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.
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 which 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 which 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 and 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
free software
- 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
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.
MS DOS
free software
- mpxplay: supports many formats
GNU/Linux & *BSD
free software
- 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. BMPx): 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
free software
- Cog – requires Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and greater
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.
Other
free software
- Xbox: the Xbox Media Center is an open source project that transforms a modded Xbox with Linux into a media center and streaming client.
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.
- 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
free software
- POGGPl: still in alpha-stage
- The Magic Lantern: still in alpha-stage
- The Core Pocket Media Player: (formerly BetaPlayer) media player that uses Tremor
proprietary software
- Pocket Tunes: costs 14.95 US$
- AeroPlayer: gratis for Ogg. MP3 support costs 20 US$
PocketPC
free software
- GSPlayer
- PocketOgg: player that uses Tremor
- The Core Pocket Media Player: (formerly BetaPlayer) media player that uses Tremor
proprietary software
Symbian
free software
proprietary software
- Ogg Vorbis Controller: plugin for Symbian's Multimedia Framework that allows decoding and playing back of Ogg Vorbis compressed audio files
For hardware “MP3-players” that support Ogg Vorbis see VorbisHardware