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Which do you prefer?
Realplayer 14%  14%  [ 4 ]
Windows Media Player 86%  86%  [ 25 ]
Total votes : 29

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31 Jan 2008, 5:28 am

alex wrote:
although the future seems to be in flash video.


Agreed, I'm trying to convert the video section of my website to flash video


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02 Feb 2008, 5:41 am

VLC Media player and XMMS on linux.



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12 Feb 2008, 8:50 pm

I hate them both. I like Media Player Classic because its simple with no nags.



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12 Feb 2008, 9:34 pm

Realplayer is evil. It's basically like a virus. Avoid it at all costs.



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13 Feb 2008, 7:02 am

I suddenly realised... and voted for RealPlayer.

Given the choice between just those two media players, obviously I prefer RealPlayer, as I don't use Windows.

As it happens, I don't use the RealPlayer player, either. I have it installed just so the plugins are conveniently there. I'm pretty sure I could do that better.

I have this strange aversion - I don't like bloatware.


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13 Feb 2008, 10:38 am

Realplayer is the definition of bloatware. Actually, it's more like malware.



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13 Feb 2008, 10:48 am

I dont like real player so I use Windows Media Player.

I also dont like Winamp and Quicktime because they give me problems and I am sure updating quicktime has ruined the video I see now on all but Quicktime playing all video very dark.

I use Media Player Classic mostly now because it is the only one that still works perfectly without looking dark and I can use it to look at incomplete downloads.



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14 Feb 2008, 8:17 pm

I usually use MediaPlayer Classic with the ffdshow codec and it plays everything even .mkv files. I watch most videos using my Xbox 360 and an external HD so I guess I do use WindowsMediaPlayer.



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14 Feb 2008, 8:23 pm

TheAPERSON wrote:
Oops, I forgot to include Quicktime. Oh well, none of the computers I use work well with it.


All hail my Mac... quicktime FTW


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15 Feb 2008, 3:54 pm

Windows Media Player for the vast majority of media, I only installed realplayer because it can download and play .flv files, but indeed it it a bloated piece of crap

I use VLC to play DVDs on both my DVD capable machines (lappy and coolblue)


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15 Feb 2008, 4:00 pm

They both work about the same, but my next computer will be an iMac, which I will get during Spring Break.


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15 Feb 2008, 8:17 pm

Oh, i forgot to mention i use Amarok for Ubuntu.



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15 Feb 2008, 10:10 pm

Windows Media Player.


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16 Feb 2008, 1:01 am

WMP all the way.



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23 Feb 2008, 4:42 pm

Bleh to those choices.
VLC for vids, CDSPro for audio.



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24 Feb 2008, 8:57 pm

Definitely mplayer (on GNU/Linux). It plays just about anything and is very comfortable to use (command line interface, nice shortcuts etc.). I just love it. ;]