Best Media Player

[moserw]

Link provided above is 1.1.0 ver with HD aud(DD) support.

Version 1 is RC and not a stable version.

 

[moserw]

Try Cowon Jetaudio...

Tried them all. J. River is good but not free. Otherwise for video VLC and MPC + K-Lite are the best. Audio cPlay and Foobar rule.

 

[kangarooman]

J.River is an excellent audio player, just downloaded the trial. I'm using it with Asio4all.

 

[moserw]

J.River is an excellent audio player, just downloaded the trial. I'm using it with Asio4all.

Yeah I've used it in the past. But it's not free. But the best players are...

1. cPlay with ASIO4ALL.
2. Foobar with ASIO4ALL/KS/WASAPI (for Vista).
3. XMPlay with ASIO4ALL/WASAPI (for Vista).

Winamp too is pretty good for audio as with other players like VLC, MPC, Songbird, AIMP2, Quintessential Media Player, etc. but none come close to the top 3.

Give XMPlay a shot. You'll be surprised at how lightweight it is and yet with its BASS engine it rocks and to top it all its free.

 

[kangarooman]

The interface of the cPlay looks like a VB form hyeah:

 

[spirovious]

cplay doesnt support wav,mp3

 

[moserw]

cplay doesnt support wav,mp3

WAV yes, MP3 no. For all other formats I use Foobar and XMPlay. They are both quite actually just that cPlay has that edge over them in terms of clarity playing from memory.

 

[kangarooman]

Could someone explain why CPlay is so special ? :sos:

 

[moserw]

Could someone explain why CPlay is so special ? :sos:

Did you have a listen? It will beat many CDPs, it's that good.

 

[kangarooman]

I downloaded but din't like the interface, so I removed. Any specific configurations needed for the playback ? I'll try it with my FLACs now.

 

[moserw]

I downloaded but din't like the interface, so I removed. Any specific configurations needed for the playback ? I'll try it with my FLACs now.

Ha ha. Why would you look at your media player? You would need to listen to the music right?

Check here, all details about cPlay are given at http://www.hifivision.com/home-theater-pc-htpc-media-pc/4714-cplay-thread.html.

 

[kangarooman]

OMG OMG OMG it rocks, I'm using it with the Creative Live 24-Bit sound card and i-Trigue 200 speakers. There are lots of options to explore but don't know how. Someone explain please.

 

[moserw]

OMG OMG OMG it rocks, I'm using it with the Creative Live 24-Bit sound card and i-Trigue 200 speakers. There are lots of options to explore but don't know how. Someone explain please.

Well I told you it would. Coming to options, I will update it on the cPlay thread so all information will be centralized and accessible and helpful to all newcomers. Hope that is ok with you.

 

[kangarooman]

Do I have to select the song, each time when a playback ends or there's another way for it.

 

[moserw]

Do I have to select the song, each time when a playback ends or there's another way for it.

Read the cPlay thread. You have to create a Cuesheet file. Just load all the FLAC files and create a Cuesheet file. It's just like a playlist for FLAC files. Then just load the Cuesheet and it will play all the FLAC files.

 

[kangarooman]

Creating cuesheet is a cumbersome task, I'd rather play the files using J.River media center.

 

[TechHead]

Foobar for music and MPC-HC for videos. Use the custom EVR renderer in Vista with a DXVA compatible graphics card, and you have the card accelerating your HD rips.

 

[spirovious]

PlayerFab | All-new Player for Almost All Videos

Characterized by an all-around service, PlayerFab makes it accessible for users to playback local videos, DVD/Blu-ray/UHD discs, and videos from Amazon, Netflix, Tubi, Peacock.

www.dvdfab.cn

This one is trial version, but its sounding good . Can try it.

 

[pogballistics]

Roon Labs for audio

 

[kk_antique]

KM and GOM are also nice media players!