Vorbis Software Players

Here is a list of media players for various operating systems that comes with “out-of-the-box” support for Ogg Vorbis.

Desktop Software

Work in progress!

Name	Description	Operating System	Formats	Type	Notes
CoolPlayer	Very small and fast player		?	OSS	Possibly unmaintained
MediaPortal	Home theater software		?	OSS
MPEG Audio Collection	Organizer for audio file collections		Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC	OSS
MediaMonkey	easy-to-use player/tagger/media library with built-in ripper, burner which can even encode and transcode to Ogg Vorbis		Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC	OSS
Jajuk Advanced Jukebox	Java music organizer for all platforms, targeting advanced users with large music collections	, ,	Ogg, FLAC	OSS
wxMusic	Player based on wxWidgets, makes use of SQL based library for quick searching		Ogg (Vorbis)	OSS
Zinf	Simple, but powerful audio player, with support for SHOUTcast/Icecast HTTP streaming, RTP streaming, music browser, theme support and a download manager	, ,	Ogg (Vorbis)	OSS
Directshow Filters	Adds support for various Xiph-Formats to any Directshow-compliant player such as Windows Media Player and bsplayer		Ogg (Vorbis, Speex, Theora, FLAC), FLAC	OSS
musikCube	A clean, lightweight music library for Windows		?	OSS
Winamp	Very popular player supporting many formats	,	Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC	Proprietary
foobar2000	Freeware player with complex options		Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC, Opus, Speex	Proprietary
Quintessential	Highly skinnable, feature rich freeware media player supporting all popular audio formats		Ogg (Vorbis)	Proprietary
dBpoweramp	Audio conversion tool with support for CD ripping		Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC	Proprietary
XMPlay	Audio player with support for a lot of formats, even uncommon ones		Ogg	Proprietary
JRiver	A cross-platform media center software	, ,	FLAC	Proprietary
vuplayer	Multi-format freeware audio player with very easy interface		Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC	Proprietary
JetAudio Basic	Freeware player with Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support		Ogg (Vorbis, Theora), FLAC	Proprietary
Huelix Audio Recorder	Full-featured audio recording software		Ogg (Vorbis)	Proprietary
Huelix Audio Converter	A powerful yet easy-to-use Windows application to convert your audio between various formats		Ogg (Vorbis)	Proprietary
CorePlayer	By the makers of TCPMP. Costs $19.95US.		Ogg (Vorbis, Theora, Speex), FLAC	Proprietary

• c6 messenger: italian instant messenger with audio/video call based on speex/theora (http://www.icona.net)

Multi-platform

free software

• jOggPlayer: Open Source Java GUI Vorbis Player. It features the usual basics needed to enjoy your files and internet streams.
• VLC Media Player: Open Source media player and streaming server that support virtually every video and audio format
• Mplayer: Open Source video player that supports also many audio formats
• 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
• Jajuk: Jajuk is software that organizes and plays music. It is a full-featured application geared towards advanced users with large or scattered music collections. Using multiple perspectives, the software is designed to be intuitive and provide different ways to perform the same task.
• Firefox: Open Source web browser versions (HTML5 audio OGG Vorbis support since version 3.5, WebM with Vorbis sound since 4.0, OGG Opus since 15)
• FFMp3: Open Source web (flash) streaming player

proprietary software

• JOrbisPlayer: Java Player that uses the JOrbis Java decoder
• jlGui: Winamp clone for Java
• RealPlayer: proprietary player from RealNetworks (version 10 does not play Ogg)
• Microsoft Windows Media Player: Freeware player from Microsoft (version 10 needs DirectShow filter; see Windows players, above). Runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.

DOS

free software

• mpxplay.sf.net Mpxplay: supports many formats (OGG Vorbis, OGG Opus, FLAC (raw and inside OGG), WAVPACK, MP3, ... also can play sound from video files (OGG, WebM and some other formats)

GNU/Linux & *BSD

free software

• AlsaPlayer: ALSA audio player ─ “First player worldwide that did perfect reverse Ogg playback!”
• amaroK: Open Source player for KDE with support for Ogg Vorbis among other formats, streaming, Last.FM, lyrics and covert art download and many many more.
• Beep Media Player (a.k.a. BMPx): XMMS fork that uses GTK+ 2.x and is compatible with both XMMS and Winamp skins
• BossOgg: Jukebox system
• CAJUN: Car audio system
• cplay: curses frontend for Ogg123, mpg123 etc
• GiantDisc: Jukebox system that can be controlled by a Palm
• Gmerlin
• GQmpeg: GTK frontend for mpg123/Ogg123 etc
• Herrie
• JuK: Open Source player for KDE with support for Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3.
• LAMIP: Modular audio player
• MPD: Music Player Daemon is a sound server that supports different clients. Supports many formats, among them Ogg Vorbis and FLAC
• Muine: Open Source player for GNOME with support for Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3.
• Noatun: KDE audio player
• Mesk
• MythTV: PVR project
• PyTone: Python-based jukebox player
• Quodlibet: Based on GStreamer 0.10 and PyGTK. Keep your music organised.
• Rhythmbox
• Sonic-Rainbow
• s.q.u.e.l.c.h.: Vorbis only player
• 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.
• Xine: video player with long list of supported formats
• XMMS
• Jajuk: Jajuk is software that organizes and plays music. It is a full-featured application geared towards advanced users with large or scattered music collections. Using multiple perspectives, the software is designed to be intuitive and provide different ways to perform the same task.

