What player do you use?

[w00b]

If you post here, can you say 2 things for me.. first of course, the player you prefer.. and secondly why you prefer that player over the other players you have tried.

I used Media Player Classic and I prefer it over PowerDVD because the audio on PowerDVD is horridly quiet for me for some reason.

[chipzoller]

MPC + ffdshow. MPC is a single all-inclusive exe that's easily portable, this coupled with the awesomeness that is ffdshow and its numerous filters/capabilities. VLC would be my second choice, although for Windows it seems less stable but my media player of choice on my flash drive since all decoders/splitters are built-in.

[muvi]

Other opinions?:helpful:

[LoRd_MuldeR]

MPlayer + SMPlayer front-end :D

1. The ultimate "all-in-one" playback solution
2. Clean interface with all features you need, very easy to use and it's very stable now
3. Plays almost everything Out-of-the-Box, no need to mess around with codecs, plugins, filters or whatever
4. No dependencies on DirectShow, because all splitters/decoders are already built-in
5. A lot of advanced filtering capabilities, if you need them

Only drawback so far:
No support for DVD menus yet, but you can play them without the menus just fine...

If you are new to MPlayer, you might like to check out my MPlayer package ;)
http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#mplayer

Screenshots:
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9290/fileshotmplayersmplayerjz5.png
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/7074/fileshotmplayerplaylistgm5.png
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6696/fileshotmplayerpropertirs1.png

[Kado]

LoRd_MuldeR you really like MPlayer hum? :)
I prefer MPC HC + ffdshow try-outs for the advanced configurations, but I guess I´ll try that one again!

[Shinigami-Sama]

windows:
MPC + ffdshow, coreavc at some point
wmp*shudder* for some wmv trailers I get from time to time

linux:
vlc
I still need to try out the other ones, but so far VLC is the only one I like

[LoRd_MuldeR]

linux:
vlc
I still need to try out the other ones, but so far VLC is the only one I like

SMPlayer is available for Linux, have you ever tried that one?
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

[Shinigami-Sama]

SMPlayer is available for Linux, have you ever tried that one?
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

I think I tried that one already
I played with about 4 on sabayon before I realized it had vlc, noatrun I really really dislike

but I will give smplayer another shot next time I boot into linux

[enjoycoming555]

I prefer Gom player for its nice interface and convenient features.

[Shakey_Jake33]

Funnily enough, I love MPC for pretty much the opposite reasons thet LoRd_MuldeR listed for liking MPlayer!

I like MPC because I prefer to use Directshow codecs, as it gives me control over exactly what codecs I want to use, full flexibility. As a player, it's minimalist and low CPU usage, without sacrificing functionality.

[alfixdvd]

PowerDVD because the audio on PowerDVD is horridly quiet for me for some reason.

In Configuration->Audio->Advanced->Other configure for laptop noise environment.

I like also KmPlayer.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Funnily enough, I love MPC for pretty much the opposite reasons thet LoRd_MuldeR listed for liking MPlayer!

I like MPC because I prefer to use Directshow codecs, as it gives me control over exactly what codecs I want to use, full flexibility. As a player, it's minimalist and low CPU usage, without sacrificing functionality.

In fact you can select the Codec/Splitter in MPlayer! The SMPlayer front-end even offers dedicated menus for that purpose:
Take a look at the "Demuxer", "Video Codec" and "Audio Codec" tabs in the "File Properties" dialog ;)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9500/filemplayercodecspn2.th.png (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=filemplayercodecspn2.png)

Of course you can only choose between MPlayer's "built-in" Codecs/Demuxers, hence addig/removing Codecs requires re-buildiung.
BUT: You'll hardly find a Decoder/Splitter that is missing in MPlayer!
And in fact ffdshow comes with a "built-in" (hard-wired) Codec suite as well, only with a DShow wrapper arround it!
(in big parts ffdshow uses exactly the same code base as used in MPlayer)

If you like the minimalistic user interface of MPC, have a look at the MPUI front-end for MPlayer!
Furthermore I highly doubt any DirectShow-based player (including MPC) runs at lower CPU usage than MPlayer does.

