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I am tired of Windows and Real Player Media players. Can someone recommend a media player for a laptop that doesn't have all the attached videos and pop-ups? Improved sound quality would be good, too. I am using a Monsoon speaker/sub combo. I realize that a search will provide the answer, but I haven't had luck with the right search words.
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VLC is best for video and pretty good for audio. Media Player Classic is also very good for video, but VLC has more functionality around sub-titles. Both knock spots off of Microsoft Media Player of any ilk.WinAmp is great for audio only and will play FLAC and SHN with plug-ins.
Haven't tried Foobar but have heard excellent reports, but WinAmp has proved more than adequate for me.
JetAudio comes highly recommended by the folks at Mozilla. It has codecs for everything you could possibly want (including FLAC). It has a ripper and a converter as well as a recorder and a CD burner. Most importantly, it is faster than WMP and sounds better to boot.The download link is at the bottom of the page whose link is below.
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I use seperate video/audio players, as I have different needs for both. I use Windows Media player for most video, but have it set to "classic" mode with no froo-froo extras. If you have 2000/XP, you can still get at the old media player (version 6.4) by going to C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe. It's much smaller than 7/8/9/10, and does everything you need for watching movies. Another option is downloading the freeware "Media Player Classic" which has more features than 6.4 but none of the bloat of 7/8/9/10, while maintaining the old interface.For music I use Winamp. Does everything I need, and is small enough. Other options are foobar2000, which many on this board like, and belive it has better audio quality. I usually just listen to MP3's, and the MAD plugin for Winamp blows away everything else I've heard. I use the "classic" skin and it's pretty quick, even on my old 500MHz PIII laptop. If 5 is too big for you, you can still dig up an older version, 2 is probably the best old version out there. Version 3 is bigger even than version 5, and there is no four (as 5 is a combo of 2's small size and 3's features, hence 5, get it? :)
Even more options:
Zinf audio player
VLC (Video Lan Client) video player
Real Alternative (Free clone of Real Player, minus bloat, hard to find as it's a quasi-illegal rip of the Real codecs)
Deli Player - Yet another small winamp-like audio player
/*Music is subjective. Sound is not.*/
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