Do u guys now any good appz (freeware) that can do all the job WMP does?

Possibly, that dont use codecs. I know that may be impossible, but ...!

You can try using VideoLAN for videos and such

and use either FB2K or MusikCube for music

I use foobar2000 v0.8.3 for audio and Media Player Classic v6.4.8.4 + Zoom Player Std 4.03 for video.

media player classic is a good choice; so is winamp

One thing I don't like about MPC though is the way it handles its playlists... on the other hand WinAmp's playlist reminds me somewhat of WMP's... also i think winamp uses codecs prolly

was there anything else you wanted it to do besides being freeware and avoiding codecs {and playing video}?

Edited June 21, 200521 yr by spiritpyre

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No. Thats it ...! I think installing codecs is boring! An app should already have everything it was needed to play the most common files.

I kinda wanted one that was able to do everything. Music & Video

Lol! Im problably asking for too much ...!

Great topic Gouki I was gonna post on this ...but u beat me to it haha...anyway does the browsers associate WMV files then to Media Player Classic automatically or some registry hacks are needed to achieve that?

Any more opinions on what to use?

No. Thats it ...! I think installing codecs is boring! An app should already have everything it was needed to play the most common files.

I agree w/ you there, but i just threw a simple codec package onto my uA cd and it works fine (the silent install switch is "/S" incase you might be interested) ...currently using winamp and once in a while i switch off to mpc for movies

I was looking for awhile before that tho and heres a few you might want to avoid:

1) Cliprex Lite 2.6:

- watch out: has included "crap-ware" called "TopText" that it will install by default if you don't uncheck the box during installation.

2) FastStone Player 3.1:

- poor system for queueing up tracks or clips, as it can only play files within a folder you browse to

- does NOT offer: playlist support, an equalizer, visualizations, or the ability to play/rip CDs.

3) Nostra DivX Player 2.1:

- contains ad-ware

BUT..

- I like the way you can EASILY resize windows without any noticable video distortion

- slider bar for video positioning it isn't very visible... you can find in the bottom of the black "display" square in the main window)

- designed for compactness and is able to be run even on very old PCs

4) Zoom Player v4.03:

- somewhat unstable when switching between zoom modes, although you can choose "Reset Window Position" by right-clicking its taskbar button

hope that helps (tried to list versions I had tested as I don't now if these problems have been fixed... but I doubt it)

Edited June 22, 200521 yr by spiritpyre

Thank you very much for ur post. It sure is very educative

Im kinda interested in Zoom Player ... Do u know if it works well for video and audio?

Thanks for helping me out!

I use Winamp 2.90 for playing music and BSPlayer for video.

Media Player Classic...

Thank you very much for ur post. It sure is very educative

Im kinda interested in Zoom Player ... Do u know if it works well for video and audio?

Thanks for helping me out!

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thanks. all i remember about zoom player was it does play both video and audio, its zoom feature was kind of glitchy (at least on the version I mentioned), and for some reason or another its interface/appearance/layout turned me off to it. but like they say the best way to know if you'll like something is to try it yourself

Edited June 23, 200521 yr by spiritpyre

i use itunes... 2.8

If you don't want any codecs installed, you may want to check out mplayer for windows (www.mplayerhq.hu). It's still without a GUI, but it works like a charm. However, there are still few attempts to build a gui for it, but you have to search for the one that suits you.

On the other hand, i use MV2 Player (http://mv2.czweb.org/), a freeware player that has a lot of functions and works perfectly. But it requires codecs instalation. I, for example, use only ffdshow, latest build and in 99.9% of cases, don't need another.

Hope that helps.

P.S. Yes, I know, MV2 Player build is old but still does the job well. :-)

BTW, both handle video and audio files perfectly.

Edited June 23, 200521 yr by tmcristi

Thanks all! Although I would like to get some more opinions ...!