Windows 7 Best Alternative to WMP?

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TorrentG

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• Dec 21, 2010

• #2

Hey,

Winamp for audio and Media Player Classic Home Cinema for video.

 

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cybercore

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• Dec 21, 2010

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I play them all with VLC.

 

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• Dec 21, 2010

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VLC is good and I like it.

The reason it is a no-go for me is because I only have a Pentium 4 but with the best video card possible ever for AGP.

VLC does not support EVR (the hardware acceleration needed to make the video card do the video decoding work - "Enhanced Video Renderer").

So what that means is that I can't play HD video in VLC because my CPU can not keep up.

But MPCHC and PowerDVD do support EVR.

So basically, if anyone has a slower CPU, definitely go with my suggestion. If you have a fast CPU, go with anything at all you'd like to.

 

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Highwayman

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• Dec 21, 2010

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For music Winamp, for video VLC

 

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Captain Jack

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• Dec 21, 2010

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For Music I would recommend Media Monkey it works great and less footprint. Yes for video VLC, K-Lite codec with Media Player Classic

 

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Elmer

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• Dec 21, 2010

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I'm with Jack, MediaMonkey and the WMP11 skin is a very nice combo. VLC for diveo.

 

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cybercore

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• Dec 23, 2010

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Captain Jack said:

For Music I would recommend Media Monkey it works great and less footprint. Yes for video VLC, K-Lite codec with Media Player Classic

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Yup a good combo there, and I actually started using Media Player Classic with K-Lite too.

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Media Player Classic - Home Cinema - Video Player

Download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

MediaMonkey

 

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Demonweare

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• Dec 23, 2010

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Thanks guys!

I feel great; I only use WMP Classic + Klite Mega for videos. MediaMonkey looks good, but I'll try before I buy!

Speaking of: does anyone know of a quick and easy way of converting wpl playlists to m3u?

 

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Captain Jack

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• Dec 23, 2010

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Demonweare said:

Thanks guys!

I feel great; I only use WMP Classic + Klite Mega for videos. MediaMonkey looks good, but I'll try before I buy!

Speaking of: does anyone know of a quick and easy way of converting wpl playlists to m3u?

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Use this article Converting wpl playlists to m3u playlists - bobdc.blog As for Media Monkey the Free version is more than enough

Hope this helps,
Captain

 

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• Jul 20, 2011

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I use Winamp for both music and video.

 

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VLC works like a CHAMP on all but one of my machines (OLD laptop). Trying to play 1080p is simply asking too much. Having said that, Media Player Classic Home Cinema gets it over the line. While it's ugly as sin, it's great for doing what no-other will do.

 

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• Nov 27, 2012

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In past I used BS Player, but recently my favorite is GOM Player

 

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