Q&A What Audio/Video Software Do You Use?

[Spawn]

Funny nobody here use native AppContainer apps.
So I make the start:

Music: Windows music App from stores
Video: Windows video App from Store (with forbidden network Access)

Aren't they just called the following;
Microsoft Groove -- Music player
Microsoft Photos -- Photo and Video player
Microsoft Films & TV -- Purchased and Local Video player

 

[security123]

Aren't they just called the following;
Microsoft Groove -- Music player
Microsoft Photos -- Photo and Video player
Microsoft Films & TV -- Purchased and Local Video player

Yes

 

[DDE_Server]

For music: AIMP
For video: Kodi or PotPlayer

is Kodi easy to use i read about it. it seems good opensource project.

for video and audio I use km player and also virtual dj for audio.

i was using KMplayer in the past when it was good software.
it became bundled with a lot of Adware last time i used so i stopped using it .

 

[Stopspying]

is Kodi easy to use i read about it. it seems good opensource project.


i was using KMplayer in the past when it was good software.
it became bundled with a lot of Adware last time i used so i stopped using it .

KMPlayer was one of the players I downloaded to trial yesterday. During the installation process there was no option given to make it the default player, or prevent it from deciding it was the new default player. Yet I found that it had become the default player for certain file types - .WAV, .mp3. Previously VLC had been my chosen default player for these file types. I'll play around with KMPlayer a bit more but I really don't like arrogant software, I'll decide what is the default software, thank you very much!

 

[DDE_Server]

KMPlayer was one of the players I downloaded to trial yesterday. During the installation process there was no option given to make it the default player, or prevent it from deciding it was the new default player. Yet I found that it had become the default player for certain file types - .WAV, .mp3. Previously VLC had been my chosen default player for these file types. I'll play around with KMPlayer a bit more but I really don't like arrogant software, I'll decide what is the default software, thank you very much!

Take care if any other adware is installed during installation process
Also it has alot of add when playing it appear as videos from YouTube

 

[blacksheep]

is Kodi easy to use i read about it. it seems good opensource project.


i was using KMplayer in the past when it was good software.
it became bundled with a lot of Adware last time i used so i stopped using it .

Yes, it is quite easy, but I use it only on my Raspberry Pi.

 

[Spider]

Hey, I have many, why?, do not ask.
AIMP4+Foobar2000+Musicbee+Winamp/Wacup+VLC+Jetaudio VX Plus & Strawberry.
For streaming Tidal Hi-Fi & Apple Music.
What about you?

 

[Soulbound]

MusicBee, Winamp and Spotify for music (used to have Clementine)
SMPlayer for videos (rarely used at all)

 

[show-Zi]

AIMP
For video: SM player + MPC-BE + splash + LA player
Recently, I thought about adding a ZOOM player, but unfortunately the free version was no longer distributed.

 

[show-Zi]

mpv.net

I recently started using it. This software is the easiest to use when you want to pause or throw. Great for watching U.F.O and ghost videos. Of course it can be used in various situations.

 

[WhiteMouse]

Winamp. I used it since I was 4 years old so why change?

 

[Nevi]

After I got my Kef speakers, I could suddenly hear the difference on Spotify and Tidal, so I have stopped using Spotify premium, and only use Tidal hi-fi now. If I wanna hear loud music in the evening, I use my Audeze headphones.
To videos VLC.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Pot Player x64, because it can play 5.1 audio on 2.0 and it can be heard, most other players can handle only 2.0, in VLC it can be switched, but it is not by default. Also it has virtually everything preset, except hardware acceleration, but clicking a button will do, unlike in MPC-HC (well hidden)

How to enable hardware acceleration in MPC-HC? I use K-Lite version of MPC-HC. Not sure if its already enabled on my end or not.

 

[jackuars]

Listing only Media Players

On Windows
Musicbee for Audio - Probably the best free music player/organizer
PotPlayer for Video - Probably the best free video player

On Linux
Clementine for Audio
SMPlayer for Video

On Android
Musicolet for Audio
VLC for Video

 

[ichito]

XnView for pictures
1by1 and XMPlay for music
MPC-BE for movies

 

[Opc9]

For Audio
Winamp (I have always used this for playing audio/mp3's since 1997)

For Media
MPC-HC (Runs really well with my 5.1 setup)

For Images
Irfan-view (really fast editor as-well, underrated IMHO)

 

[Cortex]

For video SM Player - Audio I use SONOS in here 2 x SONOS 1's using phone/Windows which plays Spotify or FLAC from HD in this PC & also streamed into lounge via SONOS Amp - Images, Image Glass for viewing

 

[valvaris]

For all: PotPlayer (Audio/Video)

 

[Soulbound]

I switched from SMPlayer (still have it on some systems, just like Clementine), to MPC-BE for videos. Not much difference between SMPlayer and MPC-BE but some footprint gain etc
Audio mainly remains the same: MusicBee and Spotify mainly, Winamp for nostalgia, Clementine on some systems because it is a good piece of software (specially on Linux)

 

[ErzCrz]

VLC for video playback i.e. watching films etc.

I still have and iPod Nano so still running iTunes on my pc but that's mainly just to manage music and podcasts. Used to use MusicBee but iTunes for windows still works ok.