And always keep in mind:
The DirectShow player application itself might seem pretty lightweight, but there always is the whole DirectShow Framework in the background!

Don't get me wrong, I like MPC + ffdshow-tryouts too :D

[Delerue]

MPC clsid version (with all internal demuxers enable) + FFDShow + CoreAVC (multi-thread for H.264/AVC) + WMP (multi-thread for all WMVs). It's simply the fastest configuration I know, and can actually run all videos that I tested. It's also easy and powerful. No installation, no Dlls; just one executable.

Drawbacks:
1- it's common that you can't select multi tracks audio (example (http://rapidshare.com/files/46651266/BBC_HD__H264_AC3_eng__07-07_13-25-26.ts.03.ts.html));
2- can't load broken videos like VLC;
3- can't seek some WMV videos like VLC and SMPlayer;

I would like to tell that VLC and SMPlayer are tie in my second choice. Really great players.

You'll hardly find a Decoder/Splitter that is missing in MPlayer!

Try the example above. :)

[Yong]

Media player classic HC + ffdshow + haali video renderer :D

and of course mplayer, without gui ;)
mplayer OpenGL video renderer + nvidia GPU = kick ass combination :D

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Try the example above. :)
With MPlayer I get either audio-only (mpeg-ts demuxer) or video-only (lavc demuxer) :scared:
Migh by a problem in MPlayer or a borked file, I don't know. I guess you should report that file to the MPlayer Mailing List!

VLC Player v0.9.0 is able to play it correctly (with some display errors at the beginning of the clip)
I have to manually switch audio tracks every time though. And VLC crashes when I try to add a deinterlacer...

[webs0r]

MPC for
xvid (ffdshow)
h264 (coreavc)
through Haali video renderer.
I love MPC because it is light-weight, ultra-fast (instant fullscreen/window switch), i can use the latest and greatest directshow filters of *my* choosing, i can zoom-in/out the video and it remembers it through full screen / window switching.

and...

Zoomplayer 5.5 to watch TV directly from my hdtv tuner through dcdvbsource, as well as play transport stream recordings done via webscheduler.
(only because MPC won't build the graph properly!)

[webs0r]

Delerue, try using TSFilesource
http://nate.dynalias.net/TSFileSource/TSFileSource.html

This is the best directshow TS source filter I have come across. Unfortunately MPC refuses to use it, but maybe your other dshow players will properly render it. I use zoomplayer for this purpose.

[Delerue]

With MPlayer I get either audio-only (mpeg-ts demuxer) or video-only (lavc demuxer) :scared:
Migh by a problem in MPlayer or a borked file, I don't know. I guess you should report that file to the MPlayer Mailing List!

VLC Player v0.9.0 is able to play it correctly (with some display errors at the beginning of the clip)
I have to manually switch audio tracks every time though. And VLC crashes when I try to add a deinterlacer...

Weird, ahn? There's a lot of weird videos like this. Here's another one: http://www.zshare.net/download/5141426e831a63/

BTW, VLC 0.9 is very incomplete and buggy. I recommend the non-official 0.8.6d (overwrite the 0.8.6c for best results), that you can download here (http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/backup/branch-20070820-0331). With this version you can open that tennis video and do a bob deinterlacing without crash, although you'll still need to switch the audio track.

webs0r, thanks for the tip. I'll try later. ;)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Weird, ahn? There's a lot of weird videos like this.
Actually that's not too weird! ;)

You simply discovered one format that MPlayer doesn't support perfectly yet. So?
We all know that the prefect player doesn't exist. There will always be room for improvement. That's reality.
But this doesn't change the fact that hundreds of formats already are supported. And I'm convinced that one will be fixed too.

BTW: TS isn't the recommended container to store vidoes anyway. Hence you better fix/remux the stream to MP4...

