Comparison of audio player software

This article is about audio player software. For a comparison of video player software (including software able to play audio and video), see Comparison of video player software. For a comparison of hardware device type portable media players, see Comparison of portable media players.

The following comparison of audio players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs.

For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players" are defined as any media player which can only play audio files. Players capable of video playback are included under comparison of video player software, even if they are primarily well known for audio playback.

General

Name	Author	First public release	stable version	Cost	Software license	Based framework	Written in
AIMP	AIMP DevTeam	000000002006-08-08-0000August 8, 2006	v4.11, build 1841 (October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) ^[1]) [±]	Free	Proprietary	BASS audio library (decoder)	Delphi
Amarok	Mark Kretschmann	000000002003-06-01-0000June 1, 2003	2.8 (August 16, 2013 (2013-08-16)) [±]	Free	GPL	via Phonon: GStreamer, xine, MPlayer, VLC, DirectShow, QuickTime	C++
Aqualung	Tom Szilagyi et al.	000000002006-01-01-0000January 1, 2006	0.9beta11 January 30, 2013 (2013-01-30)	Free	GPL		C
aTunes	Alex Aranda et al.	000000002006-01-01-0000January 1, 2006	3.1.2 (June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)) [±]	Free	GPL		Java
Audacious	Audacious Development Team	000000002005-10-30-0000October 30, 2005	3.7.2 (March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)^[2]) [±]	Free	GPL	XMMS based	C, C++ (GTK+)
Banshee	Aaron Bockover	000000002005-02-17-0000February 17, 2005	2.6.2 (February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18)^[3]) [±]	Free	MIT	GStreamer	C#
Beep Media Player	Milosz Derezynski	000000002004-06-06-0000June 6, 2004	0.9.7.1 (October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22)) [±]	Free	GPL	XMMS based	C
Clementine	Clementine Team	000000002011-03-01-0000March 1, 2011	1.3.1 (April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19)) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer	C++ (Qt)
cmus	Timo Hirvonen	000000002005-01-18-0000January 18, 2005	2.7.1 (July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)) [±]	Free	GPL		C
Cog	Vincent Spader	000000002006-05-01-0000May 1, 2006	0.07 (December 24, 2007 (2007-12-24)) [±]	Free	GPL		Objective-C
Exaile	Adam Olsen	000000002006-05-24-0000May 24, 2006	3.4.5 (April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer	Python (GTK+)
Ecoute	Louka Desroziers & Julien Sagot	000000002008-09-01-0000September 2008	3.0.8	Free (until version 4)	Proprietary	AV Foundation & QuickTime	Objective-C
Flash MP3 Player	Reality Software	000000002008-03-11-0000March 11, 2008	1.00	Free	Proprietary
foobar2000	Peter Pawlowski	000000002002-11-29-0000November 29, 2002	1.3.13 (October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)^[4]) [±]	Free	Proprietary (core), BSD (SDK)		C++
GMusicBrowser	Quentin Sculo	000000002011-08-08-0000August 8, 2011	1.1.15 (released on 000000002015-08-20-0000August 20, 2015)	Free	GPL	GStreamer/MPlayer/mpg123/mpv	GTK2 Perl
Guayadeque Music Player		000000002003-02-01-0000February 1, 2003	3.11 (February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)^[5]) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer	C++ (wxWidgets, wxSqlite)
Gear Player	Zsolt Szatmári	000000002012-04-01-0000April 2012	1.4.29	Non-free	Proprietary	Core Audio	Objective-C
JuK	Scott Wheeler	000000002003-02-01-0000February 1, 2003	3.11 (February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)^[6]) [±]	Free	GPL		C++
MediaMonkey Standard	Ventis Media Inc.	000000002003-08-25-0000August 25, 2003	4.1.13 (June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)) [±]	Free	Proprietary		Delphi, C
MediaMonkey Gold	Ventis Media Inc.	000000002003-08-25-0000August 25, 2003	4.1.13 (June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)) [±]	Non-free	Proprietary		Delphi, C
MediaMonkey Lifetime	Ventis Media Inc.	000000002003-08-25-0000August 25, 2003	4.1.13 (June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)) [±]	Non-free	Proprietary		Delphi, C
MPXPLAY	MPXPLAY	000000001998-01-01-0000January 1, 1998	1.61 (August 28, 2016 (2016-08-28)) [±]	Free	GPL		C
Music on Console	Damian Pietras	000000002002-01-01-0000January 1, 2002	2.5.1 (April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)) [±]	Free	GPL		C
Music Player Daemon	Warren Dukes	000000002003-05-01-0000May 1, 2003	0.19.19 (August 23, 2016 (2016-08-23)^[7]) [±]	Free	GPL		C
MusicBee	Steven Mayall	000000002008-12-04-0000December 4, 2008	3.0 May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)	Free	Proprietary	BASS audio library	Visual Basic .NET
musikCube	Casey Langen	000000002005-01-01-0000January 1, 2005	1.1 Final^[8] (March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)) [±]	Free	BSD
Napster	William Christopher Gorog	000000002003-10-01-0000October 1, 2003	4.6.3.4 (August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)) [±]	Non-free	Proprietary
Quod Libet	Quod Libet Team	000000002004-11-08-0000November 8, 2004	3.5.3 (January 16, 2016 (2016-01-16)) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer	Python (GTK) PyGTK
Rdio	Rdio Inc	999999999999-99-99-0000	Microsoft Windows: 1.12.0.0 (2013) WP 8+ : 4.0.5.0 (28 October 2013 (2013-10-28)) iOS: 3.0.3 (27 September 2014 (2014-09-27))	(subscription required)	Proprietary
Rhapsody	RealNetworks	000000002003-01-01-0000January 1, 2003	14.0 (16 October 2006) [±]	(subscription required)	Proprietary
Rhythmbox	Colin Walters	000000002004-04-01-0000April 1, 2004	3.4.1 (September 10, 2016 (2016-09-10)) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer	C
Songbird	POTI Inc.	000000002006-02-08-0000February 8, 2006	2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013 (2013-02-04)) [±]	Free	GPL	GStreamer
Sonique	Media Science	000000001998-11-01-0000November 1, 1998	1.96 (March 2002)	Free	Proprietary
Spotify	Spotify LTD	000000002008-01-01-00002008	Microsoft Windows & Mac OS X 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51^[9] (September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)) [±] iOS 1.0.0 (April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02)) [±]	Non-free	Proprietary
Style Jukebox	Digital Geek LTD	000000002009-07-01-0000July 1, 2009	2.2.1 (October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)) [±]	Free	Proprietary		C#
Winamp	Nullsoft	000000001997-04-21-0000April 21, 1997	5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12)) [±]	Free	Proprietary	Wasabi	C/C++
XMMS	XMMS Team	000000001997-11-01-0000November 1, 1997	1.2.11 (November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)) [±]	Free	GPL	original	C
XMPlay	Un4seen Developments	000000001998-01-01-00001998	3.8 (000000002013-12-23-0000December 23, 2013)	Free	Proprietary	original (based on the BASS audio library)
Name	Author	First public release date	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 for different operating systems.

