Whats a good replacement for Windows Media player?

[maddogchen]

So my windows media player is going crazy since i upgraded to 10. It doesn't play all the files I have anymore, especially xvids

Is there another software thats free and also plays all the same types of files that windows media player does?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Media Player Classic

 

[maddogchen]

cool, i'll try that out

 

[clamum]

Another vote for Media Player Classic.

 

[JknowWhat]

Zoom Player.....or Media Player Classic. Feel free to choose anything else that sucks.

BTW, 100th post!

 

[berkz]

try mplayer.

Best media player I've ever tried...
Never found a file it couldn't play It got all the codecs ...

just google mplayer.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: JknowWhat
Zoom Player.....or Media Player Classic. Feel free to choose anything else that sucks.

Agreed, MPC rules.

BTW, 100th post!

That's great, want a ?

- M4H

 

[BZeto]

I use the DivX Player.

 

[Mercmaster]

Videolan works well for me. Have you tried reinstalling Xvid codecs?

MM

 

[maddogchen]

Cool, media player classic worked.

mplayer looks like its just for Linux.

Originally posted by: Mercmaster
Videolan works well for me. Have you tried reinstalling Xvid codecs?

MM

yeah, but still no sound and no video after reinstalling.

 

[notfred]

VLC is my favorite.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I use Videolan whenever I have a hard time running a file. It sucks for skipping around videos though.

 

[randumb]

VLC comes with codecs for almost every format.

 

[konakona]

gomplayer
-supports most formats, comes with codecs-
-lets you take screenies of specified succesive frames (very handy for making animated gifs)
-fully customizable keyboard shortcuts/mouse buttons-
-lower system requirement comapred to any other player (FFmpeg based)-
-plays incomplete/broken files-
-comes with a built-in 10band parametric EQ, supports winamp plugins-

using YV12 / VMR7, it looks every bit as good as mpc video quality wise.