Media players, what do you use?

[Malcontent]

I use Foobar2000 (http://www.foobar2000.org/) mainly because I can play FLAC files with it. I would use VLC but I like the foobar interface. What do you guys use, and what kinds of files do you play with it?

[ownage]

Only VLC! Sometimes Media Player Classic, because you can sharpen the video with FFDSHOW.

[[XC] Lead Head]

VLC here as wel

@ownage, the latest builds of VLC appear to have sharpening features?

[Xello]

Media player classic HC :up:

[bot@xs]

+1 for media player classic

[larrabee]

After going through several players, I've settled on Zoom Player (and sometimes MPC). VLC doesn't look too good with 1080p video, and WMP is annoying.

[YukonTrooper]

Winamp, PowerDVD 9, Media Player with filters.

[pwolfe]

vlc and boxee all the way.

[Ashraf]

Media Player Classic.

[slim142]

Media Player Classic HC
w/ K-Lite Mega Codec pack
Yes I dont need 90% of the codecs, but I like to know I have them :D

[tiro_uspsss]

depends on file type..:

mp3, songs: winamp
dvd: PowerDVD9
video file: VLC or WMP11

[slim142]

oh yeah for music only winamp is needed.

[Mic]

media player and winamp

[ripken204]

as tiro said, depends on the media..

for video, VLC
for audio, Songbird

[labs23]

Video: MPC -Suites best for me.

Audio: iTunes, WMP.

[ferrari_freak]

I use Media Player Classic with CCCP (codec pack) but I've got VLC installed as backup.

[AndrewZorn]

foobar2000 for music (recent convert)
media player classic with CCCP for video (VLC as backup)

is there any other way?

EDIT wow i am just like ^^^

EDIT2 and quod libet (audacious backup) / vlc (mplayer backup) on linux
installing gentoo right now i am giving VMs another go now that i discovered virtualbox
prolly go with kde this time though

[Mescalamba]

Foobar.. cause it simply sounds best for me. :D

[EnJoY]

VLC for all video.

MediaMonkey for all audio.

Both are best in class.

I used to be a Winamp user, as long as I can remember. A month ago I switched to MediaMonkey, no comparison.

[trance565]

i use the k lite MPC pack, works well for everything so far.

[largon]

Media Player Plassic HC for video, evaluating Songbird for audio. Tried Foobar, didn't like, lacks critical features.
VLC would be fine for video - if it didn't crash all the time.

But Winamp has by far the best UI ever.

[faster3200]

VLC and WMP for audio and video w/ CCCP.
WMP only because VLC doesn't work with my G15.
VLC because WMP has issues with some file types.

I have tried every program here but I had some sort of complaint about all of them so I just distilled it down to the ones I needed. MediaMonkey is great though :up:

[BeepBeep2]

VLC and WMP, I use Rhapsody (software, 128kbps WMA9's) to stream music on demand.

[RADCOM]

Power DVD 7 and 9 ( 7 for the HD movies I had ), WMP classic and VLC. Still trying to find out if my computer tired eyes can discern any noticeable diference in picture quality.

[killerxx7]

VLC=video

Media monkey=music only coz winamp don't play nice with 100k+ tracks :down:

[Mescalamba]

Foobar 2K + Creative ASIO (8 channel mix to headphones via Auzentech SW) :)

Best sound directly from PC ever..

[grimREEFER]

media player classic home cinema is the best for videos, you can configure it to use whatever filters you want, and it is fully multithreaded for video and offers hardware acceleration for vc1 and mpeg4avc. also, there is a 64bit version.

[breathemetal]

I know most people hate it, but Itunes on my mbp.
On my gaming pc, if i ever do listen to music on it, i use foobar

[Jokester_wild]

winamp + vlc + windows media classic w/ plugin.

[Donnie27]

I use Foobar 2000 (the most), + Creative Media Player-Converter-Wave Studio, VLC Player, Audacity, iTunes and WPM. They each do something I like.

[playah]

Winamp for music
Vlc and GOM media player for video

[dan7777]

Gom player

[Anubis13]

I use WMP and PowerDVD(new version)

[nfm]

foobar2000, hands down the most useful software for media stuff
PowerDVD for blu-ray plaback

xmms, on gnu/linux, majority of foss apps horribly suck
mplayer for the rest

[Dr_Swizz]

Video: MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu)
Audio: XMMS (http://www.xmms.org/) (with UADE (http://zakalwe.fi/uade/) :-)

[chispy]

WMP Classic and Power DVD 9 , thats all i need :D.

[STEvil]

Foobar for Audio

VLC for Video

KMPlayer when VLC wont work

Only issue's i've had are with 1080P content..

[pheonix991]

Media player classic HC for video
Media Monkey for music
I've got an htpc on the way, so until I get that setup, I use the ps3 for movies/tvshows.

[MentholMoose]

I've been using Zoom Player for video since about 2003, foobar2000 for audio for the same time. I also use MPC-HC (previously plain MPC) for video sometimes, though.

[alpha0ne]

Foobar2000 for music..........MPC-HC for all my mooovies = win win

[alpha0ne]

WMP Classic and Power DVD 9 , thats all i need :D.


You obviously don't watch HD/bloooray

And to think Cyberlink actually charge for their rubbish :down:

[NaMcO]

I only use WMP. Latest version with Windows 7 is simply awesome.

