Which media player do you use?

apeZ · 18 Oct 2008 at 18:02

Simple question, just curious which media players OCUKers use.

I am on Windows Media Player at the moment, I quite like it personally..., its clean, easy to use, and does everything I want. Even has plugin support and a convenient bar I can use in the toolbar.

Had Winamp before, but found it a bit tricky to get used to, wasn't particularly keen on the interface either, but that's just me

MikeHunt79 · 18 Oct 2008 at 18:03

foobar2000

Matteysan · 18 Oct 2008 at 18:07

Winamp for audio & VLC for movies

I don't use the new interface on Winamp always stuck with the old one

adbp1 · 18 Oct 2008 at 18:09

windows media for music as its simple and does all i need, and kmplayer for movies.

uv · 18 Oct 2008 at 18:43

Mattey1 said:
Winamp for audio & VLC for movies

Though I've been told that ffmpeg and MPC is the better option for movies, I've yet to try it..

Popov · 18 Oct 2008 at 19:21

I just use standard media player with a K-Lite codec pack installed and it plays everything I've tried.

LeperousDust · 18 Oct 2008 at 19:31

MediaMonkey as an application that i launch to play loads of music, because there really isn't a more versatile or better player out there at all. If there is, someone please tell me

. It's not the fastest to load and uses a fair amount of memory, but i have a modern processor and 4GB of RAM, so i'd rather take the hit on that and have the best.

Foobar2000 set as my default audio player - because its the most lightweight player around, and its super quick to load if i'm checking out audio files from within windows explorer.

VLC for 99% of my Video Files, MPC otherwise.

Trifid · 18 Oct 2008 at 19:34

I use Foobar2000 as I can configure it exactly how I want it. And have done so.

Just need a decent music player for Linux as I don't like Amarok.

masterluke · 18 Oct 2008 at 19:38

cant stand WMP for movies - typical MS bloated crapware.

Media Player Classic gives you MANY more options and its super small and fast.

lsg1r · 18 Oct 2008 at 19:47

wmp11 x86 on vista 64bit (can use 64bit if I really want though but misses a few codecs I use) for dvd and media files (non music)

Got Media Player Classic Home Cinema for the rare occassions that wmp11 doesn't support a file.

Use iTunes for my mp3 music.

Happy · 18 Oct 2008 at 19:50

A mixture between Windows Media Player 11 64bit and VLC

Finglonga · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:28

VLC - Video

Winamp - Audio

Energize · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:31

MPC, though it fails to play some files so I have to use VLC for those.

AntiHeroUK · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:33

Foobar set up for ASIO for audio.

VLC or Mplayer for video.

asim18 · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:41

MPC for video
Foobar for audio

londonbairn · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:47

WMP 11 for music, it's the best out of all I have tried, great interface and does what it is meant to do, don't care about useless features, I just want an app that automatically monitors my music collection and presents it nicely, with the amount of files I have the others are not that great.

For video, MPC. It was VLC, but the new VLC is awful and MPC with the appropriate codecs is miles better.

Kainz · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:52

Zoom Player Pro for all video
iTunes Bloat for Audio, and Touch/iPhone syncing but I'm now switching back to Foobar2k for ASIO audio.

benjo · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:55

Foobar/Winamp for music. Media Player Classic for videos.

Kobrakai · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:55

Audio: Winamp
Video: Windows Media Player 11

Masterdog · 18 Oct 2008 at 22:39

Winamp - tried foobar but need the DRM. Video, zoomplayer.