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NoSanninWa · 2003-12-25, 01:40

I thought that it might be interesting to see what media players everyone favors for playing their anime. (Note that if you have more than one favorite you can list them all!) In case anyone doesn't recognize some of the choices I list their websites below. You can also consider this an opportunity to check out a new media player in case you aren't entirely happy with the one you have. All of these can be tried out for free so enjoy. I'm not listing RadLight because I am morally opposed to adware. If you have a favorite that I didn't include then please post it and I'll be glad to add it to the poll!

Ace Media Player
AIW Player
BS Player
The Core Media Player
Crystal Player
DivX Player
Media Player 6.4 (Start Menu -> Run, Type "mplayer2")
Media Player Classic
Mplayer Quick Time
RealOne Player
Sasami2k
VideoLan
ViPlay
Winamp
Windows Media Player 9
Xine
Zoom Player

PS. Originally I thought that I was going to have to make some tough choices, but it turns out that moderators can make polls with more than 10 options! (That's why the last few items on the list aren't in alphabetical order.)

boneyjellyfish · 2003-12-25, 02:13

You're missing a choice.

I use one called "Ace Media Player". It plays EVERYTHING, and has some great playlist features too!

Flash_Squirrel · 2003-12-25, 02:16

Definitely BSPlayer for videos, the ability to resize the video with my mouse wheel is priceless.
MPC comes second for videos, not as good as BSP, but still better than the rest.

WinAmp 5 for audio..I love WA's skins and I love its functionality even more, it gave me no problems in the past and Im not going to change it.

^^

Edit: If I have to be picky, you missed DVD softwares like PowerDVD. Its widely used for DVDs playback.

Thelastguardian · 2003-12-25, 02:27

i dont know why but everytime I use something other than divx to play mpeg4, the audio get off sync. Thus my current fav. is divx player and WMP 6.4 classic (dont need the screen capture function in bsplayer).

NoSanninWa · 2003-12-25, 02:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by boneyjellyfish

You're missing a choice.

I use one called "Ace Media Player". It plays EVERYTHING, and has some great playlist features too!

It is now added to the poll! Sorry, but I hadn't heard of this before.

I'm going to have to download the Ace Media Player and give it a try!

Forse · 2003-12-25, 02:54

hmm...where is xine and mplayer or is this Windows only list?

boneyjellyfish · 2003-12-25, 03:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoSanninWa

It is now added to the poll! Sorry, but I hadn't heard of this before.

I'm going to have to download the Ace Media Player and give it a try!

I like it, it does just what I need it to do. It's also the only media player I know of that can make playlists of Realmedia files without actually using a RealPlayer.

Also, downloading it will give you something to do while enjoying the explosions coming from the Naruto forum after the FFS hoax release.

NoSanninWa · 2003-12-25, 03:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Forse

hmm...where is xine and mplayer or is this Windows only list?

They're on the list. Can't you find them?

What are their homepages? (I don't feel like googling for them at the moment.) What OS do you use them on.

Forse · 2003-12-25, 03:22

Mplayer: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
Xine: http://xinehq.de/

They're ported to all UNIX clones (FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux/OpenBSD/Unix) there are some builds of them to Win too, but they suck on windows (mplayer is by far the best player out there, period!). Also with mplayer you can watch movies via telnet or ssh coz it supports ascii output...you haven't seen anything until u have seen anime video in ascii

Also mplayer can play .bin/.iso files without burning them ^_^ Try that on BSplayer

Quote:

MPlayer features

NoSanninWa says: This feature list goes on for several pages and gets really boring, so I just deleted it. It would have been better if Forse had just listed a link to the information. Another choice would have been to have posted a short excerpt.

mokona76 · 2003-12-25, 03:26

i use real and bs

Flash_Squirrel · 2003-12-25, 04:53

Thanks for the uselessly long post and the Linux propaganda.

NoSanninWa · 2003-12-25, 05:10

That was really annoying so I edited Forse's post. I'm sure that he's going to be really mad at me for that.

Hopefully he'll get over it.

Incidently, I'm shocked that nobody besides me voted for The Core Media Player! It utterly r0x0rs j00! You can even tell it that your favorite audio is Japanese and favorite subtitles are English so that it will use those as the default choices when playing Ogg and Matroska.

Aren't there any other Core Media Player fans? If you haven't used it, then please give it a try.

Flash_Squirrel · 2003-12-25, 05:43

I was puzzled by it so I tried the player for a while.. Well, I wasn't impressed by it, the interface was kinda bad compared to my personal BSPlayer skin.

The player works fine, but BSPlayer works fine too..

lol! I just noticed your Custon title ~ Evil.

FinFangFoom · 2003-12-25, 06:50

Im very happy with my feature ladden windows media player 9. It lets me skip forwards and backwards to any point in the video. It's also complete with volume control and a pause feature. Everything I need to enjoy anime!

JAppi · 2003-12-25, 07:09

If you're not using Media Player Classic you deserve to be stabbed. The best media player ever. It pwnz Bs Player!

Thany · 2003-12-25, 07:30

I'm using Windows Media Player and I'm glad that it works fine

ChibiDusk · 2003-12-25, 08:29

I'm going to get bsplayer soon, but now Ijust use media player classic and wmp9 for thos bad quality visds [it seems to make them a little better]

mplayer2 if I need screencaps

Caddberry · 2003-12-25, 16:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thelastguardian

i dont know why but everytime I use something other than divx to play mpeg4, the audio get off sync. Thus my current fav. is divx player and WMP 6.4 classic (dont need the screen capture function in bsplayer).