Audio player	Windows	OS X	Linux	iOS	Android	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix	DOS
AIMP	Yes	No	via Wine	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Amarok	Yes	beta	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
aTunes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Audacious	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Audion	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Banshee	alpha	beta	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
cmus	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Cog	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Clementine	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Ecoute	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Exaile	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	No	via Wine^{[osnotes 1]}	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Guayadeque Music Player	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
JuK	Not yet officially^{[osnotes 2]}	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MediaMonkey	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
MPXPLAY	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Music Player Daemon	cygwin	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MusicBee	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
musikCube	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Rdio	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Rhapsody	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Rhythmbox	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Songbird	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Sonique	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Spotify	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Style Jukebox	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Winamp	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
XMMS	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
XMPlay	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zinf	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Audio player	Windows	OS X	Linux	iOS	Android	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix	DOS

↑ WineHQ - foobar2000
↑ KDE on Windows Project - Part of kdemultimedia

Features

Audio player	Video playback	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media database	Gapless audio decoding	Visualizer	Remote controllable	Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)
AIMP	No	via Plugins	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	via Plugins	No
Amarok	Partial^{[featurenotes 1]}	Yes	Partial^{[featurenotes 2]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audacious	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Audion	No	No	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	No
cmus	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Cog	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Clementine	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exaile	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
foobar2000	No	Partial^[10]	Yes^{[featurenotes 3]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[10]	Yes
JuK	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes^{[featurenotes 4]}	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Partial^[10]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[10]	Yes
MPXPLAY	Yes (with MMC v2.00a)	?	text-interface	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (also LCD ability)	?
Music Player Daemon	No	Yes	Client dependent	Yes	Yes	Client dependent	Yes	Client dependent
MusicBee	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?
musikCube	No	No	No	Yes	No	Partial^[10]	?	Yes
Quod Libet	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Rhapsody	No	No	No	Yes	?	No	?	?
Rhythmbox	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonique	Partial^[10]	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No
Spotify	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XMMS	Partial^[10]	Partial^[10]	Yes	No	Partial^[10]	Yes	Yes	No
XMPlay	Partial^[10]	Partial^[10]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Zinf	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?
Audio player	Video playback	Outbound streaming	Skinnable	Media database	Gapless audio decoding	Visualizer	Remote controllable	Intelligent playlists from database (based on criteria)

