Comparison of audio player software

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 explicitly designed to play audio files, with limited or no support for video playback. Multi-media players designed for video playback, which can also play music, are included under comparison of video player software.

Audio player^[23]	Windows	macOS	Linux	iOS	Android	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix	DOS

AIMP	Yes	No	via Wine	No	Yes	via Wine	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
BTR Amp	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	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	remote controller only	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
DeaDBeeF	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ecoute	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Exaile	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
foobar2000	Yes	beta ^{[osnotes 1]}	via Wine ^{[osnotes 2]}	Yes	Yes	via Wine ^{[osnotes 2]}	No	No	No
Guayadeque Music Player	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Groove Music	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	remote controller only	Yes	No	No	No	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	Partial ^[24]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
musikCube	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	remote control only ^[25]	Yes	No	No	No
Quod Libet	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Rdio	Yes	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
Sayonara Player	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	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
Wax	No	No	Yes	No	No	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	macOS	Linux	iOS	Android	BSD Unix	Solaris	Other Unix	DOS

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
BTR Amp	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
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	Yes ^[26]	Yes
foobar2000	No	Partial^[a]	Yes ^{[featurenotes 3]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	Yes
iTunes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JRiver Media Center	Yes	via Plugins	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	via Plugins	Yes
JuK	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes ^{[featurenotes 4]}	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Partial^[a]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	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^[a]	?	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
Sayonara Player	No	?	No (Dark Mode available)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Sonique	Partial^[a]	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No
Spotify	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	No	Yes (via app)	No
Wax	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XMMS	Partial^[a]	Partial^[a]	Yes	No	Partial^[a]	Yes	Yes	No
XMPlay	Partial^[a]	Partial^[a]	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)

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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
BTR Amp	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	?	No	Yes	No
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	Yes ^[27]	No	No	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes	Yes^[a]	No
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Partial^[a]	Yes	Partial^[a]	Yes
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes ^{[featurenotes 7]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
JuK	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	Partial^[a]	Partial^[a]	Partial^[a]	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
Sayonara Player	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
Sonique	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?
Spotify	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Wax	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	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

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^[b]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Amarok^[c] ^[28]^[29]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audacious	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes^[d]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
Audion	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Banshee	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	No	?	?	?	?	?
BTR Amp	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
cmus	Yes	Yes^[d]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[d]	?	Yes^[e]	Yes^[d]	Yes	Yes^[d]	Yes^[d]	Yes	?
Cog	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Exaile	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?	Yes	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?
foobar2000	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Groove Music	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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^[g]	Partial^[g]	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	Partial^[a]	?
MPXPLAY	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Partial^[a]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
Music Player Daemon	Yes	Yes^[d]	Partial^[d]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[d]	Yes^[d]	Yes	Yes^[d]	Yes	Yes	Yes^[d]	Yes	?
MusicBee	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[b]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[b]	Yes	Yes
Musicmatch Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
musikCube	Yes	Partial^[g]	No	Yes	Partial^[g]	Partial^[g]	Partial^[g]	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial^[g]	?
Quod Libet	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?	Yes	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?
Rhapsody	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Rhythmbox	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?
Sayonara Player	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	No	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Sonique	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Partial^[g]	Partial^[g]	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	?
Spotify^[30]	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Style Jukebox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Wax	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	Yes^[f]	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes^[a]	Yes	Yes^[a]	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes^[a]	?
XMMS	Yes	Partial^[g]	Partial^[g]	Partial^[g]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[a]	?	Partial^[g]	Yes	No	Partial^[g]	Yes	?
XMPlay	Yes	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	?	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	Yes^[a]	?
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

Audio player	AVI	ASF	QuickTime	Ogg	OGM	Matroska	MP4	MPEG-21	NUT	FLV
AIMP	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	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^[a]	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Audio only
JuK	No	No	No	Vorbis only	No	No	No	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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^[f]	?	?	?
Sayonara Player	No	?	No	Vorbis only	?	?	?	?	?	?
Sonique	No^[g]	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?
Winamp	Yes	Yes	Yes^[a]	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

Comparison of audio player software

General

Operating system compatibility

Features

Audio format ability

Container format ability

Scalable, composite and emulation format abilities

Protocol abilities

Playlist format ability

Metadata ability

Optical media ability

See also

Notes

References

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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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JRiver Media Center	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes (Winamp plugin)	Yes (Winamp plugin)	Yes (Winamp plugin)
MPXPLAY	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MusicBee	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?^[f]	Yes	?	?
Musicmatch Jukebox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
musikCube	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhapsody	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?
Sayonara Player	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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