Best media player around

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:09 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use two, Media player Classic and VLC.

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Does anyone know what player do I need if I'm going to play a MPEG-4 file? Except form Quicktime... It also works in Real and Windows Media Player but I can only hear the sound, I can't see the video.

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I sometimes use WMP, but I mostly use MediaPortal

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I use windows media player most of the time because the shortcut is easy to acess(it's in my tool bar) but the best player is Media Player Classic because it plays everything! Tongue

;)

Hi all
am new here.... i have just managed to dowload the whole serie, but cannot seem to play it. I have downloaded VCL Media player as suggested, but i'm not getting any pics and the sound is very jumpy. Would this be because the file is bad or am I just got the wrong player. the file RMVB, therefore I could not watch this on my usual window media player, which i think only plays avi file. Could someone please help me

Thank you
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

mmm...i think you're having troubles in watching the rmvb files because you dont have the proper codecs installed.

Have you tried this?:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Well,,,,, from the poll i use VLC
but i use Jet Audio.. it's good!

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:53 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

The top of my list for now is Zoomplayer. I'm shocked that when I cast my vote, it only made up 4% of the total votes... Is it because it's not highly distributed as VLC or MPC? I got Zoomplayer when I downloaded the CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack).
Let's get down to the details:
I prefer using Zoomplayer because the program launches faster than WMP. Next it can play the next videos in the same folder with just a simple click of the 'next chapter/track' button. I realised that other players can't do this, we'd have to go to 'File' and open the next video manually. Zoomplayer's interface is also simple and user-friendly, of which I think VLC loses out on. VLC has a bunch of buttons (which are pretty small) and different options on the toolbar. It can be pretty intimidating for first-time users (at least, it was for me). Zoomplayer's aesthetic appeal also wins over VLC which looks very bland and technical. Also, the video disappears when we restore the full-sized window down, and only the audio is playing. Of course, the video appears again when we restore it up again, but that isn't the same case for other players. The video would just become smaller, and not disappear altogether.
I've also found that the clarity of videos played varies between players. So far, VLC plays the most crisp videos, so that's its advantage to me. Zoomplayer is good enough as well. The worst by far is MPC, the videos look somewhat less crisp.
WMP is the most unfriendly of all the players when it comes to different formats. Zoomplayer tops it for me because it can also play .rmvb and .flv files for example. VLC though, is the most versatile, as it can even play damaged files.

That's my summary for media players. Take note though that I'm not really an expert at this. Tongue

For experienced users, VLC is probably the best option. I just think Zoomplayer is the easiest to use with maximum functions for the majority of us.
Ijou~ Big Smile

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i think vlc iz the best..........

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I would but I don't know what the site is saying. since i can only speak and read in english.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

On the list provided, I like VLC because it can play incomplete video files. This helps me a lot if I'm downloading a video torrent and want to find out if I should keep downloading the torrent or not.

But overall, I like GOM Player. I used to use MPC, but it kept shutting down on my computer and having problems, so I gave up on it.

Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I voted for media player classic. I usually use GOM player because I regard it the best. You don't need to search for codexs with it. But my second choise is always Media player classic. It's simple, easy to use and plays almost all files.

I also have VLC on my comp. I rarely use it. It's simple but has too little features for me. And I have noticed that when I watch LQ files GOMplayer gives better video quality.

I'm not surprised that winamp has so little votes. It's good but definitely not for playing video files. It launches slowly and doesn't play softsubs. But tehn again it played some files that none other player woudl play. I still love winamp as audio player.

Players that I definitely hate are BSplayer and DivX. They have too much advertisment in them.

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

VLC Hands down, it can play almost anything!