good player replacing wmp

the oil · 17th April 2002, 10:45

hi,

since i'm having problems playing divx files on wmp 8 after installing divx 5.0.1 pro i'm looking for a new player to replace wmp completely.

can anyone recommend a good player to take care of divx files and a good player to take care of all the different media files (mainly movies)

thanks

DagMan · 17th April 2002, 17:48

a very good replace for the WMP 8 is ZoomPlayer 2.50,
check out Doom9`s download section !

DagMan

Antimon · 19th April 2002, 09:32

I liek microdvd, but as it uses the wmp 6.4 engine it prolly wotnbe any better for you

bsplayer is good.

Frosty · 23rd April 2002, 22:43

bsplayer

a LOT of options and very fast

Goldfinger_007 · 24th April 2002, 03:29

give mplayer2.exe (WMP 6.4) a try. If you're using winXP, it's located at C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe

When I had problems with WMP8 and DivX4.12, mplayer2 played the files properly.

Flay · 23rd May 2002, 09:02

Try Light Alloy:
http://lightalloy.softdepia.com/

DJ Bobo · 23rd May 2002, 17:26

BSPlayer is my favourite player! has built-in multilanguage support, built-in subtitle plug-in, has skin support, has many interesting options, give it a shot.

You can download the latest Build 486 here:
http://www.bstnet.org/bsplayer/
This build is fully compatible with DivX 5.x (at least in overlay mode2)

You can find many Skins here:
http://www.galeon.com/bsskinner/index2.html

Kolyn_Kryw · 16th July 2008, 10:18

a good all-in-one solution is hard to find espically for free, youll have to settle for a few softwares instead of one , now lets sum up the possibilities

audio cd ripping
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exact audio copy - http://exactaudiocopy.org/
cdex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

if you want the best (most accurate extraction possible) and willing to settle speed for quality then go with EAC and configure it properly (drive offsets espically) , otheriwse use cdex

for burnning audio cds burrrn would be best IMO
http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=4 , for burnning mp3 data cds use cdburnerxp http://www.cdburnerxp.se , for playing dvds use kmplayer or vlc http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php / http://www.videolan.org/

a good all in one audio solution (ripping/burnning audio and mp3 cds,converting between diffrent formats) is easy cd-da extractor, but its not free

stax76 · 16th July 2008, 10:27

Did you notice this thread is 6 years old? I prefer MediaMonkey and MPC.

avih · 16th July 2008, 11:43

Old and outdated thread, off topic last comments.

Quick summary of current leading open source players:

Mplayer based (with SMplayer and MPUI front ends) - complete stand alone package

VLC - complete stand alone package

Media player classic AKA MPC (looks similar to old WMP), with dshow codecs (ffdshow is enough usually)

thread closed.

17th April 2002, 10:45	#1 \| Link
the oil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 44	good player replacing wmp hi, since i'm having problems playing divx files on wmp 8 after installing divx 5.0.1 pro i'm looking for a new player to replace wmp completely. can anyone recommend a good player to take care of divx files and a good player to take care of all the different media files (mainly movies) thanks

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DagMan Mars University Student Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Mars Posts: 73	a very good replace for the WMP 8 is ZoomPlayer 2.50, check out Doom9`s download section ! DagMan __________________ Knowledge brings Fear !

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Goldfinger_007 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 102	give mplayer2.exe (WMP 6.4) a try. If you're using winXP, it's located at C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe When I had problems with WMP8 and DivX4.12, mplayer2 played the files properly. __________________ I get on well with my DVDs - they are mostly PALs :rolleyes:

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Flay Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Russia Posts: 24	Another player Try Light Alloy: http://lightalloy.softdepia.com/ __________________ Author of "Light Alloy"

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Kolyn_Kryw Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	a good all-in-one solution is hard to find espically for free, youll have to settle for a few softwares instead of one , now lets sum up the possibilities audio cd ripping --------------------------------------- exact audio copy - http://exactaudiocopy.org/ cdex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ if you want the best (most accurate extraction possible) and willing to settle speed for quality then go with EAC and configure it properly (drive offsets espically) , otheriwse use cdex for burnning audio cds burrrn would be best IMO http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=4 , for burnning mp3 data cds use cdburnerxp http://www.cdburnerxp.se , for playing dvds use kmplayer or vlc http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php / http://www.videolan.org/ a good all in one audio solution (ripping/burnning audio and mp3 cds,converting between diffrent formats) is easy cd-da extractor, but its not free __________________ I think that....

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Antimon A lil bit of everything Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida USA Posts: 154	I liek microdvd, but as it uses the wmp 6.4 engine it prolly wotnbe any better for you bsplayer is good.

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Frosty Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 28	bsplayer a LOT of options and very fast

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DJ Bobo Encoding Dinosaur! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 1,668	BSPlayer is my favourite player! has built-in multilanguage support, built-in subtitle plug-in, has skin support, has many interesting options, give it a shot. You can download the latest Build 486 here: http://www.bstnet.org/bsplayer/ This build is fully compatible with DivX 5.x (at least in overlay mode2) You can find many Skins here: http://www.galeon.com/bsskinner/index2.html

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stax76 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On thin ice Posts: 6,837	Did you notice this thread is 6 years old? I prefer MediaMonkey and MPC. __________________ https://github.com/stax76/software-list https://www.youtube.com/@stax76/playlists

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avih Capture, Deinterlace Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Right there Posts: 1,971	Old and outdated thread, off topic last comments. Quick summary of current leading open source players: Mplayer based (with SMplayer and MPUI front ends) - complete stand alone package VLC - complete stand alone package Media player classic AKA MPC (looks similar to old WMP), with dshow codecs (ffdshow is enough usually) thread closed.