Best video player?

**Andromedon** · November 25th, 2004, 10:40 PM

I'm looking for a video player (besides windows media player) that runs on lower resources and plays anything.

**DigitalJunkie** · November 25th, 2004, 10:45 PM

**rebirth** · November 25th, 2004, 10:51 PM

BS Player or VLC. ^

BUT, again. Asking for opinions gets you about no where. Sample them for yourself, and determine whether or not that VidPlayer fits yours needs. DO IT ON YOUR OWN. Cut the proverbial umbilical cord, and jump into life.

**Mels_Smileys45** · November 25th, 2004, 10:56 PM

VLC player DOES NOT use less resouces! Its a hog. Windows Media player classic is bare bones but you said other. Don't know what would use less than classic.

**homie_da_clownx** · November 25th, 2004, 11:37 PM

BS player dont apply the shit you dont use, VLC may act better with less shit too,

**simon_says_horrible** · November 26th, 2004, 01:41 AM

VLC player does hog resources (same as Winamp). I think Radlight 4 BETA 1 (NT/2000/XP only) is much better with less memory and CPU usage http://www.radlight.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=852

**Betamax** · November 26th, 2004, 01:51 AM

Also consider Zoom Player; it has some unique features.

SanDiegoKid · November 26th, 2004, 02:34 AM

2nd that ZoomPlayer... and BS player is nice, with some attractive skins as well.

**Stownplayer** · November 26th, 2004, 03:05 AM

ace divx player. I replaced widows media player with this and it's really great.

**eivioolla** · November 26th, 2004, 03:21 AM

I like VLC so that I don't have to mess up my system with installing codecs.

**MushroomheadXIII** · November 26th, 2004, 06:54 AM

The new vlc doesn't hog like a bitch, the old one did. For opening videos and music, windows media is fastest. Alternative works too!

**Andromedon** · November 26th, 2004, 07:10 AM

I have another question, this time concerning windows media player classsic....I can't get my video files to stay in the playlist, I've got to load them each and every time...do you all know how to get them to load and stay there?

**black_magiic** · November 26th, 2004, 07:30 AM

for video right now I stand by WMP10, it seems to be all the rest. Especially in load time

**Vampmon** · November 26th, 2004, 07:41 AM

RealPlayer 10.5 plays ANYTHING and EVERYTHING, but it does take up a lot of system resorces.

You can get it from Download.com if you want.

**infringer** · December 7th, 2004, 04:40 PM

If watching a movie things that might deture that movie from playing or make it choppy are enevitable for some tasks.

If you are encoding a movie while watching a movie your video may not play or play choppy same goes for burning a CD or DVD, even downloading a fat list of files from your favorite filesharing network.

For many applications there is no way around choppy video while preforming certain tasks... but there are some things you could try:

A good video card such as a new ATI who specializes in cutting down video processor strain.
A lot of ram installed on your PC is always a plus.
Cut back on the number of files you download at a time or decrease the bandwidth.
Purchase a newer processor with better hyperthreading capabilities always a plus to have when multitasking.
Finally you can change the priority of the program running in the backround setting it to a lower setting to allow for your video to play more smoothly.

As far as video players go windows media player & classic are in fact the best that I have tried and if you dont wish to install a bunch of codecs in fear that they will mess up your system so to speak...

Then download just one codec called FFDIRECTSHOW as it will handle all the popular formats to playback your video smoothly and error free and is simple to uninstall. Unfortunately once you move on to the real fun and your mind starts on a little quest for knowladge you will find that codecs are not something ment to mess up your system but rather to expand on the capeabilities of what your system is able to do.

-infringer-