Gouki Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 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 ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 You can try using VideoLAN for videos and suchand use either FB2K or MusikCube for music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckit Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I use foobar2000 v0.8.3 for audio and Media Player Classic v6.4.8.4 + Zoom Player Std 4.03 for video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritpyre Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) media player classic is a good choice; so is winampOne 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 prollywas there anything else you wanted it to do besides being freeware and avoiding codecs {and playing video}? Edited June 21, 2005 by spiritpyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouki Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 @spiritpyre 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 ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouki Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 Any more opinions on what to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritpyre Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 (edited) 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 moviesI 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-wareBUT..- 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 PCs4) Zoom Player v4.03:- somewhat unstable when switching between zoom modes, although you can choose "Reset Window Position" by right-clicking its taskbar buttonhope 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, 2005 by spiritpyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouki Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win2k3EE Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I use Winamp 2.90 for playing music and BSPlayer for video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Media Player Classic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritpyre Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 (edited) 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!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>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, 2005 by spiritpyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 i use itunes... 2.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcristi Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 (edited) 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, 2005 by tmcristi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouki Posted June 23, 2005 Author Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks all! Although I would like to get some more opinions ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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