I've been using Windows Media Player but lately it's been lagging. ...am too lazy at the moment to look into the technical side to see the problem ...so I've decided to take this opportunity to try a new media player. I've used Winamp in the past and will probably end up going back to that since I don't remember being disappointed by the media player but thought I'd get others' input before I do.
So... which media player to you use to play your music and watch movies?
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easy. Use media player classic. google it and you can find it on sourceforge.net. You can also try out vlc player which will help you play almost all files available today. Both is low footprint on resources and I am sure you will find them useful to the bulky windows media player especially version 11.
Well im using winamp player since i got computer, i dnt encounter technical problem its easy to used and good quality sounds i installed dfx for the best quality sounds.winamp is the ultimate very good media player, allows you to manage and play audio and video files, rip and burn CD not just like the other player.
I use Itunes. I don't have an Ipod but it works well. It's a lot easier than Windows Media Player, in my oppinion, but then again I haven't used WMP that often.
Plus, podcasts. They update whenever you tell them to, download the newest podcast, and let you watch the newest thing in that related field without having to actively search for it. I like it.
It's the -only- media player I use. but then again, I can't watch movies with it. for movies, I either go with Winamp or DivX.
I use winamp. Always winamp:)
Never liked windows mediaplayer.
For music I always use winamp. For movies I often use VLC. Sometimes windows media player.
For movies i use vlc as well
I use (and like) Gom Player for movies. It can play all formats. If the movie needs a codec you haven't installed yet, it displays a link you can click on and the codec will be installed automatically. Further it has nice support for DVD navigation, subtitles and screen capture. If you find yourself searching for the right codec a lot you should give it a try! I too had problems with playing media files until I started using Media Player Classic. It is available for free and plays all formats. It also has no problem doing Dolby and DTS passthrough, so I can use my surround sound system
Thanks for all of the replies regarding this...
I tried the media player classic ...it's cool but I think I'm going back to Winamp.
I just dont remember when i last used Window Media Player.
I love winamp and their 5.52 version has changed a lot. But i use winamp just to play music files.
For Videos/DVD i use VLC player (gr8 software). If the video cant be played by VLC, i use Mplayer (its even gr8er, can play any known format with its own set of CoDecs).
Not to forget MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC, its really nice software with lots of functions.
i use mainly windows media player 11 and winamp. i use winamp for playing songs most of the time and windows media player 11 mainly for playing movies and stuffs. i also use apple's software for playing .mov files and real media for rm related files.
I use Album Player for my music, and Power DVD Ultra for my videos. I Use Windows Media Player 11 for tagging only.
winamp + classic media player + windows media player 11 works finest 
I use Kmplayer and GOMPLayer. If you need a music player with a good media library you should either look at iTunes (heavy) or Winamp 5.5
i use windows media player for almost everything. some times when i watch dvds on my computer i use VLC media player, which to me is by far the best as far as codecs are concerned. i also use win amp some times.
rythmbox and totem. Oh and VLC player rocks, you can even transcode or safe streams with it .
Rhythmbox again (custom-compiled to remove the terrible, windows-esque 'notification' area icon). On windows, I'd use foobar2000 if you're a serious nerd, but I used to use winamp (and loved it) but pirated it out of principle --- it used to be free, and crippling is bad. Shareware is *so* 90s.
For mpeg-4 and other video files I use BS player 2.26 with FFDSHOW codecs and ac3 filter.
For DVD's I use PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra
For x.264 HD movies I use media player classic with CoreAVC Professional Edition v1.6.5.0
For video files which cannot be opened by above players, I use GOM player or VLC media player.
Yeah, pretty much players, but I want to get the best out of every movie.
For music, I use Windows Media Player 11 and for all my movies I use DivX Player 6.6, because the 6.8 can't play my avi's 
I always use GOM Player.. i love the features such as subtitle shifting, audio shifting and 10 sec. rewind/forward...
Reading through the tread, i must say i'm surprised so few people use vlc. I love vlc. I never have problems with codecs not being found or anything. Plus, it's super light and uses so little ram compared to other player. I have windows media player. It basically can't find proper codecs for anything. If you haven't tried vlc, you should definitely try it.
