What do you think the best media player is. It's not WMP!

Winamp 5 with the classic (2.x) look, none of the new skin crap.

Its got a small visual footprint, tons of features that are unobtrusive, and plays audio and video files. Video files get their own seperate window with a very small 'window frame' around them so you can drag the video where you want without moving the whole player.

WinAmp for me as well! Never did like WMP.

Media Player Classic. It's light, no need to install and support all video/audio files. VLC Player is good too.

WinAmp or Sonique for me.

Depends on what you need to play back. If it's everything then I'd say VLC. If it's just audio then foobar2000. If it's just video then back to VLC. If it's a file format supported by WMP then I'll use WMP11 - unless it has subs.

Does anyone have any other suggestions

i prefer itunes, because i have an ipod,
it plays 90% of files, and will convert wma to either aac, aac lossless or mp3 without the need for addons.

Video-Lan VLC Media Player
or
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (this has media player classic in it as well as REAL ALTERNATIVE and QUICKTIME ALTERNATIVE and all the possible codecs to play just about any media file)
or
Gom Player
.
i use VLC and K-Lite media player classic for video and winamp for audio. and Real Player for real media files (although real media files play in media player classic or WMP thanks to K-Lite).
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it doesnt bother me to use all 3.

The problem with VLC is if you fullscreen it there is no (easy) way to get to a different part in the movie. In MPC (I think), WMP, and Winamp you can get a progress bar just by moving the mouse and then click to anywhere you want.

VLC will give you a progress bar at the bottom if you want, but as far as I can tell you can't make it go away, so it is stuck there the whole time.

DIVX player is pretty cool i guess

but personally i dont see the problem with WMP infact i cant get enough of it
its prolly coz media center loves it and that its less hastle to change it for anything else

Thanks for all the suggestions. I really just want a media player that can do everything. With all the baggage the WMP comes with i just want to simplify. WMP has locked up on me, on more than one occasion.

Then Winamp, just like I said in the 2nd post.

I hear you man, Just trying to get a broader overview. I already have winamp and have been using it. I want to know if there is something I don't know about.

Winamp 5.35 is my favorite media player and Winamp also features some free XM radio stations. Although Winamp does crash now and then but it's far better than Windows Media Player.

jetaudio, it's free, small and does everything including video and organize your media, it will burn, rip etc..

So does winamp gguerra. And I'm sure winamp looks nicer than jet. Example:

And of course the playlist window can be made taller (or wider) if you want to see more of your playlist at once. Playlist window and equalizer can be closed even if you are going minimalist.

When it comes to video formats, I swear by VLC and Media Player Classic - both are easy to use, come packed with options to get the best results for your machine, they're free from DRM and anything that doesn't work on one will work on the other.

VLC will usually override any region lockouts on DVD's and MPC also has extensive screen options that help you get the best "look" when watching films. On my Sony Vaio laptop it will fill the 16:9 display.

Jay

agree on both..Classic player can play everything bs player couldnt play,no video/audio sound etc.Its really good.

ddot, I'm not sure what you are looking for here.

Multiple people have suggested Winamp and VLC (Which I agree with) as the best all around players. Yet you insist on getting more choices. If those are the ones recommended the most, then I wouldn't think you would look anywhere else.

Just my thoughts.