I was watching the new TV series (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) on my MSI Wind and was trying out several video players I installed earlier just to check which one will efficiently play them.
Was wondering what do others use to play their videos, hence the poll. There aren’t much of them today that I can think of. Back in the 90′s, Xing MPEG Player was a personal favorite. How about now?
Which video player do you often use?
- Windows Media Player
- DivX
- VLC
- Real Player
- iTunes/QuickTime
- PowerDVD
- WinAmp
- WinDVD
- Media Player Classic
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I’m also particularly interested to know which one has the smallest footprint (in terms of memory or CPU usage) as well as the most efficient especially when used on netbooks.
Twitter: jarevalo
says:
Try SMPlayer – plays almost every video / audio extension, surprisingly not does not play cd audio files
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net
go for vlc, the only player you”ll ever need. plays all type of format without ever needing to download for codecs
Twitter: laibcoms
says:
I vote for Media Player Classic.
When using MPC, be sure to install the codecs found at http://www.codecguide.com.
Running second is VLC.
MPC vs VLC. MPC can play videos (especially WMV) that appears corrupted under VLC, the reason is because MPC uses codecs and tools you have installed (using codecguide.com) while VLC uses it’s own.
Once you have codecguide installed, all your other players will use it, like Windows Media Player. In other words, they can take advantage of all the codecs you installed via codecguide.com.
So MPC+Codecguide wins vs. VLC. VLC is good as a last resort if you can’t install codecguide.
VLC! It plays virtually every movie file I know (except rvmb).
a very close second for media player classic
Twitter: pipodelrosario
says:
I go for GOM player too. It plays almost all files I’m using and searching for codecs are easy.
I go for VLC.
I use GOMPLAYER
VLC on the Mac. Media Player Classic for watching anime with soft subs on Windows via VMWare Fusion.
I’ve been using GOM player for years now and I’m satisfied on its performance. And I also install K-Lite Codecs for solving some coding issues on common video formats
vlc for movies, qcd for music
I use GOM for video and it is simply the best!!!!
Windows Media Player for audio.
VLC for videos. Windows Media Player for audio.
I use Media Player Classic!
[...] than a third of the respondents in the last poll agreed that VLC is the most preferred media player. Windows Media Player came in at a close [...]
Twitter: bongsi21
says:
I’m a VLC lover :p
I use Zoom Player. Light and minimalist.
K-LITE MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC is THE No.1 and the TOP of ALL – WITH A GIANT MARGIN THAN VLC..
when using vlc, the video distorts when clicking the TIMELINE in the player but with KMPC..NO PROBLEM AT ALL. plus KMPC has better AUDIO AND VIDEO QUALITY OUTPUT!!!! believe me!
GOM PLAYER. plays all files!
VLC