Best Media Player?

[itskeiser]

Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player that
does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks

 

[Bjarke Andersen]

Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player
that does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks

Awful in which terms?

I find WMP good enough rather than having 4 different players.
Cole2K codec pack, real alternative lite and quicktime alternative lite,
then WMP take all common media found on the net.

 

[itskeiser]

From what Ive read,the system resource useage is awful,and its versatility is
limited.I know a few people who do a good deal of mixings and recording and
they hate it as well. I personally dont have much of a problem with it,cept
the size and the codecs thing now and then and it never plays AVIs

 

[Bjarke Andersen]

From what Ive read,the system resource useage is awful,and its
versatility is limited.I know a few people who do a good deal of
mixings and recording and they hate it as well. I personally dont have
much of a problem with it,cept the size and the codecs thing now and
then and it never plays AVIs

If you dont have a problem with it, why dont you then just stick with it.

Your firends probably do not like it because it is a player (hence
the name) rather than a recorder/mixer.

Regarding your problem with AVI it is not WMP's fault, you just do not have
the proper codecs.

As mentioned in my earlier post, with the 3 mentioned packs WMP will take
almost everything (almost because rare old codecs are not included).

 

[Harold Druss]

Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player
that
does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks

Hi Try

VLC media player, it's good and it's free.

www.videolan.org

Good luck
Harold

 

[itskeiser]

Thanks-I actually had vlc for a while to play my avi's but i wasnt a fan of
its library setup

 

[windmap]

I myself use KMplayer to play all my videos.Its great .

 

[itskeiser]

So my search for a new player caused me to be rash and I deleted wmp11,hoping
to free up space.Now that it seems Im better of with wmp11,Ive tried to
reinstall it several times but each time the install fails.I saw a similar
thread on here but cant find it,any suggestions?
As far as info,it goes through install til its at 100percent,than tells me
wmp11 could not be installed at this time,please try again or contact help.

 

[itskeiser]

Also tried the spup fix but that didnt help

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,

Everyone? I don't agree. I don't use it a lot, but when I do, it meets
my needs, so I'm happy with it.

 

[beamish]

Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player that
does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks

Hello;
I am trying a new player, you may be interested in using.
www.gomplayer.com/
If you need a codec, you can add codec from several sites.
I am trying "K-Lite".
www.codecguide.com
It is rather personal,"what is the best".
I used WMP11 for a couple of days, then removed and replaced with WMP10.
Perfer WMP10, due to it's ability to give the user a few options concerning
DRM.

take care.
beamish.