There are quite a few different media players out there, some are really good, and some are really bad.

Since Im getting tired of Windows media player i thought it would be fun to create a thread on the topic.

Which mediaplayer is your favorite, and why?

Winamp, since it's compatible with most audio/video formats, including .ogg (that many other players can't read).

Its probably a thousand pages back but this very topic has arisen before. Don't even ask how to locate it other than trial/error but I know its there.

I personally do not currently have a preferred player choice.

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There is no history until something happens, then there is.

I dedicated 15 seconds to the site's search feature. Can't find the
"other" thread you mention. Still, it's probably there under a more
obscure name. I'll be damned if I'm going to search for it, though.

Using winamp.

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I always hated winamp, REALanything, and Quicktime.

I use WMP be3cause it gets on my nerves the LEAST. I hate things that have little tasktray Icons. I hate things that take over all my other file extensions, and they all do that except wmp.

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Windows: Media Player Classic (with the KLite codec pack).

Linux: mplayer

I use winamp for music use (if you take the time to organise your
collection, the media library rocks) and Media Player Classic for video
files. Winamp seems to be quite jerky at times with video, and media
player classic works with seperate subtitle files which is occasionally
handy.

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I use Windows Media Player for some things and Audacity (sp?) for others. I don't really listen to music that often.

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^^^^ what ReNo said. I like the media library and easy-to-use
playlists. I still watch videos in winamp sometimes since its more
convenient (media library, playlists). If its a single video, not a
series, I prefer Media Player Classic. And for OGM and MKV format
videos Media Player Classic is king.

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WinAMP

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What skins are people using for WinAMP? I used to use MMD3, but the
interface seems a bit crowded compared to WMP10. I'd prefer to use
WinAMP for functionality, but now I'm on WMP purely because it's a bit
nicer to use.

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Foobar2000.

I started using it about a month ago, because I thought Winamp was
getting too bloated with features I didn't need. (Podcasting, bleh,
bleh, bleh).

I chose Foobar2000. When you first install it, it looks like sh*t. I
started customizing it to my own needs (music database, WMA/OGG
support, extended playlists, notifications, ..) and now it's a custom
media player with all the features I need. Nothing less but most
certainly nothing more. The memory footprint is 8 mb, which is very
good.

I'd suggest it to anybody who's not afraid of tweaking around and downloading/trying plug-ins.

I posted it in the other thread too, but this is the "Toaster" plug-in.
It's a very subtle display (fade in/fade out) of the song playing, and
it also adds the ability to pass on the song title to Gaim or MSN, or
any other chat client.

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Winamp - SKin: SimplicityOwn

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WMP but that foobar thing looks interesting ill have to check it out

I just use Winamp.

I've got Winamp for my music playlists and stuff, mostly because I like
the ability to shrink it to a small bar on the top, and always keep it
on top of everything else.

For videos, I use Realplayer. It plays anything I've needed so far (winamp hasn't) so it works for me :smile:

This is what I'm running on winamp...

Skin: Modern

Color Theme: MonoDark

And I run the with the top bar compressed to only whats playing, and a
few control options like play, next song, stop, pause, etc. (but
usually I have it run in the backround and i just hit next song on my
hot key ((crtl+alt+ page up for next and page down for previous))).
Also I have a playlist dragged down, because I have a 2,000 song long
play list. So... yeah I have a lot of songs I can pick from and I just
leave it down. I also have it set to around 50% transparency or so, I
really can't remember.

here is a screenshot

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I use winamp (2.91) for music. KoolPlaya for vids. Sometimes I need the
DivXplayer (For changing the aspect ratio. And if I need srt subtiles I
play it with mplayerclassic. PowerDVD for DVDs. Occasionally quicktime
for trailers and stuff.

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Winamp, same skin and color as Windows98.

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I like WMP or DivX Player.

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I use WMP on pc for video (rarely). Almost always though I put whatever I want to listen to/watch onto my xbox and use XBMC to play it. Low quality stuff looks much better on TV's.

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I use the MMD3 skin on Winamp, I usually run in condensed, set to 75 opacity when I select something else.

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Bsplayer for video.

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Winamp 2.91 for everything except the newer WMVs it doesnt play, i use WMP for them. I use the default skins.

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Is anyone else having problems with Winamp 5.1? I've just upgraded from 5.08 and it's started crashing all over the place.

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Thats why I still use 2.91...

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I'm using 5.0 I think...

satchmo said:
I use Windows Media Player for some things and Audacity (sp?) for others. I don't really listen to music that often.

Audacity? In my experience, Audacity is open-source audio editing software, not really for playback. What audacity are you talking about?

And I use wmp, because it is already on my computer, seeing as how I have windows xp.

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Vlc for me

www.videolan.org , Supports so many vid formats it isnt even funny...

pretty much all of em..

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winamp 2.95 for everything except DVDs. Winamp 3.x sucks.

PowerDVD for DVDs.

Occasionally I'll use Media Player Classic for non-dvd videos when
Winamp tries to be gay. Seriously. I caught it stealing a glance at me
as I bent over to pick up the soap.

WMP Classic generally. It's small, loads fast, and plays everything. I think it's a custom build though.

For DVDs: PowerDVD or WinDVD (For DTS)
Large lists of music: Winamp.

No need to use much else.

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