Battle Best Free Media Player [Poll]

[jackuars]

Choose your favorite media player in the list, especially to play videos. You can choose up to 2 products.

GOM Player
jetVideo
KMPlayer
Light Alloy
MPC-HC
PotPlayer
SMPlayer
QMPlay2
VLC

If you use any other, specify it in this thread. Also do specify which one you use here.

 

[Oxygen]

Have been using VLC for years.

 

[jackuars]

QQplayer or Splayer

They are both good, but don't get developed anymore.

 

[songoku316]

VLC very good

 

[Sr. Normal]

VLC for several reasons:

- I do not know if any better. I tried PotPlayer and I think as good, but not better. Others I like Gom Player , but not as much as these two.

- I enjoy it on Linux and Windows , without having to waste time to get used to another.

- Is 100 % translated into my language .

- It has never given me a problem in any of the platforms, and have used (like all Linuxerman ) several distros KDE , Xfce , Gnome , Elementary, Deepin ... and has never had the slightest mistake.


MPC also use a portable version and is as light as powerful

 

[frogboy]

VLC for several reasons:

- I do not know if any better. I tried PotPlayer and I think as good, but not better. Others I like Gom Player , but not as much as these two.

- I enjoy it on Linux and Windows , without having to waste time to get used to another.

- Is 100 % translated into my language .

- It has never given me a problem in any of the platforms, and have used (like all Linuxerman ) several distros KDE , Xfce , Gnome , Elementary, Deepin ... and has never had the slightest mistake.


MPC also use a portable version and is as light as powerful

Do you know how to make VLC remember playback position? I have tried plenty of times to do it but i never could do it.

 

[jamescv7]

@frogboy: Did you try this? Well barely use of playback to remember the position.

www.ghacks.net/2014/06/05/remember-position-using-vlc-media-player/

 

[BoraMurdar]

In the past I've tried MPC HC, KMPlayer, GOM Player, Light Alloy, SMPlayer, SPlayer, AllPlayer, ALPlayer, VLC, Zoom Player, BSPlayer, (mv2 player long long time ago ), RealPlayer, UMPlayer, Blaze, PowerDVD, Kantaris, JetAudio...
Used every one for at least a month each. And PotPlayer is unbeatable, considering the features, control, playback, capturing. KMPlayer is also (was also) good but now it's crapware. MPC HC on the second place. VLC is good, but it's just don't give me as much control as I need.

 

[Sr. Normal]

@frogboy I think you misunderstood . As playback position you mean the file location , or if you stop a video and pick up where you were.
File Location:

Resume viewing:

There is a simple solution that you can serve . It is a plug -in available for Windows and Linux that can be downloaded from Sourceforge :
SRPOS simply adds a feature called " Save / restore position of the last played files" within VLC settings can be enabled and disabled without problems.
I've tried it on Linux and works perfectly

 

[Kent]

VLC for several reasons:

- I do not know if any better. I tried PotPlayer and I think as good, but not better. Others I like Gom Player , but not as much as these two.

- I enjoy it on Linux and Windows , without having to waste time to get used to another.

- Is 100 % translated into my language .

- It has never given me a problem in any of the platforms, and have used (like all Linuxerman ) several distros KDE , Xfce , Gnome , Elementary, Deepin ... and has never had the slightest mistake.


MPC also use a portable version and is as light as powerful

Me too I use VLC as it plays nearly any media file you load in it without issues,no adware,open-source and extensions can be used to enhance it...

 

[frogboy]

In the past I've tried MPC HC, KMPlayer, GOM Player, Light Alloy, SMPlayer, SPlayer, AllPlayer, ALPlayer, VLC, Zoom Player, BSPlayer, (mv2 player long long time ago ), RealPlayer, UMPlayer, Blaze, PowerDVD, Kantaris, JetAudio...
Used every one for at least a month each. And PotPlayer is unbeatable, considering the features, control, playback, capturing. KMPlayer is also (was also) good but now it's crapware. MPC HC on the second place. VLC is good, but it's just don't give me as much control as I need.

I agree 101% with that.

@frogboy I think you misunderstood . As playback position you mean the file location , or if you stop a video and pick up where you were.
File Location:

View attachment 35459
Resume viewing:

There is a simple solution that you can serve . It is a plug -in available for Windows and Linux that can be downloaded from Sourceforge :
SRPOS simply adds a feature called " Save / restore position of the last played files" within VLC settings can be enabled and disabled without problems.
I've tried it on Linux and works perfectly

View attachment 35460

No i mean playback position even after multiple restarts of PC over many weeks even.

 

[reyes]

To me my favorite player is always Powerdvd with some tweaks (but its paid)
Also loved Splash Pro(paid, also development is in hold)
as i said above its always MPC-HC (don't install any codec pack just install MPC-HC from here http://mpc-hc.org/ ) (may not be an eyecandy but still the best out there).......... can't beat its stability and Hardware acceleration. I have tried VLC earlier, but Hardware acceleration was buggy.

 

[Anupam]

I am using VLC from the day I got my system for the first time

After tryinh GOM / KM player along with it, right now using both VLC and POT player.

 

[Sr. Normal]

No i mean playback position even after multiple restarts of PC over many weeks even.

Is that?

From Windows too.

Download from: http://vlcsrposplugin.sourceforge.net/

Kind regards

 

[King Alpha]

VLC!

 

[thepierrezou]

Light alloy with madVR and ReClock

 

[Purshu_Pro]

PotPlayer Rocks
When I was also searching for a alternative media player, long ago i also created a thread for the suggestions, i got many answers recommending Potplayer, indeed i don't remember who actually explained about the PotPlayer, but if i did i would really thank him for suggesting this program.

 

[joyce johns]

vlc is the best have been using it for 2 years

 

[SamChan]

Free : KMPlayer for me.
Paid : Splash Pro Ex always

 

[Maximum]

Personally, I think VLC Media Player is the best by far.

 

[King Alpha]

^ +1

VLC is still the king of all the media players out there.