Read this article in Read this article in Introduction Finding an all-in-one media player used to be impossible. In the past you needed to use several separate programs to play MP3 files, streaming media from Real, Mpeg files, Quicktime movies, CDs and DVD discs, but with the advent of Microsoft's Windows Media Player (WMP), all of these media types could be played in one player.
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Over a period of time, however, WMP has become bloated and isn't compatible with all of the available file formats. WinAmp, which began as an mp3 player, now plays almost everything, although it uses a lot of system resources and may contain adware if you aren't careful on the installation.
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ITunes has become more prevalent on many PCs due to the almost universal reach of the iPod, but it also uses a lot of resources and is processor intensive. So I've done some major research to find alternative media players capable of playing multiple types of media files, including various digital audio and video formats, CDs, and DVDs. They are also easy to install and use and are light on system resources.
Not only do these programs replace WMP, iTunes and WinAmp, but they also exceed their functionality. Check out at the end of this article. Rated Products. Problems with HD media playback (.h264 mkv files), quite a few bugs: setting equalizer and certain menu's pauses video for a moment, files with asian characters doesn't play, associates media files aggresively,Time incorrect sometimes,Help file needs improvement. Products to be Reviewed Tested & Not Recommended.: The Bad: Capture frame, Playback resume and Basic video controls & audio controls only available in the PRO version.
Splash Lite just feels like an advertising for its commercial version. No support for URL playback. Doesn't play many files properly. The Good: HD videos playback quality is good, certain broken files plays well.: The Bad: Nearly everything. No seeking, no right click context menu, a waste of time!
The Good: Plays certain files! Tips and Warnings. Codecs: Some programs reviewed in this article may require additional codecs for expanded functionality. For more information about codecs, including what they do, legal issues and download links, see this article.
Use Codec Packs At Your Own Risk (especially Mega Codec packs). They are capable of producing software incompatibilities, system crashes and sometimes doesn't let your new media player to play your files properly. In case you want to use one, I recommend using lightweight ones (, ). Fake Players: Download media players from reliable resources such as the 'Get It' links suggested in our reviews. Many websites are offering fake versions of the player.
Video Renderers: This option is useful especially for PotPlayer and KMPlayer. They include a number of renderers and switching between these renderers may give you better image quality.
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Personally I find that EVR and VMR9 renderless works great for most systems especially for Vista/Win7 (Microsoft.Net 3 framework should be pre-installed in XP to use them). For older systems Overlay Mixer might give better performance and clarity. You need to have Haali Media Splitter installed to use Haali Video Renderer. It doesn't work for old video cards though.
MadVR (Madshi) is a newly released renderer and to use this renderer you should install MadVR filters first and have a fairly powerful GPU. Stay Updated: Get beta and stable updates of your favourite media player through e-mail using Altert me! Related Products and Links. Editor This software category is maintained by volunteer editor George.J., a software engineer just graduated and working in Software Development and Testing unit. Reviewing software and writing articles are one of my passions. Registered site visitors can contact me. Please rate this article.
On the two front-runners, VLC and PotPlayer. I certainly agree they are the best, by a wide margin. Sadly, on pure image quality, there is no clear winner though, if you're the kind of person who endlessly tweaks his/her tv for the perfect picture that is.
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PotPlayer has the cleaner image- less visual hash, but VLC is sharper, and its highlights retain more detail, aren't blown out. Don't take my word for it: take screenshots from both players and zoom in. But of course for convenience, it's PotPlayer by a mile. If PP's sharpness is good enough, don't even look at VLC, because it's a nightmare of nerdiness, a real clunker, as gimpy as Gimp. The idiots sorry, it's accurate! spent all their time coding elaborate esoteric, utterly useless features want to add waving animation effects?
Hook it up to room lights!? Add motion blur effects?
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-VLC is your player!. One wishes PotPlayer coders would add a stronger sharpness filter, and put it in their control panel pop-up, but if they haven't by now, they never will I wrote them long ago, and got the standard NIH response (Not Invented Here). By the way, WarpSharp is., and VLC's debanding filter, film grain filter, and HiQ denoise filter are all totally bogus too.
(Really- A:B screenshots showed zero effects! Coders are strange people.) To summarize, if your source material is fairly sharp and/or you're not fussy about that last inch of quality, stick with PotPlayer. But if sharpness (and highlight detail) turn your crank, settle for VLC.VLC's jump forward/back (. I simply clicked the TechSupportAlert review page for Kantaris media player, author GeorgeJ GeorgeJ provides the download link, a sourceforge webpage When you go to that webpage, right next to the download link, is this message in a red textbox: 'Warning! Malware detected. Download at your own risk! Only a brave person in 2017, would click on that download link!
But I soldiered on, and the next sourceforge webpage has the message 'Are you really sure you want to download potential malware? Here is the direct link' I then checked VirusTotal, and the kantaris setup program scores 7/61 I clicked 'reanalyse' and the latest VirusTotal score was 7/59, all red flags stating 'OpenCandy' Sorry, but I have provided more than enough information to suggest people be wary. or to post comments. George.J: Thanks for your good work. I like PotPlayer very much, especially the easy to use key controls for playback. But you say under Pros & Cons that 'default 'automatic' video renderer not the best.'
For the benefit of those of us who aren't super video geeks, it would be helpful to know what is the best renderer to use? I'm currently using the instructions from the SVP Wiki Smooth Video Project to configure video playback on PotPlayer. I'd appreciate input from those with some video expertise as to whether that is a good way to go? Here's the link to the PotPlayer configuration page on their Wiki, which is more than 2 years old so the configuration pages don't match exactly with the current version:. or to post comments.
The update is being offered via the internal update in the player. But the new version does not show up on the official site. And on another PotPlayer site, the 1.7 version is still being said as beta. I performed the internal update on my laptop, and I am fine with the new look. The icons etc are a little bigger now. I understand why some people might not be too happy with it.
Update: The new version is available for download from the PotPlayer site. The new version just does not show up in the Update section of the site. I downloaded the installer and updated PotPlayer on my desktop too. or to post comments. I had to re-install it to get the exact wording: 'Cannot find or init PotPlayer64.dll'. This seems really weird, since:.
this error message comes up during installation. one would expect that file to be part of the installation process. That's why I just shrugged and uninstalled it. I'm not going to even attempt to fix it or tweak it.
I'm using VideoLAN VLC now. One good thing about PotPlayer: it uninstalls cleanly. There are no remnants left in the Registry or on the hard drive. or to post comments. Soda player: Key features: - Can play local, web and Bittorrent video files in all formats instantly. Embeds its own optimized VPN that is used to protect your privacy when playing non-local files. The app will automatically find subtitles in many languages for whatever you are playing (we’re very proud of our matching algorithm, from our tests it works better than current subtitles tools out there).
Best part for the end, ALL of the above works on Chromecast and Airplay, just one-click away!' :. or to post comments.