Just a thought, but as i download videos sometimes its not the fault of the player its that the files are fragmented all over the hard drive.. Disk keeper is an excellent program for that, and that may be some of your problem.. Maybe not but its worth looking into.. there is nothing worse than a video being out of sync..

Dark_Voodoo · 2003-12-25, 17:50

Im going to vote BSplayer becuse its my favorite but the one I use the most is probably WMP 9

Forse · 2003-12-25, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoSanninWa

That was really annoying so I edited Forse's post. I'm sure that he's going to be really mad at me for that.

Hopefully he'll get over it.

Hehe..it's fine

It's just I wanted to show that no player can come close to mplayer. And it's not propaganda as flash said, it's just truth

View Poll Results: What is your favorite video player?
BS Player	31	26.50%
Core Media Player	3	2.56%
Crystal Player	1	0.85%
DivX Player	7	5.98%
Media Player 6.4 (mplayer2)	15	12.82%
Media Player Classic	24	20.51%
Quick Time	2	1.71%
Sasami2k	2	1.71%
Winamp	8	6.84%
Windows Media Player 7-9	34	29.06%
Zoom Player	10	8.55%
AIW Player	1	0.85%
RealOne Player	3	2.56%
ViPlay	1	0.85%
Ace Media Player	0	0%
Xine	6	5.13%
Mplayer	14	11.97%
VideoLan	5	4.27%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 117. You may not vote on this poll

2003-12-25, 01:40	Link #1
NoSanninWa Weapon of Mass Discussion Fansubber Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York, USA	What is your favorite video player? I thought that it might be interesting to see what media players everyone favors for playing their anime. (Note that if you have more than one favorite you can list them all!) In case anyone doesn't recognize some of the choices I list their websites below. You can also consider this an opportunity to check out a new media player in case you aren't entirely happy with the one you have. All of these can be tried out for free so enjoy. I'm not listing RadLight because I am morally opposed to adware. If you have a favorite that I didn't include then please post it and I'll be glad to add it to the poll! Ace Media Player AIW Player BS Player The Core Media Player Crystal Player DivX Player Media Player 6.4 (Start Menu -> Run, Type "mplayer2") Media Player Classic Mplayer Quick Time RealOne Player Sasami2k VideoLan ViPlay Winamp Windows Media Player 9 Xine Zoom Player PS. Originally I thought that I was going to have to make some tough choices, but it turns out that moderators can make polls with more than 10 options! (That's why the last few items on the list aren't in alphabetical order.) __________________ There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid. Last edited by NoSanninWa; 2003-12-28 at 01:50. Reason: added players

2003-12-25, 02:27	Link #4
Thelastguardian ... Join Date: Nov 2003	i dont know why but everytime I use something other than divx to play mpeg4, the audio get off sync. Thus my current fav. is divx player and WMP 6.4 classic (dont need the screen capture function in bsplayer). __________________

2003-12-25, 05:10	Link #12
NoSanninWa Weapon of Mass Discussion Fansubber Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York, USA	That was really annoying so I edited Forse's post. I'm sure that he's going to be really mad at me for that. Hopefully he'll get over it. Incidently, I'm shocked that nobody besides me voted for The Core Media Player! It utterly r0x0rs j00! You can even tell it that your favorite audio is Japanese and favorite subtitles are English so that it will use those as the default choices when playing Ogg and Matroska. Aren't there any other Core Media Player fans? If you haven't used it, then please give it a try. __________________ There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.

2003-12-25, 07:30	Link #16
Thany Unfair Join Date: Nov 2003	I'm using Windows Media Player and I'm glad that it works fine __________________

2003-12-25, 02:13	Link #2
boneyjellyfish Evangelist of the Kazoo Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: AnimeSuki Forums	You're missing a choice. I use one called "Ace Media Player". It plays EVERYTHING, and has some great playlist features too!

2003-12-25, 02:16	Link #3
Flash_Squirrel F&C Fanboy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saiph	Definitely BSPlayer for videos, the ability to resize the video with my mouse wheel is priceless. MPC comes second for videos, not as good as BSP, but still better than the rest. WinAmp 5 for audio..I love WA's skins and I love its functionality even more, it gave me no problems in the past and Im not going to change it. ^^ Edit: If I have to be picky, you missed DVD softwares like PowerDVD. Its widely used for DVDs playback.

2003-12-25, 02:54	Link #6
Forse r00t for life Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: /dev/null	hmm...where is xine and mplayer or is this Windows only list?

2003-12-25, 03:26	Link #10
mokona76 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003	i use real and bs

2003-12-25, 04:53	Link #11
Flash_Squirrel F&C Fanboy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saiph	Thanks for the uselessly long post and the Linux propaganda.

2003-12-25, 05:43	Link #13
Flash_Squirrel F&C Fanboy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saiph	I was puzzled by it so I tried the player for a while.. Well, I wasn't impressed by it, the interface was kinda bad compared to my personal BSPlayer skin. The player works fine, but BSPlayer works fine too.. lol! I just noticed your Custon title ~ Evil.

2003-12-25, 07:09	Link #15
JAppi Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Gureibi wo aishite iru Age: 36	If you're not using Media Player Classic you deserve to be stabbed. The best media player ever. It pwnz Bs Player!

2003-12-25, 08:29	Link #17
ChibiDusk Back From The Dead? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Age: 34	I'm going to get bsplayer soon, but now Ijust use media player classic and wmp9 for thos bad quality visds [it seems to make them a little better] mplayer2 if I need screencaps

2003-12-25, 17:50	Link #19
Dark_Voodoo In The Navy Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 38	Im going to vote BSplayer becuse its my favorite but the one I use the most is probably WMP 9