Which media player do you use?

[Chewie]

There is an existing poll from 2002 with outdated options so I thought I'd post an updated poll

Edit:
This is a multiple choice poll because many people mix and match their players to suit different media types.

[Slapnut]

I use WMP for most video files, Winamp for audio, Media Player Classic for a qt and real alternative, and VLC player for stuff that is in ISO and such ;)

[natedogg]

I use winamp for everything

[doda32]

I use winamp for videos mainly, but it seems the last versions are a little heavy..

[menlyman]

VLC WMP RealPlayer LoL A lot

[LubTheStaringCat]

Nero Showtime

[THEWHO27]

winamp vlc mpc

[shazzar]

Media player classic for videos, hardly uses any resources.

[RickDangerous]

mpc and winamp mainly, but also others

[fourier]

kmplayer , since vlc doesn't work properly with vista

[filli]

I use media player 10, I found winamp to be a beast on resources. I tried media player 11, found it horrible for loading times.

[CMC1314]

VLC uses no codecs :)

[kaii]

Media Player Classic with klmcodec

[Dedalus^]

i like nero showtime too

[Hanz™]

foobar (modified well) > winamp > wmp

[maxehhh]

Media Player Classic rules!! :D

[bigimot]

I like BSplayer for watching video, and winamp for music.

[Adis]

vlc, so fking easy to use

[SHUVT]

I use WMP for general stuff and I also use VLC because it will play just about anything out there.

[Hairbautt]

I selected the ones I have, but I mostly use WMP 11 with Klite Codec pack.

[DefX]

I use foobar, which funny enough i only found out through this forum, for all my music files. Video files i pretty much just use media player classic and vlc.

[itS0v3r]

i use winamp and sometimes windows media player

[yoyogi4]

I like wpm11!!

[peroduarocks]

*chants* Win-amp! win-amp! win-amp!
:-D

[liket]

foobar for music and media player classic for videos

[Fritzlang]

Media Player Classic!

[bombi]

VLC and BSplayer

[hpp312]

winamp mainly for tunes vlc for vids

[Ervin430]

bsplayer and winamp

[DEiFY]

WMP and Winamp.

[singdaisy]

I'm surprised that iTunes is not on the list.

Is there something y'all know about media players that I don't? :unsure:

[BurntMuffin2]

VLC mostly. I like its simplicity!

[zipzap]

I voted "other". I use ZoomPlayer (http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_download.shtml) which is great and sometimes GOM Player (http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html) which is almost as good.

[100%]

most reliable is vlc
if only it had a pop up seeker.

[yodair3]

Itunes used to use Winamp.

[Barbarossa]

I've pretty much used all of them, so I ticked the ones I enjoyed using.

[Skiz]

VLC & Winamp for most everything.

I like Quicktime though if I'm watching streaming video.

[thewizeard]

I also use this one, mainly for internet radio http://www.cowonamerica.com/download/

If you are seeding music torrents never use WMP as it actually changes the files, slightly, in the folder, and you will find your seed showing up dark red meaning the data has been corrupted. ( If you attempt to play them while seeding; foobar and winamp are ok, but why take the risk? )

I use for the rest Foobar for ripping mainly flac files and winamp for internet radio...

[durex]

Windows Media Player

DivX Player

VLC
Nero

[s8vo]

mpc/vlc all the way :|

[mestari]

Always MPC. I love it because its lightness and features...!

[Katastrophik]

kmplayer it has everything i need
and no codec problems

[Galva]

MPC on desktop, but just good old WMP on my laptop with ffdshow, no probs at all.

[selector]

I always use mediaplayer. I think it is the best one for me
regards albendsen

[motarocks]

VLC Media Player all the way! Its definately the best:)

[DreamWorks]

I use Windows Media Player & BSPalyer

[jojo]

windows media player altough use mpc for videos

[kardo]

Nero Showtime or vlc

[gamer4eva]

divx player

[ziggyjuarez]

QMP for music
VLC for videos

[St0ry]

Zoomplayer for everything except .mov files.

[kazaaman]

KMPlayer, better than VLC because it plays more formats than it. Looks cooler also...

Check it out at Softpedia (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/KMPlayer.shtml)

[c0mrade]

Winamp mostly. Have tried other players in attempt to get unicode to display correctly but didn't have an awful lot of success.

