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

free software

• wxmusik: 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 player
• mediaportal: home theater software
• mpeg audio collection: organizer for music collection
• mediamonkey: easy-to-use player/tagger/media library with built-in ripper & burner. Can even encode & transcode to Ogg Vorbis

proprietary software

• winamp: very popular player supporting many formats.
• 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
• dbpoweramp audio player: freeware player with Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support
• dbpoweramp music converter: freeware audio conversion software with Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support. also includes cd ripping
• 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
• zinf: zinf is not freeamp, freeware player
• vuplayer: multi-format freeware audio player with very easy interface.
• directshow filter: adds support for Ogg Vorbis, ogg speex, ogg Theora, ogg FLAC, and native FLAC to any directshow-compliant player such as windows media player and bsplayer
• musikcube: freeware player
• ksp sound player: freeware player with lyrics, media library, suggestion searching and automatic playlist generation
• visonair.tv player: freeware player - plays Ogg Vorbis and Theora streams
• jetaudio basic: freeware player with Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support.
• huelix audio recorder: audio recording software with support for Ogg Vorbis, WMA, MP3, and wav formats.
• huelix audio converter: audio conversion software to convert among Ogg Vorbis, WMA, MP3, and wav formats.

Multi-platform

• 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
• 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 (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

• mpxplay: supports many formats

Linux/BSD

• XMMS
• Rhythmbox
• JuK: Open Source player for KDE with support for Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3.
• 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.
• 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
• LAMIP: Modular audio player
• Quodlibet: Based on GStreamer 0.10 and PyGTK. Keep your music organised.

Mac OS X

• Cog – requires Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and greater
• 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.

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.

• 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 audio.

• Nintendo DS:

Moonshell 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.

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
• OGG Vorbis Controller: Plugin for Symbian's Multimedia Framework that allows decoding and playing back of Ogg Vorbis compressed audio files

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