Best media player around

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use Media Player Classic mostly now, even though BSPlayer is a really great player as well. I just alternate between the two, but recently, I have a lot of troubles opening files with BSPlayer. That leaves me with MPC, and I believe that is one of the best media players around.

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

bsplayer.............cuz it works good lol

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I've been using Windows Media Player Classic forever... Simple = best Tongue

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use MPC because it's just simple and good theres no bloat like with a lot of others.. I also have VLC because that media player will just play anything you throw at it (it works better then avipreview programs for incomplete files Tongue

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What I also like about MPC is that I can maximise the window and keep the video size the same (I get distracted by wall papers and such easily Big Smile

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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use Media Player Classic because it pulls plugins from every other player you have installed, and does a better job. Also, the forced codecs feature is a lifesaver for people with bad monitors like me that need ffdshow to maintain color balance. Tongue

Also, if you've never used the keypad in MPC for proportion/ratio changing, you should really try it. It helps a lot when you're attempting to make anamorphic stuff.

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use a lot of media players like Quicktime, Realplayer, Irfanview, WMP (version 10) and WMP (classic version and not the MPC).

BSPlayer is a good one to use also, but I haven't used ZoomPlayer before and I might take a look at it.

I used to use VLC a long time ago until it crashed on me a lot. I haven't checked up on it in a while, but I'll see if it has improved since that time I lasted used it. The same goes for mplayer although I heard it was pretty good on most formats thrown at it (just like VLC).

Now, as to which one of these media players are the best, I can say that it's a tough call since they all work the same to me (if you exclude the formats in which every since one of them can play). scratch

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:58 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i haven't really played around with different players, i just use the one that was installed on my comp to begin with. so, of course i use media player.

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use a lot of media player like DIVX, Pro BSplayer, WMP10, Media player classic, VLC, and GOM! I prefered GOM the most which is not listed in the list!

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:53 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I still prefer BS Player cos I'm use to it. Big Smile

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

mplayer Ownz all of them :p

http://mplayerhq.hu

its available for nix, mac, win. its the best if you dont mind using the command line interface. (subtitles/video/audio synch no problems and plays almost everything i throw at it, even jpeg ) Smile

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use ViPlay since 2002.

It's such a wonderful free player.

It supports 59 different subtitle formats and has an inbuilt
subtitle delay.
So if subtitles are some seconds/frames off you can adjust them easily yourself.
Also your subtitles don't have to be named like the video file or be in the
same folder. You can load them separately, even audio streams.
It has more than 30 languages inbuilt.
You can even configure searching(skipping).
You can take screen shots simply by pressing p.
If you like winamp's GUI you'll feel very comfortable using ViPlay.

I've tried other players like zoomplayer but wasn't satisfied.

The only other players I use are MPC for streams (web-TV, Real-Media) and
foobar for audio files.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:30 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i'm currently using media player classic with the k-lite codec pack myself.

(moving to 'tech talk')

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:13 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

My vote's for Zoom player. It plays everything (including real media files) and the codec manager and other utilities are worth keeping it even if you still loved an old player! I like also the frame copy command, so handy for making those pesky avatar snaps! BTW, even windows media player will play rmvb files. It gives you a stupid message about not recognizing the file type and asks if you want it to try playing it anyway. Say yes, and away you go.