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    media players... (?)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by decaPODA, Mar 21, 2009.

  1. decaPODA

    decaPODA Notebook Evangelist

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    hey guys..

    here i am back again with another (probably dumb) query :D

    hey ..VLC, WMP, DivX player, Real player, quicktime, winamp.. all these play media files..seems like till day only VLC had been able to play almost all kinda file..be in a vob or flv.. so ..does it make any sense to remove other players from the machine.. ?

    any codec which is loaded with everything..

    or to cut everything short..which would be the best media player out there..??

    :) thanks ppl..
     
    decaPODA, Mar 21, 2009
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  2. Tom-

    Tom- Notebook Enthusiast

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    I also use Media Player Classic
    I do find that VLC is still needed to play some files though
     
    Tom-, Mar 21, 2009
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  3. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    KMPlayer=Best
     
    McGrady, Mar 21, 2009
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  4. Varadero

    Varadero Notebook Consultant

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    Are you fully HDCP compliant (BR, Vista, HDMI etc etc)?

    If not, Nero seems to play anything thrown at it at 1080p, although you may need AnyDVD.

    Otherwise I'd second Tom- and suggest WMP Classic with the K-lite codec pack.
     
    Varadero, Mar 21, 2009
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  5. decaPODA

    decaPODA Notebook Evangelist

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    lOl.. no buddy.. just vista operating machine ..no HDMI stuff.. (if i understood u well :) .)

    so media player with k-lite n VLC shall do the trick for awll things we get to see.. ?
     
    decaPODA, Mar 21, 2009
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  6. xenon2k9

    xenon2k9 Notebook Evangelist

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    I second KMPlayer. One is all you need.
     
    xenon2k9, Mar 21, 2009
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  7. Ocelot

    Ocelot Notebook Consultant

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    One of the things I like about VLC is it is very clean. It doesn't install codecs all over your system and interfere with other media apps. It keeps them all in its own directory. Is this the case with KMPlayer?
     
    Ocelot, Mar 21, 2009
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  8. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Yep.

    10 char
     
    Baserk, Mar 21, 2009
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