Media Players

What are some of the better media players out there and why? What are some of the media players that you use and what has been your experience?

The reason I ask is that I use an older out of date version of Windows Media Player and need to upgrade. But before I do upgrade I was wondering if there are better options available.

Thanks,

Andy

Most of the time I just use my Zune's software. It does the job.

For years I used REAL player and was pleased with it, then it started to give me trouble. So I switched to iTunes since I have to use it with my iPhone. I use iTunes most of the time since I have my massive collection in Playlists there... however, after about a year of using iTunes, they changed the software and I hate the new format. So for the last few weeks I've been using WMP and am actually quite pleased with it's functions at this time.

Ask me again later this year and I'm sure I'll be using something different. One of these days, I'm gonna design my own media player and make it available as freeware. (I'll have customizable skins with Christian metal themes )

I have used more than one online media player.
To listen to music I use Windows Media Player.

When I listen to online music stations or shows I use VCL media player.

I use WINAMP.

I use iTunes, because I've always had Apple stuff as media players. Works well for what I need, but converting from M4A/AAC to MP3 can be a pain if you want to share files with a non-Mac person.

I use WMP and have for years. I've had trouble with Realplayer in the past and refuse to use it. Can't stand the I-tunes player either. I have Winamp for my phone, but IMO it's not as good as plain old WMP.

The only thing I would like to get WMP to do is adjust the volume levels of my music. I will put on a playlist of songs/albums and the older stuff is so much more quiet then the new recordings.

I have used Foobar2000 for many years since Winamp went down hill after 2.95. I first found it because I needed something that would crossfade for my radio show. It also supports replaygain (normalize volume between songs without changing source). It's the recommended player at hydrogenaudio.org, which is for audiophile enthusiasts. That's where I found out about it.

It's open source with a very active community. Highly configurable. Plays just about anything (may need to d/l extra components in some cases). Low resource usage.

I absolutely detest WMP.

Hey Staybrite there is a auto volume leveling option on Windows media player! It will set stuff so there is not a big difference when songs change.

I love the new windows media player that came on my new computer. (I like windows 8 also)

I usually use WMP, but my problem is it always hangs when I start it up. I don't know if it is the size of my collection or what, but every time I start it and click something to play it hangs for several minutes. Anyone else have that problem?

I mostly use either iTunes or Winamp depending on what I'm listening to.

Hmm Depends.

for music I use MediaMonkey

for Videos I use Zoom Player.

Tell me more about Zoom Player, Ahlitah. Can you use it for things to replace Flash? Adobe is such a stinking resource hog--especially with YouTube video. Can Zoom Player view YouTube without Adobe being installed?

alldat,

well what do you want to know?

It plays all my videos fine.

you don't need to install any codec paks, as it will install the necessary ones when you first install and maintain them, notifying you of updates and asking if you want to install them or not.

It can play flash video, but it won't stream youtube since youtube won't allow it to. they actively discourage developers from doing it.

What I do is download youtube videos (via browser plug-in) then play in zoom.