# List of available Player A player is a module that Kalliope will use when playing a sound. You can define them in your [settings.yml file](settings.md). See the [complete player documentation](player.md) for more information. ## Core Players Core Players are already packaged with the installation of Kalliope an can be used out of the box. | Name | Description | Note | |-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------| | mplayer | [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html) | | | AlsaAudioPlayer | [AlsaAudioPlayer](https://larsimmisch.github.io/pyalsaaudio/libalsaaudio.html) | Does not handle mp3 | | PyAudioPlayer | [PyAudioPlayer](https://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/) | Does not handle mp3 | | SoundDevicePlayer | [SoundDevicePlayer](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sounddevice) | Does not handle mp3 | ## Community Players Community Players need to be installed manually. Wanna add your Player in the list? Open [an issue](../../issues) and send a pull request to update the list directly.