QMPlay2 vs Quod Libet
QMPlay2
github.com
Quod Libet
quodlibet.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | QMPlay2 | Quod Libet |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Player Software | 8.7 (#8) | 8.2 (#24) |
| Format support | FFmpeg-supported formats and codecs; Audio CD; raw files; chiptunes | MP3,Ogg Vorbis,Speex,Opus,FLAC,Musepack,MOD,XM,IT,WavPack,MPEG-4 AAC,WMA,MIDI,Monkey's Audio |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | The repository identifies its license as LGPL-3.0. | Quod Libet and its associated modules are free software distributed under GNU GPL version 2 or later, with alternate licensing terms possibly applying to some files or modules. |
| License model | free | free |
| Network playback | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | 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. | The project repository describes Quod Libet as available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. |
| Product | QMPlay2 is a video and audio player that supports formats handled by FFmpeg, Audio CDs, raw files, and chiptunes. | Quod Libet is a GTK+-based audio player and music library manager written in Python that uses the Mutagen tagging library. |
| Streaming integration | The README documents using Streamlink with QMPlay2 as the player. | The features page lists SoundCloud browsing and streaming with login and native favorites support. |
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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.
Quod Libet
Quod Libet is a free audio player for Linux, macOS and Windows, built with GTK+ and written in Python. It handles libraries with tens of thousands of songs and supports formats including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Opus, FLAC, Musepack, MOD, XM, IT, WavPack, MPEG-4 AAC, WMA, MIDI and Monkey’s Audio. Users can browse by tags or directories and search with regular expressions, structured boolean logic or Python expressions. Its tag editor supports Unicode, batch changes and renaming files based on tags. Playback features include Replay Gain, shuffle, a configurable queue, podcasts, Internet radio and playlist import and export in XSPF, M3U and PLS formats. Plugins include integrations for MusicBrainz, CDDB, Last.fm, Sonos and Logitech Squeezebox; the feature page lists more than 80 contributed plugins. Podcast feeds are checked every two hours, and episodes can be downloaded. Radio streams support MP3 and Ogg Vorbis; other formats may need additional GStreamer plugins, and stations cannot be added to playlists or the play queue. Playback requires GStreamer or xine-lib. Quod Libet is free software under GNU GPL version 2 or later, though alternate terms may apply to some files or modules. The listed macOS 4.6.1 disk image is marked unofficial.