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  1. solarmystic
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    Once upon a time VLC was less than optimal for certain movies encoded with certain subtitles types and codecs...

    I recently downloaded the 1.10 version from the website and to my surprise they've really polished it for those said file types... its as good as, if not better than MPC-HC in terms of CPU utilization even with 1080p mkvs that it used to chug when playing....
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  3. mickey megabyte
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    i used to swear by vlc, then kmp, but now i'm different, and i use the funky chinese splayer.

    i like:

    • the simple, clean, very usable unskinned interface
    • it's zippy, lightweight, but still very powerful
    • it's played every file i've thrown at it without needing codecs (it can use external codecs if u want)
    • excellent subtitle handling (i watch a lot of foreign movies) - it'll even go find and download subs for you
    • it lets me use my extra mouse buttons as forward and rewind controls
    • never seen it crash (yet )
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  4. Shark007
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    mickey megabyte said:
    i used to swear by vlc, then kmp, but now i'm different, and i use the funky chinese splayer.

    be weary of testing splayer.

    Uninstalling splayer will leave you with a broken system...
    where Media Center cannot even recognize a simple AVI file as playable.
    This information applies to a wide range of filetypes, not just AVI's.
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  6. mickey megabyte
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    Shark007 said:
    mickey megabyte said:
    i used to swear by vlc, then kmp, but now i'm different, and i use the funky chinese splayer.

    be weary of testing splayer.

    Uninstalling splayer will leave you with a broken system...
    where Media Center cannot even recognize a simple AVI file as playable.
    This information applies to a wide range of filetypes, not just AVI's.
    really? i didn't know that!

    i've never used media center anyway - not really sure what it is to be honest, if i want to watch a movie, i double click the file in explorer, et voila...
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  7. noobvious
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    Tweek said:
    "Media player" (not windows,) and sometimes VLC....
    Foobar2000 Tops it
    Um, unless it's changed a lot in 6 months, you can't watch a movie with foobar2000. And the thread title is "best player for watching a movie".
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  8. Arc
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    noobvious said:
    Tweek said:
    "Media player" (not windows,) and sometimes VLC....
    Foobar2000 Tops it
    Um, unless it's changed a lot in 6 months, you can't watch a movie with foobar2000. And the thread title is "best player for watching a movie".
    Doh !! Wrong thread
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  10. mickey megabyte
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    fubar
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  11. CyberCriminal
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
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    Arc said:
    madtownidiot said:
    wmp plays everything I've tried with it except flash video
    WMP (without ant codec) plays mkv ? Have you tried ? I havent seen any wmp to play mkv without codec.
    This is why I'm using VLC. Would be better if WMP supports mkv.

    mayur said:
    Windows media is the best playes.
    VLC is not tht much good it takes lots of space in hard drive
    VLC crashes many times
    Never crashed on my laptop.
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  12. Imperfect1
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    Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
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    solarmystic said:
    I recently downloaded the 1.10 version from the website and to my surprise they've really polished it for those said file types... its as good as, if not better than MPC-HC in terms of CPU utilization even with 1080p mkvs that it used to chug when playing....
    Solarmystic, there's a more recent version of VLC now: 1.1.11
    VideoLAN - VLC: Free streaming and multimedia solutions for all OS!
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  13. Scoop
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    I have a question about WMP:

    I have 2 DVD Drives, one internal in my Desktop Tower and one external drive.

    I am wondering if it's possible to watch both drives at the same time on the same PC with WMP. In other words, will WMP allow the user to watch 2 dvd's on separate DVD Drives on the same PC. ie, have 2 WMP windows active at the same time, viewing 2 dvd's?

    I tried it on my PC and it doesn't seem to allow 2 windows to remain active/open with 2 dvd's playing on 2 separate DVD drives on the same PC.

    What happens with me, is that I'll be viewing a DVD from Drive #1, and then I'll load a DVD into Drive #2. When Drive #2 detects the DVD, it grabs WMP from Drive #1, and begins playing the DVD in Drive #2, or vice versa.

    [edit] I worked around the ability to watch 2 DVD's simultaneously on my PC by downloading another player utility "FLV". But it would be nice to be able to use WMP with multiple windows if that's possible with WMP.
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