[ArdenDag]

MPC + FFDshow. There are times I have to use SMPlayer to watch some videos because they may not play/seek correctly in MPC, but I live. Often, when that happens, I just re-encode the video so it does work in MPC :)

Arden

[vlada]

1) MPC + ffdshow
2) KMPlayer
3) SMPlayer
4) VLC


Since I'm not a native English speaker, as you can clearly see, an important feature for me is subtitle support. That's where ffdshow leads, also KMPlayer has a good subtitle support. It is basically a GUI built around various DS filters.

MPlayer subtitle support is not that good and in VLC it is almost unusable.

Since all these players use the same decoders (ffmpeg/libavcodec), the format support is equal.

[Amour]

Media player classic HC + ffdshow + haali video renderer :D
The same. :)
But what is HC?
And I never tried CoreAVC.

[smok3]

mpc, mpui (from portable apps), vlc (from portable apps), JW FLV PLAYER (usually in that order).

[Kado]

Homecinema (http://tibrium.neuf.fr/) edition of mpc by casimir666, has many new features and tweaks like file position memory and evr support etc.

[TheShadowRunner]

After extensive testing of most popular players, hands down my choice is Zoom Player.
I don't even need its Zoom function since i'm doing 1:1 mapping on HDTV @ 1080p, but the billion options in there, once configured properly, make my movie-watching experiences MUCH more comfortable than any other DirectShow-based player i came accross.
(It has a "simple" mode for newbs too btw ^^)
See you,

TSR

[Furry9]

I use Media Player Classic

[muvi]

Thanks for your advices guys!;)

[thibeaz]

I almost made a pretty good NSIS Wrapper for MPC to make it portable, the only thing I am trying to get redirected is the playlist.mpcl file in the Application Folder (does anybody know how to disable that?) anyway MPC for me and VLC both the Non Portable and the Portable Version from John T. Haller are the 2 I like the most

[vlada]

But for MPC you would also need to make a portable version of ffdshow. I tried that but without any success.

[Leak]

But for MPC you would also need to make a portable version of ffdshow. I tried that but without any success.
Not neccessarily - take a look at the MPC HC svn changelog (http://ffdshow-tryout.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mpc-hc/?view=log)... ;)

np: Pan Sonic - Kytkennät / Connections (Katodivaihe / Cathodephase)

[thibeaz]

But for MPC you would also need to make a portable version of ffdshow. I tried that but without any success.

Not neccessarily you just need to extract these codecs
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/windows-essential-20071007.zip
into the same folder MPC is in and your all set

[Shinigami-Sama]

after playing with my sabayon install and several media files and players later
I'm liking smplayer very much

now I just need to get rid of noatun, and find a good music player, with a decent playlist interface

[Delcious]

we can find kinds of video players on wikipedia!

[Sirber]

when I'll format I'll probably just install VLC.

[mjrweed]

Im currently running vista with latest nvidia drivers on a 8600gt card and a E6750 CPU.

My software setup so far:

For x264:
MPC Homecinema
Cyberlink h264 video codec
haali video renderer

For divx:
MPUI Mplayer

For DVD:
WMP11 :angry:

This is the software combination that has given me the best results so far at least :)

[4Dude]

I like wmp9 for most things......

I also use realplayer 8 (Last version before AOL bought them and ruined it)

And i also use VLC (Plays almost anything)

[Madzamundi]

Hi all.
i use microdvd only because i like to select the exact minute and second when watching some scene of movie ..other players got only the "scrolling bar" so they aren't precise.

The only thing i cannot fix i its darkening...even tuning options i get movies darker than i.e. crystal player.

Does anyone of you knows another player that allows me to select ( ala micro dvd) the minutes and seconds of one film to start...or watch a scene etc.. ?

