Other What Media Player?

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  1. earlydoors

    earlydoors Minimodder

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    Hey all

    Can you recommend a cool media player for all music/videos etc on the pc? Windows media player came with windows 7, but is there anything cooler/better out there?

    thanks

    :D
     
    earlydoors, 14 Jun 2009
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  2. MarkW7

    MarkW7 Total Noob

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    I personally use VLC media player, its free and i think open source? Plus it's light on resources - simple and easy to use :D

    Also works on windows and linux.
     
    MarkW7, 14 Jun 2009
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  3. mm vr

    mm vr The cheesecake is a lie

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    I just use WMP for videos (I watch hardly any videos) and for music I use foobar2000. An awesome piece of software!
     
    mm vr, 14 Jun 2009
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  4. capnPedro

    capnPedro Hacker. Maker. Engineer.

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    Check out Winamp? Although I just use Media Center/WMP.
     
    capnPedro, 14 Jun 2009
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  5. Volund

    Volund Am I supposed to care?

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    +1 for VLC and Foobar 2000, I use VLC for my movies and Foobar for my music collection
     
    Volund, 14 Jun 2009
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  6. MarkW7

    MarkW7 Total Noob

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    Foobar is also good. :)
     
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    MarkW7, 14 Jun 2009
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  7. Steelez

    Steelez Minimodder

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    I've been using VLC player for a while but have recently switched to KMplayer which I've found to be very good. It has built in codecs and support for many file types including .mvk, .avi, .mov and .mp4.
     
    Steelez, 14 Jun 2009
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  8. Nicb

    Nicb Let's discuss among ourselves

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    VLC and Songbird for me. Great combo.
     
    Nicb, 17 Jun 2009
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  9. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    I use VLC /winamp 2.8(somthing)

    cant beat classic winamp (for click and play anyway)
     
    yakyb, 17 Jun 2009
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  10. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    +1 for Winamp with audio files. Small, free, skinnable, and has some really nice plugins available for it. No matter how I customise my desktop theme, there's always a skin to be had (or made) so it matches perfectly.

    VLC for video.
     
    Pookeyhead, 17 Jun 2009
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  11. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    i use my squeezeboxes for music playback and itunes to manage ipod syncing and podcast management only. for video playback i use VLC and windows media centre with the shark007 codec pack installed.

    (shout out for squeezeboxes. SO GOOD)
     
    Fod, 17 Jun 2009
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  12. Delphium

    Delphium Eyefinity enabled

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    Music...
    +1 for Winamp version 2.95 (last v2.xx they did)
    Foobar2000

    Video...
    VLC
    Media Player Classic (HomeCinemaEdition)
     
    Delphium, 17 Jun 2009
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  13. deluxe

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    Windows Media Player in Windows 7 os.

    It works great :)
     
    deluxe, 17 Jun 2009
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  14. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    To be honest, so long as you install the relevant codecs Windows Media Player does a great job.
    VLC for those files that won't play regardless.
     
    yodasarmpit, 17 Jun 2009
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  15. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    WMP for me, and MediaMonkey to handle iPod sync-ing.

    Media Player Classic for back up.
     
    rickysio, 17 Jun 2009
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  16. Ady6UK

    Ady6UK Feck Off

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    Agreed with VLC media player.:thumb: It should play just about anything you can throw at it and its free.
     
    Ady6UK, 18 Jun 2009
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