Multi-media Comparison of readers

The following tables compare general and technical information some readers multi-media. For more precise information on a reader, it is preferable to consult its own article.

General

General information: creator/companie, license/price etc…

Operating system compatible

The operating systems on which the readers can turn nativement (without emulation), which means which multimedia player was especially coded for such or such operating system (counterexample, Windows Media Player for Windows functioning on an Apple Macintosh).

Characteristics

Characteristics of each reader. Footnotes lead to information butt support in future versions off the players gold plugins that provide such functionality.

The tables compares general and technical information for has number off Media player programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not alinclusive gold necessarily up-to-date. External links lead to plugins gold extensions that add features to that player.

Protocols dealt with

Information in connection with the procoles Internet that the reader supports, with an aim of reading audio stream or video uninterrupted (Streaming). Footnotes lead to information butt support in future versions off the players gold plugins that provide such functionality.

Audio format dealt with

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Video format dealt with

Information butt what Video codec S the players support. Footnotes lead to information butt support in future versions off the players gold plugins/filters that provide such functionality.

Format container supported

Information on the Format container S which the readers support. Footnotes lead to information butt support in future versions off the players gold filters that provide such functionality.

Optical format dealt with

Information on the Optical disk S which the readers support. Footnotes lead to information butt support in future versions off the players gold plugins that provide such functionality.

Metadata dealt with

Information on the metadata, or tags that the readers support.

Most other containers cuts to their own metadata format and the players usually uses them. Footnotes lead to information butt support in future versions off the players gold plugins that provide such functionality.

Supported subtitling

Information on the types of subtitle which the readers support. Subtitles DVD are listed since the readers owe supported all functionalities DVD or none. The footnotes give more information on possible futures supports of these functionalities.

See also : The " category; Reader multimédia" for other readers not appearing in this comparative (such Gom player,…).

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