Microsofts extends its reach into more aspects of human society...

[Asher]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I hate how Winamp's video rendering is done. The progression bar on the side rather than inside the window (but hidden) makes it vastly inferior to Sasami IMHO. But Winamp rocks when it comes to music

Huh?
My "progression" bar is always on the bottom center when fullscreen, and only appears when the mouse is active by default. On the player, it's the same spot it is for music...

[Q Classic]

quicktime and realplayer both suck. i only have them for their codecs, and i destroyed all associations they had with any file outside of their proprietary sh|t.

windows media is better than both of them, but for viewing most everything else, i ususally go with core media player, bsplayer, or divx player.

[Sirotnikov]

The Best Media Player ever

capable of playing windows media, mpeg, div-x, real, quicktime and anything you have installed on your system.

no longer suffer from bulky ugly bmp filled front ends.

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[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Asher
Windows Media is the encoders, decoders, and codecs in general.

Doesn't each player/etc. have its own codecs, decoders, and so forth? That's where the real difference is, afterall.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Helluva a preemptive strike, does anyone else see Asher's post as the first one in here?

Sometimes vBB would eat the first post of a new thread.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Doesn't each player/etc. have its own codecs, decoders, and so forth? That's where the real difference is, afterall.

No, codecs are registered with DirectShow/DirectSound.

That's why Winamp can play all WM9 files without giving winamp any codecs.

Since 99% of media applications are just DirectShow frontends, it makes sense that DirectShow manage the codecs rather than the applications themselves.

Players can have their own decoder, but they don't need one.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by monolith94
"WMP on Windows is also way better than QuickTime on Windows."

And quicktime on Macintosh is WAY better than WMP on Macintosh... Your point???

you can run windows media player on a mac? how's that work?

[Kuciwalker]

I like windows media player. It is intuitive and easy to use, and it's right there in the start bar. No thinking required

[monolith94]

"you can run windows media player on a mac? how's that work?"

It's got alot less features than the pc version - it doesn't do anything other than movies... that's fine with us macheads though - we've got itunes for that.

[MRT144]

macheads=crackheads?

[Q Classic]

seriously, i don't like the idea of an all-in-one media player.

i use winamp and sonique for audio files. winamp2--not bloated, slow, and painfully irritating winamp3.

[MRT144]

how did asher do that?

[Sarxis]

I still use Windows Media Player 6.

[Rasbelin]

DivX Player 2.1 is the ass kicker with ATI Catalyst 3.4 drivers as those include a special video acceleration support for it, plus the program is light and works nicely. WMP and Winamp are bad for videos, in comparison to DivX Player 2.1.

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
seriously, i don't like the idea of an all-in-one media player.

I certainly agree with you.