Extended features

Audio player	ReplayGain	Tag mass	Tag flexible^{[featurenotes 5]}	Time stretch	Pitch shift	A-B repeat	Bookmark	Auto resume	Shutdown on play complete	Archive ability
AIMP	Yes	Yes^{[featurenotes 6]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes^{[featurenotes 7]}	Yes	Yes	No	No
Audacious	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Audion	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
cmus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Cog	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Clementine	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No
Exaile	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes	Yes^[10]	No
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Partial^[10]	Yes	Partial^[10]	Yes
JuK	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[10]	Partial^[10]	Partial^[10]	Partial^[10]	Yes	Yes	?
MPXPLAY	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MusicBee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	Partial^{[featurenotes 8]}	?	No	No	?	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[featurenotes 9]}	Partial^{[featurenotes 9]}	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Rhapsody	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Sonique	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	?
XMMS	Partial	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
XMPlay	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Zinf	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?
Audio player	ReplayGain	Tag mass	Tag flexible	Time stretch	Pitch shift	A-B repeat	Bookmark	Auto resume	Shutdown on play complete	Archive ability

↑ Basic function with NMM
↑ Context Browser uses CSS.
↑ UIs may be switched. Shares Windows' themes by default. Additionally, a plugin (foo_looks) can skin foobar2000.
↑ Using DCOP
↑ Flexible tagging is the ability to read or write custom tags, apart from the default ones like title, album and date. Users can use custom tags to provide additional information to media files. Custom tags work via ID3v2.4 (via the TXXX tag field), Vorbis comments and APEv2.
↑ Through use of the Advanced Tag Editor.
↑ Through plugin: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Repeat+A+B?content=45993&PHPSESSID=a86dadfbbaf38573a7287e13947745e7
↑ Paid version only
1 2 Through Audio Pitch, Speed plugin

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 functionality.

Audio player	Lossy compression									Lossless compression
Audio player	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	Dolby AC-3	VQF	Opus	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN	WV	WMA L
AIMP	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[11]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Amarok^[12]^[13]^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audacious	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
Audion	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Audion	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Banshee	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?
cmus	Yes	Yes^[15]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[15]	?	Yes^[16]	Yes^[15]	Yes	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes	?
Cog	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Exaile	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	?	Yes	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	?
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[10]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JuK	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	?
Media Jukebox	Yes^{[audionotes 1]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Partial^[18]	Partial^[18]	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[10]	Partial^[10]	?
MPXPLAY	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Partial^[10]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
Music Player Daemon	Yes	Yes^[15]	Partial^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[15]	Yes^[15]	Yes	Yes^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes^[15]	Yes	?
MusicBee	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[11]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[11]	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
musikCube	Yes	Partial^[18]	No	Yes	Partial^[18]	Partial^[18]	Partial^[18]	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial^[18]	?
Quod Libet	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	?	Yes	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	?
Rhapsody	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Rhythmbox	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	?	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	?
Sonique	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Partial^[18]	Partial^[18]	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Style Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes^[10]	Yes	Yes^[10]	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes^[10]	?
XMMS	Yes	Partial^[18]	Partial^[18]	Partial^[18]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[10]	?	Partial^[18]	Yes	No	Partial^[18]	Yes	?
XMPlay	Yes	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	?	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	?
Zinf	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Audio player	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Musepack	AAC	Dolby AC-3	VQF	Opus	APE	FLAC	ALAC	SHN	WV	WMA L

↑ Requires External Encoding App

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 functionality.

