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Poll: Which Windows media player do you use for music?
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Which Windows media player do you use for music?

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Old Dec 11, 2007, 05:34 AM   #1
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Which media player do you use for music?
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 05:50 AM   #2
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Winamp for music. I've been using it for ages, it's simple, practical, does well what I want it to and it has a couple of extra features I need every now and then.
For videos in DivX and similar formats, I use BS Player, an old version that was still completely free - the same as above, simple and does the job.
I only use WMP 11 for DVD video, and that's because none of my old software DVD players works too well in Windows Vista. Still, it works ok too.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 05:57 AM   #3
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Winamp for music and Media Player Classic for video.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 06:06 AM   #4
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Winamp for music and Media Player Classic for video.
Same here.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 08:37 AM   #5
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I use WMP for my modest media needs which aren't online. If I have a choice online, I prefer Quicktime, because it buffers the entire video and has a progress bar (though most Flash based sites also offer this). WMP normally doesn't, and often transitions to a slideshow when bandwidth drops, which I simply hate (granted, this happens less these days than it used to, but it still does).
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 08:42 AM   #6
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I use Windows Media Player 11 for multimedia applications but i play DVDs using Nero Show Time & WinDVD.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 09:35 AM   #7
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I'm surprised Media Player Classic isn't up there, I've been using it for years.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 09:41 AM   #8
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foobar2000 for music, Media Player Classic for video, and Windows Media Player for video if I need to have a queue for them.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 09:59 AM   #9
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...and Windows Media Player for video if I need to have a queue for them.
You mean playlists? MPC supports them too.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 10:04 AM   #10
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MPC playlists are buggy, always freezes up if I try to watch 3 vids in a row.
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I have never had any problems with long playlists in MPC. What version do you have? Here is the latest build: Media Player Classic (patched build) - Page 10 - Doom9's Forum
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 11:18 AM   #12
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MPC playlists are buggy, always freezes up if I try to watch 3 vids in a row.
I've watched one season of TNG at one go, 25 episodes and didn't have any issues.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 11:39 AM   #13
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What version do you have?
Latest version that comes with the CCCP.

It's not worth my time to try and get it working.
WMP works fine, and it has the queue that videos can be dragged into at any position, which works well.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 12:44 PM   #14
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 02:14 PM   #15
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I have never had any problems with long playlists in MPC. What version do you have? Here is the latest build: Media Player Classic (patched build) - Page 10 - Doom9's Forum
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I've watched one season of TNG at one go, 25 episodes and didn't have any issues.
As far as I know it only happens when extended desktop is on and I'm watching the vids on my tv, it's been like that for a couple of years.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 02:19 PM   #16
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As far as I know it only happens when extended desktop is on and I'm watching the vids on my tv, it's been like that for a couple of years.
ok.... Perhaps you should inform the author about it
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I don't have any problem with Windows Media Player for my use.So that gets my vote.
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Winamp for life
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 04:10 PM   #19
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iTunes here but, then again, I'm on OS X so it's practical. I'm actually surprised to see WinAmp still being used. When I was on a PC 100% of the time I used WinAmp back in the 90's but when it fell behind technologically I switched to Windows Media. Then I moved to Mac.
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Old Dec 11, 2007, 04:34 PM   #20
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Foobar2000.

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Old Dec 11, 2007, 04:51 PM   #21
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I use iTunes. Don't really care for it all that much, but it keeps my huge library in order with next to no work, and its easy enough to use. Certainly isn't stable though.
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I use WMP11 most of the time, when it doesn't work (like when the network sharing crashed it all the time in vista) i use winamp.
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i generally use WMP10 for most things, MPC for some video files, but if i'm on my OS X install, i'm stuck with iTunes/Quicktime *shudders*
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foobar for music, and media player classic for video.
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Foobar for the tunes, i love the tabs, and media player classic for all other vids, usually with the Klite megacodec pack, i love ac3 filter w/ my x meridian and yamaha 5.1 HT setup.