Dragon Player vs QMPlay2
Dragon Player
apps.kde.orgQMPlay2
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Dragon Player | QMPlay2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Video Player Software | 8.5 (#4) | 8.2 (#13) |
| License | KDE identifies the application as GPL-2.0+ licensed. | The repository identifies its license as LGPL-3.0. |
| Purpose | Dragon Player is a video player focused on simplicity and playing video files and streams. | QMPlay2 is a video and audio player that can play formats supported by FFmpeg. |
| Support | The application page links to the Dragon Player Handbook and KDE forum for help, and to KDE Bugzilla to report bugs. | The project repository provides Issues and Discussions as places for community reports and questions. |
Plans
In their own words
Dragon Player
Dragon Player has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
QMPlay2
QMPlay2 is a free video and audio player for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It handles formats and codecs supported by FFmpeg, along with Audio CDs, raw files, and chiptunes. Playback features include subtitles, network playback, hardware acceleration, spherical view, automatic interlace detection, and deinterlacing filters. A YouTube browser is included; playback requires yt-dlp, which QMPlay2 can download automatically. The documentation also describes using Streamlink as the player and an optional Last.fm extension for scrobbling with a configured account. Hardware video decoding options vary by system and include Vulkan Video, NVIDIA CUVID, Windows DXVA2 and D3D11VA, Linux/BSD VA-API, and macOS VideoToolBox. On Linux and BSD, multimedia-key controls and MPRIS2 commands are documented. QMPlay2 is licensed under LGPL-3.0. The latest macOS release requires Big Sur or later. Windows XP builds and the offline Windows build have stated service limitations, and the latest release page says the experimental Android package and Linux AppImage are no longer provided.