Audio player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4	MPEG-21	NUT	FLV
AIMP	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Partial	No	No	No
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic	Basic	Yes	?	?	Yes
Audacious	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Audio only
Audion	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
cmus	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	Basic	Yes	?	?	?
Cog	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Partial	?	?	?
foobar2000	Partial^[10]	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes^{[containernotes 1]}	Yes	?	?	Audio only
JuK	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No	?	?	?
MOC	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
MPXPLAY	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
MusicBee	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	AAC only	No	No	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
musikCube	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No	?	?	?
Rhapsody	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	No	Yes	No	Vorbis only	No	No	Yes^[17]	?	?	?
Sonique	No^[18]	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes^[10]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
XMMS	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No	?	?	?
Zinf	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No	?	?	?
Audio player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4	MPEG-21	NUT	FLV

↑ Native Matroska tag reading and writing

Scalable, composite and emulation format abilities

Audio player	Flash	RealPix	QuickTime Video Effects in mov	HTML+TIME(+VML)	smil/smi	SVG	MIDI(smf)	MIDI(kar)	MIDI(xmf)	MIDI(rmi)	MIDI(xmi)	NSF	SPC	PSF
AIMP	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Amarok	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Audacious	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audion	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
cmus	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cog	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
foobar2000	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (plugin)	?	?	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)	Yes (plugin)
JuK	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes (Winamp plugin)	Yes (Winamp plugin)	Yes (Winamp plugin)
MPXPLAY	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MusicBee	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?^[17]	Yes	?	?	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhapsody	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Sonique	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XMMS	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Zinf	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Audio player	Flash	RealPix	QuickTime Video Effects in mov	HTML+TIME(+VML)	smil/smi	SVG	MIDI(smf)	MIDI(kar)	MIDI(xmf)	MIDI(rmi)	MIDI(xmi)	NSF	SPC	PSF

Protocol abilities

Information about which internet protocols the players understand, for receiving streaming media content. Footnotes lead to information about abilities of future versions of the players or plugins that provide such functionality.

Audio player	HTTP	RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT)	MMS (MMSU, MMST)	Podcasting	Other
AIMP	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	UPNP
Audacious	Yes	No	Yes	No	?
Audion	Yes	No	No	No	?
cmus	Yes	No	No	No	?
Cog	No	No	No	No	?
foobar2000	Yes	Partial^{[protocolnotes 1]}	Yes	Partial^{[protocolnotes 2]}	?
JuK	?	?	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	No	No	Yes^{[protocolnotes 3]}	?
MusicBee	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	?	?	?	?
musikCube	Yes	No	No	?	?
Rhapsody	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Rhythmbox	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^{[protocolnotes 4]}	UPNP
Sonique	Yes	?	?	?	?
XMMS	Yes	?	?	?	?
Zinf	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
Audio player	HTTP	RTSP (RTSPU, RTSPT)	MMS (MMSU, MMST)	Podcasting	Other

↑ Only WMA files are playable by foobar2000 through an RTSP connection. RealMedia, AAC, etc. are not supported.
↑ 3rd party plugin for 0.9 allows reading RSS 2.0 feeds as playlists. No subscription/automatic update features.
↑ Present in version 3.0 currently going through Alpha Testing.
↑ As of 0.9.2 it allows reading RSS as podcast source. Issues if links in RSS do not point directly to playable media. Automatic update of podcasts available.

Playlist format ability

Information about which playlist formats the players understand.

Audio player	asx, wax, wvx	M3U	pls	XSPF	CUE
AIMP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audacious	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audion	?	?	?	?	?
Clementine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
cmus	No	Yes	Yes	No	?
Cog	?	?	?	?	?
Exaile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JuK	?	?	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
MediaMonkey	?	Yes	?	No	?
MPXPLAY	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
MusicBee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?	?
Quod Libet	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	?
Rhapsody	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	?	?	Yes	?	No
Sonique	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
XMMS	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
Zinf	?	?	?	No	?
Audio player	asx/wax/wvx	M3U	pls	XSPF	CUE

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 functionality.

Audio player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	Cue sheet	CD-Text	WAVE chunks
AIMP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Amarok	Yes^{[metadatanotes 1]}	Yes^{[metadatanotes 1]}^{[metadatanotes 2]}	Yes^{[metadatanotes 1]}	Yes	Yes^{[metadatanotes 3]}	?	Yes
Audacious	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Audion	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?
cmus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?
Cog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[metadatanotes 4]}	Yes
JuK	Yes^{[metadatanotes 1]}	Yes^{[metadatanotes 1]}	Yes^{[metadatanotes 1]}	Yes^{[metadatanotes 1]}	?	?	?
Media Jukebox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
MPXPLAY	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
MusicBee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	Yes	?
musikCube	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Rhapsody	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Sonique	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?
XMMS	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?
Zinf	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?
Audio player	ID3v1	ID3v2	APEv2 tag	Vorbis comment	Cue sheet	CD-Text	WAVE chunks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Understanding of ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2 and Vorbis comments is handled by an external library called TagLib.
↑ Amarok does not understand embedded covers.
↑ Yes, but buggy.
↑ There is a plugin called CD-TEXT Reader adding such a feature.

