | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | FFmpeg | C++ |
| xine | xine Team | 15 August 2000 (2000-08-15) | 0.99.14 (January 7, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-01-07)) | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | xine-lib + FFmpeg | C |
| sView | Kirill Gavrilov | 2009 (2009) | 22.01 (January 6, 2022 (2022-01-06)) | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | FFmpeg | C++ |
| IPTVX | IPTVX LLC | 3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) | 14.4.2 (tvOS), 5.4.2 (iOS) | $13.99/year | Proprietary | VLCKit | Objective-C / Swift / Kotlin |
| Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Framework used | Written in |

### Inactive players

| Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Framework used | Written in |
| Banshee | Aaron Bockover | 2005-02-17 | 2.6.2 (February 18, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-02-18)) | No cost | MIT | GStreamer | C# |
| CorePlayer | CoreCodec Inc. | 2006 | 3.0.1.0 (September 9, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-09)) | ? | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Creative MediaSource | Creative Technology | 2002 | 5.10.38 (December 22, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-12-22)) | Requires Creative product | Proprietary | DirectShow | ? |
| DSPlayer | DSPlayer team | 2002 | 0.889 (12 February 2007; 18 years ago (2007-02-12)) | No cost | Proprietary | | Object Pascal (Delphi), C++ |
| Media Player Classic | Gabest | May 29, 2003 | 6.4.9.1 Revision 107 (February 14, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-02-14)) | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | DirectShow | C++ |
| Ogle | Chalmers University of Technology | 1999 | 0.9.2 (November 6, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-11-06)) | No cost | GPL | ? | C |
| Quintessential Player | Paul Quinn | 1997 | 5.0.121 (February 18, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-02-18)) | No cost | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Songbird | Tom Lord | February 8, 2006 | 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-02-04)) | No cost | GPL | GStreamer, XULRunner | C++ |
| The Core Pocket Media Player | Gabor Kovacs | 2004 Jul as "BetaPlayer" | 0.71 (November 23, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-11-23)) | No cost | GPL | FFmpeg + original | C++ |
| TotalMedia Theatre | ArcSoft | November 15, 2009 | 6.7.1.199 June 6, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-06) | ? | Proprietary | original | C++ |
| QuickTime | Apple Inc. | 1991-12-02 | 7.7.9 (January 7, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-01-07)) | No cost | Proprietary | QuickTime | Cocoa (on OS X) |
| Winamp Lite, Full, Bundle | Nullsoft | Jun 1997 | 5.9.2 Build 10042 (April 26, 2023; 22 months ago (2023-04-26)) | No cost | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Winamp Pro | Nullsoft | Jun 1997 | 5.9.2 Build 10042 (April 26, 2023; 22 months ago (2023-04-26)) | ? | Proprietary | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Microsoft | Nov 1992 | January 2025 Update (11.2501.9.0) (5 March 2025; 13 days ago (2025-03-05)) | No cost | Proprietary | DirectShow | C++ (COM) |
| Name | Author | First public release | Stable version | Cost | Software license | Framework used | Written in |

## Operating system compatibility

This section lists the operating systems on which the player works. There may be multiple versions of a player, each one for a given operating system.
| Video player | Windows | Windows IoT (formerly Windows Embedded) | macOS | iOS | Android | Linux | BSD Unix | Solaris | Unix-like | DOS | BeOS, Haiku, ZETA | OS/2 |
| ALLPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Apprentice Video | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| DivX | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | No | 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 | No | Included | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| jetVideo | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | No | Alpha version | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | Yes | No | 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 | No |
| MediaPortal | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MPlayer | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mpv | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Plex Media Player | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PotPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | No | Included | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| RealPlayer | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| SMPlayer | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Videostream | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| VLC | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | No | Beta version | No | Yes | 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 (formerly XBMC) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| xine | unmaintained | No | WIP for 1.2 series | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| sView | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Video player | Windows | Windows IoT (formerly Windows Embedded) | macOS | 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 | Audio equalizer | Remote controllable | Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria) | HDR video playback | Stereoscopic 3D Playback | 360-degree video playback |
| ALLPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Apprentice Video | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | only on OSX | No | ? | ? | ? |
| DivX | Yes (DLNA) | No | Yes (limited) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes |
| iTunes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| jetAudio | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| MediaPortal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | No |
| mpv | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No |
| Plex Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerDVD | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
| QuickTime Player | Partial | Partial | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| SMPlayer | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | yes, not macOS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Some | ? |
| Winamp | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Partial | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| xine | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| sView | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? (WebUI) | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Video player | Outbound streaming | Skinnable | Media database | Gapless audio decoding | Visualizer | Audio equalizer | Remote controllable | Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria) | HDR video playback | Stereoscopic 3D Playback | 360-degree video playback |

