Thanks for the points to media player classic, I remember its simplicity but now as of late, I have been slightly spoiled....
I tried Windows Media Player 11 and its layout of the playback buttons is reminicent of Quicktime. The whole program has that Vistafied look. I like the way it handles ALL of my media files on my computer just by doing one quick search for everything video and sound related. Searching with the media library is a breeze too - as in if I want to hear a certain something or a certain group of something. Sadly, it doesnt do the <- and -> keys as incrementing through a file...
I do not have to input anything and WMP11 lists all of my stuff, all catagorized. Compared to Winamp's ML, Winamp.... there is a reason why in ANY iteration of Winamp so far I have closed out that view of its media library.... Why won't this same clean interface be used with Winamp?
Winamp I do like that it ONLY uses the <- and -> keys for a 5 second forward and backward increment viewing. I wonder if I can change this setting on how much it increments like I can with VLC.... Another beef with it is that .mp4 extensions and .mkv extensions, something that both WMP and VLC does not have problems with.
Speaking of VLC, it has a frame capture button like my old ATi File player (although, you have to right click on the window to get to it.... but it is there). It does have the <- and -> buttons but I really do not like using the ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, any other additional buttons with the keys.... There is not a way to set it and have it work with just the arrow keys. VLC can use the scroll wheel to track through the file but one has to click the progress bar FIRST or use it in some sort of way with the mouse to use the scroll wheel. You can't just have the window active and all of a sudden scroll with the wheel. And there is no setting for the scroll wheel as a progress scroller.
VLC also suffers some bugs here and there such as if I use the forward and back increment keys to the beginning of the file or end of the file, the window closes to only showing the player controls and the file menu controls.... Why??? This completely (in my opinion) screws with the window's maximize and restore button and not showing the progress bar. VLC has some fine tuning to go through.... Not to mention, does not work with my media buttons with my diNovo keyboard...
All in all, all three have things here and there that I like but to use all three players? Can't there be some consolidation??
A player that can use the <- and -> that is customizable
The Media Library like WMP, no more messing with playlists....
Screen capture
File types all work with it
Works with keyboards with media buttons
A player to call home to playing my music AND videos, none of this multiple program nonsense....
iTunes is out of the question.... if only they and Microsoft separate their store aspect from the program itself.... And if Quicktime didn't crash when playing my files upon just opening them...
Sorry, I just had to post this.... Any thoughts for this?
And I am looking for an alternate piece of software. Even if it can be enabled with a plugin that is already out now. Anyone know?
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