Which software video player do you use on your PC?

Gnerma

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I'm sure we all have a guess as to which player most people use, but sometimes I really wonder just what the percentages are, hence the poll.

Please try not to flame any of the canidates. Yeah some of them suck but people do use them believe it or not. Just know in your heart* that you are superior for using the right player and everybody else is just a insignificant flesh tube**

If you use Xbox Media Center or some other screwy setup consider yourself off topic. This pool is about how you watch Video on your PC or at least from your PC. If you don't watch video on your PC, don't vote Jah neh.

*(In your heart being the key phrase.)
**(The term flesh tube is copyright Ebola24.)

 

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Karbon

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I've always used WMP for all video. I've never had a problem with it so I see no need to try something else.

 

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VLC here...been using for a while now and never any problems and it plays pretty much anything.

 

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VLC Player. It has never let me down.

 

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The first vote for The Core Media Player.

 

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I voted WinAmp but I use everything..I got the KLite Codec pack and have never had a problem playing anything..I've got VLC somewhere but just haven't installed since my last reformat.

 

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VLC! Usually anyway, sometimes stutters a bit on my laptop, then I use BSPlayer.

 

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MPC, baby!

 

raven

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i use windows media player 10 for most video.
some video is linked to winamp
and for dvd video i use windvd!

btw.. what is VLC??? and what advantages does it offer over the rest? ive noticed that 5 people have voted for it so far. Just curious to what it is.


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Sucka

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Wmp 10

 

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raven said:

btw.. what is VLC??? and what advantages does it offer over the rest? ive notived that 5 people have voted for it so far. Just curious to what it is.

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VLC is interesting mostly because it is open source and it is a non directshow player unlike most of the other players in the poll. It is cross platform as well, although it seems almost all Linux users use MPlayer instead of VLC. I'm actually kind of surprised we have so many VLC & WMP users since Zoom Player and MPC tend to own the lions share of the market.

 

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thegreek

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Wmp 10 - for vids
PowerDVD - for movies

 

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Where's the "all of them at once" option?

 

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winamp

 

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Winamp is good for music, but I don't really like it's movie interface much. My favorite for VIDEO would have to be DivX Player. My only problem with it is that it won't let you seek within a file that is incomplete (you're forced to play it from the begining ).

After that would probably be *dons flame-and-tomato-proof suit(s)* RealPlayer. The latest version is a LOT less annoying than prior versions, and the options to turn everything off aren't all hidden away in zillions of submenus. If it wern't so heavy on the RAM and had a bit better interface, I might use it more (since it's the MOST tolerant of bad/incomplete video I know of). I think I may Helix, which is based on the core of RealPlayer (which is about all I really want )

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realAlternative with MPC is decent.

 

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Video Lan if you didn't know you can play the movie on your desktop as your wallpaper!!! OMG but the thing never sees the length correctly and chapter jump is sometimes off.

 

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WMP 10. Other media players might work better, but it has the best interface.

 

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another one for the windows media player 10.
It does all I want it to do.. there are better solutions for sure, but it's free.

 

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Lifthanger said:

windows media player 10 ... but it's free.

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All the players on the list are either free or have a (mostly) full featured free version.