Vorbis Software Players

Here is a list of media players for various OSes that comes with "out-of-the-box" support for Ogg Vorbis.

Windows

• WinAmp: very popular player supporting many formats (Lite version does not play ogg, free full version does)
• Foobar2000: freeware player with complex options and support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV and more.
• Quintessential Player: Freeware player with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV and Audio CDs. Also includes CD Ripping.
• wxMusik: Open Source player with support for Ogg Vorbis, as well as MP3, WAV, AIFF and WMA. Makes use of an SQL based media libary for quick searching.
• Coolplayer: very small Open Source player
• dbPowerAmp: player suite
• XMPlay
• Ashampoo Media Player+: Audio and video player
• DeliPlayer:
• MediaJukebox: Audio management
• MuzikBrowser: Player designed for display on a TV screen
• MusicMagic Mixer: Player with playlist management
• MediaPortal: Open source home theater software
• MPEG Audio Collection: Organizer for music collection
• Zinf: Zinf Is Not Freeamp, freeware player
• vuplayer: Multi-format freeware audio player with very easy interface.

Multi-platform

• VLC Media Player: Open Source player that support virtually every video and audio format.
• Mplayer: Open Source video player that supports also many audio formats.
• JOrbisPlayer: Java Player that uses the JOrbis Java decoder
• jlGui: Winamp clone for Java
• Zinf: Open Source player with support for Ogg Vorbis, as well as MP3, WAV and Audio CDs.
• SnackAmp: Tcl/Tk player
• HelixPlayer: Open source player from RealNetworks
• RealPlayer: Commercial player from RealNetworks
• Microsoft Windows Media Player: Freeware player from Microsoft. Runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.

DOS

• mpxplay: supports many formats

Linux/BSD

• XMMS
• Rhythmbox
• JuK: Open Source player for KDE with support for Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3.
• amaroK
• Muine: Open Source player for GNOME with support for Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3.
• wxMusik: Open Source player with support for Ogg Vorbis, as well as MP3, WAV and AIFF. Makes use of an SQL based media libary for quick searching.
• MPD: Music Player Daemon is a sound server that supports different clients. Supports many formats, among them Ogg Vorbis and FLAC
• AlsaPlayer: ALSA audio player - "First player worldwide that did perfect reverse Ogg playback!"
• Sonic-Rainbow
• Cplay: Curses frontend for ogg123, mpg123 etc
• Xine: Video player with long list of supported formats
• Noatun: KDE audio player
• CAJUN: Car audio system
• GiantDisc: Jukebox system that can be controlled by a Palm
• s.q.u.e.l.c.h.: Vorbis only player
• MythTV: PVR project
• Beep Media Player (a.k.a. BMP): XMMS fork that uses GTK+ 2.x and is compatible with both XMMS and Winamp skins
• GQmpeg: GTK frontend for mpg123/ogg123 etc
• BossOgg: Jukebox system
• Gmerlin:
• PyTone: Python-based jukebox player

MacOS X

• Whamb: Freeware player with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and Audio CDs.
• For Mac OS X, here's a QuickTime [Export Component].
  • reported orphaned, broken on sourceforge project forums.
  • New version for Quick Time 7 and later.

Other

• GamePark32:

The GP32, an arm9tdmi portable console with much hackability (gcc3 toolchain, expandable memory), has several Vorbis players available.

• Sharp’s Zaurus:

The Zaurus, a very flexible PDA which runs Linux, can play Vorbis files with a variety of software, including a plugin for the default media player, xmms, ogg123, mplayer, or theKompany.com’s tkcPlayer.

• Xbox:

The Xbox Media Center is an open source project that transforms a modded Xbox with Linux into a media center and streaming client.

• Playstation 2:

The Media Digital Media Player is a streaming client solution for the Playstation 2.

PalmOS

• Pocket Tunes: Commercial software: $14.95, free 15-day trial.
• AeroPlayer: Free for Ogg. Mp3 Support costs $20.00.
• POggPl: A free open source player, that is still in alpha-stage.
• The Magic Lantern: Another open source player in alpha-stage.
• The Core Pocket Media Player: (Formerly BetaPlayer) Open source media player that uses Tremor also available for Palm OS

PocketPC

• Conduits Pocket Player: Commercial player, free evaluation available.
• GSPlayer: This is a free player.
• PocketOgg: Open Source player that uses Tremor
• PocketMusic: Commercial player.
• The Core Pocket Media Player: (Formerly BetaPlayer) Open source media player that uses Tremor

Symbian

• OggPlay

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For hardware "mp3-players" that support Ogg Vorbis see VorbisHardware