There is a multitude of software on the web. Of those, some of the coolest are media players.
Today, we will be looking at some of the best media players on the web for Windows
1. VLC Media Player
VLC is one, if not the, best media player ever created. It is lightweight, portable, and can play almost any media format out there (incl. videos downloaded from sites like Youtube). VLC can even be used as a streaming media server, can play DVD’s, can be used as an audio decoder, and doesn’t require external, extra codecs to run.VLC can also accompany customizable skins, as well as nearly every operating system that exists (Mac, Windows and Linux). I highly recommend trying it out.
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| Developer: License / Price: Size / OS: Last Updated: Category: | VideoLAN GPL / $0 21.2 MB / Windows All C: \ Multimedia \ Video \ Video Players |
2.Songbird
Songbird is one of the most customizable media players ever created. Besides being created by Mozilla, and being open source, it allows users to create add-ons/plug-ins for added user experience. Built-in options include: Last.fm playback history plug-in, support for the iPod, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, metadata management, etc.
To get a feel on what can be done with Songbird extensions check out our earlier article on Songbird extensions. Songbird truly shows what media players need to become with regard to customization.
| Developer: License / Price: Size / OS: Last Updated: Category: | Songbird Freeware / $0 13.9 MB / Windows XP / Vista / 7 C: \ Multimedia \ Audio \ Audio Players |
3. KMPlayer
KMPlayer, while not as widely used, is one of the best, free, media players. While supporting numerous different formats, languages, skins, etc, it is relatively lightweight and can be used for numerous different media related material.
The application itself is extremely customizable by it’s own settings, but can be further customized to fit your own needs as well. Features include: Compressed album support, multiple file formats, numerous decoders, support for subtitles, plug-ins, etc.
Stay tuned next time for more cool Windows tips and tricks! In the meantime, why don’t you tell us in the comments which media player you have installed on your Windows system and why you prefer it over all others? What features are the deal-clincher for you?
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| Developer: License / Price: Size / OS: Last Updated: Category: | KMPlayer.com Ad-supported / $0 27.4 MB / Windows All C: \ Multimedia \ Video \ Video Players |
Top 3 Media Player for Mac
Media player is a term typically used to describe computer software for playing back multimedia files. Most software media players support an array of media formats, including both audio and video files.
Some media players focus only on audio or video and are known as audio players and video players respectively. The producers of these players usually focus on providing a better user experience as they are specifically tailored toward the media type.
The 3 Media Players we introduce in this article are highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Some media players focus only on audio or video and are known as audio players and video players respectively. The producers of these players usually focus on providing a better user experience as they are specifically tailored toward the media type.
The 3 Media Players we introduce in this article are highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
1. VLC Media Player
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
| Developer: License / Price: Size / OS: Binary Format: Last Updated: Category: | VideoLAN Project Donationware / FREE 26.8 MB / Mac OS X 10.6 or later  Intel onlyMarch 19th, 2012, 07:09 UTC Home / Video |
2. Chroma Player
Chroma plays DVD, QuickTime, DivX AVI's, XviD, Matroska and Windows Media files.
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| Developer: License / Price: Size / OS: Binary Format: Last Updated: Category: | Mirailabs Trial / USD 22.00 3.9 MB / Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later  Universal BinaryMarch 27th, 2009, 12:27 UTC Home / Multimedia |
3. MplayerOSX
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems. MPlayer plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.
| Developer: License / Price: Size / OS: Binary Format: Last Updated: Category: | The MPlayer Project Donationware / FREE 10.4 MB / Mac OS X 10.4 or later Universal BinaryJanuary 31st, 2011, 08:04 UTC Home / Video |
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Thanks for sharing! VLC is indeed a great player. But it crashed sometimes when I was playing a DVD. Here would be more choices for you when you are looking for free media player.
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