VLC tries to play everything but it doesn't mean it plays at best performance or best picture
I used Media Player Classic using CCCP, Realalt-lite & quitimealt-lite
for audio usually winamp
for newer Divx files I actually use DivX player because thats only player that play these vids correctly without deformation
I was using WinAMP, but it got buggy as hell over the past few years, so I went back to Media Player. Now, I use VLC ( http://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/ ). I like VLC. I have no issues with it except that it's not compatible with my logitech G15. *shrug* No big deal. That's what ALT-TAB is for. 
first i used to use media player for a short tym but it sux big tym
then i started using winamp which is pretty neat and i had no issues with using winamp as compared to media player
then one day a friend introduced me to vlc player and i am hooked on to it ever since
its a very neat, compact and tidy player which does not bother the end user at all
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| Reading through the tread, i must say i'm surprised so few people use vlc. I love vlc. |
I'm a consistency freak and the vlc interface is a crock of @#!&. That said, its compatability is superb and it is very light-weight, so I often use it for fiddly tasks like dvd-playing or odd formats that gstreamer won't support. | simplyw00x wrote: |
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I'm a consistency freak and the vlc interface is a crock of @#!&. That said, its compatability is superb and it is very light-weight, so I often use it for fiddly tasks like dvd-playing or odd formats that gstreamer won't support. |
Not sure where your aggression toward the interface is coming from. it's pretty easy to use. There are no flashy pictures or bubbly fonts or pretty 3D buttons. instead, it's simple. *shrug* But, to each their own, i suppose.Video files & DVD ---- Videolan
Music & sound files --- Videolan
For the majority of my music, I use Winamp. I use VLC for other audio/video formats (such as FLV) except for DVD - for DVD I use PowerDVD, the software that came with my DVD drive.
For music I use winamp for music, WMP for music from CD-ROM (for view only) and Media Player Classic for wathing movies.
I used to use Winamp for everything. Now I use KM player or GOM for the additional features. I still have a soft spot for Winamp, though, so I refuse to uninstall it.
I don't often use media players on a PC, but when I do it's either Winamp or Windows Media Player. Does the job fine for me.
VLC Media Player because
1.It is completely free.
2.It is very small in size.
3.It has almost all of the codecs that exist out there built into it. This means that you are probably never going to have to find and download any codec.
Latest new real player is also good because it has a feature to download video.
winamp is the best choise for playing musics....
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| winamp is the best choise for playing musics.... |
Was a time I'd have agreed with you. Until Winamp would randomly start opening my browser to advertise Nullsoft stuff. I'd be in the middle of WoW or CoH and my game would close and a browser window would open with Nullsoft crap on it. And then Winamp started locking up, wouldn't exit, etc. Just got really messy. Being an old fan of Winamp, it took some willpower to pull it off my system, but finally I managed to get it done. heh
Now, I would have to disagree with you completely because of the afore mentioned reasons. To me, the best choice for playing music is a player that plays music rather than locks up on ya. hehehe...
I am a little bummed though because I was running a radio station through Shoutcast... but since I don't have WinAMP anymore, I guess that's out. 
I use Winamp, old version because it's light,fast. However, i don't connect to the web so i dont fear the hackable holes...
I use both winamp and WMP, a while ago i was Very huge winamp fan, but then they made a very bad version, and thats when i stopped using winamp, but now i use winamp again since the version now is pretty good
I use Rhythmbox - it's very intuitive and simple. When I had Windows, I used to play my music on foobar2000. The graphical interface wasn't that pretty, but it doesn't count 
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Even though I love Apple, I can't stand iTunes and I don't know why . I use Winamp since 5 years and it's cool. WMP and others media players still good choices but the UI of Winamp is so great... I recommend it always.
Mainly I use WMP, VLC, Winamp, foobar. I found that foobar is the best if it's about the sound quality. Because foobar is diffrent than other players. The sound is not modulated or changed in any way. It's clean. And it's an ideal player to play FLAC "almost-uncompressed" files, which I love. It's like you're getting a pure WAV file. Plus, these files are also denoised, because compression always cuts those "noisy" effects in the background. You won't hear them anyway, but ... 
For audio i choose winamp and for video i use vlc player.In my knowledge these two are the best players avilable 
VLC Media Player for AVIs, Winamp for MP3s, Windows Media Player for DVDs, VCDs and Audio CDs. Itunes
VLC media player
And Windows media player
I think I can read any media with those.
I use Media Player 11 and sometimes Media Player Classic
I use iTunes for all music, and I use VLC for everything else. I've never come across a media file that vlc didn't have the codec for. And its cross platform.
