media players, a questioneer.

[blakerwry]

What media players are you guys using?


I assume many of you use WMP9, I know some still stick to the stable and reliable WMP6... some I suspect use a combination.. WMP for video, winamp for audio.. etc...


personally, i use BSplayer for most video and winamp for most audio.. WMP9 is used for most streaming content. DVD's are played in winDVD.

 

[Groltz]

Light Alloy 2.4 for video except for quicktime files. I use QuickTime Alternative 1.11 for those.

Winamp 2.9x for music.

 

[The JoJo]

I'm using WMP6 and Nimo/Nemo/whatever codec pack.

How good is WMP9 really? What codecs do you need to install when using it?

 

[Mercutio]

PowerDVD for video files. It plays back divx and stuff, probably with media player codecs. Winamp 2 for audio.

 

[Fushigi]

WMP9 or QuickTime depending on the file. BSPlayer on occasion as well. I refuse to install Real, which has caused some grief on occasion when I find a Real file I'd like to watch/listen to.

For DVDs I don't typically use the PC unless I'm working a weekend babysitting an upgrade. Then it's WinDVD as that's what came with the notebook.

- Fushigi

 

[honold]

wmp6.4, quicktime when i have to

 

[Mercutio]

Ars Technica just posted this long piece on the history of WinAmp. It's a surprisingly good read.

 

[MaxBurn]

Yeah I caught part of that earlier on and I plan to finish it later but I think it's a fascinating story, I used to use the heck out of Winamp

 

[Stereodude]

Interesting article. Hopefully Frankel sold his AOL shares while they were worth something. The sheer stupidity of companies ever ceases to amaze me. Pay a boatload of money for a company or a product and then start screwing with the very characteristics that made it successful. :scratch:

I've been a foobar user since they ruined WinAmp many, many years ago.

 

[Bozo]

Interesting article. Hopefully Frankel sold his AOL shares while they were worth something. The sheer stupidity of companies ever ceases to amaze me. Pay a boatload of money for a company or a product and then start screwing with the very characteristics that made it successful. :scratch:

I've been a foobar user since they ruined WinAmp many, many years ago.

Yep, just like Norton/Symantec.

 

[sechs]

I haven't upgraded since WinAmp 2.95.

 

[Mercutio]

I'm not sure why, but Google Music appears to drain batteries faster than Winamp for Android. I'm guessing it's about a 15% difference, or maybe an extra 45 minutes of battery life from a full charge. I've been experimenting with it using the Evo in my car and it definitely plays longer if I'm using one versus the other. Since I don't really run anything else on that device (no internet connectivity 95% of the time, etc) this is a really curious thing to discover.