The Best Media Player Which is your best media player?

[sjamion 0]

Just use Windows Media Player. You can get plugins from various places to make a particular format work. You don't need any other sophisticated media player, just stick with one that what you need.

[Arkan 0]

BSPlayer is good, I've used it for years, but I now use winamp for audio files and VideoLan for the vids. Winamp suits best my listening to music needs (you can get a plug in to play flac or shn files) and VLC is simple and less resource-demanding.

[Sandokan 0]

I voted for Windows Media Player because 11 has a great design! It really looks nice and has a lot of options. Bsplayer good though with the good sub options and everything and you can change the look of that media player too but it stays so small! And well since I don't have a mac no Itunes or something like that for me.... :)Greetzz

[musicmaza 0]

Out of all the media players,I think that winamp modern,5.51 pro version has to be the best.The free version has almost all the features but the pro version has far more advanced options then the free version.Winamp modern with the all new bento skin is really fantasting and also it supports .flv videos which are the formats of the video files when you download them from youtube ,thus there's no need of converting them into .avi video files.And also I find the navigation in winamp modern pretty easyAthough I also like windows media player,but the voting here doesn't allow to select more than one option,so I chose the best and easiest to use among windows media player and winamp modern.

[eldias 0]

I like foobar, is very simple to use, can make playlists and listen webradios, low cost to your RAM. Best choice, play man audio formats. I use this app over Windows, but if you want a media player for Linux, try VLC Media Player, the same qualities of foobar.

[gogoily 0]

Actually I use TTplayer to play mp3It's a player which can get lyrics automaticlly from internet.

[Amiel 0]

I really love Windows Media Player. It gives every Windows user that satisfying content that I cant really find in other media players. Well, I'm using Windows Media Player 10...So that's it, I voted for Windows Media Player!

[bthaxor 0]

i think you are missing a media player that 100% deserves to be there... as a matter of fact, that would have been the first one i would have put: vlc media player. it can play almost anything you give it, is portable and doesn't take up much room.my unifficial vote goes to that.also, another one would have been divx player: although specifically for divx movies, it plays everything you give it, also (probably some on-demand codec donwloader)i believe these two media players should have replaced the 2 of the 3 versions of winamp??? what's up with that???

Edited January 22, 2008 by bthaxor (see edit history)

[klusk 0]

VLC is good if you dont have any codec packs installed in your PC because it uses its own codecs....I prefer media player classic for videos...it comes free with k-lite media pack .For audio i prefer itunes...

[threepach 0]

i would say jet audio is one of my favorites because some times it can play videos that even other players can not play. my friend advised me to use Classic Media Player which is not the ole Media player for movies. I found Nero Media Player useful for DVD menus.

[freekngeek 0]

I like real player the best. You can play music, watch videos, buy music and movies and music videos right form the player. Its free, and you can do a lot more with it then just music!

Edited February 24, 2008 by freekngeek (see edit history)

[dragonslair 0]

I think its pretty close but windows media player takes the lead i mean yeah itunes and realplayer are used loads but are they nothing compared to windows media player i mean easy layout and easy to use i meen my grandad could use that and its here to play media thats clear you might aswell put up neon lights around it itunes has to set up an account has a store (virus') and realplayer is only used when going on cheap porn sites!!

[iGuest 3]

This is the Best

The Best Media Player

 

Replying to finaldesign

 

Go for Haihaisoft Universal player, its free and plays all media files. Its the Best .. http://www.drm-x.com/Haihaisoft-Universal-Player.Aspx

 

-reply by Juliet

[TheBlessedOne 0]

Greetings mates.

After the question is given in such way I may examine two cases:

 

1. When we talk about media player and...

2. When we talk about only audio players with the functions of decoder, encoder and so on...

 

1.

For media player, or in case I want to watch some kind of video format xvid, dvdrip, avi, mpeg4, wmv, I use the BSPlayer Pro 2.26 because is used by more than 60 million multimedia fans throughout the world and it has been translated into more than 90 languages. All the downloaded versions of our FREE version exceed the sum of all the downloads of competitive players and payable solutions. Because it does not use much of the processing power it is suitable for all those who use slightly less capable computers. Enjoy the multimedia playback of the highest quality. Last, but not least - BS.Player ™ media player is a product for the world public, so it is equipped with a treasury of subtitle options which enable the users to watch video content with subtitles from many popular subtitle formats (.sub, .srt, .vobsub...).

 

BSplayer is video player that supports almost any existing video and audio data formats, such as:

DIVX, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, XVID, 3IVX, OGM, MATROSKA , ASF, WMV, DV, M1V, M2V, MOV, MP4, MPV, QT, RM, SWF, VOB and WAV, MPA, MP1, MP2, MP3, OGG, AAC, AC3, AIF, RAM, WMA...

 

Features:

Playlists support

The playlists support is great. They may be imported from BST and M3U (Winamp) records, saved, edited and added new files from any folder, as well as URLs.

 

Display subtitles

Beside the basic functions such as font type and size selection, the program supports many others: shadows, outlines, subtitle location on the screen, etc. Bad subtitle timings can be fixed within the program itself.

