mattie
missing in inaction
Windows media player is NOT OK!
I also like Media player classic, which in my opinion is also on par with VLC!
What's wrong with it?
Do I really want to know?
Best Desktop Media Player - web poll says VLC
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What's wrong with it?
Do I really want to know?
pk
drink flounce rinse repeat
It still exists, but isn't supported anymore.
Which is probably a good thing knowing Microsloth's reputation for "support".
WWWeed
Bandwidth Bandit
Its made by microsoft!
there's nothing really wrong, apart from the fact it cant download codecs very well, crashes when you try and do anything serious with it, doest like high def stuff, doesn't play a lot of the file formats out there, can send your useage info back to m$, annoying drm system, ect....
if it does the job, keep using it. But there's software out there that will do the job much nicer and use a fraction of your systems resources.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I use in along with media player classic. I like MPC as it lets you skip through a film, whilst remaining in full screen although VLC is good when the person ripping has messed up the ratio and you can unsquash peoples heads.
Right-click and select full screen. Solves the eye-candy problem, and you may as well run a video player in its own desktop anyway.
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hiraethified
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hiraethified
Crispy
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Just because it can, doesn't mean it's any good for it! It's got no library functions and a very basic playlist. The V in VLC stands for Video, and that's what its roots are in. If you're after a decent music player, then I would take the recommendations of a more selective poll. On windows, I reckon winamp or itunes (depending on taste) would win such a poll.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
It will _play_ MP3s, certainly, along with anything else, but you'd have to be pretty minimalist to want to use it regularly.
I've used it to play certain audio files that I didn't have a QT codec for, FLAC mostly I think. Some of the sample libraries I use have people regularly uploading in FLAC. I just transcode after that if they're something I want to use, though, and that had a pretty specific technical purpose, I wasn't going to listen to the files regularly.
I've used it to play certain audio files that I didn't have a QT codec for, FLAC mostly I think. Some of the sample libraries I use have people regularly uploading in FLAC. I just transcode after that if they're something I want to use, though, and that had a pretty specific technical purpose, I wasn't going to listen to the files regularly.
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hiraethified
Without an iPod I can't think of any reason why I'd want to use iTunes on a PC.
For audio, I've been jumping between MediaMonkey, Real, Songbird and WinAmp, although I still haven't found anything I'm perfectly happy with yet.
But I'm very picky.
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
Because it just works really nicely, the interface for finding music and queing it up is the best i've encountered. Didn't want to install it as i didnt' want QT but i couldn't find anything that was as pleasant to use either. Itunes it is.Without an iPod I can't think of any reason why I'd want to use iTunes on a PC.
For audio, I've been jumping between MediaMonkey, Real, Songbird and WinAmp, although I still haven't found anything I'm perfectly happy with yet.
But I'm very picky.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Funny, the queing is the bit I least liked, I really like the winamp method of just double clicking on a file to add it to your playlist.
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