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Player | Video format(s) | Caption format supported | Descriptions supported | Misc. |
| Flash |
FLV (all) SWF, MP3 (CCforFlash only) |
DXFP (all) QTtext (CCforFlash only) |
Yes (embedded) |
CC for Flash component/CS3 component are used to display captions |
| QuickTime |
MOV, AVI, WAV, MP4, others |
QTtext (via SMIL or embedded text tracks |
Yes (via SMIL or embedded audio tracks) |
SMIL support based on partial implementation of version 1.0, but is sufficient for inclusion of captions and descriptions. |
| RealPlayer |
RM, AVI, WAV, others |
RealText (via SMIL) |
Yes (SMIL) |
Nearly 100% support of SMIL 2.0, but extended descriptions are better supported through a SMIL 1.0 workaround. |
| Windows Media Player |
Windows Media, AVI, WAV, others |
SAMI (Windows only) |
No |
- Playback of Windows Media on the Mac provided by Flip4Mac plug-in for the QuickTime Player. Flip4Mac does not support SAMI captions.
- Descriptions can only be provided as part of the main soundtrack.
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