iTunes vs Media Player Classic

iTunes

Description: iTunes is a free media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device management application developed by Apple. It is used to play, download, and organize digital multimedia files, including music and video, on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

Media Player Classic

Description: Media Player Classic is a free open source media player for Windows. It supports a wide range of video and audio formats. It is lightweight, customizable, and provides high quality video playback.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

iTunes Features

• Media Library - organize and manage music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks
• Music Store - browse, purchase and download music
• App Store - browse, purchase and download iOS apps
• Device Sync - sync iPhone, iPad and iPod devices
• Playback - play audio and video files
• Radio - access free internet radio stations
• Podcasts - browse, subscribe and manage podcasts

Media Player Classic Features

• Supports a wide variety of media formats including AVI, MKV, MP4, FLV, MOV, WMV, MP3, FLAC
• Lightweight and low resource usage
• Customizable interface and keyboard shortcuts
• Supports subtitles and multiple audio tracks
• Can play YouTube videos
• Media library for organizing files
• Supports hardware acceleration
• Skinnable and themeable interface

iTunes

• Free

Media Player Classic

• Open Source