Best video player?

[KazeNoKoe23]

Media Player Classic Home Cinema x64 for me.

 

[visy199]

i don't know if it's the best, but i use kmp, the km player - and no codec packs!

i only install codecs for encoding.

Same as you KM Player!

 

[Captain Zero]

I've just discovered this and will never use anything else again. Hands down, The KMPlayer is, by far, the most powerful, slender and effective media player around. It's entirely free, skinnable, supports Win7 and has built-in codecs for all media types.

 

[miky]

i have on my 26lcd big pixels in kmp if divx running in fullscreen(btw same in crystal player),i just try GOM and its very good,no pixelisation. VLC and win media clasic is too ugly

 

[masterB]

No problem. I got homecinema x64 aswell, really cool. What .dlls do you mean?

@codecs: I use shark007's codecs for mkvs since that was the only way for me to get my bluray rips 1080p h264 to run properly in 16:10 with MPC. Of course you only need the haali media splitter to watch them on WMP, but i don't like black borders. I hate them, tbh. I never had any problems with them, no spyware, no computer crashes etc. Trust codecs!

After a closer look, I see they are language resources.

 

[oidicle]

i don't know if it's the best, but i use kmp, the km player - and no codec packs!

I only install codecs for encoding.

Me too, I use KMPlayer build 1435 pre2 with it's internal decoders, the video and album art preview is so niice.... I only install K-lite codec pack at it's default settings, with thumbnail disabled, otherwise explorer will randomly crash unexpectedly(even if you're not on a videos folder), it's a bummer when explorer crashes while you're batch copying some files(to fix that I use TeraCopy as an alternative)....
I use K-lite only for encoding purposes too and I don't use Media Player Classic.

anyways, Those are just my preferences, if you know what I mean...

 

[moonshadow]

sharkoon 007 kodeks + x64 MPC (bouth it's latest) what is configuration in MPC for output and internal filters...

 

[TheIgster]

I've just discovered this and will never use anything else again. Hands down, The KMPlayer is, by far, the most powerful, slender and effective media player around. It's entirely free, skinnable, supports Win7 and has built-in codecs for all media types.

I like it, but trying to play audio in it is causing me some issues. I don't get the whole album art thing. It just works in WinAmp, but I can't seem to get it to work in this. I can load an album art image, but it simply stays they for all tracks. I must be doing something wrong.

The other thing I really like about WinAmp is the Enque in WinAmp context menu option. I like searching through tracks in folders and adding them to a playlist that way.

Maybe I'll just keep WinAmp for audio - although the tracks do seem to sound even better in this player.

I do like the looks of this though and it's making me "think" about using it instead of VLC, which works great but doesn't look all that great.

 

[tony roma]

The KMPlayer for video and WinAMP for music...

 

[mickey megabyte]

The KMPlayer for video and WinAMP for music...

a great combination!

 

[oidicle]

I like it, but trying to play audio in it is causing me some issues.

What version are you using? I don't have any issues with the version I'm using, you have to use build 14.35 pre2, because the first build 14.35 is buggy, you can get it here: 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download The KMPlayer.exe... It's a sfx archive, just extract it to your program files directory and run "KMPsetup.exe" to configure the player.

I don't get the whole album art thing. It just works in WinAmp, but I can't seem to get it to work in this. I can load an album art image, but it simply stays they for all tracks. I must be doing something wrong.

Look at the screen shots below with "video" album art preview.

The other thing I really like about WinAmp is the Enque in WinAmp context menu option. I like searching through tracks in folders and adding them to a playlist that way.

There's a screeshot with that context menu active for KMP, you just have to associate KMP with your MP3's...

Maybe I'll just keep WinAmp for audio - although the tracks do seem to sound even better in this player.

I've noticed that too, and you can enhance the sound quality even more by choosing the options I've displayed on one of the screen shots, remember to turn the EQ on first otherwise selecting those options won't have any effect...

I do like the looks of this though and it's making me "think" about using it instead of VLC, which works great but doesn't look all that great.

Yea, the issues I have with issues are the GUI and the inability to remember custom EQ settings, I'd spend a few minutes setting up the EQ to my liking only to notice that after closing the settings disappear after closing the player....

 

[DutchguySzaby]

Hey guys,

I am a long term reader ... but just made an account.
Hell, I`m reading these pages since I got my hands on the beta version of 7. & since then a proud user of beta, rc & now RTM.

So ... to my problem.
I have found solutions to my past problems by searching this forum or google.
Basicly with this ... I am stuck.

Here is the problem.
My hd video playback is a biatch.
The problem is not sound or video quality. Those are great, even if I connect to a 1080p native sony, a 1080p movie is awsome to look at.

But the problem is, it freezes every 5 to 10minutes orso ... nothing, I see my hdd lamp burning like their is no tomorrow. Then after a minute or 2, sound starts again where it left off but video plays really fast for a few second then slows down until the sound catches up. When they are both in sync, the screen flikkers once and the movie continues.

Now this is only with hd films ... in a hd container.
With dvd playback, or playback of a dvix (...quality is a pain) nothing is wrong. First I taught it`s my windows, so I did a clean install of 7 RTM (64bits btw)

The thing that bother me though, was that with 7 beta, everything went well. With 7 rc, I didn`t wach alot of movies because I was in my university`s session and had to studie. And then gone on holliday with my girl for a good few weeks so ... I wached tops 4 movies. And all of them had this problem.
So I taught: clean install 7, and it should work.

But nope! still the same problem.
I have downloaded sharks`s packedge. Didn`t help. Tryed out multiple drivers ... nothing helped. Problem is still here and annying the crap out of me (to be honest) - should I try out cccp pack or what?

