BEST all in one multimedia player

[shivkumar]

Friends, I am really confused on a selecting a multimedia player which can cater to maximum number of formats without installation of any codecs / codec pack separately. I want the player to have good output video quality, should be able to play most of the formats including divx, various avi containers, real audio and video, and mobile video formats. What I have shortlisted are :

Media Player Classic
SMPlayer
GOM player
VLC
Mplayer
KM player
BS player (free)
Real Player.

The main considerations which i want is minimum shuffling with settings, good output video quality, support for subtitles, no separate codec and support for playlists.

Please post your suggestions.

[Rockstar11]

VLC

[Hitboxx]

Moved to Q&A.

You won't get anywhere without having the foundation of codecs and plugins installed, no matter how exotic a player you use. So it's a good idea to install one complete codec pack.

As for the player, I will pick SMPlayer.

[vasanth.kingofthehill]

VLC and i dont think vlc requires any codecs http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html correct me if i'm wrong

[shivkumar]

As for me, I don´t have any codec pack or even a single codec installed. I am able to play almost all the files using Mplayer or GOM player. Quick Time video and flash videos are issue for me.
And for audio format Media Monkey does the job very well.

[paroh]

VLC

[pushkar]

KMPlayer. very good performance and lots of shortcuts

[unni]

SMPlayer, since it allows to resume from where I left. If I am not using SMPlayer, I will be using VLC.

[dheeraj_kumar]

I've been using K-Lite Mega Codec Pack with Media Player Classic for years, and its great. I also keep VLC just in case.

[vamsi360]

Originally Posted by dheeraj_kumar

I've been using K-Lite Mega Codec Pack with Media Player Classic for years, and its great. I also keep VLC just in case.

+1

[dheeraj_kumar]

OP, do you realize your question is logically flawed?

[red_devil]

guess gom player satisfies most of the requirements...

[JojoTheDragon]

All in one is nero showtime all types of multimedia. But i use wmp with klite pack

[Raccoon]

Installing a codec pack unless you REALLY need it is not a good idea. For most people installing ffdshow will suffice. Ffdshow is actually included in K-lite... but unless you need to play some exotic format that ffdshow does not support, no need to install a codec pack!

As for players, I'v used WMP 11, VLC and Gom. I find GOM to be the best amongst these three.

Installing ffdshow and GOM will let you play almost everything, with minimal bloat... except RealMedia files.

[ztbryan]

if it were not for it's irritating seek bar then VLC would be my first choice but I have to go with KMplayer

[thewisecrab]

KMplayer, GOM, SMPlayer, VLC
However, I use MPC with K-lite

[ravi_9793]

I am using WMP11 with K-lite mega codec pack.

[Cool4Shalabh]

Originally Posted by ravi_9793

I am using WMP11 with K-lite mega codec pack.

+1

[expertno.1]

KMPLAYER anytime ........

[zyberboy]

KMPlayer- best video quality among all players
PowerDVD 8- Best audio quality of all,especially in movies

[Disc_Junkie]

Originally Posted by Cool4Shalabh

+1

+2

BTW I also use ITunes.

[Krazy Bluez]

^ I use iTunes too but it's for listening to random MP3 songs only, the rest is all crap....BTW if an all rounder player I might suggest will be Media Player Classic....with KCP it can play almost all formats...

[Disc_Junkie]

^^ Me too use ITunes only for listening MP3s but playing other multimedia files I use K-Lite only. I also have Vista Codecs iinstalled.

[Krazy Bluez]

Why are you using both K-lite and Vista Codec...? Only one will suffice...using both might lead to incompatibility issues

[expertno.1]

XUL player isn't in the list , its by stanley huang

[Disc_Junkie]

Originally Posted by Krazy Bluez

Why are you using both K-lite and Vista Codec...? Only one will suffice...using both might lead to incompatibility issues

Sometimes Klite cannot play videos downloaded from youtube and gives gives some error or missing a codec. But VistaCodecs can handle them.

[expertno.1]

^^its better to use standalone players than codec , preferably it was VLC and now it has been overtaken by KM player and the new XUL by stanley is the future !