[Hard Core Rikki]

Lord Mulder's MPlayer for windows has been the one since a while already now, plays cool for most of my medias. some trouble with switching audio tracks in videos, nothing that offending. The presence of fixed buffersize-based caching (in kilobytes, not only milliseconds) is a big plus here, especially with medias with reading troubles (like scratched discs and such, where consistent video smoothness cannot be guaranteed without bigger buffers)

I used to be all about Media Player Classic + FFdshow. This combination remains my personal favorite for all purposes and in cases where stuff doesnt play properly in Mplayer.

[vlada]

Hi all.
i use microdvd only because i like to select the exact minute and second when watching some scene of movie ..other players got only the "scrolling bar" so they aren't precise.

MicroDVD? Where did you find it, in a museum? :)

I remember using this player very long time ago. It used to be quite good.

I don't know how jumping to a certain time works in MicroDVD. But you might want to try MPC a and Ctrl+G shortcut.

[Brother John]

Ah, MicroDVD was my very first player as well, but I switched to BSPlayer quickly. Before they went payware I switched again to MPC and stuck with it. VLC is installed as a secondary player but hardly ever used.

Do you remember those old movie specific config files of MicroDVD and BSPlayer? Adding chapters, stream names etc. there because that info couldn’t go into AVI? I even built whole playlists with chained config files, including that nice “insert next CD” message.

[Madzamundi]

MicroDVD? Where did you find it, in a museum? :)

I remember using this player very long time ago. It used to be quite good.

I don't know how jumping to a certain time works in MicroDVD. But you might want to try MPC a and Ctrl+G shortcut.

I know that is ooold...but it works perfect and i continue to use it also because with other player i cannot choose the min and second i want ( scroll bar sux) ...the only drawback is that i cannot change its settings for bightness, contrast, color. Else i'll never change it.

[foxyshadis]

In MPC you can press ctrl-G to jump to any time or frame. Same with zoom player iirc.

[lovemoon]

for playing video, such as movie, usually is avi, wmv... I use BaoFeng Player, all most people around me use it.
Now I use a free FLV Player to play Youtube video. Moyea FLV Plaer (http://www.flvsoft.com/flv_player), anyone used it?

[RNiK]

Lord Mulder's MPlayer + SMPlayer front-end. :cool:

I used to be an MPC + ffdshow user but recently I felt in love with SMPlayer.

[Leak]

MPC + ffdshow-tryouts (:D) for me.

VLC, mplayer and co are nice, but since I can't use ffdshow's AviSynth filter with them they'd never be my first choice... :)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

VLC, mplayer and co are nice, but since I can't use ffdshow's AviSynth filter with them they'd never be my first choice... :)

You know that (S)MPlayer will playback Avisynth scripts just fine? :p
Well, editing your script directly in ffdshow's config dialog is still more comfortable, but at least it works ^^

[Sharktooth]

mplayer on linux
mpc on windows

[kurt]

mpc + haali + ffdshow/coreavc

[Leak]

You know that (S)MPlayer will playback Avisynth scripts just fine? :p
Well, editing your script directly in ffdshow's config dialog is still more comfortable, but at least it works ^^
Errr... exactly how do you play back a DVD with menus and stuff inside an AviSynth script (especially without having to write a new script for every DVD, and with no way of getting DVD navigation events to an AviSynth filter) *AND* knowing at the very beginning the exact number of frames that'll get played until 2 or so hours later? :p

(Okay, so ffdshow doesn't know the latter either but I think I've worked around it quite well... :))

np: Yello - Ballet Mecanique (Claro Que Si)

[Shakey_Jake33]

In fact you can select the Codec/Splitter in MPlayer! The SMPlayer front-end even offers dedicated menus for that purpose:
Take a look at the "Demuxer", "Video Codec" and "Audio Codec" tabs in the "File Properties" dialog ;)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9500/filemplayercodecspn2.th.png (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=filemplayercodecspn2.png)

Of course you can only choose between MPlayer's "built-in" Codecs/Demuxers, hence addig/removing Codecs requires re-buildiung.
BUT: You'll hardly find a Decoder/Splitter that is missing in MPlayer!
And in fact ffdshow comes with a "built-in" (hard-wired) Codec suite as well, only with a DShow wrapper arround it!
(in big parts ffdshow uses exactly the same code base as used in MPlayer)

If you like the minimalistic user interface of MPC, have a look at the MPUI front-end for MPlayer!
Furthermore I highly doubt any DirectShow-based player (including MPC) runs at lower CPU usage than MPlayer does.

