home theater system or game console that plays audio or video material and/or displays photos. (4) Software such as Windows Media Player and iTunes that organizes and plays audio and video content.

VLC media player, the popular open source software developed by nonprofit VideoLAN, has topped 6 billion downloads worldwide and teased an AI-powered subtitle system.

Today, every smartphone is a portable media player; however, prior to the smartphone explosion in the 2007-2012 time frame, a variety of handheld players were available to store and play music.