Good windows player for xvid?

cfp999 · 27th May 2004, 13:55

I am having a lot of trouble with Windows Media Player 9 and xvid. 50% of the time it is showing nothing but scrambled stills and stuttering audio. Sometimes it just closes down (but still resides as a process consuming memory. That happens a lot. Only solution is to reboot. Could you please recommend me a good alternative to WMP 9?

daldrum · 27th May 2004, 13:59

I'm a happy user of Zoom Player, lots of features, very good
I would also recommend Radlight, simple and good.

E-Male · 27th May 2004, 14:00

there are many players with different advantages
the core media player, mediaplayerclassic, winamp, zoomplayer, bsplayer, vlc, ...
you'll have to try yourself which one you prefer

Blueseb · 27th May 2004, 14:05

http://www.doom9.org/software.htm#players

sysKin · 27th May 2004, 14:14

I use zoomplayer (the free version) *and* media player classic.

They are two opposites - zoomplayer is big, very configurable and very pretty. MPC is very fast, simple and (the primary reason I use it) has many splitters/decoders integrated (mpeg-2, QT, real, matroska and ogm being the most useful).

Try both, then try some others, and forget about WMP9

Radek

birdy · 27th May 2004, 16:39

I too use zoomplayer and I am really happy with that.

But wereever I have a problem playing file, were no other player is able to play it at all, Mplayer play it perfect!

I also have 2 video files were the audio is out of sync in all players but strangly in Mplyer the audio is in sync! Strange ha?!

I say everyone should have Mplayer on his windows! even if you don't use it as your everyday player, you will need it!

Btw linux users should know about this great player already!

ssjkakaroto · 27th May 2004, 17:55

also don't forget the good ol' mplayer2.exe

Soulhunter · 27th May 2004, 18:58

Click me...

SoonUDie · 27th May 2004, 19:15

GraphEdt

guada · 27th May 2004, 21:42

Excuse me, but i prefer VLC ( audio quality)

gnr · 27th May 2004, 23:28

jet audio rocks. it can play every format of video and subtitles (subs without any directshow filters).

Jawor · 28th May 2004, 08:35

Quote:

Originally posted by sysKin
MPC is very fast

I disagree. Try to use it on a Celeron 1.2 GHz to play a 512x384 @ 25fps XviD movie encoded with ASP tools in full screen and you'll see what I mean

Maybe that's because I use VMR 9 Renderless, but without it I can't use subtitles in MPC

To watch hi-res XviD movies I need to use BSPlayer 0.86 or WMP 6.4.

Quote:

MPC is ... simple and (the primary reason I use it) has many splitters/decoders integrated (mpeg-2, QT, real, matroska and ogm being the most useful).

Yeah, that's true.

cfp999 · 28th May 2004, 09:04

I just finished trying out most of the players mentioned. I like nearly all of them. I was overwhelmed by the features of VLC. Feels a little slow on my Celeron. So did MPC for some reason. My favorite so far is BSPlayer. Unfortunately it runs very unstable on my laptop (BSOD). I guess I will use Zoom Player then. BTW - I remember a player called sasami years ago. Had a lot of filters build in. Dont know if its still being updated.

unmei · 28th May 2004, 20:01

"Maybe that's because I use VMR 9 Renderless, but without it I can't use subtitles in MPC"

it is imo.. i use MPC on a p3/600 with vsfilter for softsub that works fine if there is not too much styling in the subs. But not with VMR9 - with VMR9 the framerate drops to like 2 fps even without subtitles.

hellfred · 28th May 2004, 20:21

And if you ever manage to mess up your dshow-filters and do not want to reinstall your OS, you can still try mplayer. With direct rendering enabled and the right colorspace, playback performance nearly equals those of the other fast dshow players.

Hellfred

cfp999 · 28th May 2004, 23:42

hellfred - mplayer is a linux thing right? Win32 is still without GUI? Maybe we´re not talking about the same player. I could be wrong.

Hiro2k · 29th May 2004, 04:04

When things just are not working your way, you can usually turn to VLC and it will save the day! (Stuid DirectX)

birdy · 29th May 2004, 05:08

Quote:

Originally posted by cfp999
hellfred - mplayer is a linux thing right? Win32 is still without GUI? Maybe we´re not talking about the same player. I could be wrong.

I talked about Mplayer, but no one payed attention to that!
Yes Mplayer is Linux player, but some guys have compiled it to work under windows and it simply rocks! As I said before it happened to me that I had a totaly coropt file that NO PLAYER could open. Even Vdub could not fix or play that file, but mplayer played it perfect with no problem! Also I have few file were audio is out of sync on any player mentioned here INcluding even vdub etc. But mplayer is playing it perfect and in perfect sync.

about GUI for win32, first of all its not really needed! As all you have to do is drag and drop the video file on the mplyer shortcut icon! Or make it ur default video player, so in this case double click ur movie file!

But I saw yesterday that now there is a GUI version out for win32 as well.
Btw mplayer plays iso! file. I made a iso from a dvd and mplyer play it perfect.

