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    media player

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by randdy, Apr 13, 2009.

  1. randdy

    randdy Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone have suggestions on which media player works best. I'm using AVS4you dvd player,it's pretty good, tried Adobe Media Player last night, but it always says, "this media is not available @ this time", even though caption says fully downloaded. how about a different player, any ideas?
     
    randdy, Apr 13, 2009
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  2. Convoluted

    Convoluted Notebook Evangelist

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    Adobe Media Player? What on earth is that? Give KM Player a shot. Along with VLC, they are the best video players out there that require no codecs. They also play audio too, although I would suggest WMP or iTunes for audio files.
     
    Convoluted, Apr 13, 2009
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  3. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    iTunes for everything audio, and VLC Media Player for the rest. all you'll ever need.
     
    whizzo, Apr 13, 2009
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  4. fonduekid

    fonduekid JSUTAONHTERBIRCKINTEHWLAL

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    Did you see here?

    Edit: I use WinAmp for music, VLC / Windows Media Player / KMPlayer for movies. VLC is good, though recently I have started liking KMPlayer too.
     
    fonduekid, Apr 13, 2009
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  5. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Yup, good list there. I use the Zune player to play music and Windows Media Player for my movies. I initially started using the Zune player because I got a Zune, but after using it for a while, I ended up liking it more for music than other media players I had used.
     
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  6. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    +1 Love the combo!
     
    X2P, Apr 13, 2009
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  7. decaPODA

    decaPODA Notebook Evangelist

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    upgraded to "VLC 0.9.9" ..didnt quite like the new thing..so rolled back to old VLC, now vlc aint playing videos all smooth.. i see pixel edges,while the same file running better in WMP.. :/

    is there anything i seem to be missing ..?? or is it only me who experienced this kind of problem..?
     
    decaPODA, Apr 13, 2009
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  8. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nice, zune software has the best UI. It totally owns itunes, kmplayer, vlc..etc.

    I use Kmplayer because it supports external codec. I need coreavc in order to play 720P and 1080P bd-rip on my netbook.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 13, 2009
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  9. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    I still like WMP, & Winamp!

    I have used MediaMonkey, that's a good program! ;)
    Doesn't anyone use MediaMonkey anymore? :(

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Apr 13, 2009
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  10. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nope, Media munkey's too old school. A lot of Media Munkey users started using foobar2000.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 13, 2009
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  11. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Yeah, I haven't checked out foobar2000..cuz I diverted back to WMP after I did a Clean Install! Good ease of use???

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Apr 13, 2009
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  12. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's basically very light music player (that is before you enable a gazillion optional plugins) which can basically do everything you wanted. You can even make your own UI.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 13, 2009
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  13. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Sweet! I'm gonna have to check it out! :D Thanks for the info!

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Apr 13, 2009
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