crp Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 since there is no forum to cross operating systems software, i am putting this here I was very disappointed with VLC 2.0.5. It was slow and buggy. In fact , i even uninstalled it from my pc's and put 2.0.4 back on my desktops and 2.0.3 on the netbooks. Plus, i complained to the VLC people - the first time in many years I voiced complaints to a freebie programming organization. The other day, VLC came out with 2.0.6 , which they described as a minor update with tiny tweaks and the such. What utter baloney. this version is a MAJOR improvement update . i installed on a atom 10" netbook and it was able to play an HQ wmv file over the network! Performance is tons better, interface responds much smoother, clicking 'pause' button actually pauses the video right away, no false colors, no crazy rectangles popping through, etc. etc. Go and get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I guess I'll have to check what version I run. I suspect it is different on all the computers. On one computer, I have the portable version sitting on the desktop because I didn't want to install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I guess I'll have to check what version I run. I suspect it is different on all the computers. On one computer, I have the portable version sitting on the desktop because I didn't want to install it. 2.0.6 portable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 VLC is so yesterday. Xt-7-player is the new kid on the block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Way ahead of you crp. I downloaded both versions as soon as I posted last night. I went through 6 different windows partitions on 5 computers and brought all of them up to the current version. One computer was running 1.1.5 portable and another 1.1.11 installed so clearly I had not checked them in a long time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 what's so great about xt-7? I found it very easy to set up to my taste and it does just what I want an it loads dead quick an has very good colour playback etc. I just find it a tad neater than VLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I don't know, temmu... xt-7 looks pretty nice, actually... http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200447763_200447763 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yes, I love my vlc, but that xt-7 is very cool as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 I don't know, temmu... xt-7 looks pretty nice, actually... http://www.northernt...47763_200447763 The interface is way too blocky for my taste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 V.T. Eric Layton, on 17 April 2013 - 10:10 PM, said: I don't know, temmu... xt-7 looks pretty nice, actually... http://www.northernt...47763_200447763 The interface is way too blocky for my taste. Yeah but it is " EPA/CARB Approved " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 xt-7 is too bloated looking for my tastes. It kind of remind me of Totem. I prefer using mplayer and sometimes I use vlc (minimal mode where everything is hidden but the video). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 AmaroK was always my fav, till I got away from KDE. Now that I'm back, though, I can't get the darned thing to work, so for me it's usually vlc or XMMS. I have Audacious, too, just in case. Mplayer for within browser use. Totem? Blech! Haven't used that since my Ubuntu daze. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therock247uk Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 never had any issues with vlc here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I much prefer straight up players. I don't want or need all the library stuff to play a file or playlist. I even disable all that crap in Winamp and use the older 'modern' skin with none of the frills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Wow! WinAmp. I had forgotten all about that one. It was my favorite back when I was running strictly Windoze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolanaj Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I've been using Clementine, because I was having issues with Amarok. I use VLC for Video always though. Isn't Winamp based on Xmms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I think XMMS was built to resemble Winamp. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Maybe that's why I like XMMS so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Wow! The promised fixie-uppie has occurred, and the Mayans had that date wrong after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I much prefer straight up players. I don't want or need all the library stuff to play a file or playlist. I even disable all that crap in Winamp and use the older 'modern' skin with none of the frills. You might like Parole player then, http://www.webupd8.org/2010/01/parole-lightweight-media-player-for.html With low resource usage and being very simple, Parole really deserves a test-run at least. Parole Media Player also comes with a few basic plugins: System tray icon, minimize Parole to the system tray. Stream Properties plugin, change stream meta data. Window title, Set parole window title to the current playing stream. Power Manager, prevents the power manager from activating the automatic sleep while playing VCD and DVD. An for music I use gogglesmm, http://code.google.com/p/gogglesmm/ Articles and Reviews "Keeping it simple is probably GMM's biggest selling point" - Andy Hudson in Linux Format Issue 123, October 2009 Scratching that itch: Sander Jansen - Joe Barr on Linux.com / Newsforge- June 2006 "Goggles is my candidate for a lightweight music player" - Bruce Byfield on Linux Magazine Blog Articles and Reviews "Keeping it simple is probably GMM's biggest selling point" - Andy Hudson in Linux Format Issue 123, October 2009 Scratching that itch: Sander Jansen - Joe Barr on Linux.com / Newsforge- June 2006 "Goggles is my candidate for a lightweight music player" - Bruce Byfield on Linux Magazine Blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I've been using Clementine, because I was having issues with Amarok. I use VLC for Video always though. Isn't Winamp based on Xmms? Same here, VLC for video, Clementine for audio ( and DeadBeef and QMMP). Never noticed any problem with VLC; currently v.2.0.6 but don't know if I ever had 2.0.5. Never had Amarok problems either but I just haven't got around to installing it on my current setup. I think XMMS was built to resemble Winamp. QMMP has a similar interface as well. Great on KDE as it's built with Qt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 foobar2000 is my favourite audio player in Windows. Not open source but it uses some open source components such as ffmpeg. It has the best equalizer of any player on any platform and Reply Gain support, both essentials for me. DeadBeef is close to it in Linux though. VLC is the shiznit for video, plays almost anything. It's a pretty good audio player too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 ... and spider (audio) for windows ps its open source & open source based Good choice. I use it too. Though it has an annoying pop up (something about latest version I think) when it opens up that I can not get rid of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Well since everyone posted what they are using, I figured I would post what I use: Videos - Mplayer (standalone) Music: MPD (Music Player Daemon) w/ Ncmpcpp as the frontend I do not watch actual DVDs but when I do, I use vlc to play a disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 yes, that it does. but a good player based on some great codecs (if i'm using the proper word.) If you listen to radio streams with spider you can record the radio stream and it will record each track individually and save them. Which may or may not be very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 If you listen to radio streams with spider you can record the radio stream and it will record each track individually and save them. Which may or may not be very useful. You can do the same with vlc. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vlc-streaming.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 You can do the same with vlc. http://www.dedoimedo...-streaming.html Handy to know. Though I use Zoom player on Windows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Handy to know. Though I use Zoom player on Windows. That is for windows and linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 That is for windows and linux. Nope just use Zoom on Windows use xt-7 on linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nope just use Zoom on Windows use xt-7 on linux. I thought you were saying that my vlc link above was for windows only. Handy to know. Though I use Zoom player on Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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