dphrakt

I don't like using Windows Media Player, I find it too bulky and slow to load on my computer, and it's frequent crashes frustrate me.

 

I only need a player for videos, and I don't require the music store, radio, library, CD ripping etc. features that come with Windows Media Player, and I was wondering if there was a decent alternative that plays videos with the same quality but without the bulk.

 

Thanks

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I like the DivX 'Playa'. I've found it works really well for most media formats wmp supports, and isn't so bulky. One thing I noticed is that sometimes it'll be quirky about long or non-standard filenames (ex: thisvideo-[DivX-Rip]-lol.s403.avi). If you just rename the files, most of the time you can get stuff to play that was erring out before.

Here's the link:

http://www.divx-digest.com/software/playa.html