what do you recommend for a music/media player?
Friday, October 18, 2002 by Kinrik | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
ok...what's the best in your opinion?
does it do the following:
PLAY -
- MP3
- WAV
- AU
- WMA
- WMV
- RA
- MOV
- MPEG
- AVI
looking for an all around good media player, wondering what's decent, since htere are so many, and they all say they do the same thing...until you actually TRY them, and THEN you find out about all the bugs or how fickle the thing is...
does it do the following:
PLAY -
- MP3
- WAV
- AU
- WMA
- WMV
- RA
- MOV
- MPEG
- AVI
looking for an all around good media player, wondering what's decent, since htere are so many, and they all say they do the same thing...until you actually TRY them, and THEN you find out about all the bugs or how fickle the thing is...
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Aqua.
Reply #2 Friday, October 18, 2002 2:23 PM
Reply #2 Friday, October 18, 2002 2:23 PM
I use WinAmp 2.x for my audio and WinAmp 3.x for my video. However, you WILL want to get some audio fiters (like DFX) which will dramatically increase the audio quality at playtime.
The only thing I ever use WMP for is converting my MP3s into unsecured WMAs which compresses the filesize to 50% original while not audibly losing quality.
The only thing I ever use WMP for is converting my MP3s into unsecured WMAs which compresses the filesize to 50% original while not audibly losing quality.
ToeJo
Reply #3 Friday, October 18, 2002 2:25 PM
Reply #3 Friday, October 18, 2002 2:25 PM
MusicMatch gets my vote hands down. It rips, It burns, and it is easy to create playlists. The problem is the lack of skins for it, and it won't work with Real.
Winamp doesn't rip. (Or at least, last time I checked...which was a long time ago. Maybe I need to look back into this?)
WMP makes it way to cumbersome to make playlists.
Real is "Steal your email address sell it to everyone, make you pay thru the nose until you bleed" trash.
Quicktime is nice but not very compatible with the various file types out there.
Good luck with your decision.
Winamp doesn't rip. (Or at least, last time I checked...which was a long time ago. Maybe I need to look back into this?)
WMP makes it way to cumbersome to make playlists.
Real is "Steal your email address sell it to everyone, make you pay thru the nose until you bleed" trash.
Quicktime is nice but not very compatible with the various file types out there.
Good luck with your decision.
Kinrik
Reply #4 Friday, October 18, 2002 3:37 PM
Reply #4 Friday, October 18, 2002 3:37 PM
cool feedback, thanks all. anyone try sonique or coolplayer or any of the other skinnable ones for useability?
craeonics
Reply #5 Friday, October 18, 2002 4:57 PM
Reply #5 Friday, October 18, 2002 4:57 PM
Last time I checked CoolPlayer it only ran .mp3. Don't know about Sonique. I'd figure it's more versatile (looks better anyhow). As for Real Audio... is there any app other than RealAudio Player itself that can run that?
c242
Reply #6 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:10 PM
Reply #6 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:10 PM
You may also have a look at Quintessential Player. Often overlooked great freeware. http://quinnware.com/
Chris
Reply #8 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:32 PM
Reply #8 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:32 PM
Personally I like Media Jukebox. It does all the above, has real nice windows style interface and boatloads of useful features. The only caveat is that their licensing mechanism is pretty strict. But it sure is a nice package.
Carlitus
Reply #9 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:41 PM
Reply #9 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:41 PM
Winamp3 don't runs well MOV files.
I recommend Quicktime for .mov files (and other video formats, inlcuding Internet video streams), except for playing Real files; in this case, it's better the Real Player.
For any sound format (and for easy of use and addons/plugins) the better is Winamp3; if your don't have a hifh powered computer or you wish a ammediate to use music player, you can use WInamp 2.x, that have more addons/plugins than other players, including Winamp3 (you can rip and master too with WInamp).
For WMA files... ehem... who are interested with this kind of files, that stereo formats sonds like a mono streams (i don't have smell due to a disease, and maybe for this i have more listening sense)?
I recommend Quicktime for .mov files (and other video formats, inlcuding Internet video streams), except for playing Real files; in this case, it's better the Real Player.
For any sound format (and for easy of use and addons/plugins) the better is Winamp3; if your don't have a hifh powered computer or you wish a ammediate to use music player, you can use WInamp 2.x, that have more addons/plugins than other players, including Winamp3 (you can rip and master too with WInamp).
For WMA files... ehem... who are interested with this kind of files, that stereo formats sonds like a mono streams (i don't have smell due to a disease, and maybe for this i have more listening sense)?
paxx
Reply #10 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:55 PM
Reply #10 Friday, October 18, 2002 5:55 PM
I use WMP for everything.
And I got this little control in my taskbar than enables me to play music without actually opening WMP. It even has a playlist editor that can open and save .mu3 playlists. I couldn't live without it now.
