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jorgelito 08-28-2008 08:46 PM

What's the best Media Player?
 
Can anyone recommend a good media player? For example: Quicktime, VLC Player, Windows Media Player. I don't really like Quicktime all that much.

Thanks.

Frosstbyte 08-28-2008 09:46 PM

Well, what kind of media do you want to play and what do you want it to do? Are you just trying to watch individual movies or clips? Are you trying to organize a big collection? Music or movies or dvds?

jorgelito 08-29-2008 08:05 AM

Watch movies.

Baraka_Guru 08-29-2008 08:15 AM

I use VLC Player by default. I avoid Windows Media Player like the plague. I don't mind Quicktime, but I only really use it when it's embedded on the Web.

VLC Player is small and easy and plays just about anything.

jorgelito 08-29-2008 08:22 AM

Yeah, despite the lack of responses I went with VLC last night. Doesn't seem to be many computer people around here.

LoganSnake 08-29-2008 08:26 AM

Winamp for music. VLC for video. I don't use anything else.

Baraka_Guru 08-29-2008 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jorgelito (Post 2515145)
Yeah, despite the lack of responses I went with VLC last night. Doesn't seem to be many computer people around here.

Well, you did just fine, then. I hope you continue to enjoy the program.

Plaid13 08-29-2008 08:46 AM

vlc is nice but i prefer windows media player classic just because its so simple once you get all the right codecs its nice. VLC is nice if you dont want to worry about codecs.

jorgelito 08-29-2008 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru (Post 2515150)
Well, you did just fine, then. I hope you continue to enjoy the program.

Thanks! I downloaded it for both Mac and PC.

LoganSnake 08-29-2008 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plaid13 (Post 2515165)
vlc is nice but i prefer windows media player classic just because its so simple once you get all the right codecs its nice. VLC is nice if you dont want to worry about codecs.

I have just about every codec there is. Had to download some for some files to play in VLC, so you still need codecs for it.

Baraka_Guru 08-29-2008 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jorgelito
Thanks! I downloaded it for both Mac and PC.

Yeah, I have it on both machines as well. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they have an OS X version.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoganSnake (Post 2515209)
Had to download some for some files to play in VLC, so you still need codecs for it.

I have yet to come across this issue. What file types need codecs in VLC?

LoganSnake 08-29-2008 10:45 AM

Well, I don't know anymore because everything works now. Was a while ago.

Plaid13 08-30-2008 04:41 PM

Hum yeah never had to worry about codecs with vlc But i just download klite codec pack and use windows media player classic and everything works anyway.

tiltedbc 09-05-2008 11:25 PM

I use VLC for all things video. Winamp for audio.

jorgelito 09-06-2008 12:16 AM

Thanks again everyone for your insight and thank you Baraka for your Mac perspective. The WD My Book Essential 500 GB is serving me well at the moment. Only problem is I can't write to it from my Mac.

God of Thunder 09-06-2008 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoganSnake (Post 2515146)
Winamp for music. VLC for video. I don't use anything else.

What he said:thumbsup:

SecretMethod70 07-16-2009 03:53 AM

I'll echo the VLC for video, Winamp for Audio sentiment. Other apps may be flashier, but VLC just plain works. I haven't downloaded codecs in years.

roachboy 07-16-2009 12:53 PM

another vlc endorsement.
i use it for streaming audio as well.

Jetée 07-16-2009 01:28 PM

I use realplayer for the most part (and it surprised me to notice that the monolith 'Google', now endorses it as well), if only because I don't usually encounter other audio and video formats that deviate from my mp3/avi/wmv/mp4/mov usuals.

I did, however, recently install VLC player if for whatever case, I cannot play a file, I upload it to the payer and check to see if it runs. VLC is now my patented backup, and Realplayer is my starter; if for whatever reason, the starter fails, I bring out the closer.

tcp 07-18-2009 12:02 PM

VLC is easy to use, but the interface is not very nice. SMPlayer (GUI for mplayer) is good too, remembers the playback position on every video, and is based off a open-source all-in-one player (like VLC). Zoom Player is the best IMO if you're willing to pay for it, it will download the essential codecs for you and it has many options to set up everything. I recommend using Haali Video Renderer in lieu of the standard Windows VMR. Another option is to use a codec pack. Some people like K-Lite Codec Pack but i prefer the Combined Community Codec Pack. They both come with media player classic and BSplayer. Its OK to use both an all-in-one media player like VLC or mplayer and a codec pack, however, dont install two different codec packs and if you switch codec packs, use a cleaner before installing the new one.


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