And always keep in mind:
The DirectShow player application itself might seem pretty lightweight, but there always is the whole DirectShow Framework in the background!

Don't get me wrong, I like MPC + ffdshow-tryouts too :D
Great to see there is a fair amount to configure in mplayer, I think I'd personally feel too limited by only being able to use the different codecs supported internally by that specific mplayer compile. Don't get me wrong, I gave mplayer for a whirl and was very impressed, and there's definitely people out there who want things to just work, without having to worry about codecs - your builds are great for that! I just really like being able to (for example) update to the newest ffdshow tryouts build every few days, like being able to use CoreAVC (I do use a lot of 1080p H.264's, and while my CPU could probably handle that fine in ffdshow, I'm fussy when it comes to milking max performance), madflac, as well as stuff like Haali Renderer... I guess I'm too used to doing things the mpc way to change!

[avih]

- drag'n'drop to MPUI (mulder's package) for clips and quick preview because it starts so damn fast and plays everything. Also good to preview torrents before they've fully downloaded (legal clips). VLC is also good with partial files but starts much slower.

- MPC + ffdshow for most films because it's easiest to configure/modify quickly and supports subtitles best, especially RTL languages like Hebrew (ffdshow). VLC comes close 2nd with RTL subtitles but not good enough. ffdshow is also great in deinterlacing using DScaler dlls to double frame-rate, which I use because I capture sports events interlaced. Also, it works with ReClock since it's a dshow combo while the mplayer based players don't.

- SMPLAYER (mulder's package)/VLC for testing or videos that for some reason don't play well in MPC+ffdshow.

- DScaler for TV (has to be the best TV application out there, and OSS)

My previous (long time ago) favorite was zoom player, which still works well, but for me MPC is better now. Used to like bsplayer a lot but it now contains adware. Gom player is a neat integrated package but my current players eventually do all good enough and are OSS.

[kumi]

I use MPC HomeCinema version + ffdshow tryouts for almost everything. I also use VLC, but mostly for saving internet video streams or the occasional wierd file that won't play in ffdshow.

avih: Did you mean that you use DScaler to deinterlace for display on your computer monitor?

[leeperry]

Mpc Hc + Evr

[Xodarap]

Furthermore I highly doubt any DirectShow-based player (including MPC) runs at lower CPU usage than MPlayer does.


QFT ;)

I used to use MPlayer religiously. I switched to MPC, but I forget why :P I think it was command-line laziness, but now they have good frontends. Maybe I'll switch back :)

[Skyfish]

This might not be the place but I could not find a thread on where to post this but here is my question:
I love the quality and most of all very practical interface of MPC (I have a Home Theater setup and I use my mouse to pause/volume etc...) *however* the sound quality is definitely inferior to that of VLC and I can not figure out where it comes from, I mostly watch Xvid format AVIs.

Any ideas?

[vlada]

Taht is very strange to have different sound from MPC and VLC. AVI DVD-rips usually have MP3 or AC3 soundtracks. Both players use their internal decoders which are based on the same libraries. In MPC you can use use any DirectShow decoder (like ffdshow). So I believe you might have something set-up incorrectly.

Blease be more specific regarding your speakers configuration, used decoders for audio in MPC, their setting and the sound difference.

[Skyfish]

Yes I am pretty sure it is a config setting on MPC or something I am doing wrong.
The reason I did not give more details about the speaker config is that it is the same for both players so obviously the issue is not there nevertheless I have a weak/bad sound installation: 2 HarmannKardon desktop speakers with a bass woofer, crappy soundcard.
The sound in VLC is *clearer* I can hear dialogs very well whereas they are much fuzzier, lower volume in MPC. Its not a booster setting or it is more like an equalization issue.
The decoders are use are the standard ones, have not anything in MPC I have not added any External Filters for sound, maybe I should?

