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Racheal
Racheal asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 4 months ago

Now that Microsoft have changed Media Player and it plays virtually no video files any more, what is the best video playing software?

Update:

My experience with VLC player is not good.  It doesn't seem to recognise the file extensions and just flickers on and off repeatedly.

Update 2:

and if you ask VLC Player to run multiple video files in order it gets them mixed up and either plays them in the wrong order or plays the same one continually.

Update 3:

I have reinstalled it.  Thank you.

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  • hart
    Lv 6
    4 months ago

    you have a system bug

  • TomS...
    Lv 5
    4 months ago

    I have Windows 10 and Media Player version 12.0.19041.1 and it plays mp4 just fine. Maybe you need an update? Hope this helps...

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    DiviX player is pretty good never had any trouble with it

  • Robert J
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    Media Player.

    Just install the "LAV Filter" set, then get Win7dsfiltertweaker and set all options to LAV in the first tab, then disable everything microsoft in the other two tabs.

    Without the crippled microsoft codecs messing things up, it works superbly and plays anything you throw at it!

    (Despite the name, the filter tweaker works fine on Win 10).

  • keerok
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    I never used media player. I used Winamp at first but then it became heavy and laggy so I switched to VLC. Never looked back.

  • Lord Bacon
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    I agree with 'thejuice420', VLC media player plays just about anything and gives you a lot of menu options related to how the media is played ... but you don't have to use the menu or do anything clever. It just works and that is what I want from software. I have never had a problem with VLC.

    I have also used Media Player Classic and Media Player Classic Home Cinema, which was fine but didn't seem to like as many media types as VLC.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 months ago

    I've always been a big fan of VLC player.  It's free, simple, and plays even the more obscure file types.

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