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VLC media player can display the playing video as the desktop wallpaper, like Windows DreamScene, by using DirectX, only available on Windows operating systems. VLC media player can record the desktop and save the stream as a file, allowing the user to create screencasts.
For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players" are defined as any media player explicitly designed to play audio files, with limited or no support for video playback. Multi-media players designed for video playback, which can also play music, are included under comparison of video player software.
Windows Media Player, bundled with Microsoft Windows. foobar2000, an audio player, supports UPnP via a plugin. MusicBee, an audio player, supports UPnP via a plugin. [2] AIMP, an audio player, supports UPnP via a plugin. Winamp, an audio player, supports UPnP via a plugin (ml_upnp.dll).
Well known examples of media player software include Windows Media Player, VLC media player, iTunes, Winamp, Media Player Classic, MediaMonkey, foobar2000, AIMP, MusicBee and JRiver Media Center. Most of these also include music library managers. Although media players are often multi-media, they can be primarily designed for a specific media.
The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable software media player programs.. For the purpose of this comparison, video players are defined as any media player which can play video, even if it can also play audio files.
This section only includes software, not services. For services programs like Spotify, Pandora, Prime Music, etc. see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services. Likewise, list includes music RSS apps, widgets and software, but for a list of actual feeds, see Comparison of feed aggregators.
Windows? Note License Firefly Media Server: Yes Yes Yes streams music to DAAP clients like iTunes and Rhythmbox: GPL-2.0-or-later: Icecast: Yes Yes Yes a broadcast server, serves audio signals to clients over the HTTP protocol GPL-2.0-only: VLC media player: Yes Yes Yes Yes media and server programs for video and audio streaming VLC: GPL-2.0-or ...
On Windows Phone 7 (WP7) there is no FLAC support available in the default Zune media player [35] [36] though playback is supported in third-party applications like a Flac Player. [37] Similar goes for Windows Phone 8. Microsoft Windows 10 supports FLAC decoding in Windows Media Player and other software that uses Windows platform APIs for ...