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dcurtis
This is not newsworthy.
SomeIdiot
Frankly the only reason I use it is because I don't know any better player. Not because it is that great. Any tips for good windows players?
mkuhn
I prefered Media Player Classic in combination with the Combined Community Codec Pack on Windows (Download: http://www.cccp-project.net/)
ramchip
CCCP is a must. I like Zoomplayer, but that's more personal preference.
vinutheraj
I use GOM player, the good the thing about GOM is that it supports external codecs along with it internal ones too, unlike VLC. So you can use the CCP with this too, although they provide most of the codecs.

The external codec thing is a benefit for me because I use the CoreAVC codecs to play H.264 encoded files which have huge resolution (1080p) on my old PC. Methinks VLC should also allow external codecs.

ComputerGuru
Windows Media Player + KLite Codec Pack is great.

Yes, I know. WMP. It's really not that bad - what really matters are the codecs & AV processors in the background.

hs
i still much prefer mplayer. it's more powerful, very cli & keyboard friendly

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/

needless to say, i have less issues playing movies & audios as compared to vlc

ComputerGuru
Unfortunately it's absolute crap on OS X.

0.9.8 was more stable w/ hi-def 1080p AC3 MKV containers, 0.9.9 crashes so often that I've switched to NicePlayer for hi-def content.

0.9.8 didn't handle RM files properly (extreme skipping) however; 0.9.9 does.

jrockway
Wow, libxml2 workarounds! I am going to download a new version immediately! I'm so glad that there was an article about this!

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