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Title: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: sunjan on August 03, 2006, 08:15:49 AM

Hi all,

Do you know of any software capable of playing all these video formats?
I'm sick of having to instlall QuickTime, WMP, RealMediaPlayer etc, I'm sure there must be many other options, but which players do you guys prefer?

I'm mainly concerned about playback, I don't intend to record anything with this software. I'm just looking for all-in-one playback options, the more formats covered, the better.

Thanks,

Jan

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: Corbin on August 03, 2006, 10:35:19 AM

VLC media player

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: firmdragon on August 03, 2006, 12:21:29 PM

vlc.  it'll do pretty much anything.  pretty simple interface and does subtitles too.

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: JoeKiller on August 03, 2006, 02:12:15 PM

I love Media Player Classic.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

It kicks ass.  Only player I use for videos and such.

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: bconnolly on August 04, 2006, 05:06:01 PM

Quote from: JoeKiller on August 03, 2006, 02:12:15 PM

I love Media Player Classic.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

It kicks ass.  Only player I use for videos and such.

Still requires the codecs to be installed, though.  I prefer it over VLC myself anyway.

For QT: use Quicktime Alternative
For Real: Use Real Alternative
For everything else: DirectShow

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: sunjan on August 07, 2006, 05:09:13 AM

Thanks a lot, guys. +T to all of you!

/Jan

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: Brian Skalinder on August 07, 2006, 01:30:18 PM

Quote from: mojomonkee on August 04, 2006, 05:06:01 PM

Quote from: JoeKiller on August 03, 2006, 02:12:15 PM

I love Media Player Classic.

Still requires the codecs to be installed, though.  I prefer it over VLC myself anyway.

For QT: use Quicktime Alternative
For Real: Use Real Alternative
For everything else: DirectShow

Huh, I installed Quicktime and Real Alternative some time back and...it's simply Media Player Classic (I assume with the proper codecs installed).  I've not yet found a video that I can't play in Media Player Classic.  Never tried DirectShow, may have to give it a go.

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: bconnolly on August 08, 2006, 01:41:24 PM

Quote from: Brian Skalinder on August 07, 2006, 01:30:18 PM

Quote from: mojomonkee on August 04, 2006, 05:06:01 PM

Quote from: JoeKiller on August 03, 2006, 02:12:15 PM

I love Media Player Classic.

Still requires the codecs to be installed, though.  I prefer it over VLC myself anyway.

For QT: use Quicktime Alternative
For Real: Use Real Alternative
For everything else: DirectShow

Huh, I installed Quicktime and Real Alternative some time back and...it's simply Media Player Classic (I assume with the proper codecs installed).  I've not yet found a video that I can't play in Media Player Classic.  Never tried DirectShow, may have to give it a go.

FWIW, When you install Quicktime Alternative it will install MPC along with it if you so choose.  MPC itself does not ship with any native codecs in the way VLC does.

Title: Re: all-in-one player for .mov, .ram, .mpeg, .avi?
Post by: sunjan on August 09, 2006, 06:27:23 AM

Hi again,

I found a nice overview on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_media_players#Video_format_support

It's true that MPC and VLC stand out, but what about DirectShow? I gather that it's not a player as such, more like a filter?!

/Jan