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[finaldesign]

Hello! All of us are using some media player program... Everone here have some kind of favorite media player. So take a poll and tell the world which is your favorite media player, or if you have something better that is not listed here tell us, so we all can use the best media player...

p.s. sorry for my bad english

[nicky1]

hmm for me I like winamp (5.05 with modern skin) they playlist are easy to use and cross fading when start/stop playing each file that can adjust so easy. But if looking for better sound quality I use windows media player(9,10) they has great pretty good EQ and feature.

[rvovk]

I use free version of BSplayer (latest addition), FFDShow filters + AC3Filter. Thats all that I need for watching XVID/DIVX movies. Great subtitles support, lot of options.

BS Player
FFDShow
AC3 Filter

[alperuzi]

I prefer Media Player Classic, used to use Bs, but the interface of MPC is much cleaner and works great. I would have recommended the k-lite codec pack which is basically all the media players and codec you'll ever need, but they went commercial I think so I'm lucky to have downloaded it before

[finaldesign]

alperuzi, on Nov 4 2004, 12:54 PM, said:

I prefer Media Player Classic, used to use Bs, but the interface of MPC is much cleaner and works great. I would have recommended the k-lite codec pack which is basically all the media players and codec you'll ever need, but they went commercial I think so I'm lucky to have downloaded it before

you're right on that about k-lite codec pack. I have it and it works fine, decodes everything. you're pretty lucky that you downloaded it yes, but it can still be found on google i think...

[hatebreed]

ok, i have to go here with Winamp 5....the best...allthough i dont use it...

[rowita]

Here is Media Player Classic too!!!

[no9t9]

For movies, I use Windows Media Player 6.2 something. It is already included in windows xp and it is very small and efficient. The program is like 5kb. Why download WMP Classic when it is already included with XP?

For codecs, I think the best is Codec pack all in one. It has all the popular codecs, including subs, ogg, etc.

And of course, MP3's are played using WinAMP. Lite though.

[googlue]

Are we missing something in the list? I know your constraint of 10 choices, but Musicmatch Jukebox deserves to be there...

My unofficial vote goes for that...

[MuTeD]

WinAMP Modern has to be the best thing i ever used for my music..

[pbrugge]

I cant commit to this poll since the one I am using are not in it

lol oke

I use mplayer and mplayer-plugin to play wmv,wma, realplayer,avi , xvid etc.
For music (mp3-4 and ogg) I am using xmms a linux/unix musicplayer which has allmost the same interface as winamp 2.x So I vote winamp classic

mplayer www.mplayerhq.hu
mplayer-plugin http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/
xmms http://www.xmms.org/

[Galahad]

WinAMP Modern (5.05) must be the mother of all media players I don't use it for movie playback though... For movies, I use BSplayer, or MicroDVD, wich work for me the best (or I'm just used to them )

Anywho, my vote goes for WinAMP!

[BoSZ]

alperuzi, on Nov 4 2004, 12:54 PM, said:

I prefer Media Player Classic,...

heh and yet agian our choises match

heh

in fact i take every singe player on that lise (except BS) so major crap used by noobs.

[NeXDesigns]

Winamp 5 by far, the plugins are great, i love the crossfading control, hundreds of free skins, whats not to love?

The windows media player 10 is nice now, but i stil vote winamp.

[rvovk]

New windows media is just too bulky for me. It uses to much of space, for movies I prefer BSPlayer, for music Winamp definetly.

[hulunes]

usually,we schloolars use RealPlayer.exactlly speaking is RealOne.we install it on our notebook PC which used very convenient...

[solankyno1]

My choice is Winamp Modern for Audio, and Windows Media Player for video. Although I dont use it ,but I think Jet Audio is missing in the voting options.

[katif]

I use Windows Media Player for videos mostly and winamp for mp3-s.
I have tried bsplayer and some others too but since wmp was already in my computer i used this instead of bsplayer. i like it it's good.
and so is winamp. i like the design of it and that i can have my own skins

[Taupe]

As pbrugge I use Mplayer for video, and XMMS for audio.

I can't understand how people can use closed-source software for there multimedia files, with all the risk of spyware sending information about what files you're playing...

no9t9, on Nov 4 2004, 01:56 PM, said:

For movies, I use Windows Media Player 6.2 something.  It is already included in windows xp and it is very small and efficient.  The program is like 5kb.  Why download WMP Classic when it is already included with XP?

Because we're not talking about WMP (which is closed-source and deprecated), but about a modern and free software, MPC.
You cal also use VLC if you don't like MPC. But there isn't any other choice on win32...

[Oni_BlueEyes]

Winamp 5.05 (modern skin) ...is the best.you get internet radio,internet tv,and winamp videos and songs,that are really nice.u also,get lotts of other cool features.and u can burn cd's with it too

[BWiZ]

Id say the best media player is Real Player its good you can burn cds with it you can download songs you can chat well almost everything Its for advanced people tho noobies would not know much about it! You have a 13 day free trail then you see if you like it or not!

[king mike]

The best player must be a linux player : they are fast, take low memory and work pretty well, even if the GUI is not always what you can expect from a non-free player

[moh-maverick]

One of the best media players on the net is Herosoft DVD Player. It is supported with a very very strong algorithm in playing video files. I have used for about 3 years and i haven'r even had a sslightest problem with it. Youcan play your scratched CDs or DVDs without even experiencing any hang-up in your operating system. It has a drive detective program that stays on System tray and is realy handy.

You cnagive it a try.
http://www.herosoft.com

[hulunes]

I dont poll anyone because i use another media player software called storm codec which looks like wmp classic version but more powerful than any player i have used.beside it,if listen music,i always use TTplayer which is awesome as well,itune is less unique contrast with it sometime.