Space Voyager Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 I'm looking for a replacement of my very old BSPlayer build (last without commercials) and am looking for best free player at the moment. I've been googling on this and PotPlayer seems to be in high demand. Any other good alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 VLC is what I use, and I think it covers as close to everything as any player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Media Player Classic for me. Between that and VLC (which I don't use but know to be incredibly popular), nothing else even falls onto my radar. I'm not aware of any downloads for "just" MPC, there probably are some out there but I've always got it as part of a codec pack (as it doesn't do much without the things). This one specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I don't suppose any of these can play or have codecs for the old Real Audio file formats? I was turfing out some old accumulated junk from my hard drive and found a few old music files that I'd like to play again - or preferably convert into a more current format. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 It's listed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflash Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER FOR LIFE. ...I swear to god I'm not a hipster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 We don't believe you. Take your mochachoca latte and get out, and don't let the door hit your vintage-jeaned buttocks on the way out because we don't want hipster arse prints on our door! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted January 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Been playing with VLC now (watching Deadwood) and there are two things that bother me. First, it seems to have hickup every now and then. That never happens with BS player. After I noticed it it started bothering me a lot...Second, it can not play AVI files that I film with XFire. It plays audio but not video. To make it weirder, years old BS player plays it just fine so I definitely have the codecs. If BSPlayer was not dropping all the time I wouldn't even try to replace it. I'll try that PotPlayer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I've been using GOM Player for years and it's one of the first things I install when installing a windows box, one I get Real Alternative installed (for RealMediaCrap codecs) I'm set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Finally I settled for PotPlayer. It just has no drawbacks. Controls almost identical to BSPlayer, no hickups, very easy subtitle management/synch, pot in the name... No drawbacks so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 VLC is good only because he dosen't need codecs to run a movie - though I believe he eats CPU the most of all - but I may be mistaken it's been years since the last time I used it. Media Player Classic is I think the best their is. Allready in K-Lite codec pack which are the most popular I think. About Windows Media Player - it would be good if it had similar options as MPC. @NKF maybe you should try converting RA files to something else? I think there are free converters either online or for download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 VLC does play some of the Real Audio files I have, but not all of them. A converter may be the solution, but it's only for 2 ~ 3 short music clips. Coincidentally, VLC doesn't like playing one old .au that I've got in my accumulated wave audio junk. Odd. No loss, it was just an "Elmer Fudd Sings Christmas Carols" clip. Ended up getting VLC just after my copy of Media Player (most up-to-date cutting edge copy) suddenly decided that it did not like to play the audio for DVDs but plays everything else fine. I suspect a munted codec, but Microsoft's website is very unhelpful and doesn't provide any solutions to fix the codecs. At least, not ones that don't involve buying software I do not need or already have. Overall VLC seems okay, but does have a somewhat clunky interface until you get used to it. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioguy Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Vote for VLC, plays every type of file you can every imagine. As for a converter I use AppGeeker MOV MP4 Converter or Handbrake, can't go wrong there. There are some of other video players works well such as Windows Media Player and Apple QuickTime Player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 I'm still using PotPlayer and love it, but I hear nothing bad about VLC either. Welcome to the forums, marioguy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 VLC also has some nice features besides just playing most video formats. I've found it's ability to dynamically change the time-synch between video/audio has been a major bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Being able to adjust audio track timing in VCL is actually a very good feature that I wish was on normal run-of-the-mill DVD players. Some of my DVDs have the audio track play a second earlier or later after certain chapter changes. It's almost like in the bad old days of watching badly dubbed kung fu films where the lips of the actors would start moving before you hear the dialogue. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I'm almost certain PotPlayer has audio synch option as well, though I can't check at the moment. PotPlayer... That reminds me to post another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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