You need only one Media Player, because RealPlayer supports almost all media formats or files, including:
- AAC/aacPlus v1 (.aac, .m4a, .m4b, .mp4, .acp, .m4p)
- Adobe Flash (*.swf)
- AIFF (*.aif, *.aiff)
- AU Audio Files (*.au)
- AVI (*.avi, *.divx) (you must have the DivX codec installed)
- CD Audio (.cda)
- DVD (*.vob)
- Microsoft Windows Media Streaming Protocol (mms://)
- MP3 (.mp3, .mp2, .mp2, .m3u)
- MPEG Video (*.mpg, *.mpeg, *.m2v, *.mpe etc)
- Panasonic AAC (*.acp)
- Playlists (*.rpl, *.xpl, *.pls, *.m3u)
- QuickTime (*.mov, *.qt) (Quick Time Player must be installed)
- RealMedia (.ram, .rm, .ra, .rmm, .rax, .rv)
- RealPix (*.rp)
- RealText (*.rt)
- RealTime Streaming Protocol (rtsp://)
- Progressive Networks Streaming Protocols (pna://, pnm://)
- Synchronized Multimedia Language (*.smil, *.smi)
- Scalable Multicast (*.sdp)
- WAV (*.wav)
- Windows Media (*.wma, *.wmv and etc) (requires Windows Media Player 9/10)
Formats supported by a plug-in:
- 3GP (Requires QuickTime) (*.3gp, *.3gpp)
- Adobe SVG (*.svg)
- AMR Audio Files (*.amr)
- AT&T A2B (*.a2b, *.mes)
- Audible Audio (*.aa)
- BeHere iVideo 360° Movies (*.bhiv)
- Camtasia Video (*.camv)
- Digital Bitcasting
- Envivio (*.mp4)
- EVEN Technologies PSI Video (*.psi, *.fxv)
- iPIX 360° Movies (*.ipx)
- LearnKey RealCBT (*.lkv)
- Liquid Audio (*.la, *.lmsff, *.lqt *.lavs *.lar *.la1 )
- LiveUpdate! Streaming MIDI files (*.mid, *.midi, *.rmi)
- Luidia eBeam (*.wbs)
- MIMIO Boardcast (*.mbc *.ri, *.mim)
- Netpodium Quickcast Image (*.npi)
- Object Video (*.obv)
- Ogg Vorbis/Theora (*.ogg, *.ogm)
- On2 VP5 (*.vp5)
- PulsePlayer (*.pw3)
- RichFX (*.vpg, *.wgs)
- ScreenWatch (*.scw)
- XCD CDs