Mac OS X

free software

• Cog – requires Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and greater
• Jajuk: Jajuk is software that organizes and plays music. It is a full-featured application geared towards advanced users with large or scattered music collections. Using multiple perspectives, the software is designed to be intuitive and provide different ways to perform the same task.

proprietary software

• Quicktime components for Quicktime 6 and Quicktime 7 – enables rudimentary support for iTunes 4.7 and greater
• Whamb – supports Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Vorbis streams, requires Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and greater
• kJams – Karaoke program which supports encoding (or re-encoding) of any audio type to Ogg Vorbis, enables editing of comments with the VCEdit Framework, requires 10.3 and the XiphQT package. More Info.
• CorePlayer Pro: By the makers of TCPMP. Costs $19.95US.

Other

free software

• Nintendo DS: **MoonShell 1.71 is a homebrew media player for the Nintendo DS. It can play Ogg Vorbis. It has two Vorbis decoders (both using Tremor), a “high accuracy” one limited to 128kbps average, and a “normal accuracy” one that can use higher bitrates, the default being the normal one.
  • DSOrganize transforms the Nintendo DS into a PDA capable of playing Ogg Vorbis audio.
• Xbox: the Xbox Media Center is an open source project that transforms a modded Xbox with Linux into a media center and streaming client.
• Rockbox: A replacement firmware developed for various digital audio players such as the Ipod, various Archos players, and more. It uses the Tremor library to implement Ogg Vorbis playback.
• Sony Playstation Portable
  • lightmp3 is a GNU GPLv2 licensed player which supports Ogg Vorbis and FLAC playback on the PSP.

proprietary software

• 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.
• Sony Playstation
  • the Media Digital Media Player is a streaming client solution for the Playstation 2.
  • the PSPlayerMT is an “unsupported” Korean media player for the PSP. The specs claim it will play Ogg Theora and Ogg Vorbis.

PalmOS

free software

• POGGPl: still in alpha-stage
• The Magic Lantern: still in alpha-stage
• The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) (Wikipedia article): Formerly (and now once again) known as BetaPlayer. Uses Tremor.
• BetaPlayer (website in development ? Dead as of 2010-Feb): Continuation (and precursor) of TCPMP.

proprietary software

• Pocket Tunes: costs 14.95 US$
• AeroPlayer: gratis for Ogg. MP3 support costs 20 US$
• CorePlayer Mobile: By the makers of TCPMP. Costs $29.95US.

PocketPC

free software

• GSPlayer (WM5/WM6)
• PocketOgg (PPC2002/PPC2003/WM*): Uses Tremor.
• The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) (Wikipedia article, version 0.72 Beta seems to not be compatible with PPC2002): Formerly (and now once again) known as BetaPlayer. Uses Tremor.
• BetaPlayer (website in development ? Dead as of 2010-Feb): Continuation (and precursor) of TCPMP.
• Today Player: a Today screen plugin.

proprietary software

• Conduits Pocket Player: Costs $19.94US.
• PocketMusic (PPC2003/WM*): Costs $19.95US.
• CorePlayer Mobile: By the makers of TCPMP. Costs $29.95US.

Symbian

free software

• OggPlay

proprietary software

• Ogg Vorbis Controller: plugin for Symbian's Multimedia Framework that allows decoding and playing back of Ogg Vorbis compressed audio files
• CorePlayer Mobile: By the makers of TCPMP. Costs $29.95US.

iPhone

free software

• See work in progress on iOS page

proprietary software

• FStream: A no-cost webradio listener/recorder software, which supports Icecast directory browsing and decodes Vorbis streams. No "jailbreak" required.
• yxplayer: for-pay video player, which can play Vorbis audio and Theora video. In app store, no jailbreak required.

Android

proprietary software

• RockPlayer: A NoCost FFMPEG based player that handles most of the formats including OGV/Theora stored on disk. Needs Android 1.6-2.2 with ARM processor.

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For hardware “MP3-players” that support Ogg Vorbis see Vorbis Hardware