Anyone know a good media player to use?

[Reaper88]

I am wondering what good media players there are out there. I just started using WMP9 and i am looking for something better. Any suggestions?

[BJ_M]

Media Player Classic

[g_shocker182]

If you don't like the new style you should just change the skin to Windows Classic.

[BJ_M]

If you don't like the new style you should just change the skin to Windows Classic.

but that still doesnt fixed the underbelly bloatware it is ..

player classic has way more usefull features also ... with a smaller footprint .. media player is one app where i wished M$ did not try to copy apple and quicktime player (which also pretty well sucks also)

[housepig]

Zoom Player is pretty decent.

not super bloated, nice feature set, and it doesn't lock up the system the way WMP does on some bad files....

[Anonymoususer]

www.corecoded.com

try Core Player, it's a very excellent OGM PLayer I can tell you that...but it also plays various formats aswell...I am truly impressed.


There is a free version and a Buying version.

[HillJack]

XBOX Media Player 2.4 rules all

http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de

[Reaper88]

Thanks for the help guys. I also dont like the way WMP9 locks up every time i play a file that is not perfect.

[feeras]

HI,

I found that WinDVD is a great player.

Cheers,
feeras

[Anonymoususer]

Um..PowerDVD is even better...

[BJ_M]

Um..PowerDVD is even better... :D

most of the maybe -- but not for HD and transport streams ...

also i hate the PowerDVD gui .. little tiny buttons you can not hardly see ..

thier mpeg2 decoder is real good though ...

[g_shocker182]

I never use anything other than WMP. If it ain't from Microsoft, I don't trust it. Realplayers alirght, but I just don't trust software like "core player" or "Zoom Player".

[housepig]

I just don't trust software like "core player" or "Zoom Player".

why is that?

I can't speak to core player, but Zoom Player is a nice little low-profile player with some decent features...

[Prospero424]

Just to weigh in on the topic, I hav found that Zoom Player and BSPlayer tend to be the most relaible, feature-rich free players available. In fact these tend to have more features than most of the commercial players. Media Player Clasic is also very good, especially when coupled with the Real Alternative and the QuickTime Alternative because it also supports A/V web streaming.

While I personally have had good luck with Windows Media Player in general, I have found through extensive experience with other people's computers that it is far more susceptable to interference from third party software than these other players.

Anyway, to conclude, I use Zoom Player for media playback, WinDVD for watching DVD movies only, and Media Player Classic for streaming video and audio. Oh, and Winamp 2 with the MAD decoder for audio playback.


Prospero

[vance43211]

Musicmatch_Jukebox_plus


basic is free

the best media player for handling audio chores

only $20.00 more will get you the plus version

it ripping or burning programs are as powerful as the $100.00 cd burning programs

it is the best program for ripping a cd to mp3 and convert one audio format to another. period

this is the only program that i know of that organize your mp3 cd text in the right order when you burn your cds

all of the burning programs misses the ball on that one

if you know what you are doing, you can burn a dvd on it

they can play whatever kind of music you listen to with their radio stations

and for for $3.00 a month you can listen to whoever you want too as they have over a million song in their data base with their artist on demand feature

[Reaper88]

I tried out the Media Player Classic and i really like it. Lots of nice features.

[BJ_M]

I never use anything other than WMP. If it ain't from Microsoft, I don't trust it. .......

you are missing out on a lot of software then ..... M$ software is not really always known for being the best in many cases .. or even the most compatable with its own OS.


keep in mind that MANY parts of microsoft os and apps are accually from third parties anyway .

[DrWafer]

we all know that windowsXP is a stable OS.

and we all know that if there is a possibility this OS to became unstable and hang it will be due to "windows explorer""internet explorer" "wmp" or
other microsoft software.
so for file browsing i use anything else than wexplorer,for browsing i try
to use iexplorer the less possible,and for media files i love to use
PowerDVD,zoomplayer and try any new soft around.

if you watch media files on your tvset if it is connected to pc`s vga card
you ll find that zoomplayer gives excellend quality superior to wmp.

[Anonymoususer]

DivXerouS wrote:
Um..PowerDVD is even better...

most of the maybe -- but not for HD and transport streams ...

also i hate the PowerDVD gui .. little tiny buttons you can not hardly see ..

thier mpeg2 decoder is real good though ...

that is why the best way to work PowerDVD is to right click on your movie and then select the options given depending on your movie...