### Extended features

| Video player | Color controls | Time stretching | Pitch shifting | A-B repeat | Seek bar preview tooltip | Interactive playback zoom | Audio resync | Subtitle resync | Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) | Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) | Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) | Shutdown on play complete |
| ALLPlayer | 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 | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| DivX | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some | Yes | Yes |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaPortal | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | No | Yes |
| mpv | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes |
| Plex Media Player | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerDVD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No |
| RealPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (from 2.2) | Yes |
| Winamp | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | No | DVD only | No | Partial | Partial |
| 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 |
| sView | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Video player | Color controls | Time stretching | Pitch shifting | A-B repeat | Seek bar preview tooltip | Interactive playback zoom | Audio resync | Subtitle resync | Chapter (DVD, mkv, mp4, ogm) | Bookmark (DVD, video, audio) | Auto resume (DVD, video, audio) | Shutdown on play complete |
* ↑ "gapless mp3 playback - The KMPlayer's Forums". Kmplayer.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
* ↑ Available with QuickTime Streaming Server.
* ↑ Only the media creator can create skins.
* ↑ anaglyph only
* ↑ Via media library in "modern" skin
* ↑ Kodi/XBMC has a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer, FTP-server (based on FileZilla), and a web server (however the web-server is mainly designed for remote control and not for streaming, but it can be used for streaming with some small modifications any user can make)
* ↑ Bookmarks are limited to 20 files Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine and are stored with absolute paths, which renders them inaccessible when files are moved Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
* 1 2 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
* ↑ www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ Archived January 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - A-B repeat using Play Selection Only command
* ↑ As of SVN 3349

## Consumer video format ability

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 | ? | ? | ? |
| DivX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | ? | ? |
| jetAudio | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | ? | ? |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | ? | Yes |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaPortal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Microsoft Movies & TV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mpv | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plex Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | ? | ? |
| SMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | ? | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| sView | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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) |

## Production video format ability

| Video player | MPEG-4 SStP | AVC-Intra | AVC-Ultra | XAVC | Apple ProRes | VC-2/Dirac Pro | VC-3/Avid DNxHD | VC-5/GoPro CineForm | Redcode RAW | ARRIRAW | CinemaDNG | Cineon/DPX sequence | OpenEXR sequence | TIFF sequence | PNG sequence | JPEG sequence | JPEG 2000 sequence |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some | No | No | Yes | Some | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MPlayer | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some | No | No | Yes | Some | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VLC | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video player | MPEG-4 SStP | AVC-Intra | AVC-Ultra | XAVC | Apple ProRes | VC-2/Dirac Pro | VC-3/Avid DNxHD | VC-5/GoPro CineForm | Redcode RAW | ARRIRAW | CinemaDNG | Cineon/DPX sequence | OpenEXR sequence | TIFF sequence | PNG sequence | JPEG sequence | JPEG 2000 sequence |

## Audio format ability

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 | Lossy compression | Lossy compression | Lossy compression | Lossy compression | Lossy compression | Lossy compression | Lossy compression | Lossless compression | Lossless compression | Lossless compression | Lossless compression | Lossless compression |
| Video player | 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 |
| DivX | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 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, no DRM | No | Partial | No | Yes | No | ? | No | Partial | Yes | No | No |
| jetAudio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaPortal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mpv | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plex Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | Partial | No | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | ? | No | Partial | Yes | No | No |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
| SMPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| 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 |
| sView | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | ? |
| DivX | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes | No | Windows: yes macOS: file is parsable | Yes | Partial | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| jetAudio | Yes | Yes | Partial | Vorbis only | Yes | Yes | Partial | ? | ? | Yes |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaPortal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Microsoft Movies & TV (formerly Xbox Video) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mpv | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plex Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Partial | Vorbis only | Partial | Partial | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | WMP12 Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | WMP12 Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| sView | Yes | Yes | 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 protocols the players understand, for receiving streaming media content.
| Video player | HTTP | HTTPS | HLS | DASH | HDS | Smooth | FTP | SFTP | RTSP RTSPU/RTSPT | MMS MMSU/MMST | RTMP | Podcast | RDT/RealRTSP | RTP | DAAP | DLNA |
| ALLPlayer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Amarok | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Apprentice Video | Yes | No | Partial | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| DivX | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | patch available | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GOM Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| iTunes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| jetAudio | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| MediaPortal | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| mpv | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| sView | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | No |
| Video player | HTTP | HTTPS | HLS | DASH | HDS | Smooth | FTP | SFTP | RTSP | MMS | RTMP | Podcast | RDT/RealRTSP | RTP | DAAP | DLNA |