[gillll]

on win7 - wmp + win7codec pack (gabest mkv splitter + coreavc)
on winxp - wmp + klite mega codec pack (halli splitter + coreavc)

i can play/hear all formats and subtitles.

[Computurd]

WMP for everything, why not? With WIN7 it is frickin unbeatable!

[alpha0ne]

WMP for everything, why not? With WIN7 it is frickin unbeatable!

Too bad its no good for HD-DVD or blooooray, I use TMT3 for those :up:

[zalbard]

KMPlayer only for video, I haven't encountered anything better.
The best image quality, tons of settings, great performance, free, it's a small app, doesn't require additional codecs.

[lunat!c#]

Foobar = music (minimalistic + 5.1 filters).
Winamp = radio channels.
MPC HC = hd/dvd/videos (gpu accelerated/shaders/) i.c.w ac3filter (ac3/dts).
VLC = general player, to see if something is working or when they above can't play it.

[PaganII]

Foobar! - has DVD-A plugin, music
Screamer Radio - internet radio
VLC for casual video
Hardware for the serious stuff

[Donnie27]

I'll say it again, I love VLC and here's why.

http://www.vlcplayerdownload.com/


LC Player is a cross platform open source portable multimedia player for several audio and video formats as well as VCDs and DVDs and various streaming protocols. VLC Media Player can play the following formats. MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg and many more.The software can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

There have been 1,726,393 downloads of this 1.0.1 version.

This download is 29 MB

Certified - No Spyware or Adware
Please link to this website in blogs, forums and websites.

PowerDVD plays DVD Audio, DTS Audio Discs (I have 4), and the Creative Media Player can make Multi-Channel (5.1) Analog recordings (saved as large WAVE, then compressed) of them in real time via ASIO. Fast 3 clicks to do it as well, nothing complex at all LOL!

Tons of neat little apps for this stuff!

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/free-wav-files.html

[BobyTT]

Popcornhour C-200

[crackhead2k]

Foobar, was using winamp too...
winamp looks nicer because of skins...
foobar has a awesome library and tac support with the fancy bars all over the place

[Jass]

Foobar for FLAC, outstanding quality
Winamp for others, sometimes itunes

[64NOMIS]

Video | VLC | PowerDVD
Audio | MediaMonkey | WinAmp
Video Editing | PowerDirector
Photo Editing | VicMan | Olympus Master | Picasa | Photoshop
DMA | DLINK DSM520 | Built in DMA Samsung PN50B650
Portable Audio | SanDisk Fuze - Loves FLAC!

[Newblar]

vlc and foobar is really all i need

[Typhon]

Power DVD 8 and the latest vlc player

Using WMC for streaming MP3 library.

will have to checkout foobar!

Typhon

[rockfella]

Is it weird that i use KMplayer for all HD content and WMP (windows 7) for audio??? (I dont have much flac to listen to!)

[faster3200]

I starting using Foobar when I switched over to Win7 a while ago since VLC had issues. Wow, I really like it. Fantastic for FLAC and it works with my G15 :up:

Foobar for music and WMP and VLC for video is really all I need.

[ddemetrius456]

Foobar for FLAC
It's awesome!!!


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[Linchpin]

Audio - iTunes
Video - WMP and VLC when WMP doesn't work

[Donnie27]

Audio - iTunes
Video - WMP and VLC when WMP doesn't work

There's another one I've only been playing with for about a month its called Songbird:up:. MaxPC loves it so I thought why not give it a try, I installed it, tried it for a few days and almost forgot about it. Then around the middle of Nov, I tried it again. Been using it about 60% of the time now.

http://www.getsongbird.com/

We're working on creating a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music. There are lots of ways to contribute your time to the project. We'd love your help!

The player is really no big deal but the way other apps interact with it is pretty sweet. I was already using LastFM.com, EAC (edit: Exact Audio Copy) and others. I could have posted it earlier but I hadn't tested it long enough. I have to give newer apps at least a 5 week test run. I have it installed only on Win Vista Ult 64bit. Will give it a shot in Windows 7 Ult 64bit later this week.

Please also note that there are free skins and apps for Windows Media Player. http://customize.org/wmp/skins/34897

Lately WinAMP has been buggy for me and holes for tracking and virus'. I was a long time WinAMP user and I still have Hundred's of tested Skins before I gave up.:(

[Oj101]

MPC and Windows Media Player. I'm probably the only person on earth who likes its library :shrug:

[Donnie27]

MPC and Windows Media Player. I'm probably the only person on earth who likes its library :shrug:

No you're not, I like it too!

[Linchpin]

There's another one I've only been playing with for about a month its called Songbird:up:. MaxPC loves it so I thought why not give it a try, I installed it, tried it for a few days and almost forgot about it. Then around the middle of Nov, I tried it again. Been using it about 60% of the time now.

http://www.getsongbird.com/


Looks pretty neat, I'll give it a try on my laptop. I'm stuck with iTunes on my main rig because of my iPhone though.

[Donnie27]

Looks pretty neat, I'll give it a try on my laptop. I'm stuck with iTunes on my main rig because of my iPhone though.

I've looked at a couple of iTunes substitutes as well. I have iTunes installed and use it only for my iPhone and nothing much else. Songbird should be able to manage most of the music files, not sure about movies though.

Here's something for you to check out.:up: I'll check this one out later this week myself.

http://www.copytrans.net/copytransmanager.php

http://download.cnet.com/CopyTrans/3000-18545_4-10426173.html

This one works but I'm not too impressed.

http://www.podtopc.com/