PotPlayer vs QMPlay2
PotPlayer
potplayer.ioQMPlay2
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| Figure | PotPlayer | QMPlay2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Player Software | 8.1 (#26) | 8.7 (#8) |
| Format support | SMI,SRT,Vobsub,Blu-ray subtitles,ASS/SSA,SMI Ruby tags | FFmpeg-supported formats and codecs; Audio CD; raw files; chiptunes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware acceleration | The player supports DXVA, CUDA, and QuickSync hardware acceleration. | Yes |
| License model | free | free |
| Supported platforms | Windows | 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 | PotPlayer is a multimedia player for viewing media files on a computer. | QMPlay2 is a video and audio player that supports formats handled by FFmpeg, Audio CDs, raw files, and chiptunes. |
| Security | The license says the company operates a security system to protect users' personal information and announces and complies with its Privacy Policy. | GitHub reports that the project has no security policy set up and no published security advisories. |
| Subtitle support | Yes | Yes |
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In their own words
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.