[vlada]

The decoders are use are the standard ones, have not anything in MPC I have not added any External Filters for sound, maybe I should?

You don't have to. I like ffdshow, but it's up to you. If you are playing a video, right click on the picture, look at "filters" and find there audio decoder. Then click on it and you can change it's settings.

I was asking about your configuration because it might be an upmix/downmix problem. Check your speaker's configuration in the players.

[mitsubishi]

If you go to View>Options>Internal Filters>Transform Filters and disable ac3 and/or "mpeg audio" then it will use whatever external filter is available. Both ac3filter and ffdshow can decode both. Both can also go after the other, collecting the decoded audio allowing manipulation. Personally I use internal for mpeg audio, ac3filter for ac3 and have ffdshow after for further effects.

[obieobieobie]

Zoomplayer for me. I have VLC as backup.

[Delerue]

Skyfish, I'm not sure but you can try this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Delerue/MPC_sound.png

Turn off the 'Regain volume' definitely improves the sound quality here. Also, you can try to switch to 'PCM 24 bits' output, enable the 'LFE' (if you have a subwoofer) and choose the right speaker configurarion, all this inside the AC3/DTS/AAC internal filter options.

[clsid]

Files with AC3 audio usually have 6 audio channels (5.1 setup). If you play such an audio track on stereo speakers without downmixing, then the sound of the middle channel (which contains the dialogs) will be very faint.

The solution is simple: downmix the audio to two channels.

In ffdshow for example that can be done by enabling the 'Mixer' and configuring it to stereo speakers.

For configuring the internal audio decoders in MPC, go to MPC Options, Internal Filters page, double-click on one of the bold items.

[microchip8]

As I'm on Linux, the only player I use is MPlayer. It can play a lot of formats, is simple and does its job very well. I also sometimes use VLC... never really liked Xine or Kaffeine

[Mangix]

mplayer on windows. tried CCCP but went back to mplayer due to the speed and happiness. not that CCCP was slow though...

[Xodarap]

Now that I think of it -- the best by far is MPlayer itself on the command line (no frontend). The versatility of that player is mind-blowing. I remember watching some crappy Voyager encodes on it with hqdn3d set to kill the noise (best decode noise filter ever made), something for some nice deblocking (forgot), and an amazing de-logo filter for the a-hole's "Yes+" logo on the top. Beautiful, simple, elegant, and low-profile despite the heavy filtering. Good stuff. I just got lazy and switched over to MPC :P There are some good "half-front-ends" for MPlayer that let you save command-line settings for different uses...

EDIT: Just for the hell of it for those who care: yes, I do own all the Voyager DVDs ;) (And have since ripped them for myself...)

[Xodarap]

If you go to View>Options>Internal Filters>Transform Filters and disable ac3 and/or "mpeg audio" then it will use whatever external filter is available. Both ac3filter and ffdshow can decode both. Both can also go after the other, collecting the decoded audio allowing manipulation. Personally I use internal for mpeg audio, ac3filter for ac3 and have ffdshow after for further effects.

^QFT I use the same setup :cool: AC3Filter is easy to setup a downmix and a normalization that (unlike MPC's internal normalizing) doesn't "clip" and kill the quality.

[Skyfish]

To mitsu, vlada, delerue and clsid :thanks:

[masteripper]

Personally the combination of KMP+Coreavc is a killer.Just a ton of options , constant development and easy external decoder handling

[avih]

I use MPC HomeCinema version + ffdshow tryouts for almost everything. I also use VLC, but mostly for saving internet video streams or the occasional wierd file that won't play in ffdshow.

avih: Did you mean that you use DScaler to deinterlace for display on your computer monitor?

