What video player are you using?

[john32123666]

I know he did not intend what he said just a precaution [off-topic] ...

[lcjw4]

K-Lite/MPC-HC (Mega version)

[Kekkaishi]

Is it weird that I'm still using WMP as my main video player and VLC as secondary?

[A Former User]

@Kekkaishi Yes

[lcjw4]

@Kekkaishi if it works for you that's all that matters. I have to use WMP for some .avi files that don't play right in MPC-HC or VLC.

[eobox91103]

@Kekkaishi VLC offers lots of customization for adjusting video characteristics like brightness, saturation, rotating the image, etc., as well as taking a frame grab. WMP might offer these things, but if so, they're buried in obscure menus.

I like WMP if my focus is on the audio--it has lots of options for tweaking the sound.

[A Former User]

@eobox91103 Interesting take, when it's sound focused I very much prefer foobar2000, it's capable of so much audio customization and you can even output everything to a new file, convert stuff and so on.

[Kekkaishi]

@eobox91103 I very rarely use customization while playing whatever. I just want a player that works well.

WMP main issue for me is its inabilitiy to display subtitles (.srt) automatically, I need to tweak with the codecs to display them.
Another minor issue is that it supports less video formats, but overall it has a simple UI and it gets the job done

VLC I use when:

1. as mentioned above, some videos are not supported by WMP
2. Use of keyboard shortcuts to fast forward and jump between tracks

[Neom555]

I only ever use VLC, it has been reliable for me for years now.

[Sinoda]

@Neom555 I hate with VLC that when I pause a video and start playing it again the video turns into a garbled mess, like miscolored blocks, for a few seconds. Depends on the video file probably, but it happens in most cases. I often pause videos, so that's an annoyance. At the moment I prefer MPC for that reason.