Best free media players/audio available

[highway61]

Hi all
have had to reload my pc from scratch and fancy using other programmes than Windows Media Player for videos and music. any ideas of some good freeware that is available.

 

[captainmorganrum]

VLC media player - Open Source Multimedia Framework and Player

 

[highway61]

cheers, will take a look. also was told that a KMP player was pretty good? ta for the pointer

 

[tottenhamseagull]

I use GOM player, havent had any trouble with it at all.

 

[dannyboy]

another vote for vlc . will prob play any film file you throw at it

 

[Bluejuice]

For music I still think Winamp is the business.

For videos Media Player Classic (mplayerc) or VLC player are the best options as they play ANYTHING

 

[highway61]

Thanks guys VLC up and running and is cool...next freebie question. I have loaded AVG which i must say has never let me down, how about a program for optimising? and lastly one similar to adaware unless thats as good as it gets, not tried too many options to be honest

 

[Marc]

WinAmp for music & videos
DivX for Videos aswell

and thats it for me

 

[highway61]

For music I still think Winamp is the business.

For videos Media Player Classic (mplayerc) or VLC player are the best options as they play ANYTHING

Thanx BJ. have had winamp in past for audio so will give it a whirl

 

[Marc]

WinAmp for music & videos
DivX for Videos aswell

and thats it for me

 

[little al]

Another vote for DivX

 

[Tomnorthi]

VLC will play just about every video format there is

 

[Marc]

VLC will play just about every video format there is

yes but are the codecs quality? its very good it plays alot but the image has to be the best, not tried VLC for ages so cant compare to DivX but the latter does a very decent job for me and WinAmp is just fine for some too.

 

[Tomnorthi]

yes but are the codecs quality? its very good it plays alot but the image has to be the best, not tried VLC for ages so cant compare to DivX but the latter does a very decent job for me and WinAmp is just fine for some too.

Yeah most videos i download play fine, the playback quality obviously depends on your computers spec.

 

[CheeseRolls]

No votes for Songbird ? - Free cross platform and classy music player

 

[alan partridge]

For music I still think Winamp is the business.

For videos Media Player Classic (mplayerc) or VLC player are the best options as they play ANYTHING

I agree with all of this.

 

[highway61]

No votes for Songbird ? - Free cross platform and classy music player

Have just tried out songbird and i must say its darned good, and will be my audio player. Vlc seems cool too so am sorted.