Video Players & Codecs
by METELCI on Mar.16, 2008, under Tools & Basic Kit
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KMplayer
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The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways.
The player provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment in terms of connections to other splitters, decoders, audio/video transform filters and renderers without grappling with the DirectShow merit system. Internal filters are not registered to user's system to keep it from being messed up with system filters.
The KMPlayer includes almost all the essential decoders required for media playback. Furthermore, to get beyond the limitation of internal decoders, the external ones such as commercial h.264 decoders or cyberlink/intervideo audio decoders can be specified, so that KMP works optimally by the users' own customization. Even though the KMP is based upon directshow structure, it supports Winamp, Realmedia and Quicktime by the internal logic. Thus, it is possible to specify where to try to connect firstly the media in preferences.
In short, the player provides a strong hybrid structure efficient for interconnecting various directshow filters, winamp input&dsp plugin, and internal filters. The most outstanding feature is that the player has the full control of filter connections to prevent a media playback from being messed.
The player can set multifarious audio and video effects, slow down or increase playback speed with regular tone, select parts of a video as favorites, do an exceptionally powerful A-B repeat, remap the keys of remote interface for HTPC including overlay screen controls, change a skin dynamically depending on a media type playing, and many more. It is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and the configuration options are extremely extensive.
Media Player Classic
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Is a compact free software media player for Microsoft Windows. The application mimics the look and feel of the old, light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4 and uses a completely different codebase, integrating many options and features found in modern media players.
Media Player Classic was created and is currently maintained by a programmer named "Gabest". Gabest originally developed Media Player Classic as a closed-source application, but later decided to make it open source. Media Player Classic is licensed under the GPL and has its own SourceForge.net project called Guliverkli.
Support A large number of the codecs, readers, and splitters.
MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 playback.
DirectShow, QuickTime and RealPlayer architectures.
Matroska and Ogg containers.
TV tuners.
VLC (VideoLAN Client)
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VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
Windows Media Player 11
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Windows Media Player is the multimedia software developed by Microsoft to provide users with the ability to view multimedia content, both from the Internet and from their hard drive. This program allows you to view MPEG and various other types of video content, as well as audio clips.
WinDVD Platinum
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Watch your favorite videos on your home theater system, desktop or laptop PC. WinDVD Platinum lets you stream content through UPnP home networks to view DVDs or video files on your big-screen HDTV with immersive surround sound. Universal format support means you can watch virtually anything on your desktop, and laptop users can enhance their viewing time with power-saving features and adjustable settings.
WinDVD Platinum supports the playback of many high-definition video formats (H.264, VC1, HD MPEG-2, and WMV-HD etc…) but it does not support the playback of HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc.
Zoom Player
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Zoom Player is capable of playing all common media formats and quite a few of the not so common, including:
AVI, Matroska (MKV), QuickTime (MOV), Cellphone 3GPP (3GP), Flash (SWF), RealMedia (RA/RM/RMVB/RAM), Windows Media Format (ASF/WMV/WMA including DRM with WMV Professional version), OGG Movie (OGM), MPEG1 (MPG/VCD), MPEG2 (MPG/SVCD/VOB), MPEG4 (DIVX/XVID/ISO), VP3-VP6, MPEG Layer 3 (MP3), Vorbis Audio (OGG), Dolby Digital (AC3), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), MusePack Audio (MPC), FLAC Audio (FLAC), OptimFROG Audio, Monkey Audio (APE), Wave Audio (WAV), CD-Audio.
PowerDVD
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PowerDVD 7 is the latest evolution of the world acclaimed DVD software player that offers maximum video and audio playback entertainment on the PC.
QuickTime Alternative
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QuickTime Alternative is a codec package for Microsoft Windows created for playing QuickTime files (.MOV). Normally, Apple Inc.'s official QuickTime software is required to play back QuickTime .MOV video files.
Included the latest versions of CoreAVC and CoreAAC, as well as Media Player Classic, the QuickTime web browser plugin, which supports Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape.
1by1
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Tired of creating and updating playlists? 1by1 is a small, fast and handy player which is not only small: It provides powerful tools to handle your files and listen your tracks.
ALShow
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ALShow is the easiest movie player on the Internet. With codecs already built in, its the only download you'll ever need!
AVI Preview
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AVI Preview is a program capable of playing partially downloaded AVI movies. To make it unique, it is capable of playing files which are in the stage of downloading.
AVS DVD Player
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AVS DVD Player is a compact and easy-to-use program that has a simple user-friendly interface allowing you to start watching DVD movies with no additional software.
BSPlayer
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BSplayer is windows player for playing back avi/asf/mpeg video files.
Democracy Player
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Download and watch all the best internet TV shows and videos in one powerful application. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide.
DivX Player
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Enhanced for high definition (HD) playback and capable of playing every DivX file ever created, the DivX Player provides the ideal way to enjoy your DivX videos.
DivX Web Player
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The DivX Web Player allows you to download and playback DivX Video files from within your favorite web browser. It's the perfect way to enjoy DivX videos online.
FLV Player
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FLV Player uses the Macromedia Flash 8 FLV Playback component to play .flv files with. This component functions best when your .flv contains valid metadata. All .flv files created with recent encoders such as Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder have their metadata injected automatically.
foobar2000
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Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform.
Fraunhofer IIS MP3 Surround Player
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A free evaluation version of the Fraunhofer IIS MP3 Surround player and the Fraunhofer IIS MP3 Surround encoder. MP3 Surround provides a multi-channel listening experience…
Gom Player
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GOM Player is a freeware media player that playbacks most of the popular video formats.
Google Video Player
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Google Video Player lets you watch videos from Google Video Search right on your desktop.
jetAudio
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jetAudio is an integrated multimedia player with many powerful features.
