Re: March poll

[Computer Hope Admin]

For the month of March we thought it would be fun to to see what media player you're primarily using to play your media files. Feel free to discuss why you think your media player is superior to all the others listed, what you primarily do it with it, or anything else you that relates to the same topic.
 
If you specified Other we'd all like to know what special media player you're using feel free to mention it with a link also.  
 
* Thanks to JohnK for suggesting this topic for this months poll.
 
All past monthly polls and results can be found on the Computer Hope poll page.

[JohnK]

Well, I use three different media players depending on my mood and whether I'm using the computer or not...
I use Windows Media Player if I'm not using the computer for anything else, Winamp for internet radio, and Foobar for listening to music when i'm using the computer. I use Foobar the most, so that's what I voted.
-John

[Zylstra]

Mainly, for our music library, we use Windows Media Player 11

My good laptop has Windows Media Player 10 on it

I used to have VLC on my Laptop for watching DVD's, but then I installed the Dell software that supported DVD's much better.

Quicktime has always been a pain, as well as Real Player. I dont like using those, but sometimes, you just have to.

[honvetops]

Windows Media Player 10  ,  I just like it better than the rest.
 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I use VLC for watching dvds and movies i have on my comp
I user Windows Media Player 11 for music and other stuff

Is Windows Media Player 11 the same as the Vista layout?

[Calum]

I voted for Other.
I primarily use Creative Mediasource Player, but I also use Winamp and VLC.
Never RealPlayer or Quicktime, I hate them with a passion. And WMP, come to that.

[Zylstra]

One might consider WMP11 close to the Vista layout, but I dont believe it is.

If you have Vista, I think it has a special theme so as to allow better "blending" with the main operating system.

You should be able to download the Windows Vista for Windows Media Player from the internet somewhere, I am sure.

--knowledge of this comes from a screen shot of Windows Vista running, so wait for someone to confirm first.

[fffreak]

I mostly use VLC, but occasionally I will use WMP, QT, and RealPlayer. So, I voted VLC.

[Fed]

Real Alternative does it for me.

[Calum]

Real Alternative does it for me.

And me, on the rare occasion that I have to play a Real file that something else can't handle.
Quicktime Alternative for QT files as well.

[JohnK]

Oh yeah... I completely forgot about VLC! I use that for watching DVDs.

-John

[Computer Hope Admin]

I use VLC for watching dvds and movies i have on my comp
I user Windows Media Player 11 for music and other stuff

Is Windows Media Player 11 the same as the Vista layout?

Got a few machines running Vista and as far as I can tell it looks identical to the WMP 11 running on XP.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Cool....so its true......
Dam, i lost a bet  

[soybean]

I answered Windows Media Player because I believe it's the one I use most often.  I recently downloaded the portable version of VLC and installed it on a flash drive, more or less as an experiment.  I used it to play a DVD and it was fine.  For video, I have used or tested Windows Media Player, VLC, CyberLink PowerDVD (came with my DVD-ROM player), and I find them all quite adequate.  

For music, I've used Windows Media Player, Creative MediaSource Player (came with my mp3 player), and Audacity.  For playing, I believe I prefer Windows Media Player (probably preferred) or Creative MediaSource Player.  For editing, Audacity is good.

[Zylstra]

Heh
I'm listing to my ye-old Zenith Record Player (with 8track and radio and external tape aux, and aux, and two speakers)

A bit off topic, but does anyone know of any good websites to get Record Player Needles? I am going to need to get a new cartridge style one soon.