Why do people hate Windows Media Player?

[Kadarin]

I hate WMP to the point where I actually prefer the ads to the left..

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: amdskip
I don't mind it, realplayer does suck though.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Any media players that try to add worthless skins or other "eye candy" are a waste of time.

I guess you will have to excuse those of us who like to personalize our PCs with such "eye candy". You can get skins for virtually any media player these days.

Don't worry about it, we accept you being gay!

 

[Byte]

Most of the PC players suck pretty bad. Can't they release Xbox Media player on PC?!?!! Its fast, and its da bomb! (the open source one)

 

[777php]

i second the use of zoomplayer, great interface with nice features. I especially like the seek feature with the wheel on your mouse.

 

[flavio]

Not one word about sound quality in here....nope, can't think about that.

 

[udonoogen]

Originally posted by: Rkonster
The question is...why do people hate Quicktime so much. I actually like it!

because you always have to push "later" everytime you use it.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

DRM.

 

[LS20]

its bloated... too much unnecessary frills... hogs resources... pushes propietary shlt on you... what happened to SIMPLE=Good?

i try to keep it to 6.4 as much as i can for videos, and let winamp handle sound files exclusively.

quicktime = crude as hell. buggy player, rudimental, annoying 'would you like to upgrade to pro' everytime you start...more propietary stuff... cant loop a video? cant play automaticcally? stupid pause instead of stop button?

real player has all the bad attributes above... and more. whats up with them trying to nazi-hog all the file association on your computer?


now that i typed this i realized how we have 3 gigahertz computers and 21" LCD wide screen monitors and yet not more than 1 DECENT piece of video software

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Privacy.

 

[prodigy]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Mplayer2.exe aka Media player 6.4 is the only one i use

 

[Keego]

Originally posted by: human2k
I don't hate it, I like it. And yes, real player sucks major donkey ballz.

Media Player 9 = Great
Real Player = As bad as ads on the left of the forums!

 

It's too bloated for playing music but it's fine for watching pr0n, I mean videos.

 

[Spac3d]

It always crashes on me. I use PowerDVD for all my viewing needs.

 

[Darien]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
foobar2000 for audio
Zoom Player 3 for video

win.

Agreed

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: BillGates
I like version 6.4 but that's it. That's all I use.


Any media players that try to add worthless skins or other "eye candy" are a waste of time.

bingo!! mplayer2 for video, foobar2000 for audio, don't need that fancy crap

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
Because it's slow, has a crappy interface, pushes their own sh|t format on you constantly, and cant be uninstalled.

What he said.

 

[hdeck]

and the user agreement allows them to search for files on your computer and delete anything that may be copyrighted.

 

[yoda291]

because bsplayer is better. Whyt settle for "good enough" when you can have "much better"?

 

[vash]

Many people just plain HATE a lot of things MS has and does. Media Player is a prime example of something you can hate and live without (unlikes Windows for most people). I don't use Media Player because of the alleged tracking habits it contains, I prever to use Zoomplayer instead.

vash

 

[Rob9874]

I use WMP9 exclusively. I don't think Winamp sounds as good. It sounds like the signal is low. I tried turning up the gain on its built-in pre-amp, but then it sounds distorted. WMP9 with Turtle Beach's equalizer is great for me. I don't have Real Playter installed on my system, and just do without .ra files altogether.

The best MP3 player I've ever used was the AudioStation32 that came with my TB Montego II. The equalizer was excellent. Never heard PC music sound as good. Unfortunately, it didn't come with the Santa Cruz, and I don't feel like paying for it.