So anywho: my specs are (laptop)
8700m GT (using the Forceware 182.46 drivers - with other drivers, I have screen tearing every few seconds so ... this looks promissing right now - its the DOX moddified driver)
17` 1680x1050 screen.
windows 7 RTM 64bits.

ps: this happens with: wmp, media player classic home cinema edition 64bits & vlc player.
pps: this is with 720p & 1080p.

 

[TheIgster]

Look at the screen shots below with "video" album art preview.

I'm talking about "audio" album art though. When I load an MP3 in WMP or WinAmp, it will automatically load album art for the song. KM does not. All I'm stuck with is a screen that says Open Album Art. What are we supposed to do with that? Why does it not load automatically?

There's a screeshot with that context menu active for KMP, you just have to associate KMP with your MP3's...

Yes, I was just wondering if that option was going to be there or not as I hadn't bothered to change associations yet.

 

[oidicle]

Hey guys,

I am a long term reader ... but just made an account.
Hell, I`m reading these pages since I got my hands on the beta version of 7. & since then a proud user of beta, rc & now RTM.

So ... to my problem.
I have found solutions to my past problems by searching this forum or google.
Basicly with this ... I am stuck.

Here is the problem.
My hd video playback is a biatch.
The problem is not sound or video quality. Those are great, even if I connect to a 1080p native sony, a 1080p movie is awsome to look at.

But the problem is, it freezes every 5 to 10minutes orso ... nothing, I see my hdd lamp burning like their is no tomorrow. Then after a minute or 2, sound starts again where it left off but video plays really fast for a few second then slows down until the sound catches up. When they are both in sync, the screen flikkers once and the movie continues.

Now this is only with hd films ... in a hd container.
With dvd playback, or playback of a dvix (...quality is a pain) nothing is wrong. First I taught it`s my windows, so I did a clean install of 7 RTM (64bits btw)

The thing that bother me though, was that with 7 beta, everything went well. With 7 rc, I didn`t wach alot of movies because I was in my university`s session and had to studie. And then gone on holliday with my girl for a good few weeks so ... I wached tops 4 movies. And all of them had this problem.
So I taught: clean install 7, and it should work.

But nope! still the same problem.
I have downloaded sharks`s packedge. Didn`t help. Tryed out multiple drivers ... nothing helped. Problem is still here and annying the crap out of me (to be honest) - should I try out cccp pack or what?

So anywho: my specs are (laptop)
8700m GT (using the Forceware 182.46 drivers - with other drivers, I have screen tearing every few seconds so ... this looks promissing right now - its the DOX moddified driver)
17` 1680x1050 screen.
windows 7 RTM 64bits.

ps: this happens with: wmp, media player classic home cinema edition 64bits & vlc player.
pps: this is with 720p & 1080p.

Dude, first off you should avoid using that kind of language/slang or whatever, find creative ways to express your dismay... I'd advise you to go read the rules right away... I think the moderators will agree with me.

On to the problem, it's always good to use up to date display drivers, download the latest from nVidia's website, the ones you've specified are outdated, Uninstall all your codec packs(If you have more than one), install one codec package at it's default settings(I suggest k-lite Mega codec pack) and try to playback again...

Let me point out to you in case you didn't already know; playback of HD Movies or videos consumes a lot of CPU Resources, and the screen flickering/fast playback issue might be due to fact that when you're doing a long seek for a specific timeline in the video it takes a while for the CPU to process, you'll just have to wait it out... CPU usage get's at about 63-70% when I'm playing an 1080p video, the flickering I got when I tried seeking with Media Player Classic homecinema, but with KMPlayer it's just a brief lag, but that's only with 1080p videos, 720p ones aren't that heavy. How good is your CPU?(that really counts too), how many Ghz are you at now?

So try to do what I did, use K-lite as a codec pack and afterwards install KMPlayer and use it as your default Video Player and then tell me how it goes....

I'm talking about "audio" album art though. When I load an MP3 in WMP or WinAmp, it will automatically load album art for the song. KM does not. All I'm stuck with is a screen that says Open Album Art. What are we supposed to do with that? Why does it not load automatically?

I haven't been able to display the album arts of my mp3's on KMPlayer, I'm not sure if it's possible or not, but I don't really concentrate on that, there's no difference for me, I kinda like it like that, because in my case with Winamp, in order to view the album art I'd have to playback my mp3's with the player expanded, and I don't really like that, I prefer playback in docked/reduced mode for mp3's... I'd like to see a screen shot of that option says 'Open Album Art', does it appear while you're playing an mp3 or when you're at a stopped state?

 

[Zahl]

I'm a big BS Player fan. It plays everything I throw at it and it also finds subtitles for movies if so you wish. Worth a look imo
http://www.bsplayer.org/

 

[Lebon14]

The KMPlayer
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But I've heard that it doesn't work well on 64-bit though...

 

[Captain Zero]

The KMPlayer
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But I've heard that it doesn't work well on 64-bit though...

No problems with it here, at all.

 

[mickey megabyte]

The KMPlayer
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But I've heard that it doesn't work well on 64-bit though...

i've also had zero problems running kmp on x64.

kmp plays them all, and now that i've worked out how to use dvd subtitles, i've ditched vlc completely.

 

[Boris]

Ever since W7, i only use WMP.

Why do all of you need codecs for? WMP plays all my files nowadays. Am I missing something here?

 

[mickey megabyte]

i have a friend studying foreign cinema, she often brings mkvs and dvds that she wants to watch. km player has very good subtitle support.

there's a couple of reasons why i don't use wmp: mkv and subtitles - i won't list all the others.