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jcdietz03
post Jan 14 2008, 02:00 AM
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Mine for sure is the free Zoom Player from Inmatrix software.

Why is it good:
1) Works right out of the box.
2) Plays most formats. I don't know if it will pay VIVO format (older internet video format). It also won't play Quicktime format b/c it is closed source. Those are the only 2 it won't play. For me, it won't play real media b/c I don't want their software on my system.
3) A screen capture feature that actually works. This is the first video player that I have ever heard of that actually does it.
4) Works even on molasses slow computers. If you have a high bitrate video and it won't play on your PC, try this, it will work for you. Playing 2.3Mbps takes 30% CPU on my E6600 (on one of the cores). There are even more efficient video players available but their user interface is terrible.
5) Excellent keyboard controls. Has +/- 5 second skip, +/- 120 second skip, and single frame advance/reverse. I have never seen a video player where all of those features actually work. Seek time on skip is typically <0.5 seconds (for video on your hard disk). There are lots more keyboard controls (you can do basically anything from the keyboard), but these are the ones (other than play/pause) I use most often.

Why it is not good:
1) Only for Windows XP and Windows Vista

You can get this from here. Be sure to get the 6.00 beta 2 b/c it is better than the current non-beta 5.2 version.

For Linux users the best one is VLC media player. It has many of the features Zoom Player has. It is open source which is a good thing. However, it does not have frame capture (screenshot) feature and also does not have a working single frame reverse feature. The UI is a bit clunkier as well. But you can't beat free, and Linux + VLC media player = Free. I like that the skip amounts are settable in VLC media player. For Zoom Player, the amounts are fixed (5 and 120 seconds for short and long skip).

Edit: Sorry to troll, but Windows Media Player sucks royally. It is one of the worst media players there is. I don't know what the whole deal with unbundling the media player in Europe is, but almost any other media player beats the built in one. Oh yes, this means all versions, both past and (probably) future. Why? It has no features, and may god have mercy on its soul.

What is your favorite video/media player and why?

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VCL player for videos and Itunes for music.


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jcdietz03   Favorite Video/Media Player?   Jan 14 2008, 02:00 AM
Yuka   Winamp, because it's not obnoxiously huge.   Jan 14 2008, 02:19 AM
Rhiannon   For music, I use iTunes because it comes with my c...   Jan 14 2008, 02:28 AM
jcdietz03   My PC is hooked to my 50" HDTV, so I watch vi...   Jan 14 2008, 02:34 AM
Yuka   So what happened to WMP not having any features? G...   Jan 14 2008, 02:47 AM
jcdietz03   OK, it has THAT ONE FEATURE. That's all the c...   Jan 14 2008, 02:54 AM
Irysa   I really don't care two shits about what plays...   Jan 14 2008, 08:28 AM
Walrus   Winamp, because the other ones look obese.   Jan 15 2008, 08:16 PM
Wally   I generally use Winamp. With plugins it can play ...   Jan 16 2008, 01:25 AM
Yuka   Is there an .mv plugin? Because I've been need...   Jan 16 2008, 01:53 AM
jcdietz03   What filetype is that? Windows Movie Maker? Try ...   Jan 16 2008, 02:35 AM
Yuka   It's not a WMM file, I know that much. I have ...   Jan 16 2008, 02:41 AM
Raijinili   Try changing the extension to .mov? I need to kno...   Jan 16 2008, 03:08 AM
blues   VLC for videos that I have that won't play on ...   Jan 16 2008, 06:26 AM
Lord Rasler   I did use LimeWire, but I can't take the risk ...   Jan 19 2008, 03:28 PM
Raijinili   Use Frostwire instead. It's open source.   Jan 21 2008, 01:45 AM
Lord Rasler   Use Frostwire instead. It's open source. Ye...   Jan 21 2008, 11:13 AM
Bass EX   I use Winamp, a friend gave it to me in a CD-RW an...   Jan 27 2008, 01:53 PM
Lucho   I use VLC Media Player for videos and Winamp for m...   Jan 27 2008, 02:04 PM
aerozero   I dual wield, using ZPlayer mainly and switching t...   Jan 27 2008, 07:17 PM
jcdietz03   I dual wield, using ZPlayer mainly and switching ...   Jan 27 2008, 07:31 PM
aerozero   I dunno the technical details, but I just switch w...   Jan 27 2008, 07:56 PM
Upsilon   Video: Media Player Classic/Zoom Player Music: foo...   Jan 27 2008, 10:05 PM
Raijinili   Dual Wield? I use Windows Media Player, iTunes, an...   Jan 28 2008, 01:12 AM
P.P.A.   The SEGA Saturn's built-in CD player. With CD-...   Jan 28 2008, 11:43 AM
Liger   VLC and Media Player Classic. Whatever VLC doesn...   Jan 29 2008, 12:22 AM
Astraea   I use Windows Media Player for music because it...   Apr 14 2008, 02:14 AM
Enzd   I only have Windows Media Player. I don't real...   Nov 19 2008, 06:28 PM
GameBoo   I don't really listen to music much anyway an...   Nov 22 2008, 03:54 AM
H. Tsukiyono   I tend to shuffle around Winamp, Windows Media Pla...   Apr 14 2008, 05:14 AM
The Angel of Ruin   WMP. I used to use Music Jukebox, but I don't ...   May 13 2008, 06:37 PM
Archeia   Media Player Classic ^_^ And ... VLC XD   May 14 2008, 11:47 AM
Lucho   I now use Windows Media Player for music.   May 15 2008, 12:57 AM
Raijinili   Right now I'm using WMP and iTunes. AT THE SA...   May 16 2008, 04:32 AM
GameBoo   iTunes. Nothing more...   Nov 19 2008, 01:46 PM
Neon_the_Chao   My favorite is GOM Player. Other than that, I...   Nov 19 2008, 03:11 PM
Lux   WinAmp is to IE as Songbird is to Firefox. Songbi...   Nov 22 2008, 06:19 PM
Raijinili   WinAmp isn't that bad.   Nov 23 2008, 04:53 AM
Aether   Just lacking in, well, everything.   Nov 26 2008, 09:01 PM
Leyviur   Just lacking in, well, everything. Elaborate.   Dec 5 2008, 03:56 AM
Irysa   foobar2k Media Player Classic. That is all you n...   Nov 28 2008, 12:31 AM
P.P.A.   I mostly use my PS3 to watch stuff. And to listen ...   Feb 6 2009, 03:15 PM


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