WMP 12 vs alternatives

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Zeratul, Nov 29, 2009.

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  1. applegate

    applegate MDL Member

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  2. Zeratul

    Zeratul MDL Junior Member

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    #22 Zeratul, Nov 30, 2009 (OP)
    what alternatives are there to wmp that use a library idea?

    itunes - sucks
    zune - suck, but not quite as bad as itunes
     
  3. Smoke Screen

    Smoke Screen MDL Novice

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  4. genuine555

    genuine555 MDL Expert

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    #24 genuine555, Nov 30, 2009
    Winamp has library support, and plays lots of video formats.
    But not my first choice...
     
  5. M3TAL_L0RD

    M3TAL_L0RD MDL Junior Member

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    #25 M3TAL_L0RD, Nov 30, 2009
    Winamp for music and K-Lite Codec Pack (incl. MPC-HC) for videos. VLC on backup if some video doesn't play otherwise (very rare).
     
  6. wyrman

    wyrman MDL Member

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    #26 wyrman, Nov 30, 2009
    Tried to play an old avi file with WMP and it crashed so bad I had to shut her down. Never again
     
  7. Michel

    Michel MDL Expert

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  8. Zeratul

    Zeratul MDL Junior Member

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    #28 Zeratul, Dec 1, 2009 (OP)
    i use the shark 007 codecs, and they work beautifully. the only problem is that sometimes flac wont play, and i have to restart wmp for it to work.
     
  9. Whiznot

    Whiznot MDL Member

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    #29 Whiznot, Dec 2, 2009
    For playing, tagging, converting and managing every auido format effortlessly nothing beats MediaMonkey. MediaMonkey has a lot of skins to choose from and works with Winamp plugins. I use the ASIO out plugin to render bitperfect Flac playback.

    For video playback I prefer Media Player Classic which supports directshow filters provided by FFDShow Tryouts. Also install the Haali media splitter. I also sometime use VLC.

    For video conversion I use Handbrake, Pazera and the Super encoder (which can employ FFDShow and Haali).

    I never install codec packs or individual codecs. I never install Itunes. I never use Windows Media Player.
     
  10. kim_lombard

    kim_lombard MDL Novice

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    #30 kim_lombard, Sep 13, 2015
    Plex Media Player can do everything that you ask (except for skins)

    BUT, you can even do live tv with a plug in and channels for external content.

    AND its free

    "plex.tv"

    What I like best about it is that I can relocate my media libraries and it will rescan retaining previous selections and watched / unwatched, etc.

    It is environment friendly. Win 7, 8.1 10. Linux, Etc. Plex Clients can run on Android, IPhone, IPad, IOS.

    Super cool!
     
  11. jgmack

    jgmack MDL Junior Member

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    #31 jgmack, Sep 29, 2015
    VLC for me for all videos, and good old Winamp for audio files.
     
  12. meanoc

    meanoc MDL Novice

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    #32 meanoc, Sep 30, 2015
    Same here.
     
  13. toodirt

    toodirt MDL Novice

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    #33 toodirt, Oct 6, 2015
    Is there a way of making WMP12 look for all albums information automatically instead of searching manually for each one?
     
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