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Comparison of media players - Definition and Overview
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of media player programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. External links lead to extensions that add a feature to a player.

Contents
1 General
2 Operating system support
3 Features
4 External links

General

Basic general information about the players: creator/company, license/price etc.
Creator First public release date Stable version Cost License Proprietary format
amaroK Mark Kretschmann June 2003 1.1.1 Free GPL None
foobar2000 Peter Pawlowski December 2002 0.8.3 Free Proprietary .fpl (playlists)
iTunes Apple Computer January 2001 4.7 Free Proprietary .m4p
jetAudio jetAudio Inc.  ? 6.0.6 Free (basic version) / USD29 (Plus version) Proprietary None
JuK Scott Wheeler February 2003 2.1 Free GPL None
Media Player Classic Gabest May 2003 6.4.8.2 Free GPL None
MPlayer MPlayer September 2000 1.0pre6a Free GPL None
Musicmatch Jukebox Musicmatch May 1998 9.0 Free basic version Proprietary None
Nero Media Player Ahead Software January 2000? x.x.x Purchase. Trial version mp3 encoder only works for a short time. Proprietary None
QuickTime Apple Computer December 1991 6.5.2 Free basic version Proprietary .qt, .mov
Quintessential Player Paul Quinn  ? 4.51 Free Proprietary None
RealPlayer RealNetworks 1995 10 Free basic version Proprietary .ram, .ra
Sonique Media Science November 1998 1.96 Free Proprietary None
VLC VideoLAN February 2000 0.8.1 Free GPL None
Winamp Nullsoft June 1997 5.08 Free basic version Proprietary .nsv
WMP Microsoft November 1992 10 Free Proprietary .wma, .wmv
xine xine August 2000 1.0 Free GPL None
XMMS XMMS November 1997 1.2.10 Free GPL None
Zinf Zinf April 2002 (before : FreeAmp) 2.2.5 Free GPL None
Creator First public release date Stable version Cost License Proprietary format

Operating system support

The operating systems on which the players can run natively (without emulation).
Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix
amaroK No No Yes Yes
foobar2000 Yes No No No
iTunes Yes Yes No No
jetAudio Yes No No No
JuK No No Yes Yes
Media Player Classic Yes No No No
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No No
QuickTime Yes Yes No No
Quintessential Player Yes No No No
RealPlayer Yes Yes Yes No
Sonique Yes No No No
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp Yes No No No
WMP Yes Yes No No
xine No No Yes Yes
XMMS No Yes Yes Yes
Zinf Yes No Yes No
Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix

Features

Information on what features each of the players support.
Audio playback Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media Database
amaroK Yes Basic support with NMM No Context Browser uses CSS Yes
foobar2000 Yes No No (Plugin Available) Shares Windows' themes; only alternative UIs Yes
iTunes Yes No (Plugin Available) Yes No Yes
jetAudio Yes Yes Yes (with jetCast) Yes Yes
JuK Yes No No No Yes
Media Player Classic Yes Yes No No No
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Musicmatch Jukebox Yes No No Yes Yes
QuickTime Yes Yes No [1] (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss/) Only by the Media Creator No
Quintessential Player Yes Yes No Yes No
RealPlayer Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Sonique Yes No (Plugin Available) No Yes  ?
VLC Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Winamp Yes Yes No (Plugin Available) Yes Yes
WMP Yes Yes No (Separate tool available: [2] (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx)) Yes Yes
xine Yes Yes No Yes No
XMMS Yes No (Plugin Available) Yes Yes No
Zinf Yes No No Yes Yes
Audio playback Video playback Outbound streaming Skinnable Media Database

External links

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