Advice Request What Is Your Favorite Audio/Video Players?

[CyberTech]

I use Media Player Classic for everything.

Same here....

 

[YuanJiawj]

Audio: foobar2000
Video: Movies & TV App

 

[The_King]

Audio: Winamp it really whips the llama's ... and it has the best equalizer.
Video: MPC installed by K-Lite Mega Codec Pack best surround sound support for watching movies.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

the best equalizer.
Video: MPC installed by K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

Please not another codec pack.
MPC already play any file by default

Looks like many people doesn't know, but codec packs are bad for your whole system. From slow performance to compromisation, everything is possible.

 

[Sunshine-boy]

Hello,
Audio player:Xmplay (it use BASS library and low in size)
Video Player: Used to be Splash Player but it got no update for a long time so its MPV.net(tons of settings to tweak the video quality) for now.
Paid multimedia player: Jriver (support vst plugins and madvr)
Worth to mention: Qmplay2
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[The_King]

Please not another codec pack.
MPC already play any file by default

Looks like many people doesn't know, but codec packs are bad for your whole system. From slow performance to compromisation, everything is possible.

Yes that is correct MPC-HC does play the majority of video formats and there are other codec packs out there that are very bad.
I use the Mega codec pack because I also do extensive Video and Audio encoding.
Have been using this particular pack for years without any issues. Has no impact on my system performance at all.

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[shukla44]

It depends on hardware usage (Keyboard or mouse) at the time. But what i generally use is

Audio: Windows Media Player, VLC
Video: MPC-HC (K-Lite Codec Mega), VLC

For keyboard controls, i use MPC-HC as it has the best keyboard shortcuts/keys IMO. I specially like the features to play the next file in the folder shortcut, so even if i didn't create a playlist i get to play all the files in a folder & left click on video to pause/play. Respectively i use WMP as it is compatible with my keyboard media keys.
For mouse controls, i use VLC as it has the best mouse controls IMO. I specially like the step-forward & step-backwards buttons in the toolbar.

 

[Templarware]

VLC media player and BS media player when I want to quickly download subtitles. For audio I use Foobar2000.

 

[shukla44]

Please not another codec pack.
MPC already play any file by default

Looks like many people doesn't know, but codec packs are bad for your whole system. From slow performance to compromisation, everything is possible.

True, but IMO codecs are invaluable to whoever really needs it.
EDIT: Plus i firmly believe that a dedicated piece of software does a better job than a general one. So if anyone needs a player with extra features using codecs is acceptable. In terms of security, nothing is perfect.

 

[TairikuOkami]

True, but IMO codecs are invaluable to whoever really needs it.

True, Windows did not even show video thumbnails without a codec pack a year ago, it does now, but that is probably because a video player installed some codecs by itself.

 

[simbatippe1234]

Hi everyone I use: Aimp5+Foobar2000+VLC+Audirvana Studio & JRMC 28.
And I almost forgot Itunes.
For Streaming: Tidal HiFi+Qobuz+Apple Music+Youtube Premium & Amazon Prime.

 

[LASER_oneXM]

Audio (flac files): Aimp 5
Audio/Video library and playback: MediaMonkey 4.X Gold (soon: MediaMonkey 5.X Gold)
Streaming: Deezer HiFi (losssless audio)