Best Media Player?

[AdamJ]

Hi guys, wondering if you could give me some recommendations.

I'm currently going through a phase where I'm testing a lot of software to see which is the best, writing reviews on them, and using the best one on my PC. I was wondering if you could recommend me a good Media Player, simple thing, it must be able to play .mp3 & .wmv's, oh and it must be able to be used on Windows Vista!

I've added a poll with the main ones I can think of, but others are accepted :)

[Tree]

I've always used Windows Media Player just because it plays nice with everything else I own. It burns CDs, syncs with my phone, talks to my Zune and its library is well put together. It's also the only one I could get to work with my laptop's front media button things (http://www.dansdata.com/images/i9200/padbutts800.jpg). It's sometimes a memory hog, but with a decent system that's not so much a problem.

VLC is the only other one on that list I have installed. If WMP can't play something, VLC can.

[hamster]

RealPlayer RAWR I just like it :P

[themoose]

iTunes for everything music; WMP for everything else; and VLC for everything that won't work in WMP (sometimes videos are poorly encoded and WMP only likes to play the audio.. in which case I'd use VLC).

[utcrazy]

VLC would play a piece of toast if my hard drive would recognize it as data.

[Dynash]

It never clicked RealPlayer and VLC, only VLC was voted.
I've always used RP and VLC on the odd occasion.
I've used SonicStage a few times before, but it's not worth using alot.

[AdamJ]

Thanks guys :) I'm currently whoring iTunes, love it, perfect program. Will check out VLC asap!

[Electrism]

iTunes takes up too much CPU resources. It lags my computer and I have a 2.0GHz dual core + 2GB RAM. If I didn't have my iPod I would uninstall it right away.

I would go with VLC. :)

[Vast]

For Music - Winamp is My favourite. And video comes with Light Alloy

[themoose]

iTunes takes up too much CPU resources. It lags my computer and I have a 2.0GHz dual core + 2GB RAM. If I didn't have my iPod I would uninstall it right away.

I would go with VLC. :)

My iTunes is currently only using 55mb RAM.

And btw, if you really do hate iTunes, there are other 3rd party music apps that are compatiable with iPod.

[Irving]

I had used real player and winamp, they are good, but i just prefer windows media player, cause it uses less resources,and it works for what i want....play music xD

[DavidsAwesome]

VLC would play a piece of toast if my hard drive would recognize it as data.

seriously.... It's insane.


I used to use Winamp because WMP loaded too slow, but I watch a lot of videos on my computer... :angel: and they've been loading slowly, and don't like it when I skip around.

I voted VLC.

[RagekiCalvin]

I chose Others, but i can't specify..

I use Media Player Classic =D

[AdamJ]

Oh Calvin, you reminded me of that! I used to always use that for videos on XP Home, so easy on the RAM, and so quick, shame its not in Vista :( Bloody "Windows Media Player for Vista"

[sep]

I use VLC because it's the only media player I know that has a proper sound normalizer. Sometimes I even need to open mp3 files with it.

[Itprotj]

Im a true winamp fan, Been using it for more than 4yrs no troubles.
But for videos I use DivX lol.

[RagekiCalvin]

you can download and install Media Player Classic to vista. google it~

[Schmarvin]

I use winamp in Windows XP and Amarok in Fedora Core 9.

[DarkBlood]

All I really need in Windows Media Player with that Cole2k.net Advanced Codec package (since the codec package comes with DivX, haali media splitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/), ffmpeg, ffdshow and more.)

Ain't I a square? No seriously, this allows me to play DVDs and stuff without bothering to install a new program.

In Linux: XMMS 2 (http://planet.xmms.se/).

[Schmarvin]

Ah yes, good old media player that resembles Winamp. :P I used to use it in Fedora Core. Then, I fixed Amarok, and thats all I use.

[Tree]

For Linux, Amarok is the best I could find. Of course, that was when I was trying out Ubuntu 6. There may be better ones out there now.

[sep]

I have changed my mind.
KMPlayer (http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php)

[MicGoogle]

Go with VLC honestly they're in dire need of people to download them so they get financial backing hehe

[AdamJ]

I've been using RealPlayer for ages, so sticking with it. God I forgot about this thread, shows how varied people'e prefered choice is...

And VLC, pfft, it's boring, look's bland after a while

[sep]

You see, KMPlayer is like VLC but better, has easier to use preferences, better skins, full screen controls plus it plays real media which VLC doesn't do.

[DarkBlood]

You see, KMPlayer is like VLC but better, has easier to use preferences, better skins, full screen controls plus it plays real media which VLC doesn't do.

Does it have a "Loop Single File" as well as a feature that disallows opened MP3s to be added to the current playlist? (IE: Open single files, like in Winamp and WMP)

[sep]

Well, whenever you open a new file MP3 file, it starts a new playlist. Not sure if that is what you mean.

[Ben]

Even though it doesn't run on Vista, I'll chime in and say Amarok.

But out of your list ... VLC

[DarkBlood]

Well, whenever you open a new file MP3 file, it starts a new playlist. Not sure if that is what you mean.

That's good, since I dislike playlists =/ I like listening to one file over and over a lot.

[TaoPhoenix]

Deliplayer, because I'm a fan of OldSchool tracker music.

[sep]

That's good, since I dislike playlists =/ I like listening to one file over and over a lot.

Cool. But personally I don't recommend it for audio playback. I use WMP for that because it has the library thing.

[DarkBlood]

Cool. But personally I don't recommend it for audio playback. I use WMP for that because it has the library thing.

Choosing an item in the library in WMP11 causes a playlist to open up of all library items. :S

[AdamJ]

It don't furnilover if you know how to use it right ;)

[sep]

Well whenever I try to avoid playlists in WMP i just put the song name I want in the search bar and narrow the search down to that one song then I play it. This was that song is the only one in the playlist.

[DarkBlood]

It don't furnilover if you know how to use it right ;)

And apparently I don't. Doesn't matter, I love opening stuff anyway. :p

[david432111]

Windows media player and spider player.

[DarkBlood]

spider player.

Wow, what a rip off of Winamp.

[[AS]Richard]

I absolutely love iTunes as I am a Mac fan and it is so easy to use. For my XP I use Windows Media Player though it takes up a lot of system resources which isn't so great. :(

[Hastings]

iTunes for music, VLC for video. Simple :)

I couldn't get along without iTune's album/tracklist view, it's a way of life.

[Matt8]

I'm stuck to iTunes. I keep wanting to use something new but always end up missing the nice iTunes interface. Winamp just doesn't have the simple organizational features that iTunes seems to have, and that pains me to say it, as Winamp was the player for so long.

[Keagle]

iTunes for my music, mainly because its convienient and I need it to sync with my iPhone. VLC wins over and over for video. Never had something it wont play, as of yet.