I use DScaler for 2 things:
1. As a TV application for my BT capture card.
2. For deinterlacing in real time during playback on my monitor via ffdshow. I'm recording sports events interlaced, and deinterlace only on playback to get 50FPS. ffdshow can load dscaler deinterlacing dlls.

[jazzzy]

CinemaPlayer

http://www.cinemaplayer.net
small lightweight 252 k player that comes in English and
just flies ! believe me it takes so less memory that I used it on 233Mhz under W2K with crappy graphic card and it worked

not to mention it has a few unique functions that make it powerful player (for example drag&move playing picture)

KMPlayer

this is my choice for now as it is the most advanced player I've ever seen, it allows me to configure almost everything and thus satisfies me because I'm very demanding

WinDVD

mainly because it has superior audio options

BorgTV

this is so great analog tv player, it was the only one that was able to get along with my Pinnacle PCTV PRO without a problem

it is also the only player (I guess) that allows you for dedicated colour/sound properties for every single channel, it is very important in cable tv because some channels go dark some less colourful and you need to adjust it and not affect other channels

[Daiz]

CCCP+CoreAVC with MPC for everything. I've never had to bother with anything else after installing CCCP.

[Danisan]

I'm using MPC HC + ffdshow for most things, but I might change to GOM Player (http://www.gomplayer.com) if they work out their subtitle in MKV bugs.

[trott]

And what about players with library and (useable) remote control support (yes, I prefer to watch on TV) ?

[ExtraEye]

For A long time I used Zoom Player as my main player but after switching to SMPlayer it's only secondary for me.
Smplayer resizes the video to fit my screen automatically and can do many other things I liked. I find it takes the least memory except for AVC videos, and then it's still pretty good - just not as good as CoreAVC.

In the rare times that things don't work for SMPlayer I revert to ZoomPlayer. This happens the most as avih mentioned, when I play a video with RTL subtitles (shows the subtitles the opposite way...

[rvm]

In the rare times that things don't work for SMPlayer I revert to ZoomPlayer. This happens the most as avih mentioned, when I play a video with RTL subtitles (shows the subtitles the opposite way...

Have you tried the fribidi options in mplayer?


−flip−hebrew (FriBiDi only)

Turns on flipping subtitles using FriBiDi.

−noflip−hebrew−commas

Change FriBiDi’s assumptions about the placements of commas in subtitles. Use this if commas in subtitles are shown at the start of a sentence instead of at the end.

[sheppaul]

CMD options are not really a good thing at all for most users. If possible, make it as a visible option in wonderful smplayer. :)

[Yobbo]

I'm still looking for my "perfect" player.

MPC-HC is great, but I'm always running into file association issues, where double-clicking a file throws up an error, while dragging same file onto MPC directly plays fine? huh? Plus DVD menu support is not the best.

SMPlayer refuses to play some mp3s that MPC plays fine.

VLC - likewise re: DVD menus.

etc etc.

Is there such a thing as ONE all-encompassing player? With codecs built-in (no need to install anything else)? Full DVD playback support (menus etc)? Plays FLV? etc?

Or am I dreaming?

[Shinigami-Sama]

Full DVD playback support (menus etc)? Plays FLV? etc?

Or am I dreaming?

WMP11?
:rolleyes:

[FoxDisc]

Does anyone want to comment on what they are using to play HD-DVD or Bluray High Def formats ripped to a hard drive?

[ChronoReverse]

It's interesting how MPC keeps getting touted as "light-weight".

It looks like mplayer2.exe (Windows Media Player 6.4) but if you try using it on an older machine, it's clear that it's not that light in comparison to mplayer2 (or even older builds of Zoomplayer which were actually lighter on the cpu than even mplayer2).

[Shinigami-Sama]

It's interesting how MPC keeps getting touted as "light-weight".

It looks like mplayer2.exe (Windows Media Player 6.4) but if you try using it on an older machine, it's clear that it's not that light in comparison to mplayer2 (or even older builds of Zoomplayer which were actually lighter on the cpu than even mplayer2).

load up mpc and load up wmp
tell me which one is lighter

[ChronoReverse]

...

