Suggest me a media player.

Hay all,

I am using WMP since the release of version 11 and now version 12, I liked everything about it especially the GUI ( I love the artworks as much as I love music), WoW effect and the ability to download the tags from AMG. Now I am having trouble with it as its not reading the tags of some lossless albums, even if I edit the tags manually then it again doesn't read them. Every new album that I add to library get lost in my collection, there is no feature like "latest addition" or anything.

Suggest my a media player that has a clear Artwork based GUI, ability to automatically download and edit the tags, easy to navigate and most importantly has the best sound. Ability to play WAV, AAC, AC3 and Xvid.

Thanks.

Flip a coin, heads use Winamp, tales use Songbird. Obviously I don't know of any other players.

Foobar. Extremely light on RAM usage, proper DSP support, surround sound outputand interface customization. And it actually has instant play, unlike other players that boast it. [EDIT:] If you're willing to put forth the effort and time into your first setup of Foobar, it will reward you by being one of the best pieces of software on your system. Along with its plugins it can do everything you want and more.

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Originally Posted by whatcdfan

Suggest my a media player that has a clear Artwork based GUI, ability to automatically download and edit the tags, easy to navigate and most importantly has the best sound. Ability to play WAV, AAC, AC3 and Xvid.

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I've tried a number of players over the years, and always ended up sticking to Winamp 2.95. Don't know about the artwork, but as far as I know it has everything else you're mentioning. I only use it to play MP3s and listen to Internet radios, however.

By the way, ringhunter is totally right about foobar's tiny memory footprint - we're talking about a single megabyte. If you're a performance freak, you should definitely check it out.

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Flip a coin, heads use Winamp, tales use Songbird. Obviously I don't know of any other players.

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Winamp was the second choice obviously, better to hear what others sayin'

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Foobar. Extremely light on RAM usage, proper DSP support, surround sound outputand interface customization. And it actually has instant play, unlike other players that boast it. [EDIT:] If you're willing to put forth the effort and time into your first setup of Foobar, it will reward you by being one of the best pieces of software on your system. Along with its plugins it can do everything you want and more.

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Looks good, has a lot of customizable settings, I will test it and post the results :)

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I've tried a number of players over the years, and always ended up sticking to Winamp 2.95. Don't know about the artwork, but as far as I know it has everything else you're mentioning. I only use it to play MP3s and listen to Internet radios, however.

By the way, ringhunter is totally right about foobar's tiny memory footprint - we're talking about a single megabyte. If you're a performance freak, you should definitely check it out.

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I will also try the latest winamp, if i'm not satisfied with Foobar. Little memory usage helps but if I get what I'm looking for, it doesn't matter a great deal.

Winamp 5 demands a little more CPU, even with the special effects disabled. The UI was pretty cool, however.

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Winamp 5 demands a little more CPU, even with the special effects disabled. The UI was pretty cool, however.

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As I said, Little more resource usage won't bother me, if I get like able GUI, winamp 5, when I last tried it about 2 years ago, has an awesome sound quality output.

Looks like amaroK is available on Windows too (non-stable)

http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Download:Windows

I'm sure there's a proper port somewhere if you look hard enough.

If u love lyrics while playing the song....I suggest winamp...And I think most of the music lover will suggest winamp....

And for playing HD video....I think there is no substitute for splash......

i'm using GOM player and i'm very happy with it

VLc last version and gom player are the best player's for movies

Splash Pro EX for MKV, mts, anything that is 720p+ and for Bluray movies ArcSoft Total Media Theatre .

For music, I'm using foobar2000.
For movies, I'm using Media Player Classic.

The above is what I suggest to you as well, they worked out for me and I have no need to look elsewhere. I think it's not really about one player being different than the other, it's about what you need, your personal preference.

I am using aimp and for me it is the best.

Splash pro ex and vlc player should work just fine for you!

I would suggest you to go with VLC player.Its freeware + plays almost all kind of formats + simple user interface.

I suggest:

Foobar for music

windows media player classic for movies.

Really i think VLC for movies and winamp for music. They are more great app but i use those

foobar2k wins in my book, very customizable and advanced. Perfect for music hobbyist.

Use one solution for everything. VLC media player with all codec packs.

i switched from vlc to splash pro.. vlc doesnt player some movies

Use for all video content The KMPlayer 1442. Already contains all the necessary codecs. Therefore, the system is not clogged. Satisfied.

Use MPC-HC for television, movies, and animation.

When it comes to audio use Foobar2000.

KMPlayer is enought ! it has all u need

I'll fifth vlc, latest. I haven't run across anything it won't handle.

MPC-HC, KMPlayer rules

splash pro and media player classic

I use GOM for movies and foobar for music..

Daum Poplayer is a nice tool for playing HD video

Also VLC media player is a good choice

media player and vcl good for it.

If you were asking for videos, I'll suggest you XBMC, non-arguable!

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If you were asking for videos, I'll suggest you XBMC, non-arguable!

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Falsity, Plex, argument introduced

Thank you for all your suggestions, before settling down on any of these I'll try DivX player too.

If you are not concerned with memory usage, you might want to take a look at http://www.jriver.com/ Pretty much handles anything & can be used as a DLNA server too.

definitely VLC, works like a charm!

I also want to know about this, can anyone give us the answer?

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If you are not concerned with memory usage, you might want to take a look at http://www.jriver.com/ Pretty much handles anything & can be used as a DLNA server too.

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Their website doesn't seem to have any screenshots, where can I find some? Thank you for the suggestion though, looks interesting.

Edit: Found 'em, time to give it a try.

kmplayer and TMT are enough!

i suggest you ,you use the flash player or vlc. its better for you desire.

Foobar is highly customizable,
How itunes should look and feel if it was add free and didn't give a shit about charts ringtones and marketing.

MPC home cinema is ok.