Media player

Media player is a word that describes computer software that can play more than one type of media (multimedia). Media players can usually play both audio (sound) and video files.

Microsoft Windows comes with a media player already on it, Windows Media Player. Some other media players are Quicktime, iTunes, Real Player and Winamp. iTunes comes on every Mac computer.

 List of media players 

 Name Audio Video  Operating System License Developer 1by1  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  AIMP  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  AlbumPlayer  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  ALLPlayer  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Amarok  align=center   align=center   Linux/UNIX (KDE), Mac OS X and Windows (testing, QT/KDE dependent)  GPL   aTunes  align=center   align=center   Windows, Linux, Solaris  GPL  Bearshare  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  broadPlayer  align=center   align=center   Web based - works in modern browsers own  BS.Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Chroma  align=center   align=center   Mac  own  cmus  align=center   align=center   POSIX-compatible  GPL  Exaile  align=center   align=center   Linux  GPL  Extended Module Player  align=center   align=center   Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD  GPL  Festastic!   align=center   align=center   Linux, Mac, Windows  own  Flash MP3 Player  align=center   align=center   Web based - works in modern browsers  own  Flash player update  align=center   align=center   Linux, Windows  open source  flash player update   FLV-Media Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  Proprietary (Freeware)  flv player  align=center   align=center   Windows, Linux  Open-source  flv player  foobar2000  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  GOM player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Kantaris  align=center   align=center   Windows  GPL / LGPL  KMPlayer  align=center   align=center   Linux, Mac, Windows  GPL  LoomTV 1.0  align=center   align=center   Mac, Windows  proprietary (freeware)  iMesh  align=center   align=center   Mac, Windows  own  iTunes  align=center   align=center   Mac, Windows  own  jetAudio  align=center   align=center   Windows  Freeware (basic edition)  Cowon America J. River Media Center  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  MediaMonkey  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Media Player Classic  align=center   align=center   Windows  GPL  MPlayer  align=center   align=center   POSIX-compatible, Mac OS X, Windows, AmigaOS, MorphOS  GPL  Mplayerxp  align=center   align=center   POSIX-compatible, Windows  GPL  mufin player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  mufin.com  MusicMatch Jukebox  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Napster  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Narrowstep Player  align=center   align=center   All  own  Ogle  align=center   align=center   *BSD, Linux, POSIX OSes  GPL  Chalmers University of Tech.   Open Cubic Player  align=center   align=center   DOS/Windows 9x/me, POSIX OSes  GPL  Oregan Media Browser  align=center   align=center   All  own   OS FLV Player  align=center   align=center   All  GPL   PowerDVD  align=center   align=center   Windows  own (CyberLink)  QuickTime  align=center   align=center   Mac OS X, Windows  own (Apple)  QuuxPlayer  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  RealPlayer  align=center   align=center   Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian OS  own  Ruckus Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Snow Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Songbird  align=center   align=center   Windows, Mac, Linux  GPL  Spider Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Splash Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Spotify  align=center   align=center   Windows, Mac  own  The KMPlayer  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Tronme  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  ViewOn.tv Media Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  VLC Media Player  align=center   align=center   Linux/Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, BSD, AmigaOS, MorphOS   GPL  Winamp  align=center   align=center   Windows, Linux (only version 3)  own  Windows Media Player  align=center   align=center   Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile  own  WinDVD  align=center   align=center   Windows  own (InterVideo)  XBMC (Xbox Media Center)  align=center   align=center   Xbox game-console, Windows (partial port to Win32), Linux, Mac  GPL / LGPL  xine  align=center   align=center   Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, Mac OS X  GPL  XMMS  align=center   align=center   POSIX-compatible  GPL  XMPlay  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  un4seen Developments Yahoo! Music Jukebox  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  yasssu.com   align=center   align=center   Windows & Mac  yasssu GmbH  Zinf  align=center   align=center   Linux, Windows  GPL  Zoom Player  align=center   align=center   Windows  own  Zune  align=center   align=center   Windows  own 

Many media players use libraries. The library helps you organize, or catalog, your music into categories such as genre, year, rating or other. Good examples of media players that include media libraries are Winamp, Windows Media Player, iTunes, RealPlayer, Amarok and ALLPlayer.

Notes
Other Winamp versions are Amiamp (AmigaOS), Dosamp (MS-DOS), and Macamp (Mac OS).

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