 

BS.MediaLibrary

All multimedia files on your computer's hard drive will now be listed in the BS.MediaLibrary™. From now on they will always be within your reach.

 

Multilingual

BS.Player™ 2.16 is an international product, targeted to all and any user worldwide. With its multilingual support it is greatly helpful to those who cannot speak English.

 

Resizable movie window

Want to experience the cinema feeling in the comfort of your home? Here are the instructions: choose your favourite movie, make some pop-corn and adjust the movie window size to whatever you want. A full-screen movie is only a click away.

 

Fully skinnable

Though the BS.Player™ 2.16 proudly bears a modern look that sets new standards in this field, we have added an easy skin selection option and the option of adding your own custom skins. You may create your own dream look or choose from the many pre-prepared ones found at http://www.bsplayer.com/.

 

Drag & drop support

Are you looking for a way to avoid the timely multimedia file opening? BS.Player™ 2.16 enables you to drag and drop your file your file from any location on your computer to your player and the fun can begin.

 

Resolution changing

Use the resolution changing feature and avoid the oversized picture if you wish to watch your movie on your TV screen, projector or plasma screen. The feature will adjust the TV resolution and optimize the quality of movie reproduction.

 

Frame capture

Would you like to keep a photo of your favourite movie scene? Use the Frame capture feature to do that easily. Now it depends on you alone whether the picture will find its way to your wall as well.

 

AVI files with more than 2 audio streams supported

This feature supports the use of two or more audio stream channels. AVI files with more than two channels, i.e. multilingual files are supported. The BS.Player™ thus offers you the choice of the laguage of your playback.

 

Supports embedded subtitles/chapters

BS.Player™ 2.16 also supports embedded subtitles/chapters), not only for OGM but for all formats. This means that also the subtitles, embedded in the file itself can be played.

 

External audio file support

Do you wish to merge your favourite music with your favourite video? Next to the normal movie playback you can now load an external audio file and enjoy a secondary audio along with your movie. This feature offers the playback of background music, even though a movie is already being played in your BS.Player™ 2.16 .

 

S/PDIF output supported for AC3 files

The feature enables the digital AC3 file output with an intervideo audio reader. The settings for the pre-installed modules such as Winamp and Equalizer can be found here. This means that the audio reproduced by the BSPlayer is the original unconverted sound.

 

INI files

Using an INI file you can set all the movie parameters of your choise. The BS.Player™ 2.16 will play them just the way you set them. Do you want to watch your movie full-screen with white subtitle text? No need to adjust the settings each time, your favourite setting will be saved in the INI file.

 

Custom playback modes

BS.Player™ 2.16 offers different playback modes, such as hidden mode and VMR-9.

 

Remote control support – WinLIRC

 

This feature will bring a smile to the faces of those who wish to have their own home cinema and to manage their multimedia files with the easy of pressing one button.

 

Bookmarks

As easy as bookmarking the pages of your favourite book. If you like a scene of a movie so much you would like to show it to your friend, simply bookmark it to find it easily later on.

 

Equalizer

BS.Player™ 2.24 offers an advanced frequency level equalizer.

 

Playback rate

Play your favourite scenes at a lower rate and have them pass by more slowly. You can play your multimedia files at normal speed, half-speed or twice as fast or as slow as you would normally.

 

Desktop mode

Do you wish to enhance your desktop with an interesting animation or your favourite video? Your video or movie can play in the background of your desktop without disturbing the operation of other desktop features.

 

Multitasking

For all the users who like to change the look of their player. The BS.Player™ 2.24 will not stop even if you decided to change your settings to active functions.

 

Used file info

The BS.Player™ 2.24 offers a treasury of information about the file you are playing. A separate window will open to give you information about the used codecs, file author, refresh rate...

 

Capture Video to file

You can capture video from any source directly into any format that your preinstalled codecs support (such as most popular DivX, XviD, 3IVX...).

 

Integrated subtitle editor

Easy to use but extremely powerful subtitle editor. Edit and convert various FPS rates to the ones you need (23FPS to 25FPS for example), correct bad subtitle timings and save repaired subtitle to a .srt file...

 

Network file buffering

BS.Player PRO will buffer desired portion of a file to a cache, and play it from cache instead of playing it directly from drive. You can buffer from CD drives, network drives, wireless networks... No more laggy playback!

 

DVD playback

Play all your DVD's with low CPU requirement and with highest quality. (mpeg2 decoder required)

So... I think it's the best solution for now and you can enjoy all the tools you need to tune it for your needs, no spam, no useless plugins, and very light comparing WMP 11, yeah most of the tools you can see in WMP 11 but it's most likely made for gathering personal information, that's why I don't like such spam media that Microsoft Corporation wants to advertise.

 

2.

For the audio player I use foobar2000 and I can say that there's nothing...nothing better and lighter than this program, there's no audio format that this masterpiece couldn't play (or there's no plugin that can't be added to do it so), but because the topic is "The Best Media Player" I won't make comparing and info about this program but you can see my next review specially for foobar2000 next time...

 

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Edited March 16, 2008 by rvalkass (see edit history)

[demank 0]

For the first time, i always using windows media player as my player.cause its simple and a lot of plugin.and now, my wmp can play not only wmv file, another file such as avi file can play too..