VLC playback Features

     
Windows Mac OS X Linux BeOS FreeBSD OpenBSD Familiar Linux
MPEG Layer 1/2Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MP3 - MPEG Layer 3Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AAC - MPEG-4 part3Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VorbisYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AC3 - A/52 (Dolby Digital)Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MLP / TrueHD 3Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DTSYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WMA 1/2Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WMA 3 Yes 1 No 1 Yes 1 No No No
FLACYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ALACYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SpeexYes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
Musepack / MPCYes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
ATRAC 3Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
WavpackYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mod (.s3m, .it, .mod)Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
TrueAudio (TTA)Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
APE (Monkey Audio)Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real Audio 2Partial Partial Partial Untested Partial No
Alaw/µlawYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AMR (3GPP)Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MIDINo Untested Yes No Yes Untested
LPCMYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ADPCMYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
QCELPYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DV AudioYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
MACEYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  1. Windows DMO codecs can be used by VLC on 32-bit x86 platforms and allow WMV-3/WMA-3 decoding. This feature is untested on Intel-based Macs.
  2. Sipr codec playback is not supported.
  
 
  • Yes = Yes
  • Partial = Partial
  • No = No
  • Untested = Untested
  

Streaming

See the Streaming features page