Editing MPlayer (section)

==Media formats==
[[File:MPlayer cmd win32.png|thumb|MPlayer being run via command line in Microsoft Windows.]]
MPlayer can play many formats, including:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html |title=MPlayer Features |publisher=Mplayerhq.hu |access-date=2012-01-01}}</ref>
* '''Physical media''': [[compact disc|CDs]], [[DVD]]s, [[Video CD]]s, [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] discs
* '''[[Container format (digital)|Container format]]s''': [[3GP]], [[Audio Video Interleave|AVI]], [[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]], [[FLV]], [[Matroska]], [[QuickTime|MOV (QuickTime)]], [[MP4]], NUT, [[Ogg]], [[OGM]], [[RealMedia]], [[Bink Video|Bink]]
* '''[[Template:Compression Formats|Video formats]]''': [[Cinepak]], [[DV (video format)|DV]], [[H.263]], [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]], [[HuffYUV]], [[Indeo]], [[MJPEG]], [[MPEG-1]], [[MPEG-2]], [[MPEG-4 Part 2]], [[RealVideo]], [[Sorenson codec|Sorenson]], [[Theora]], [[Windows Media Video|WMV]], [[Bink Video|Bink]]
* '''Audio formats''': [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[Dolby AC-3|AC3]], [[Apple Lossless|ALAC]], [[Adaptive Multi-Rate|AMR]], [[DTS (sound system)|DTS]], [[FLAC]], Intel Music Coder, [[Monkey's Audio]], [[MP3]], [[Musepack]], [[RealAudio]], [[Shorten (file format)|Shorten]], [[Speex]], [[Vorbis]], [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]], [[Bink Video|Bink]]
* '''[[Subtitles|Subtitle formats]]''': AQTitle, [[SubStation Alpha|ASS/SSA]], [[Closed captioning|CC]], JACOsub, [[MicroDVD]], MPsub, OGM, PJS, RT, [[SAMI|Sami]], [[SubRip|SRT]], SubViewer, [[VobSub|VOBsub]], VPlayer
* '''Image formats''': [[BMP file format|BMP]], [[JPEG]], [[Multiple-image Network Graphics|MNG]], [[PCX]], PTX<!--Pentax RAW Image?-->, [[Truevision TGA|TGA]], [[Tag Image File Format|TIFF]], [[Silicon Graphics Image|SGI]], [[Sun Raster]]
* '''Protocols''': [[Real-time Transport Protocol|RTP]], [[Real Time Streaming Protocol|RTSP]], [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|HTTP]], [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]], [[Microsoft Media Services|MMS]], Netstream ({{mono|mpst://}}), [[Server Message Block|SMB]], {{mono|ffmpeg://}} (Uses [[FFmpeg]]'s protocol implementations)

MPlayer can also use a variety of output driver protocols to display video, including [[VDPAU]], the [[X video extension]], [[OpenGL]], [[DirectX]], [[Direct3D]], [[Quartz Compositor]], [[VESA]], [[Framebuffer]], [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]] and rarer ones such as [[ASCII art]] (using [[AAlib]] and [[libcaca]]) and [[Project Blinkenlights|Blinkenlights]]. It can also be used to display TV from a TV card using the device {{mono|{{not a typo|tv}}://channel}}, or play and capture radio channels via {{mono|radio://channel{{!}}frequency}}.

Since version 1.0RC1, Mplayer can decode subtitles in [[SubStation Alpha|ASS/SSA]] subtitle format, using [[libass]].

===Available plugins===
* [[XMMS]] plugins
* [[Avisynth]]