foobar2000 vs QMPlay2
foobar2000
foobar2000.orgQMPlay2
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| Figure | foobar2000 | QMPlay2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Player Software | 9.0 (#5) | 8.7 (#8) |
| 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 | FFmpeg-supported formats and codecs; Audio CD; raw files; chiptunes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License model | free | free |
| Network playback | It can stream music on a local network and control network audio players or another foobar2000 instance. | Yes |
| Platforms | Official versions are available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS; the Windows build can run on Linux through Wine. | The latest release page lists downloads for Windows and macOS and links to Arch Linux packages; it says Android experimental packages and AppImage are no longer provided. |
| Product | foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player. | QMPlay2 is a video and audio player that supports formats handled by FFmpeg, Audio CDs, raw files, and chiptunes. |
| Support | The official support page links to help articles, forums, and the foobar2000 wiki. | The project repository provides Issues and Discussions as places for community reports and questions. |
Plans
In their own words
foobar2000
foobar2000 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.