best video player for playing movies etc?

eventhorizon

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VLC Media Player is the best....plays almost any format imaginable...and no need for codecs.....everything is built in ....also available as portable application...
 

BaaliSoda

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For Videos - VLC, Media player Classic Home Cinema, KM Player, GOM Player all these perform nearly same with wide variety of Codec/File format support (i.e. without needing to install any separate Codec Pack).

My favorite among the above is KM Player due to its extensively customizable options.
 

Neotheone

Figuring stuff out
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Apr 26, 2005
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I actually like Media player classic ...Simply because it lets me use the fddshow audio filter/AC3 filter to amplify audio to high levels (much higher than VLC - I Have a laptop- Philips SHP 2000 headphone combination and for some reason I often need to do that with several of my downloaded files which have very low volumes.) .....

BTW, IMHO, theres is no such thing as a "best" media player....it's not the case of "one size fits all" ....so I guess you will have to try out a few and settle with what you like most :)
 

targetblimp

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Media player Classic Home Cinema is a great player...especially if you wanna watch HD content!

....in my opinion it also offers of a lot more customization than vlc.