Alternatives to Windows Media Player & Movie Maker???

[Plastique]

I'm officially P1553D off with Windows products.

I.E. (so I will now be using Firefox), Media Player, Movie Maker etc. they are all tosh! And don't get me started on VISTA...

• I use Media Player to view all my clips and vids, but sometimes the codec issue gets me so angry I could spit!
  
• I use Movie Maker to put my free clips together to form one "movie", but .avi files always get screwed up. The picture gets squashed to the top half of the screen only

A friend of mine mentioned in passing that he knew of an alternative to Windows Media Player and referred to it as "VLC". I never got anything more than that out of him, so I was wondering if any of you guys out there can offer advice?

I'm looking for cheap or free to download programs that are as good if not better than Windows Media Player and/or Windows Movie Maker. Include links to sites where these can be downloaded.

This is all in the spirit of porn enjoyment and life enhancing experiences, so start your post with a joke and I'll rep ya - here's mine;

A bride on her wedding night says to her husband 'I must confess darling, I was a hooker!'.

He says 'That's all right, dear. Your past is your past, but I must admit that I find it quite erotic. Tell me about it'.

She replies 'Well, my name was Nigel, and I played for Wigan !'.
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[pussy+dickdenice]

VLC

I use this and its great.

 

[Plastique]

VLC

I use this and its great.

What, no joke to start with??? Shame P+D, shame ()

Does VLC do the movie making bit as well?

 

[marquis2]

For joining clips try
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Media-Join-Download-20049.html

 

[pussy+dickdenice]

What, no joke to start with??? Shame P+D, shame ()

I was depending on you for posting a joke today.

Does VLC do the movie making bit as well?

No it doesn't. But kate's Movie joiner does the clip-joining for me.
I'm a great believer in Free-ones.

 

[tdomaster]

VLC

I use this and its great.

yeah i have the vlc player too!
greatest an better than the 5uck3d media player

 

[NavyBlue]

VLC works for me too.

 

[youwanttoshagme]

DivX player plus a few others. Mainly using DivX at mo, as I've got seriously pissed off with Windows products

 

[lovejoy]

Real one (Premium Real one) can record and actually burn to your CD !

www. realone.com

 

[No_Man]

VLC :thumbsup:

 

[senob44]

I agree with the others, VLC is very good. It uses its own filters apparently. I had some old (5+ year old) MPEGs that would not play properly with Windows Media Player 9 or above. I couldn't find any codecs that helped me either. I even tried MPEG editors as well. As a last guess, I tried VLC since it doesn't rely on codecs and the videos worked! While I still use WMP for some things, VLC is now a permanent part of my arsenal.

 

[ViRAL]

I use VLC as well but you can also use Winamp as I believe it can play most media files no problem.

 

[Krama]

i use winamp with vista codec pack..plays everything i throw at it

 

[ChefChiTown]

I'm officially P1553D off with Windows products.

I.E. (so I will now be using Firefox), Media Player, Movie Maker etc. they are all tosh! And don't get me started on VISTA...

What in the hell is "TOSH"...???

 

[senob44]

What in the hell is "TOSH"...???

Never heard of Peter Tosh? Granted he's no Bob Marley.

Also don't know how it was he lent his name to this particular usage, but more power to him.

 

[Plastique]

What in the hell is "TOSH"...???

English term for rubbish or nonsense :hatsoff:

 

[lechepicha]

VLC (for WMP)
Video Edit Magic (for MM) http://www.deskshare.com/vem.aspx

 

[nelmes69]

I have found CyberLink PowerDirector helpful

http://download.cnet.com/CyberLink-PowerDirector/3000-13631_4-10483012.html

 

[akbul]

My audio player: XMPlay
My video player: VLC
I Don't use a movie maker.

 

[JacknCoke]

VLC

I use this and its great.

easily the best media player