Music and video archive + player

Hassun · Sep 04, 2005, 08:14 AM

I'm searching for a new media player that also archives all my music and video files.
It has to be user friendly, have many ways to order my files and be able to play alot of different filetypes.

Does anyone have some recommendations?

I used Winamp many years ago but back then it could only play music files.

**LenMiyata** · Sep 04, 2005, 09:01 AM

Grumble Grumble Grumble

A request for recommendation for a computer application... This belongs in the Tech Forum...

Moving...

*jaderabbit* · Sep 04, 2005, 09:21 AM

Coremedia player, a very good player.

*angelan* · Sep 04, 2005, 09:29 AM

winamp also plays videos too now.....

but yeah i'd be interested in something different too!

core looks promising! will try later

Hassun · Sep 04, 2005, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LenMiyata

Grumble Grumble Grumble

A request for recommendation for a computer application... This belongs in the Tech Forum...

Moving...

Damn, sorry 'bout that.

I'll have a look see at that coremedia player thing.

Does anyone have another one?

*narrator* · Sep 04, 2005, 10:15 AM

Well supposdely the latest version of Winamp tackles almost all file types now, so maybe give that a shot again. I'm not sure on that though..... I also hear the VLC Media Player is a good one to have, I've never tried it myself but it's gained good word of mouth so far.

*name one* · Sep 04, 2005, 10:16 AM

you can try DVX player too, you can play many video files with this software.

Hassun · Sep 04, 2005, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by narrator

Well supposdely the latest version of Winamp tackles almost all file types now, so maybe give that a shot again. I'm not sure on that though..... I also hear the VLC Media Player is a good one to have, I've never tried it myself but it's gained good word of mouth so far.

I think I'll give Winamp 5.1 a shot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by name one

you can try DVX player too, you can play many video files with this software.

Do you mean DivX? It's not good for archiving and not very good for audio files either...

*Tano-kun* · Sep 04, 2005, 10:46 AM

hmm...u need an update on Winamp 'cause the new full version now can play also video files...

Hassun · Sep 04, 2005, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tano-kun

hmm...u need an update on Winamp 'cause the new full version now can play also video files...

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know1 · Sep 04, 2005, 03:36 PM

I hate to admit it, but Windows Media Player is still the best archival solution for a PC. It archives and complies collections so well that it mistakenly indexed all of my Cakewalk Sonnar scratch tracks (thousands) when seaching for media to catalogue. That by no means is an endorsment. It still lacks control and easy skinning. It's clunky and does many unwanted things without prompting.

On the plus side, you can play anything on it so long as you have the right codecs. The only filetype that mine does not handle is ".mov" (stupid quicktime...) I bet there is a solution for that, but I hardly ever see .mov movies.

Like I posted in another thread, my vote goes to the free Zoom media player. Unobtrusive GUI, a gigantic list of user controls and options- yet easy to operate from the start, and better codec rendering than most other players. No dvd support, unless you buy the pro version though.

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