Do you know what I'm referring to when I say Windows Media Player 6.4?

Obviously MPC is lighter than WMP10, but what isn't? In any case, MPC isn't heavy but it's not particularly light either in the arena of alternative players.

[mdoubledragon]

Media Player Classic primarily because of the audio boost function.

When using Linux or when not using Media Player Classic, I use MPlayer.

[ilovejedd]

Media Player Classic (w/ffdshow) or VLC under Windows. For Linux, it's VLC.

They're both relatively lightweight, have simple no-frills interface and a ton of customizable options. I always install VLC first before I go about installing MPC and all the splitters/codecs/etc that I'll need. My preferred player of choice is MPC because its interface is similar to WMP 6.4. It's good to have VLC as backup, though, in case something happens which messes up my codecs.

[cmw]

1) SMPlayer
2) VLC
3) Windows Media Player 6.4 + ffdshow + Haali Splitter

I do not like MPC, it has too many confusing options ;) ffdshow does the trick for advanced stuff^^
I would rank VLC first but at the moment the latest official doesn't support anything I need. The SVN does, but there are other issues with that ;) When 0.9.0 goes final it will rank 1 ;)

[Heihachi]

Bsplayer

[Carpo]

mpc + ffdshow + haali - all 32bit - wish someone would make some 64bit versions :devil:

[LoRd_MuldeR]

wish someone would make some 64bit versions :devil:
MPC x64: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561&package_id=245172
ffdshow x64: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941&package_id=229162

[clsid]

Keep in mind that the performance of ffdshow x64 sucks compared to the 32-bit version. So just keep using the 32-bit MPC/ffdshow combo.

[Carpo]

yes but media center doesnt like 32bit codecs - also thanks mulder, i have seen them but was hoping for some up to date and more tested versions :p - i dont want to be the guinea pig any more :D

[clsid]

More recent x64 builds are here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941

[Carpo]

what are the changes in your 64bit version clsid - or they the same as your march 7th version ?

[Rogi]

I use MPC + ffdshow, they together really make powerful combination.

[DGMurdockIII]

I use kantaris - http://www.kantaris.org and songbird - http://getsongbird.com/ right now

[hoboX10]

GOM Player. Media Player classic limits at 80 FPS for me, and normally that would be okay, but some of my anime I have plays at 120 FPS (I have no clue why)

GOM can play at that speed for me though.

[Adub]

Media Player Classic handles 120fps anime just fine for me.

Edit: But wait, why the thread resurrection?

[Shinigami-Sama]

GOM Player. Media Player classic limits at 80 FPS for me, and normally that would be okay, but some of my anime I have plays at 120 FPS (I have no clue why)

GOM can play at that speed for me though.

vfr animu encodes - 120fps is a multiple of 24 and 30
try updating to MPC-HC?

[BeCinematic]

I'm using ALLPlayer 3.5 for subtitle support (self loading subs from two independent servers) and for converting tool build in.

Other player its VLC for the streaming ability

[ACrowley]

I use KMplayer :) I used Zoomplayer in the Past but i had always EVR Renderer Bugs like Invalid Floating Point Errors etc.. So i use KM Player and sometimes mpc-hd. Works perfect
Also i ise Arcsoft TotalMediaTheater To play full Blurays from Disc or HDD

[zambelli]

Media Player Classic (Home Cinema) for all video playback.
WMP11 for all music playback.

[Martin H]

clsid's MPC build(guliverkli2) with ffdshow tryouts for all video and foobar2000 for all audio...

[Eric1042]

Realplayer + flash player(Adobe)+ Aunsoft FLV Player

[Blue_MiSfit]

media player classic HC with ffdshow-tryouts. No DXVA silliness. I resize to 1920x1200 and add grain at that resolution.

Filled with win.

~MiSfit

[Yobbo]

Used to be MPC, then MPC-HC, but now I use Lord Mulder's MPlayer package (with SMPlayer frontend).