This player is a must have!

cfp999 · 29th May 2004, 09:22

Cool! Know where to get it?

hellfred · 29th May 2004, 09:42

There are some gui's. Some written for Win32 mainly, but if you own a quite strong cpu, you can even run latest cygwin X-Server on your system an use the native mplayer gui. Beware, the guis do not support all the features that are available via console parameters. (and can be set in a config file for convenience, there). Furthermore, cygwin output to console slows down things a bit. Usinge mplayer -quiet or mplayer -really-quiet helps.
Now for the links:
The precompiled win32 binaries are availabel here:
ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/
Those are compiled using MinGW, which makes them faster than cygwin compiels. The gui available there is more like a draft, development was stopped.
But there are some gui's on the net:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/des...s.html#windows

Hellfred

27th May 2004, 13:55	#1 \| Link
cfp999 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	Good windows player for xvid? I am having a lot of trouble with Windows Media Player 9 and xvid. 50% of the time it is showing nothing but scrambled stills and stuttering audio. Sometimes it just closes down (but still resides as a process consuming memory. That happens a lot. Only solution is to reboot. Could you please recommend me a good alternative to WMP 9?

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Blueseb Italian Doom9 Staff Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 57	http://www.doom9.org/software.htm#players __________________ "...ed io, dimmi, io chi sono?" "Tu? Tu sei un fiocco di neve che non cade in nessun posto"

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sysKin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,166	I use zoomplayer (the free version) and media player classic. They are two opposites - zoomplayer is big, very configurable and very pretty. MPC is very fast, simple and (the primary reason I use it) has many splitters/decoders integrated (mpeg-2, QT, real, matroska and ogm being the most useful). Try both, then try some others, and forget about WMP9 Radek __________________ Visit #xvid or #x264 at irc.freenode.net

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ssjkakaroto Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: River of Flame Posts: 198	also don't forget the good ol' mplayer2.exe __________________ CCCP

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daldrum Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Czech rep. Posts: 56	I'm a happy user of Zoom Player, lots of features, very good I would also recommend Radlight, simple and good.

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E-Male mad computer-scientist Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,377	there are many players with different advantages the core media player, mediaplayerclassic, winamp, zoomplayer, bsplayer, vlc, ... you'll have to try yourself which one you prefer

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birdy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 133	I too use zoomplayer and I am really happy with that. But wereever I have a problem playing file, were no other player is able to play it at all, Mplayer play it perfect! I also have 2 video files were the audio is out of sync in all players but strangly in Mplyer the audio is in sync! Strange ha?! I say everyone should have Mplayer on his windows! even if you don't use it as your everyday player, you will need it! Btw linux users should know about this great player already!

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SoonUDie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 147	GraphEdt __________________ Stuff was here at some point.

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guada Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 185	Excuse me, but i prefer VLC ( audio quality)

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gnr Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 41	jet audio rocks. it can play every format of video and subtitles (subs without any directshow filters).

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cfp999 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	I just finished trying out most of the players mentioned. I like nearly all of them. I was overwhelmed by the features of VLC. Feels a little slow on my Celeron. So did MPC for some reason. My favorite so far is BSPlayer. Unfortunately it runs very unstable on my laptop (BSOD). I guess I will use Zoom Player then. BTW - I remember a player called sasami years ago. Had a lot of filters build in. Dont know if its still being updated.

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unmei frying subs Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ch-2500 Posts: 894	"Maybe that's because I use VMR 9 Renderless, but without it I can't use subtitles in MPC" it is imo.. i use MPC on a p3/600 with vsfilter for softsub that works fine if there is not too much styling in the subs. But not with VMR9 - with VMR9 the framerate drops to like 2 fps even without subtitles. __________________ U96 project -nyo

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hellfred FFmpeg fan Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 413	And if you ever manage to mess up your dshow-filters and do not want to reinstall your OS, you can still try mplayer. With direct rendering enabled and the right colorspace, playback performance nearly equals those of the other fast dshow players. Hellfred

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cfp999 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	hellfred - mplayer is a linux thing right? Win32 is still without GUI? Maybe we´re not talking about the same player. I could be wrong.

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Hiro2k New Container Mod Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cuernavaca, Mexico Posts: 770	When things just are not working your way, you can usually turn to VLC and it will save the day! (Stuid DirectX)

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cfp999 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	Cool! Know where to get it?

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hellfred FFmpeg fan Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 413	mplayer gui There are some gui's. Some written for Win32 mainly, but if you own a quite strong cpu, you can even run latest cygwin X-Server on your system an use the native mplayer gui. Beware, the guis do not support all the features that are available via console parameters. (and can be set in a config file for convenience, there). Furthermore, cygwin output to console slows down things a bit. Usinge mplayer -quiet or mplayer -really-quiet helps. Now for the links: The precompiled win32 binaries are availabel here: ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/ Those are compiled using MinGW, which makes them faster than cygwin compiels. The gui available there is more like a draft, development was stopped. But there are some gui's on the net: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/des...s.html#windows Hellfred

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