[eric]

Winamp, VLC, Media Player Classic

[iviyst]

I use mediaplayer 10 on my smartphone after I compress everything to .3gp or .mp4 format! Its a Audiovox SMT-5600 with a 8Gig minisd!

[4play]

In windows i use bspalyer 1.5 for video and winamp for music.

when using linux i like amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/) which is probably the best music player out there at the minute. for video i normally use the xine libs with either totem or kaffeine as the front end.

oh yeah and vlc for any weird format on both systems.

[Dunax]

Good to see VLC is getting so widely used. For ease of use and something that has 99% of all the codecs you will need for playback, I'd have to give my vote in this poll for it. :yup:

[Kruger]

I use vlc player, mpc, winamp and power dvd

[silhoutte]

I like windows media player classic more than vlc. Most times i use Winamp. Dpn't use media player much cause it hogs much memory.

[kakta]

VLC is best for me

[janwillem_80]

Windows media player 11 mainly

[Shadowfire]

Foobar and Media Player Classic.

[ZiP90]

bsplayer de default, but if i watching hd then mpc (or vlc)

[ArchStanton]

I tend to use Windows Media player, but someitmes I use VLC if WMP won't play a file. Occasionally I use Nero Showtime

[hosam200]

i use windows mediaplayer

[dnb]

media player classic for all videos

[caldus]

powerDVD

[S_0_A_D]

WMP and Winamp for music :)

[macking]

I use VLC for most things that wont play elsewhere.

Windows Media Player for my porn.. uhmm I mean educational sexual material

iTunes for my songs(its the best!)

[pff]

VLC for all kind of movies, Windows media player for music. I used to have winamp for music but in 2-3 weeks winamp got crazy and I got to reinstall it so nowadays windows media player is all I need when it comes to music.

[thewizeard]

..still, why put this topic under file-sharing, wouldn't it be better in the software forum?
Your reasoning baffles me :) Then you have the FST love Smilie in the Bittorrent forum.. all seems logical to me...

[lxgamer]

Vlc for most videos.
WMP for mp3's
cyberlink Power DVD for dvd's
and mplayer in *nix

[PlayMaker]

windows media player,BS palyer,VLC player and winamp..

[kilontek]

I use VLC, best for AVI on a mac but all other video formats I play straight out of itunes along with my music

[backlash]

I use winamp for audio and media player classic for all videos files and dvds.

[Chewie]

..still, why put this topic under file-sharing, wouldn't it be better in the software forum?
Your reasoning baffles me :) Then you have the FST love Smilie in the Bittorrent forum.. all seems logical to me...
Hey, I put it here 'cos here is where VB1234 posted his thread.
To be totally honest, I wasn't looking where it was! :lol:

You're absolutely right and I'm gonna move it. :)

[Armagedon]

media player classic is perfect and simple ;)

[karlstad]

Media player and foobar for music :)
And for film VLC, Windvd or Media palyer classic :)

[magister]

winamp for audio, bsplayer for video

[NichtTschad]

Foobar2000 and VLC.

[medo]

winamp, windows media player, MV2 player

[Snee]

Currently it's mostly WMP, Zoomplayer and QCD.



If you are seeding music torrents never use WMP as it actually changes the files, slightly, in the folder, and you will find your seed showing up dark red meaning the data has been corrupted. ( If you attempt to play them while seeding; foobar and winamp are ok, but why take the risk? )


Or you can go into its settings and tell it not to add any content or modify files.

I don't use it for MP3s anyway, 'cos it seem pointless to use WMP for that, but it doesn't have to mess things up.

The default settings are moronic, tho'.

[lee551]

wmp, mpc, & vlc for different things. wmp has easy brightness/contrast controls. but for tough stuff to play you gotta crack out mpc or vlc.

powerdvd for.... dvds duh. it came with my computer and i like it a lot.

[tobb3]

wmp..so nice layout, and if it for some reason wouldn't work I use VLC :) really like the black vista style wmp 11, time to get vista maybe.. :P

[peat moss]

I like the way the poll is set up as we usually use more than one . Win 11 , PowerDVD and Media Player Classic for me .

[decker]

i use WMP11 w/ K-lite codecs..