Alternative to WMP/Quicktime

[floridaboy88]

Someone here helped me before with this but I forgot what it was they had recommended. I can't play videos on Windows Media PLayer or quicktime(the video won't show btu audio does). What is the name of another downloadable player? I think it was some acronym or letters or something. If you say the name I am sure I will remember it. I "recovered" my computer and now it is gone. Thanks and sorry for the vagueness

 

[gsdx]

VLC? That's the one suggested to me when my system wouldn't play videos.

 

[Corny]

yes - vlc - video lan client www.videolan.org/vlc

or windows media player classic / quicktime alternative although those are just less bloated versions of wmp, and you still need the codecs

 

[floridaboy88]

thank you!

 

[mike_n_herrin]

you still need the video codec to decode the video. so another player wont help you unless it has the codec built into it.

I use the klite codec pack. http://www.free-codecs.com/K_lite_codec_pack_download.htm

there is basic, standard, and full (each one a larger file download, but each one has a larger pack of codecs). you could start with the basic and see if that works for you.

 

[Corny]

^ not for vlc - it has most of the codecs

 

[Kirbster66]

I like the GOM player better than VLC. It plays anything on earth.

 

[giftart]

You can try Combine community codec, which has basically every codecon earth.

I am using VLC for flv vids. My WMP can play everything wth the codecs

 

[mike_n_herrin]

^ not for vlc - it has most of the codecs

does it update it's self? seems like it would have to in order to keep up with the codecs. i have to download a new version of klite about once every 8-9 months. seems like you'd have the same issue with vlc?

 

[sheep]

I use QuickTime with Perian which has tons of codecs. And it is free.

Perian aims to provide a single package for all your playback needs. It is a collection of QuickTime components incorporating several libraries:
• libavcodec, from the ffmpeg project, along with code from the old FFusion component:
• MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2
• DivX
• 3ivx
• H.264
• Flash Video
• Flash Screen Video
• VP6
• H263I
• VP3
• HuffYUV and ffvhuff
• Indeo 1 & 2
• MPEG-1 & 2 Video (in supported formats)
• Fraps (up to v4)
• Windows Media Audio v1 & v2
• Flash ADPCM
• Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska)
• MPEG Layer I and II audio
• DTS Coherent Acoustics audio
• Snow wavelet video
• DosBox video
• Nellymoser ASAO audio
• libavformat, from the ffmpeg project. along with AVIImporter.component:
• AVI file format
• FLV file format
• NUV file format
• libmatroska, along with matroska-qt.component:
• MKV file format
• Subtitles:
• (Advanced) SubStation Alpha
• SRT
• SAMI
• VobSub
• liba52, via A52Codec:
• AC3 audio

The code is available under the LGPL. The development site is located at <http://trac.perian.org/> and the project's Subversion repository is located at <http://svn.perian.org/>.
The code for A52Codec is available under the GPL. The project site is located at <http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec/> and the project Subversion repository is located at <http://svn.cod3r.com/a52codec/>.

 

[Paws]

Again, I'm repeating myself:

Unless you edit videos yourself, you do NOT need any codec pack.

If you just watch videos, all you need is VLC.