And I got this little control in my taskbar than enables me to play music without actually opening WMP. It even has a playlist editor that can open and save .mu3 playlists. I couldn't live without it now.
SuperheroCanadian
Reply #11 Friday, October 18, 2002 6:24 PM
Reply #11 Friday, October 18, 2002 6:24 PM
I run winamp 2.8 becasue i use litestep and i dont see my media player half the time, and i use WMP for my videos, works great for what i need it for. And yes there is aplugin in winamp that allows u to rip. Its just kinda hard to use
voo
Reply #12 Friday, October 18, 2002 7:56 PM
Reply #12 Friday, October 18, 2002 7:56 PM
my 2 favs would be Winamp2.8 for skins and Internet Radio, Advanced Mp3 Homestudio for ripping upto 320Kbps quality or whatever i love this program http://www.mp3homestudio.com
anything for Movies would be DivX and occasionally Stardock Player but my OnBoard sound doesnt support treble, base on Stardock Player :/ but its trully just yer own choice, as i prefer speed and small player just to play my music
anything for Movies would be DivX and occasionally Stardock Player but my OnBoard sound doesnt support treble, base on Stardock Player :/ but its trully just yer own choice, as i prefer speed and small player just to play my music
tinkergaloot
Reply #13 Friday, October 18, 2002 8:34 PM
Reply #13 Friday, October 18, 2002 8:34 PM
For audio playback, I recommend XMPlay http://www.un4seen.com/music/music_xmplay.html unless you wish to spend money on an audio player, then you cannot go past Steinberg's myMP3 pro for unsurpassed audio quality and features http://www.steinberg.net/en/
For video I use WMP or Quicktime 6, haven't found anything out there yet that betters these two.
For video I use WMP or Quicktime 6, haven't found anything out there yet that betters these two.
Kinrik
Reply #14 Monday, October 21, 2002 1:18 AM
Reply #14 Monday, October 21, 2002 1:18 AM
does anyone remember kjofol? i haven't seen that app in a while. was it an mp3 player only?
feline
Reply #15 Monday, October 21, 2002 8:28 AM
Reply #15 Monday, October 21, 2002 8:28 AM
for playlists i use JetAudio http://www.cowon.com/English/engjetaudio0.htm
it handles every audio and video format i have ever thrown at it, including real, divx, and WMF.
the only thing to watch is that for video files, you need to rename "video.wmf" to "video.wm" for it to pick it up.
for simple mp3 playback at work i use coolplayer.
and for just one off files windows media player picks them up.
it handles every audio and video format i have ever thrown at it, including real, divx, and WMF.
the only thing to watch is that for video files, you need to rename "video.wmf" to "video.wm" for it to pick it up.
for simple mp3 playback at work i use coolplayer.
and for just one off files windows media player picks them up.
Kinrik
Reply #16 Monday, October 21, 2002 10:02 AM
Reply #16 Monday, October 21, 2002 10:02 AM
anyone know of a skinnable dvd player for windows?
feline
Reply #17 Monday, October 21, 2002 10:32 AM
Reply #17 Monday, October 21, 2002 10:32 AM
i use power dvd http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/products/product_main.jsp?ProdId=28
also, having installed it under winXP, media player suddenly learned how to play DVD's to.
also, having installed it under winXP, media player suddenly learned how to play DVD's to.
Peff
Reply #18 Monday, October 21, 2002 12:43 PM
Reply #18 Monday, October 21, 2002 12:43 PM
I use WinDVD 4. It is skinnable (I have not looked into the details).
AlienTerror
Reply #19 Monday, October 21, 2002 1:46 PM
Reply #19 Monday, October 21, 2002 1:46 PM
What are some of these guys talking about??
Best Media Player: WinDVD (It roxs) it's damn good quality, and it's not slow... Or else you could use DivX but i personaly recommend WinDVD 4 (it's not free, except for you who cracks like me
Best Sound Player: Musicmatch Jukebox it's incredible.... there alot you can play with it and other good capacities that just knocks the other players of. Use Musicmatch Jukebox FFS!
(recommended)
PS. i just had to write this strange msg
Best Media Player: WinDVD (It roxs) it's damn good quality, and it's not slow... Or else you could use DivX but i personaly recommend WinDVD 4 (it's not free, except for you who cracks like me
Best Sound Player: Musicmatch Jukebox it's incredible.... there alot you can play with it and other good capacities that just knocks the other players of. Use Musicmatch Jukebox FFS!
(recommended)
PS. i just had to write this strange msg
BoXXi
Reply #20 Monday, October 21, 2002 2:07 PM
Reply #20 Monday, October 21, 2002 2:07 PM
I wonder if AlienTerror is running cracked copies of Stardock software...................
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Reply #1 Friday, October 18, 2002 12:29 PM