Favorite media player?

Solignis · 12-08-2009, 06:04 PM

I am bored and thought I would ask everyone what some of their favorite media players are.

I personally like Winamp and VLC player.

mdh · 12-08-2009, 06:08 PM

For music, I used WinAmp for years, and its turning into a media portal, which translates to too much fluff, not enough speed and general pain in the butt. I switched to Foobar 2000. I LIKE IT!

For movies, Media Player Classic. No codec arguments there! They're both open source too!

sky-knight · 12-08-2009, 06:33 PM

I use Media Center on this Vista Ultimate for most stuff. I did the DVD Library registry hack and I have a crap ton of movies I ripped (off my own disks, I do legal crap here) so I can watch them on my PC. I have the remote for the thing too.

I do like Media Player Classic... but it isn't as easy to integrate with the Shell. Winamp... meh I used to love it, now it's all commercial crap and no substance.

mdh · 12-08-2009, 06:37 PM

Try Foobar 2000. No commercial interruptions, fast startup, spectrum analyzer built in, plus the main reason I got it was for seamless SHN/FLAC playback. It does conversions too!

pirateghost · 12-08-2009, 07:23 PM

i use XBMC on my HTPC for playing movies and music
if i'm watching a movie on my desktop, VLC all the way, and i use MediaMonkey for my music player... mainly i love the integration into the taskbar for Win7
for my laptop, i stream music from home and use mplayer (its running ubuntu 9.10)

bigdessert · 12-08-2009, 08:12 PM

I have hundreds of thousands of MP3's and the only thing that can handle them well for me seems to be mediamonkey. Not free but good.

gotkimchi · 12-09-2009, 08:51 AM

I like gom http://www.gomlab.com/eng/, wmc, and vlc. I also use orb and hdhomerun.

MarFox · 12-10-2009, 08:14 AM

Hello peeps,

Better just use WMP! inc the codecs of the K lite codec pack!
Play anything even al the videofiles yuo can image!

gl

pirateghost · 12-10-2009, 05:19 PM

why install codecs when one program can run them all, including mounting iso files?

dknyinva · 12-10-2009, 05:57 PM

I have a NAS which house my movie and music library. I used VLC to stream movie to my laptop and TVersity for streaming movie and music to my iPhone

12-08-2009, 06:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Solignis Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hudson, Ohio, USA Posts: 1,362	Favorite media player? I am bored and thought I would ask everyone what some of their favorite media players are. I personally like Winamp and VLC player. __________________ With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead.

12-08-2009, 06:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
mdh Join Date: Aug 2007 URLs submitted: 171 Posts: 4,802	For music, I used WinAmp for years, and its turning into a media portal, which translates to too much fluff, not enough speed and general pain in the butt. I switched to Foobar 2000. I LIKE IT! For movies, Media Player Classic. No codec arguments there! They're both open source too! __________________ This space reserved for profound thought.....which does happen on occasion."

12-08-2009, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
sky-knight Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ URLs submitted: 7 Posts: 9,450	I use Media Center on this Vista Ultimate for most stuff. I did the DVD Library registry hack and I have a crap ton of movies I ripped (off my own disks, I do legal crap here) so I can watch them on my PC. I have the remote for the thing too. I do like Media Player Classic... but it isn't as easy to integrate with the Shell. Winamp... meh I used to love it, now it's all commercial crap and no substance. __________________ Intouch Technology Rob Sandling, BS:SWE, MCP Office: 480-272-9889 rob@intouchtechllc.com

12-08-2009, 06:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
mdh Join Date: Aug 2007 URLs submitted: 171 Posts: 4,802	Try Foobar 2000. No commercial interruptions, fast startup, spectrum analyzer built in, plus the main reason I got it was for seamless SHN/FLAC playback. It does conversions too! __________________ This space reserved for profound thought.....which does happen on occasion."

12-09-2009, 08:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
gotkimchi Administrator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,751	I like gom http://www.gomlab.com/eng/, wmc, and vlc. I also use orb and hdhomerun. __________________ to be understood, you must first understand.

12-08-2009, 07:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
pirateghost Master Untangler Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 553	i use XBMC on my HTPC for playing movies and music if i'm watching a movie on my desktop, VLC all the way, and i use MediaMonkey for my music player... mainly i love the integration into the taskbar for Win7 for my laptop, i stream music from home and use mplayer (its running ubuntu 9.10)

12-08-2009, 08:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
bigdessert Master Untangler Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 320	I have hundreds of thousands of MP3's and the only thing that can handle them well for me seems to be mediamonkey. Not free but good.

12-10-2009, 08:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
MarFox Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Amsterdam, Holland Posts: 4	Hello peeps, Better just use WMP! inc the codecs of the K lite codec pack! Play anything even al the videofiles yuo can image! gl

12-10-2009, 05:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
pirateghost Master Untangler Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 553	why install codecs when one program can run them all, including mounting iso files?

12-10-2009, 05:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
dknyinva Master Untangler Join Date: Sep 2008 URLs submitted: 1 Posts: 307	I have a NAS which house my movie and music library. I used VLC to stream movie to my laptop and TVersity for streaming movie and music to my iPhone