Best / Worst Media players

Shadow Lady · March 22nd, 2006, 07:36 AM

ok, i totally know u were kidding

im actually undecided about my video player :/

I've been a big follower of mplayerc, but saw zoomplayer 5.0preview and it was just awesome

dunno were to go now -.-

RedFalcon · March 22nd, 2006, 10:44 PM

MPC makes use of DirectX 9.0 ( shaders help to improve quality ). DivX Player makes use of ATI VideoShader ( better DivX quality ).

madscientist327 · March 23rd, 2006, 08:06 PM

Hmm.... Maybe I should consider using something other than wmp10..... lol

Shadow Lady · March 24th, 2006, 03:36 AM

yeah maybe

BTW, redfalcon MPC doesnt use DX9.0 if u dont use the VMR modes

I dont

Kirill · November 14th, 2006, 03:53 PM

Well,after old winamp version 2.91,i've noticed sound quality problems..
specially in 5.31..
Downloaded today the XMPlay and guess what? Sound quality is amazing..
But kinda hard to get use to that player..
Also some of great options are missing,like play next random file,only play next file available when clicking on "Next track" button.

squall_leonhart · November 14th, 2006, 11:34 PM

i use Powerdvd for mostly everything now.... lol

gen.Rage1991hrv · November 15th, 2006, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squall_leonhart

i use Powerdvd for mostly everything now.... lol

LoL KiD
the main reason you use PowerDVD its becouse you watch toooooo many porn
hehehehehehehe

squall_leonhart · November 15th, 2006, 12:23 AM

no, its coz with 1 click i can load every song in my machine :P

Mac Daddy · November 15th, 2006, 01:44 AM

LOL Gen

Quote:

Originally Posted by squall_leonhart

no, its coz with 1 click i can load every song in my machine :P

Can with Jet Audio too .... and you can also adjust synch rates on audio and video

phxz31 · November 15th, 2006, 08:05 AM

I use the following setup:

Audio:
MP3 --->Winamp 5 w/ Shibatch mpg123 24bit mp3 decoder plugin & out_ds_ssrc.dll

Other audio formats:
FLAC and SHN --->Winamp 5

My soundcard is a Philips PSC706 5.1 16bit/48khz card that is quite old now but still sounds better than most newer cards and manages to play most new games without a hitch.

Video:
MPEG/DiVX/etc (any video file) --->Winamp 5

DVD movie --->PowerDVD 7.0

TV --->SageTV 5.0

Ripping --->Exact Audio Copy + LAME MP3 (settings: VBR avg.bitrate=256KBPS --nspsytune --lowpass 19.3 -q 0)

I really find no problem with Winamp 5.... if you use it with the right mp3 decoder, output plugin, and remove all junk (Ripping/Burning/Modern Skins/Media Library and the DSP/General Purpose plugins). I basically have only the DS Output plugin, necessary input plugins, and the Milkdrop vis plugin which kicks serious butt.

PowerDVD 7.0 is the only DVD player that hasn't crapped out on me so far this year.

I know there are newer formats, but I still use MP3 ~256KBPS vbr because it sounds great at higher bitrates, has some of the best support with 3rd part plugins to improve quality, uses virtually no cpu power, and has the best portable hardware support. For my purposes, EAC and LAME work perfectly.

And if you have a TV Tuner, try SageTV 5.0, very very awesome program.

As far as worsts go:
Windows Media Player (classic or newer) sucks in all dimensions.
Quicktime sucks
RealAudio sucks
WMV sucks
WMA sucks