There seem to be many fans of VLC and many of MPC. I was wondering how the two compare to the knowledge of the people here? I am really interested on this input. Both seem to be very good programs; is there a get away with just one?

vlc

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

mpc

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ackage_id=84358

Edited August 27, 200520 yr by matthewk

I use MPC with a DirectShow Filter Pack so it can play everything. I like the simple GUI and standalone exe that is mpc.

MPC for me

winamp and bsplayer are there too

MPC for me, if you have codecs in ur system, it plays everything perfectly.even swf files

i use vlc because i dont have to worry about codecs, never tried mpc tho

the best thing in MPC is,it will tell u what codec u need to play that particular file.

and it looks liter.but works awesome.

what about mplayer ? is standalone and it doesn't needs any codec like vlc

isnt that for linux tho?

MPC for sure

MPC

I would use VLC only for playing DVDs outside of my DVD-ROM's region; i.e., non-Region 1 DVDs. So, as a DVD player, VLC is buggy as hell, so I don't use it any more. Can MPC do this?

do u mean region manipulation?

i dono abt it.but is it legal?

First and foremost - MPC ...

Nice and unobtrusive

do u mean region manipulation?

i dono abt it.but is it legal?

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As far as I know, yes, it is legal. There are many legitimate programs you can buy to do that, without having to flash your firmware. It isn't really manipulation; more like fooling your DVD-ROM into thinking it's the same region as the DVD you put in. Anyway, VLC is a clumsy DVD player.

i use vlc because i dont have to worry about codecs

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Codecs aren't much of a bother, very simple to deal with. And anyway, it's nice to keep a look out for any new codecs/filters that playback formats more efficiently without increase or possibly decrease in CPU usage. Codecs/filters integrated into the EXE aren't always the best thing, I know this is the case with MPC, but you have the option to use alternate codecs I think.