foobar2000 vs PotPlayer
foobar2000
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| Figure | foobar2000 | PotPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Player Software | 9.0 (#5) | 8.1 (#26) |
| Format support | MP3,MP2,MP1,M4A/AAC/Apple Lossless,Ogg Vorbis,Opus,Musepack,Speex,AC3,DTS,WMA,FLAC/Ogg FLAC,WavPack,Monkey's Audio,TAK,WAV,Wave64,RF64,AIFF,AU/SND,Matroska/WebM,MPEG Transport Stream,Audio CD,HLS radio | SMI,SRT,Vobsub,Blu-ray subtitles,ASS/SSA,SMI Ruby tags |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License model | free | free |
| Platforms | Official versions are available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS; the Windows build can run on Linux through Wine. | Windows |
| Product | foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player. | PotPlayer is a multimedia player for viewing media files on a computer. |
| Windows support | The Windows version supports Windows 7 or newer and is offered in 32-bit, 64-bit, and ARM builds. | The site lists Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, and 7, with x86, x64, and ARM64 downloads. |
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