Media Player Lite
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It includes many advanced features, such as enhanced video quality, more effective compression capabilities, full-screen mode, hotkeys controls, and an intuitive interface, yet it is the most compact media player available and is capable of running on very old computers.
Media Player Lite comes equipped with DivX video codec, XviD video codec, MPEG-2 video decoder, MPEG-4 video decoder, and AC3 filter and can play DivX, XviD, AVI, ASF, WMV, MPEG, VCD, MOV, DAT, and other video formats..
MovieSnapshot
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Using Windows XP or 2000 it is normally not as easy to create a thumbnail image out of a video. To exactly doing this you can use a small application called MovieSnapshot.
MPlayer Frontend (MPF)
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MPlayer Frontend (MPF) is a full-featured frontend for the gratest media player ever, MPlayer.
MPUI
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It is a small program for Windows.
Plays hundreds of different video and audio formats, including MPEG-1, -2 and -4 (DivX), H.264, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and AAC. For most media files, no additional codecs are needed. (This is because MPlayer is not one of the uncounted DirectShow players – the codecs are directly integrated into MPlayer.exe.)
The most important MPlayer options (aspect ratio, deinterlacing, and postprocessing) can be configured without typing in cryptic command-line options. (But if you want or need some non-standard options, you can still add them by hand.)
Support for multiple audio and subtitle tracks.
musikCube
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musikCube is much more than an "mp3 player," it is a music "library." musikCube currently supports mp3, ogg, flac, ape, and cd audio file formats.
MV2Player
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MV2Player is freeware multimedia player for Windows, with tons of usefull features(inteligent subtitles detecting/loading is only one of them).
Nero Media Player
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The Nero Media Player program enables you to play back audio tracks. The program supports the most current formats, including MP3, WAV, AAC, to name but a few. Nero Media Player also enables you to play back Internet streams, and to create and play back playlists.
phonostar Player
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Get the phonostar Player and listen via the internet to thousands of radio stations from all over the world: Pop, Rock, HipHop, Dance, Classical - whatever music you like…
Quintessential Media Player
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The Quintessential Media Player (QCD) offers the most complete and convenient platform to experience, discover, explore, and personalize audio content on your PC.
RadLight
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RadLight 4 is the first true multimedia player that allows you to fully experience all kind of multimedia content such as DivX video or AAC/MP4 audio at highest quality possible on the PC.
Real Alternative
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Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia file without having to install RealPlayer or RealOne Player. Supported are: RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt), ReadPix (.rp). It also supports RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages.
RealPlayer
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All-in-one digital media player that lets you find and play everything.
Screamer Radio
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Screamer Radio is a freeware Internet Radio player for Microsoft Windows.
SPOTxde Player
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SPOTxde Player allows the playback of MMS messages originated from mobile phones or PC, sound clips in the AMR format and mobile or PC originated "i-motion" or "M-Stage" multimedia files.
SubEdit Player
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If you like to play movies with subtitles then you definitely need this player. SubEdit Player is a very easy-to-use, versatile movie player and subtitles editor.
The Core Media Player
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The Core Media Player is a complete multimedia player that is capable of playing virtually every multi-media audio and video format under the sun.
TVUPlayer
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TVUPlayer is a free program that enables viewers to watch high quality live television programs around the world.
Winamp PowerPlayer
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PowerPlayer can play video in windowed mode, fullscreen or even video on desktop. Handles any video file which is supported by DirectShow (includes MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DAT/VCD, ASF, WMV, MOV, AVI, DivX, Real Media, QuickTime Movies (v4.0 or later), and Flash Movies were also supported (with additional software). This latest version also have support for DVD playback.
Winamp TV
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Winamp TV is a plugin for Winamp that lets you control your TV tuner card from within the multimedia player.
Windows Media Lite
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Windows Media Lite will allow you to play and stream Windows Media files without having to install Windows Media Player from Microsoft.
XstreamRadio
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XstreamRadio enables you to listen to more than 1.000 national and international radio stations. Besides listening to your favorite radio stations it also allows you to record music.
XVid
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XVid is a video player. It is designed for watching movies on PC computer, saved in diffrent formats of Windows system, e.g. avi, mpeg, asf.
========Codecs"========
CoreAVC Pro
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Use this to play any x264 encoded in a MKV or MP4 container, should include Haali Media Splitter.
NVidia PureVideo Decoder
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A hardware based video playback codec
XviD
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XviD is the best currently available MPEG-4 video codec solution and additionally XviD is free software!
DivX
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A little old but still does the trick
AC3
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AC3 Filter can decode following audio formats: AC3 / DTS / MPEG Audio. It also supports multi-channel and digital (SPDIF) outputs.
Core AAC
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CoreAAC is an AAC DirectShow filter decoder based on FAAD2.
AAC means "Advanced Audio Coding", and in the beginning it was also called MPEG-2 NBC for "Non-Backwards Compatible" as opposed to the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 BC (with 5.1 channels) standards.
Haali Media Splitter
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In case you don't have it already…used for .mp4 and .mkv files.
=============Codec Packs"=============
K-Lite Codec Pack
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K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies that you download from the internet.
XP Codec Pack
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XP Codec Pack is one of the most complete codec pack which helps you to play all major audio and video formats.
Note: Use any codec packs at your own risk. If you do not know what you are doing, a codec pack could decrease your system's performance on HD files. We recommend you install all your codecs separately.
BY DAVE


March 16th, 2008 on 8:26 pm
bişi sorcam abi linkler nerde yaa
March 19th, 2008 on 12:29 am
In fact, this text is quoted from somewher else in order to give info about codecs & players; however, if you wish, links will be posted as well.
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