Board 8 > Is there a better media player than VLC?

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It just crashed as I tried saving a file's metadata, and now the file seems to be corrupt. It crashes a lot, really. Is there something better around now? MPC doesn't seem to have as wide a range of compatibility, or, as far as I know, the ability to save and open playlists. Otherwise I'd just use that.

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VLC pretty much always runs like crap on my computer now so MPC is my go-to program. Never had any compatability issues.

I don't use VLC or MPC for anything other than videos, but I've never had compatibility issues.

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I always liked Zoom Player myself, especially for mkv's with built-in subtitles. I'm not sure about saving metdata, but it handles playlists just fine.

If you want to use it though, just be warned that it will want to install way more codecs/components than you would ever need, some of which have caused conflicts with other applications (mostly Fallout 3). The only ones I've really ever needed are FFDShow and Haali's Media Splitter. AC3Filter is the really bad one, I think.

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Media Player Classic - Home Cinema is what I use, with VLC as a backup.

As for compatibility, the only problems I have with MPCHC are .tta (if you want lossless, you're better off with .flac anyways) and .xspf (other playlist files should work fine)

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They only reason I have ever used another player is if I was watching something with separate subtitles that needed to be time-adjusted.

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VLC is terrible.

MPC-HC is what I use, and MPlayer is supposed to be good too, but I don't use it.

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VLC is only good for a very limited number of things

MPC-HC with CCCP is vastly superior

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th3l3fty posted...
MPC-HC with CCCP is vastly superior

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media player elitists

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From: The Mana Sword | #010
media player elitists

I know, right?

I've been using VLC for years now and I've literally never had a single problem with it. It use it to play video files and it's done that perfectly every single time.

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VLC has serious artifact issues

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What exactly makes CCCP so great anyways? I use vanilla MPC-HC and it's fine as is. Is it only useful for anime subs and such?

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SMOKEDOG42O posted...
From: The Mana Sword | #010
media player elitists
I know, right?

I've been using VLC for years now and I've literally never had a single problem with it. It use it to play video files and it's done that perfectly every single time.

This

But if you're using different kinds of files I see the issue I guess. For me though it's always been fine to play your average episode of 24 or himym.

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I wouldn't have a problem with VLC if it didn't crash for me all the damn time, and if it hadn't just corrupted one of my video files so that there is no video or audio. If not wanting corrupted files makes me an elitist, then I'm an elitist.

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From: FL81 | #013
What exactly makes CCCP so great anyways?

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Better question, is there a worse media player than VLC?

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From: SupremeZero | #017
Better question, is there a worse media player than VLC?

Windows Media Player

because at least VLC doesn't give me the blue screen of death when I try to run it

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VLC is good because it's compatible with almost everything and you never have to worry about finding plugins for your videos, but not because it runs anything well or succeeds in actually allowing good playback of videos.

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KMPlayer

Very lightweight and handles files as well, if not better than MPC

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Media Player Classic with CCCP should be all anyone needs.

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CCCP is the way to go :3

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why CCCP over K-Lite codec pack?

bsplayer is still the best player once you actually get it working. though it can be a pain to do that. MPC and VLC are "okay enough" i guess.

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MPC with CCCP god among gods tier.

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II got the GOM player for watching some Starcraft stuff and it's actually worked really well for pretty much every video I've used.

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