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Crazy
Location: Dallas, TX
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A basic media player?
Hey, I currently use Windows Media Player 9, or PowerDVD to watch DivX, XviD, DVD, etc...
My grief with them is, I'm always at my computer, and while sometimes I watch movies fullscreen, it is rare. When they are windowed, the skins are bulky and pointless... I don't need ANY border, I don't need ANY top menu, etc. I *do* use WMP in Skin Mode, it's still to big, I *do* use custom skins to make it smaller... What I'm looking for is a simple (or complex) player, that can handle DivX and XviD codecs, but one that has no bulky skins, *or* an insanely simply skin for WMP or PowerDVD. My best example of what I want is ChrisTV, which I use with my TV Card... ![]() (Sorry, I made it uber low quality, hosting it on crappy upload speed) Top: windows media player, best skin I've found, still a huge, annoying, pointless border, and a stupid SECOND window item, that I've put hovering on the second level of my taskbar (with forward, back volume... wtf, thats stupid, I don't want 17 windows open for one movie). Bottom: ChrisTV, ownage, no border, no anything. It's like a gift from Jesus. See, it's basic, I see the fucking VIDEO, and nothing else... amazing. Who would have thought? I need to be able to make it "Always on Top", it needs to play DivX, XviD, (not DVDs, I don't care)... hopefully also able to use AC3 Audio decoder, etc... all the goodies for good ripped movies. Anyone have any ideas? Favorite programs? WMP skins?
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Knight of the Old Republic
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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This is gonna sound a bit funny, but the actual DivX player is what you need.
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Crazy
Location: Dallas, TX
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Very nice, I like it... only problem so far is you can't seem to resize the windows to anything smaller than the "original".
So if my movie is by default high quality, I can't shrink it down and squeeze it into the corner so I can still fit all my necessary shtuff.
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WARNING: FLAMMABLE
Location: Ask Acetylene
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Try videolan client
www.videolan.org It seperates the video from controls so you can leave only the video on top.
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Junkie
Location: North Hollywood
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I knocked this up in a few minutes for you
http://www.finitemonkeys.com/tfp/minplay.zip Its an exercise in minimalism ![]() double click the window to open a media type, use the [..] to browse right menu to control. it doesn't play DVDs yet, but most other formats yes [edit] forgot to add the Always on top option, so i did, its on the file open dialog ![]() quick manual, download , run, double click to open a file and set on top mode, either type in a URL, filename or press the [..] and browse player should then player left click drag on the window will move it around, sizeing bars will resize it, esc will close it. its ok to put htpp://www.w.com/something.avi etc or file://c/file.avi or just c:\file.avi right click brings up the menu unless i restort to unorthodox methods for resizing the control, you have to have at least a 1 pixel border ![]() Last edited by charliex; 12-23-2003 at 07:28 PM.. |
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I am Winter Born
Location: Alexandria, VA
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What I use (and highly recommend) is BSPlayer - it's got all of the features you're looking for - and dozens more.
And the interface is very minimalistic and customizable (if you don't even want borders and instead just want a floating video, you can do it, etc.)
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Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side
Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.
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what you want is Windows Media Player Classic (otherwise known as 6.4). Minimal skin (in compact mode) and simply functionality. just what you (and I) want.
I am STILL using wmp 6.4 (part of win98se which I run) and I can watch ANYTHING on it, except for dvds, quicktime and real media. I can even get it to play OGG Vorbis encoded files (.ogm). It really is just a matter of downloading and installing the necessary codecs. I have lots of other vid players (and am always on the lookout for more) but I have yet to find one as versatile and satisfying as wmp 6.4. BEST thing MS ever put out.
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Custom title.
Location: Denmark.
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You might want to use the actual program 'Media Payer Classic'
( Get it here http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Players/mpc2kxp6473.zip ) It has the ability to remove everything but the actual window showing the movie.
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Follower of Ner'Zhul
Location: Netherlands
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It plays like a dream though and whatever it does when it starts up, it doesn't reflect at all in the playing of files. |
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