This page lists the known software with Kate support.

Out of the box support

oggz-tools

The oggz tools and liboggz, a layer above libogg, have Kate support throughout for low level manipulation of Kate streams.

ffmpeg2theora

ffmpeg2theora is a video encoder which converts to Vorbis and Theora. It can also include text Kate subtitles.

VLC

VLC is a cross platform media player. It can play simple text and image based Kate subtitles.

Icecast 2

Icecast 2 is a streaming media server. It can transparently stream Kate streams alongside Vorbis and/or Theora.

liboggplay

liboggplay is a layer above liboggz that provides data format abstraction and stream synchronization. It can play simple text Kate streams.

mkvtoolnix

mkvtoolnix is a tool to manipulate Matroska streams. It can manipulate Kate streams in Matroska.

Support needing patches

vorbis-tools

The vorbis tools have support for Kate stream:

MPlayer

MPlayer is a media player. If patched, it can play simple text and image based Kate subtitles.

GStreamer

GStreamer is a media framework. If patched, it can encode simple text and image based Kate streams, as well as decode simple text Kate streams, and render any Kate stream on top of a video.

Thoggen

Thoggen is a Linux DVD ripper. If patched, it can rip subtitle tracks from DVDs to Kate streams alongside Theora and Vorbis.

XMMS

XMMS is the X multimedia system. If patched, it can display Kate lyrics in sync with a song.

the Annodex browser plugin

The Annodex browser plugin is a plugin for Mozilla that allows playing Theora videos in the browser. If patched, it can also display simple text Kate subtitles, and offers a Javascript API to control them.

Subtle

Subtle is a subtitleS editor. If patched, if can edit simple text Kate streams.

Audacious

Audacious is a music player. If patched, it can display Kate lyrics in sync with a song.

xine-lib

xine-lib is a media player framework. If patched, it can decode full text and image based Kate streams and render them.

xine-ui

xine-ui is a frontend for xine-lib. If patched, it can decode text based Kate streams and display text as lyrics in its player window.

liboggplay

liboggplay is a layer above liboggz that provides data format abstraction and stream synchronization. If patched, it can play any Kate stream using the Tiger rendering library.
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