Player To Play .avi's / Other Video Formats?

RoveWolf · 06-11-2007, 09:15 PM

Hello all.

Well, I don't use Windows Media Player so I was wondering what other decent alternatives do you use to play video files in the format of avi's and all other popular types of video files? I've heard of VLC Player is it? Is that any good? What others are there?

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Breaks.

chupacabra · 06-11-2007, 09:19 PM

VLC is k not that great, if i were you i would get cccp and use it along with windows media player classic

**The_Other_One** · 06-11-2007, 09:54 PM

Media Player Classic!

**dragon2309** · 06-11-2007, 10:36 PM

For sheer "playability" then yeh, i've not met a better player than VLC, it can play almost anything you feed it... even raw data files with no extensions, .bin files, divx and xvid files absolutely anything you can throw at it, as long as there is data there to be read, it will play it. (In my experience anyway)

Thats the good side of VLC, it also has a bad side, mainly being the UI, its about as basic as the developers could ever make it, and some features that you might use are hidden deep inside multiple menus etc... But then again, this makes it easy on system reosources, so its a plus again

My vote goes to VLC

dragon

Burgerbob · 06-11-2007, 10:46 PM

K-lite codec pack with Media Player Classic. Works with everything, even DVDs when you dont have a codec.

chupacabra · 06-11-2007, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgerbob

K-lite codec pack with Media Player Classic. Works with everything, even DVDs when you dont have a codec.

CCCP is a lot better than k-lite pack and other codec packs

vonfeldt7 · 06-12-2007, 02:33 PM

I say go with VLC media player as well.

In any case, just download a few media players and see which one you prefer.

RoveWolf · 06-12-2007, 03:08 PM

Which is the latest version of VLC Player? And does anyone have the website URL?

:: Edit ::

This the latest and official website for it? http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Breaks.

Verve · 06-12-2007, 03:56 PM

yup, looks like it. VLC is more of a tool or utility than a media organizer anyway...

06-11-2007, 09:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
RoveWolf VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,257	Player To Play .avi's / Other Video Formats? Hello all. Well, I don't use Windows Media Player so I was wondering what other decent alternatives do you use to play video files in the format of avi's and all other popular types of video files? I've heard of VLC Player is it? Is that any good? What others are there? Thanks in advance for any responses. Breaks. __________________ Note: Formerly known as Breaks. Thermaltake VC3000BWS Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Black Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 (PCI-E) Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB SATA-II 16MB Cache Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) Samsung 18x18 DVD+RW (Black)

06-11-2007, 09:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
chupacabra Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,853	VLC is k not that great, if i were you i would get cccp and use it along with windows media player classic __________________ http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?i...isama01pa8.gif

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The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,307	Media Player Classic! __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

06-11-2007, 10:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,234	For sheer "playability" then yeh, i've not met a better player than VLC, it can play almost anything you feed it... even raw data files with no extensions, .bin files, divx and xvid files absolutely anything you can throw at it, as long as there is data there to be read, it will play it. (In my experience anyway) Thats the good side of VLC, it also has a bad side, mainly being the UI, its about as basic as the developers could ever make it, and some features that you might use are hidden deep inside multiple menus etc... But then again, this makes it easy on system reosources, so its a plus again My vote goes to VLC dragon __________________ //``-tHe RiG iN tHe SiG-``\\ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,480	K-lite codec pack with Media Player Classic. Works with everything, even DVDs when you dont have a codec. __________________ Family Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Barcelona) 2048Mb Ballistix, ASUS M2N-E 2X160gb WD SATA HDDs, eVGA GeForce 6800XT Sunbeam Clear (pink, long story) Acrylic case Hanns-G 19in 5ms

06-12-2007, 02:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
vonfeldt7 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Middle of nowhere, Kansas Age: 17 Posts: 987	I say go with VLC media player as well. In any case, just download a few media players and see which one you prefer. __________________ CPU [Intel Q9450] CPU GFX [Evga 8800GT] GFX RAM [G.Skill 4GB @ 1000MHz] RAM MOBO [Asus Maximus Formula] MOBO

06-12-2007, 03:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
RoveWolf VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,257	Which is the latest version of VLC Player? And does anyone have the website URL? :: Edit :: This the latest and official website for it? http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Breaks. __________________ Note: Formerly known as Breaks. Thermaltake VC3000BWS Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Black Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 (PCI-E) Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB SATA-II 16MB Cache Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) Samsung 18x18 DVD+RW (Black)

06-12-2007, 03:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,486	yup, looks like it. VLC is more of a tool or utility than a media organizer anyway... __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

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