Media Players

[Aus_Snow]

Anyone got a suggestion for a really good, *free* media player that will play (pretty much) all kinds of video file, and maybe DVDs? For Windows XP, that is.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mycanid]

Hmm ... well, you might try the free version of DivX. I have had pretty good luck with that one.

 

[XCorvis]

VideoLAN is what you want.
http://www.videolan.org/

The Media Player in Windows XP really isn't too bad.

There's also Media Player Classic.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
It looks like Media Player 6, but it's not by Microsoft. There are codecs for them that let them do some formats of quicktime and real. I can't recall where to get them, tho...

 

[Cergorach]

While VLC is pretty good, Media Player Classic with FFDshow will rock your world!

 

[Ranger REG]

The Media Player in Windows XP really isn't too bad.

Perhaps, but it would be a whole lot better if Microsoft offer free codec to play DVD format on their MP10.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've been checking out VLC and MPC - I'll probably just settle on one of these, shortly.

Good to know there's some very useful free Windows software still being made, that's also free from malware et al.

 

[XCorvis]

Perhaps, but it would be a whole lot better if Microsoft offer free codec to play DVD format on their MP10.

Ah, true. But if you install DVD playing software, Media Player finds the codec and can play DVDs after that.

 

[Ranger REG]

Ah, true. But if you install DVD playing software, Media Player finds the codec and can play DVDs after that.

IOW, the codec is NOT free.

 

[XCorvis]

IOW, the codec is NOT free.

Correct. But (AFAIK) the only free codec out there is the reverse-engineered DeCSS, which I don't think Media Player will use. I wasn't sure if Aus_Snow had crappy DVD playing software but wanted a good media player, or didn't have DVD software and wanted something to play it.