## Playlist format ability

Information about which playlist formats the players understand.
| Video player | asx/wax/wvx | m3u/m3u8 | pls | xspf | ram/rmm | sdp | rpl | xpl | bdmv | wmx |
| ALLPlayer | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Apprentice Video | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| DivX | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| FFplay | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| GOM Player | ASX support | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| jetAudio | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| MediaPortal | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| mpv | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| QuickTime Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| xine | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| sView | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Video player | asx/wax/wvx | m3u/m3u8 | pls | xspf | ram/rmm | sdp | rpl | xpl | bdmv | wmx |

## Electronic program guide format ability

Information about which Electronic program guide format the players viewable.
| Video player | PSI EIT | PSIP | XMLTV |
| ALLPlayer | ? | ? | ? |
| Apprentice Video | ? | ? | ? |
| FFplay | No | No | No |
| DivX | No | No | No |
| GOM Player | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | ? | ? | ? |
| jetAudio | ? | ? | ? |
| JRiver Media Center | ? | ? | ? |
| K-Multimedia Player | ? | ? | ? |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaPortal | ? | ? | ? |
| MPlayer | No | No | ? |
| mpv | No | No | ? |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | No |
| QuickTime Player | ? | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | ? | ? | ? |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | ? | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Winamp | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | ? | ? | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Partial | ? | Partial |
| xine | ? | ? | ? |
| sView | No | No | No |
| Video player | PSI EIT | PSIP | XMLTV |

## Subtitle ability

Information about what subtitle formats the players understand. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or filters that provide such abilities.
| Video player | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Text | Bitmap | Bitmap | Bitmap | Bitmap |
| Video player | SubRip (.srt) | SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) | MicroDVD (.sub) | SAMI (.smi) | SubViewer (.sub) | RealText (.rt) | Text file (.txt) | Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) | Closed captioning | MPEG-4 Part 17 | SCTE-27 | TTML/SMPTE-TT | WebVTT (.vtt) | VobSub (.idx+.sub) | XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) | DVD subtitles | DVB subtitles |
| ALLPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Apprentice Video | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FFplay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GOM Player | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| iTunes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
| jetAudio | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Mac Blu-ray Player | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | 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 | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? |
| RealPlayer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | Partial | ? | No | ? | No | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xine | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| sView | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video player | SubRip (.srt) | SubStation Alpha (.ssa+.ass) | MicroDVD (.sub) | SAMI (.smi) | SubViewer (.sub) | RealText (.rt) | Text file (.txt) | Universal Subtitle Format (.usf) | Closed captioning | MPEG-4 Part 17 | SCTE-27 | TTML/SMPTE-TT | WebVTT (.vtt) | VobSub (.idx+.sub) | XSUB (.divx embedded subtitles) | DVD subtitles | DVB subtitles |
* 1 2 3 Subtitles stored separately from the media file are not supported.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 only if FFmpeg was built with libass and 'subtitles' video filter.
* 1 2 3 4 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.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 For Windows, the ability to use many subtitle formats can be added by installing DirectVobSub or ffdshow.
* ↑ "FAQ | Kaffeine - KDE Media Player". Kaffeine FAQ. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2009.

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

## Optical media ability

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 | Audio | Audio | Audio | Video | Video | Video | Video | Video | |
| Video player | CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | Super Audio CD (SACD) | Video CD (VCD) | SVCD | DVD | Blu-ray Disc | HD DVD | UHD BD |
| ALLPlayer | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | |
| Apprentice Video | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
| FFplay | via libcdio | No | via libcdio | ? | No | No | No | via libbluray | No | |
| GOM Player | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| iTunes | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
| jetAudio | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| K-Multimedia Player | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Commercial BDs unsupported | Yes | |
| MediaPortal | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| MPlayer | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| PotPlayer | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| PowerDVD | Yes | No longer supported | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No longer supported | Yes, limited |
| QuickTime Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |
| RealPlayer | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| GNOME Videos (formerly Totem) | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| VLC | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Partial | Yes | Commercial BDs unsupported | Yes | |
| Winamp | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Yes | No | No | ? | Partial | Partial | Yes | Commercial BDs unsupported | ? | |
| xine | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| WinDVD | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| sView | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Video player | CD | DVD-Audio | HDCD | Super Audio CD (SACD) | Video CD (VCD) | SVCD | DVD | Blu-ray Disc | HD DVD | |
* ↑ A built-in hdcd audio filter is available but needs to manually enable via commandline option.
* ↑ Non-commercial BDs supported through plug-in, see this thread on team-mediaportal.com
* ↑ See VCD and SVCD players Archived July 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine on The X Lab
* ↑ DVD Audio files are playable in VLC 1.1
* ↑ See VLC playback Features at videolan.org.
* ↑ HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS) from version 3.0.0
* 1 2 VCD menu and SVCD menus are not supported nor displayed.