What are you guys using to play your vids in Windows 7?

[Mike89]

Searched around here for user comments on this and didn't see much. Was curious what users here are using in Windows 7 for playing various videos.

I've gotten rather used to and fond of both WMP 12 and Windows Media Center to play my movies rather than using third party players. Haven't really seen a need so far. I even use Windows Media Center to view TV on my TV Tuner.

Will see a need eventually though to play other videos that Window 7 won't natively play.

It's why I posted to see what users here were doing.

[clsid]

Most people here are probably using different players. But as long as the Microsoft players do what you need there is no reason to switch. If you encounter stuff that is not natively supported, like MKV or FLV files, then you need to install things like Haali Media Splitter and ffdshow. Or you install some small codec pack that contains those components. For example K-Lite Basic (http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm). The benefit of a codec pack is that it will automatically tweak WMP/MC to recognize those non-native formats. Otherwise you need to mess around with all kinds of Registry tweaks yourself, and most of the ones floating around on the Internet usually contain many unrelated keys that can cause problems like messing up your file associations.

[Selur]

I'm using Shark007s-'Windows 7 Codecs' + 64bit MPC-HC (so basically ffdshow+Haali+MPC-HC)

[Leak]

MPC-HC 32 bit + ffdshow 32 bit + PowerStrip + ReClock.

That's it.

[Mike89]

I'm using Shark007s-'Windows 7 Codecs' + 64bit MPC-HC (so basically ffdshow+Haali+MPC-HC)

If you're using mplayer HC to play your vids, why do you need a codec pack? I thought mplayer HC pretty much played everything on its own, and that Shark's codec pack was for if you wanted to use wmp12/wmc to play everything.

[Selur]

Got a bunch of clips that didn't work with mpc out of the box and Shark007s Tools also provide a nice way to change some preferences to e.g. use ffdshow instead of Microsofts decoder as default DirectShowDecoders for h.264 material. :)

[Shark007]

The benefit of a codec pack is that it will automatically tweak WMP/MC to recognize those non-native formats. Otherwise you need to mess around with all kinds of Registry tweaks yourself, and most of the ones floating around on the Internet usually contain many unrelated keys that can cause problems like messing up your file associations.

Thanks for the props Selur.

Because of the un-intrusive nature of my releases (http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html), very little is changed by default. For those choosing to use the Shark007 codecs, if you are need of assistance, I have my own help forums. (http://shark007.net/forum/index.php) Using these releases, no other software or tool is required to achieve playback in Windows Media Player or Media Center.

[tekNerd]

SMPlayer all the way!!!

[osgZach]

I'm using Media Player Classic - Home Cinema, included in the CCCP pack.

[RNiK]

WMP 12 and VLC for the few formats Windows 7 cannot handle naively. (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit)

[Gradius]

I'm using:

- Media Player Classic
- Xvid 1.2.2 final codec
- DirectVobSub 2.39
- Haali Media Splitter 1.9.355.21
- AC3 Filter 1.63b
- CoreAVC Video Decoder 2.0.0 (not free, but now 100% compatible with Win7)

Works perfect, on both 32 & 64-bit systems.