which media player do you use?

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:27 am

i have the following installed on my computer:

creative mediasource V5
wmp V7 i HATE 11
caimp 2.1 (slowly taking over)
itunes (i hate macs, dunno why i have it)
rythmbox (recompiled experiment)
VLC (V. 2.something)

anyway, right now i mainly use creative media source, because it's lightweight, it integrates with my sound card flawlessly, it looks good, and works very well, crash-free.

i did dig up cAIMP. this is a lightweight music player built on winamp. it works pretty good, but so far my playlists hate me using it. it also has .xm player, so i'm impressed with it. looks cool too.

VLC for movies. can't beat it's compatibility.

basically, i'm looking for something with lightning fast file searching, few bells and whistles, and plays well with other ram hungry programs running (like blender and photoshop) as well as mass compatibility with most files (including .xm and .ogg)

anyone have a good suggestion?

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:36 am

Amarok

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:43 am

Well i have a few...

Media Player Classic (with XPcodec pack)
WMP (with org vorbis codec and couple others)
VLC
Divx Player
Google Player
and delted piece of crap Nero Media Player lol

I pretty much only use VLC for video though, and Windows Media Player for music

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:44 pm

I use XMMS for audio and VLC for video.

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:14 pm

Mixmeister Fusion and BPM studio for music, VLC and Media player classic for video.

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:34 pm

I'm with the OP, Creative Media Source 5 most of the time, also Foobar2000 (only one I've found that can play multichannel flac files), and Winamp occasionaly.

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:38 pm

VLC all the way. i wish someone had told me about it earlier.. would have saved me a lot of trouble Smile

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:06 am

I am shocked and appalled at the popularity of Windows Media Player so far. I can't stand it.

VLC for the win!!! It's my prediction that it will get more votes here in the end.

I do like WinAmp for music, but to be honest, it's just for the milkdrop visualization (which I believe deserves some recognition).

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:55 pm

i use Windows media player for most videos.. but if they won't work, i have trusty VLC player as my backup.
I tunes for audio.
Can't see the point i having shed loads of programs that all do the same thing. i see VLC becoming the default media player on my lappie! Very Happy

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:34 pm

audio: winamp
video: mpc/vlc/bsplayer

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:08 am

vlc for video.
most people hate it but i use media monkey for music,

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:54 am

WMP is my favorite for movies and Winamp "LITE" if the best for music.

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:20 pm

Well, I'm with everyone here for VLC. Been using it for a couple of years and I won't go back. I've used Evil Player for the last little while just because it's easy and simple and small, but I've been using MediaMonkey more and more often lately, mostly because I've organized my music collection.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:40 pm

Windows Media Player 10 for audio (11 sux),
VLC / Media player classic for video (though i mostly use VLC Player but it occaisionally has difficulty displaying subtitles properly)

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:18 pm

I have windows media Twisted Evil

but VLC is much better Very Happy

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