The Best Media Player ?

greenhorn · 18th March 2008, 22:46

Cant believe no one has mentioned foobar yet!

Foo with the kernel streaming and SSRC plugins was a revelation to me. I'm sure that it will be to a lot more

Audio - Foobar /QCD player
Video- Media player classic/VLC

csentil · 18th March 2008, 22:51

iTunes for the ease of use and the amount of functionalities it has. Using and maintaining playlists are easier and more convenient than WMP. WMP should obviously work well in Windows coz its so tightly wound with the OS.

iTunes takes a few more seconds to startup. Blame that on windows. :-)

Use iTunes on an Apple box. Its a dream to use.

Before iTunes it was Sonique and Winamp.

abhibh · 18th March 2008, 22:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenhorn

Cant believe no one has mentioned foobar yet!

Foo with the kernel streaming and SSRC plugins was a revelation to me. I'm sure that it will be to a lot more

I mentioned it in my earlier post. and i so totally agree with you. Its really great specially with all those different skins you can find on neowin.

Some Links for reference:
foobar2000 - Foobar
Foobar2000 Customization Topic - Neowin Forums
http://www.neuviewed.com/ - NeuView Media Player

greenhorn · 18th March 2008, 23:33

foobar and skins

why do people want their music players to look good so badly.

the reason why i like foobar is because of the previously mentioned plugins , i can listen to music with far better fidelity than your run of the mill media player. And for a music player , shouldnt it be the thing it should do best, ie play music...

skins , i really dont care.

speedzak · 19th March 2008, 00:33

Audio = Winamp, Windows Media Player. Video = Media Player Classic. Simply the best!

hellspawn · 19th March 2008, 01:52

I use Winamp for audio and VLC Media player for Video.For video,you dont need anything apart from VLC.

reignofchaos · 19th March 2008, 05:08

Foobar hands down... for ASIO and resampler plugins.

F50 · 19th March 2008, 05:25

For Audio, I use Winamp.
Video on Divx Player!

khanak · 19th March 2008, 05:51

Music - Itunes for its excellent library system with cover flow!!

Video - VLC Player because its simple and light

anuragn · 19th March 2008, 10:17

Winamp is simply the best for audio, light and simple.
Tried upsampling from 44.1 to 48KHz in foobar...but then discovered that my onboard audio already runs at 48KHz (it's Intel 946GZ with onboard HD audio) and is capable of going upto 24bit/ 96Khz. Hence, I've got the SQ of Foobar combined with good looks of winamp.
And VLC or WMP for vids.
Also, I like Musicmatch for converting cassettes to mp3.

abhi · 19th March 2008, 12:41

VLC Media player. It will play just about everything you can throw at it. Light on resources too.

GTO · 19th March 2008, 13:27

iTunes for me. The functionality it offers suits my needs perfectly. I initially used it only for syncing my iPod, but it grew on me with time.

appuchan · 19th March 2008, 13:32

I uses Cowon JetAudio for heavy weight stuff including HD movies and foobar for mp3 /ogg audio with some good plugins

normally_crazy · 19th March 2008, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTO

iTunes for me. The functionality it offers suits my needs perfectly. I initially used it only for syncing my iPod, but it grew on me with time.

I agree. It's simplicity is great but itunes has certain limitations that get irritating. Xase in point - When I am using iTunes and connect my bluetooth headphones to my lappy to listen to music, I cannot hear anything in my headset, but I use any other media player - it works flawlessly !!

Is there a way to work around this ?

mjothi · 19th March 2008, 14:16

iTunes is perfect fit for me for Audios.
Video, I use VLC only. It literally plays anything you drop in...

View Poll Results: Best Free Media Player
Windows Media Player	18	27.27%
iTunes	11	16.67%
Winamp	12	18.18%
Musicmatch Jukebox	1	1.52%
Quicktime Player	2	3.03%
Songbird	0	0%
Sonique	0	0%
Others - Please specify	22	33.33%
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18th March 2008, 22:46	#16
greenhorn BANNED Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,878 Thanked: 4,910 Times View My Garage	Cant believe no one has mentioned foobar yet! Foo with the kernel streaming and SSRC plugins was a revelation to me. I'm sure that it will be to a lot more Audio - Foobar /QCD player Video- Media player classic/VLC
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18th March 2008, 22:51	#17
csentil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 39 Times View My Garage	iTunes for the ease of use and the amount of functionalities it has. Using and maintaining playlists are easier and more convenient than WMP. WMP should obviously work well in Windows coz its so tightly wound with the OS. iTunes takes a few more seconds to startup. Blame that on windows. :-) Use iTunes on an Apple box. Its a dream to use. Before iTunes it was Sonique and Winamp.
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18th March 2008, 23:33	#19
greenhorn BANNED Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,878 Thanked: 4,910 Times View My Garage	foobar and skins why do people want their music players to look good so badly. the reason why i like foobar is because of the previously mentioned plugins , i can listen to music with far better fidelity than your run of the mill media player. And for a music player , shouldnt it be the thing it should do best, ie play music... skins , i really dont care.
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19th March 2008, 00:33	#20
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,346 Thanked: 29 Times	Audio = Winamp, Windows Media Player. Video = Media Player Classic. Simply the best!
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19th March 2008, 01:52	#21
hellspawn Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: noida Posts: 1,686 Thanked: 9 Times View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (10)	I use Winamp for audio and VLC Media player for Video.For video,you dont need anything apart from VLC.
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19th March 2008, 05:08	#22
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,558 Thanked: 2,527 Times View My Garage	Foobar hands down... for ASIO and resampler plugins.
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19th March 2008, 05:25	#23
F50 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai/USA Posts: 1,704 Thanked: 103 Times	For Audio, I use Winamp. Video on Divx Player!
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19th March 2008, 05:51	#24
khanak Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mumbai/Toronto Posts: 2,868 Thanked: 370 Times View My Garage	Music - Itunes for its excellent library system with cover flow!! Video - VLC Player because its simple and light
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19th March 2008, 10:17	#25
anuragn BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 192 Thanked: 51 Times	Winamp is simply the best for audio, light and simple. Tried upsampling from 44.1 to 48KHz in foobar...but then discovered that my onboard audio already runs at 48KHz (it's Intel 946GZ with onboard HD audio) and is capable of going upto 24bit/ 96Khz. Hence, I've got the SQ of Foobar combined with good looks of winamp. And VLC or WMP for vids. Also, I like Musicmatch for converting cassettes to mp3. Last edited by anuragn : 19th March 2008 at 10:26.
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19th March 2008, 12:41	#26
abhi BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 72 Thanked: 18 Times	VLC Media player. It will play just about everything you can throw at it. Light on resources too.
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19th March 2008, 13:27	#27
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 71,937 Thanked: 322,226 Times View My Garage	iTunes for me. The functionality it offers suits my needs perfectly. I initially used it only for syncing my iPod, but it grew on me with time.
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19th March 2008, 13:32	#28
appuchan BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bangy Posts: 644 Thanked: 27 Times	I uses Cowon JetAudio for heavy weight stuff including HD movies and foobar for mp3 /ogg audio with some good plugins
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19th March 2008, 14:16	#30
mjothi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,290 Thanked: 233 Times View My Garage	iTunes is perfect fit for me for Audios. Video, I use VLC only. It literally plays anything you drop in...
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