Software Media Players
Name Audio Video Operating System License
1by1 Yes No Windows own
AIMP Yes No Windows own
AlbumPlayer Yes No Windows own
ALLPlayer Yes Yes Windows own
Amarok Yes No Linux/UNIX (KDE), Windows (testing, QT/KDE dependent) GPL
aTunes Yes No Windows, Linux, Solaris GPL
Bearshare Yes No Windows own
broadPlayer Yes Yes Web based - works in modern browsers own
BS.Player Yes Yes Windows own
Chroma No Yes Mac own
cmus Yes No POSIX-compatible GPL
FLV-Media Player Yes Yes Windows Proprietary (Freeware)
Foobar2000 Yes No Windows own
GOM player Yes Yes Windows own
Kantaris Yes Yes Windows GPL / LGPL
KMPlayer Yes Yes Linux, Mac, Windows GPL
iMesh Yes Yes Mac, Windows own
iTunes Yes Yes Mac, Windows own
J. River Media Center Yes Yes Windows own
MediaMonkey Yes No Windows own
Media Player Classic Yes Yes Windows GPL
MPlayer Yes Yes POSIX-compatible, Mac OS X, Windows, AmigaOS, MorphOS GPL
MusicMatch Jukebox Yes No Windows own
Napster Yes No Windows own
Narrowstep Player Yes Yes All own
Oregan Media Browser Yes Yes All own
PowerDVD No Yes Windows own (CyberLink)
QuickTime Yes Yes Mac OS X, Windows own (Apple)
QuuxPlayer Yes No Windows own
RealPlayer Yes Yes Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian OS own
Ruckus Player Yes Yes Windows own
SongBird Yes No Windows, Mac, Linux own
Spider Player Yes No Windows own
The KMPlayer Yes Yes Windows own
ViewOn.tv Media Player Yes Yes Windows own
VLC Media Player Yes Yes Linux/Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, BSD GPL
Winamp Yes Yes Windows[1] own
Windows Media Player Yes Yes Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile own
WinDVD No Yes Windows own (InterVideo)
XBMC (XBox Media Center) Yes Yes Xbox game-console, Windows (partial port to Win32) GPL / LGPL
xine Yes Yes Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, Mac OS X GPL
XMMS Yes No POSIX-compatible GPL
Yahoo! Music Jukebox Yes No Windows own
Zinf Yes No Linux, Windows GPL
Zoom Player Yes Yes Windows own
Many media players use libraries. The library is designed to help 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.