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 functionality. 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 player	Audio
Audio player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD
AIMP	Yes	No	No
Amarok	Partial	No	No
aTunes	No	No	No
Audacious	Yes	No	No
Audion	Yes	No	No
cmus	No	No	No
Cog	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	Yes (plugin)^{[opticalmedianotes 1]}	Yes (plugin)^{[opticalmedianotes 2]}
JuK	Yes^{[opticalmedianotes 3]}	No	No
Media Jukebox	Yes	No	No
MediaMonkey	Yes	No	No
MusicBee	Yes	?	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	No	No
musikCube	Yes	No	No
Rhapsody	Yes	No	No
Rhythmbox	Yes	No	No
Sonique	Yes	No	No
Winamp	Yes	No	No
XMMS	Yes	No	No
Zinf	Yes	No	No
Audio player	CD	DVD-Audio	HDCD
Audio player	Audio

References

↑ Latest AIMP v4.10 changelog.
↑ "Audacious Website".
↑ "October 10, 2012". banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
↑ "foobar2000: News". 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
↑ http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=juk.git
↑ http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=juk.git
↑ Kellermann, Max (2016-08-23). "ver 0.19.18 ((2016/08/23)". mpd cgit. mpd cgit. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
↑ http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/musikCube,0301-1536.html
↑ "1.0.14 release notes missing". Spotify. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Plugin available.
1 2 3 Available through a Winamp plugin.
↑ Amarok uses non-Amarok libraries to decode audio. It will play any file for which a codec is available on the system. The default libraries in Linux are from the GStreamer project, and in Windows from the VLC project.
↑ "Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Windows". Retrieved 24 February 2013.
↑ "VLC playback Features". VideoLAN Organization. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Available through a FFmpeg plugin.
↑ Available through the opusfile plugin.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Available through a Gstreamer plugin.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Available via plugins that can be automatically downloaded during installation

Media player software

Free software

Windows	Media Player Classic Mpxplay QuuxPlayer

Linux	Baudline Beep Media Player cmus Gnome Music Player Client Helix JuK Kaffeine LinuxMCE Muine Music on Console Noise Ogle DVD Player Rhythmbox Totem Xine XMMS XMMS2

Cross- platform	Amarok Audacious Banshee Clementine Exaile ffplay Kodi Miro Mpg123 MPlayer mpv Music Player Daemon Nightingale qmmp Quod Libet SMPlayer Songbird VLC media player Zinf

Freeware

Windows	Adobe Media Player AIMP BS.Player CrystalPlayer Dell MediaDirect foobar2000 GOM Player jetAudio KMPlayer MadCat Media Browser Media Go MediaMonkey Mod4Win MusicBee MusikCube InterActual Player PotPlayer QuickTime Quintessential Player Style Jukebox Winamp

Cross-platform	Boxee DivX Player iTunes Plex QuickTime RealPlayer

Commercial (proprietary)

Windows	Connect Player Iriver plus 3 JRiver Media Center PowerDVD TotalMedia Theatre SonicStage WinDVD Windows Media Center Windows Media Player Yahoo! Music Jukebox

Linux	Fluendo DVD Player

OS X	DVD Player Front Row Peel

Mobile	CoreAVC CorePlayer Core Pocket Media Player doubleTwist RealPlayer TuneWiki Winamp

Lists

Video players Audio players Free software audio players Portable media players Personal video recorders

Home theater PC software, devices, and related articles

Windows	Beyond TV DVBViewer NextPVR (formerly GB-PVR) JRiver Media Center MediaPortal ShowShifter Windows Media Center

macOS	Front Row

Linux	GeeXboX LinuxMCE MythTV Mythbuntu OpenELEC Video Disk Recorder

Cross-platform	Emby Kodi (formerly XBMC) Plex SageTV Serviio

Set-top boxes, digital media receivers	Amazon Fire TV Android TV Apple TV Boxee Box Chromecast Dreambox Ericsson Mediaroom Google TV Hauppauge MediaMVP HP MediaSmart Connect Netgear Digital Entertainer ReplayTV Roku TiVo WD TV Windows Media Center Extender

Related hardware	ATI Theater Cards Elgato EyeTV devices Hauppauge Computer Works WinTV PVR Cards HDHomeRun Mac Mini Quiet PC Touchscreen remote control VBox Home TV Gateway

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