Best windows video player

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
^^ I did not even know winamp can playback video files .. can't even remember when was the last time I used it.

Microsoft Zune software is like itunes for syncing windows devices in Windows PC

and it doesn't support all formats

ok but only judging by the looks does not makes it the best video player but harshilsharma63 may be thinking something else.
 

gameranand

Living to Play
Here people are not suggesting, they are just spamming this thread thread with any player name that they know of....
 

Zangetsu

I am the master of my Fate.
Here people are not suggesting, they are just spamming this thread thread with any player name that they know of....


Perhaps...
but Winamp was the king of audio player in the past where I collected 100+ skins for winamp but now its not used anymore (atleast by me)

and it does supports video formats but not all formats
 

Flash

Lost in speed
Good'ol Windows Amplifier.
Coming back to the topic, the reason why i suggested BSplayer is it's ability to download subtitles automatically from web, for any video file.

Sometimes, its PITA to search and download "English subtitles" for some rare Thai/Korean films. BSplayer comes in handy, at that times.
Just open the video file in BSplayer and it will list ALL the subtitles from

1.opensubtitles.org
2.getsubtitle.com
3.bsplayer-subtitles.com
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
alright, we got two players which can download subs automatically - one is UMplayer and another one is BSPlayer - @ gameranand - try the UMPlayer too if you can.
 

stonecaper

SuperMASSiVE
How is subtitle searching feature important in a video player?
Potplayer has HW acceleration feature - means it can use ur video card to play HD Video.So when playing a true 1080p video SMplayer/Mplayer would consume 35-40% of my propus,Potplayer just consumes 7-10%,Plus it has great audio enhancing features.So its the best video player for me.
KMplayer comes a Close second.
Best Audio Player - Winamp 2.66+Enhancer plugin,try it
 

Flash

Lost in speed
Top Five Best Free Video Players | HelpsCom
*www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-windows-media-player-replacement.htm
 

topgear

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gameranand

Living to Play
How is subtitle searching feature important in a video player?
Potplayer has HW acceleration feature - means it can use ur video card to play HD Video.So when playing a true 1080p video SMplayer/Mplayer would consume 35-40% of my propus,Potplayer just consumes 7-10%,Plus it has great audio enhancing features.So its the best video player for me.
KMplayer comes a Close second.
Best Audio Player - Winamp 2.66+Enhancer plugin,try it

Say you are playing a Movie and want subtitles, then wouldn't be a break from the movie to browse and search for the particular subtitle. Now if the Video player has a native feature like that then you can easily get the subtitles while watching movie.
Not just Potplayer, even VLC, MPC and others have that feature and they are quite popular. I am asking you what makes Potplayer so special and keeps it apart from VLC and MPC which are considered as best.

As for Audio Player, I have used many audio players including Winamp and many many others and finally settled for Mediamonkey for the features and Library management it offers. Winamp might be good for someone who has small library but when you have a collection of like 100GB then finding something in Winam+ Editing the tags, finding tags from web in real time is quite cumbersome and thats where Mediamonkey shines. It has every features that Winamp offers + many more and add to that a very good and simple design and all. Its my perfect player till date, I am still waiting for some player to make me switch from it to some other player. None has succeed, and I am not a fanboy of this player.
 

samfisher123

Broken In
i suggest "splash player" and media player classic with all plugins . these players can play almost all formats (audio,video) . enjoy dude.
 

gameranand

Living to Play
There are many and many players that can play all the formats you throw at them. Its about your own comfort level with any particular software that you work upon. :)
 

topgear

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Staff member
Tried SMPlayer and it was unable to play any video files showing MPlayer has crashed error - from the option had to disable Double buffering and draw video using slices options and then the player started to act in the right way. Now for the susbtitle seek feature - for a video file it was only able to find Romanian, Polish and Croatian subtitles ;-), for some no subs at-all but for some other video files it worked well though - overall this feature is quirky.
 

gameranand

Living to Play
Tried SMPlayer and it was unable to play any video files showing MPlayer has crashed error - from the option had to disable Double buffering and draw video using slices options and then the player started to act in the right way. Now for the susbtitle seek feature - for a video file it was only able to find Romanian, Polish and Croatian subtitles ;-), for some no subs at-all but for some other video files it worked well though - overall this feature is quirky.

Did you tried BS Player ??
 
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