Better alternative to WMP?

Turtles · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:08

Been using WMP for ages and was wondering if there's a better alternative (sure there is one out there). I know some people use Winamp but never really tried it myself.

So if there is a better alternative, what is it and what does it have to offer that WMP doesn't?

Cheers

sastusbulbas · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:20

For just music?
Mediamonkey?

paradigm · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:25

iTunes for music.

Dingleberry88 · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:26

For music, I like Winamp.

For videos, either Media Player Classic or VideoLAN.

jbloggs · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:27

Music: Foobar 2000

Video/DVD: VLC Media Player

To many to mention really, but the above 2 are the ones I think are decent...

yoyo50 · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:31

Winamp; nice looking,loads of skins/plugins easy to use hotkeys etc.

video; MPC.

Turtles · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:38

Yeah, just for music.

I use VLC / Media Player Classic for videos. I'll take a look at those recommended

Hamster · 15 Feb 2009 at 19:01

I've tried a few but always end up using foobar2000 (with FofR config) for music and kmplayer for video.

IronLung420 · 15 Feb 2009 at 19:10

Winamp

smogsy · 15 Feb 2009 at 19:13

itunes has massive memory leak in windows (used 5.8GB on my PC)

VLC actually sounds better than itunes using Apples Formt lol. .m4a

Scottland · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:08

To be honest I quite like the WMP interface for music, although I tend to use Winamp with the ClassicPro plugin/skin these days as I manage my iPod through Winamp also.

Hxc · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:16

Foobar2000 and MediaPlayerClassic

Turtles · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:16

I know Winamp works with the G15 keyboard, but does Foobar?

Hxc · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:16

What do you mean "works with"?

leezer3 · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:37

J. River Media Center.
I know I post this in most media center threads, but it beats just about anything else I've ever found hands down

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact

-Leezer-

Firegod · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:37

jbloggs said:
Music: Foobar 2000

Video/DVD: VLC Media Player

To many to mention really, but the above 2 are the ones I think are decent...

Yeah, and use CD Art Display with Foobar.

Job's a good 'un!

Shamikebab · 16 Feb 2009 at 01:09

Winamp all the way imo.

Greenlizard0 · 16 Feb 2009 at 08:59

Another Winamp fanboy here.

linktoinsanity · 16 Feb 2009 at 09:18

Itunes for music, VLC for video.

Turtles · 16 Feb 2009 at 09:24

Hxc said:
What do you mean "works with"?

Oh my bad

I meant it works with the little LCD display.