Lightweight avi file player

Jon12345 · 2 Oct 2007 at 14:53

I am using Windows Media Player to play AVI files. Are there any lighter, less resource intensive players out there?

One reason is that it plays AVI files when I first reboot my PC. But after a few days, as resources drop. it plays the AVI file so I get the audio but not the video. Grr!

Thanks,

Jon

bledd · 2 Oct 2007 at 14:57

media player classic

Teaf · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:02

VideoLAN (VLC) is a great lightweight player.

uk_viper · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:04

bledd. said:
media player classic

seconded, i used to use VLC, but when you jumped through videos it didnt like it

sidethink · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:16

Either VLC or MPClassic will be the tool for the job. There is very little to distinguish between the two, except VLC seems to get slightly more frequent updates.

Gaz1988 · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:23

I find that winamp classic is very good and "light", play games etc with it running in the background with no problem.

Jon12345 · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:28

Do you tend to use VLC or MPClassic instead of Windows Media Player and if so, why?

uk_viper · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:31

WMP is a bloated out peice of software, the whole idea of leightweight is they get rid of the crap you don't need and make it run better and less resouce consuming

Jon12345 · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:56

I've just installed VLC and when I double click my AVI file, I get a message saying the avi file is broken and needs repairing. I clicked yes, it repaired it and voila, its working!

WMP never gave me such an option.

swinnie · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:59

VLC Player

Street · 2 Oct 2007 at 20:07

Its all about VLC!