Music Player Daemon vs QMPlay2
Music Player Daemon
musicpd.orgQMPlay2
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| Figure | Music Player Daemon | QMPlay2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Player Software | 8.5 (#11) | 8.7 (#8) |
| Android availability | The download page links to an MPD Android APK on F-Droid, while the manual describes the Android build as experimental and says local playback uses OpenSL ES because ALSA is unavailable. | The latest release page says the experimental Android package is no longer provided. |
| Format support | WAV,AIFF,AAC,FLAC,DSDIFF,DSF,MP3,FFmpeg-supported codecs | FFmpeg-supported formats and codecs; Audio CD; raw files; chiptunes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License model | free | free |
| Network playback | Yes | Yes |
| Supported platforms | Linux,Windows,macOS,Android | 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. |
| Support | The project lists a help page, forum, IRC, and bug tracker as support channels. | The project repository provides Issues and Discussions as places for community reports and questions. |
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In their own words
Music Player Daemon
Music Player Daemon 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.