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Lowest recourse videoplayback software?

  • 31-05-2011 1:02pm
    #1
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭


    hey lads.

    i got a mini set up for awile now. a pc with 2 monitors. i do my ussual stuff on main and gaming and i like to put on something to watch/listen on ather monitor. its ussually southpark/family guy/father ted on suffle :o.

    thing is i am using winamp and it does not look very efficient. its weird too, it likes to die when i start using most of my pc resources.

    i dont have money to upgrade my hardware, i might try new software first. so any suggestions?


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  • #2
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    vlc player
    www.videolan.org


  • #3
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    vlc player
    www.videolan.org

    downloading it now.


  • #4
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    thank you. working perfectly, does not crash like winamp under big load.


  • #5
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    mplayer is about the lightest weight video player you're gonna get. Supports hardware decoding too.

    http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html


  • #6
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Id roll with VLC too, best player I ever came accross been using it for around 5-6years now with no hassle.


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  • #7
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    thank you. working perfectly, does not crash like winamp under big load.

    You're welcome


  • #8
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Khannie wrote: »
    mplayer is about the lightest weight video player you're gonna get. Supports hardware decoding too.

    http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

    Their whole website seems dead at the moment. Are they still around?


  • #9
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    update: it has very annoying future....

    i watch small vids about 20-30 min long, so everytime it switches it restarts and drop on main screen and kicks me from a game...
    any ideas?


  • #10
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Try mplayer then. It's also a good light weight player


  • #11
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    For H.264, CoreAVC is the most efficient software decoder around. Good for old computers or weak CPUs.

    It's not free though, and it is not a player, just a decoder. So you would use it with a player like KMPlayer or MPC-HC.

    For anything older than H.264 (ie MPEG-4 II, MPEG-2) then your system would want to be completely ancient to be having problems.


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  • #12
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,284 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    I'd recommend MediaPlayerClassic, it comes with the K-Lite codec pack.


  • #13
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    using that VLC and its weird... sometimes it just switches video nicely, but sometimes it kicks me from game and resets its position in main monitor...

    some design choices are weird too. I must have too much used to winamp. used that thing since my good old P1 200mhz 32 ram.

    working around playlist is annoying :(. will try to get used to it, but its still better then having winamp constantly die when starting up a game or something :(.


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