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Posted January 19, 2011
I would say VLC media player is the best. But you hate it for some reason?
Posted January 19, 2011
No love for VLC, OP? :/ Aww man, that's the only one I use.
Posted January 19, 2011
I don't like VLC because of its controls. For some reason I don't think they're intuitive and no matter how often I use it I never seem to remember them. So I tend to try it for a while and then get irritated and leave it until I again run into a video that's particularly hard to play.
Posted January 19, 2011
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Tarm: I don't like VLC because of its controls. For some reason I don't think they're intuitive and no matter how often I use it I never seem to remember them. So I tend to try it for a while and then get irritated and leave it until I again run into a video that's particularly hard to play.
Just... use... skins...
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php
That's what they are for!

Alternatively: install remote controll app on your highly advanced cell phone.

SMPlayer is a GUI for famous multi-platform MPlayer, you should check it too.
Posted January 20, 2011
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Tarm: I don't like VLC because of its controls. For some reason I don't think they're intuitive and no matter how often I use it I never seem to remember them. So I tend to try it for a while and then get irritated and leave it until I again run into a video that's particularly hard to play.
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OldEnt: Just... use... skins...
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php
That's what they are for!

Alternatively: install remote controll app on your highly advanced cell phone.

SMPlayer is a GUI for famous multi-platform MPlayer, you should check it too.
Tried skins. Didn't think it made much difference.

Thanks guys for all the tips. Now I have a lot of testing to do. :)
Posted January 20, 2011
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Arkose: First of all, grab the Combined Community Codec Pack. This provides full support for all common formats. Windows Media Player will automatically see these codecs, as will most other players, although depending on the player you may need to confirm a prompt about an unknown file type (since the player might not normally support such extensions).

Windows Media Player can handle everything with CCCP installed, but if you'd still prefer a third-party player I'd recommend Media Player Classic Home Cinema.
I'm not sure about video files, but WiMP tends to fail at Matroska audio even with the plug ins installed. I think it has to do with the lack of support for cue sheets.

That may or may not be an issue for the OP, but it does significantly reduce the utility of using Matroska.
Posted January 20, 2011
MPC on CCCP has a tendency of very slow seeking for WMVs [the higher resolution the worse].
VLC on many WMVs likes to do a jump backwards when You try to jump forward, quite irritating.
I'm still using MPC but getting more and more annoyed when friends send me stuff i have to reencode to view, or use a different player.
Posted January 20, 2011
The K-Lite Codec Pack has everything you should need. It's completer and usually more recent than the CCCP package. I'm wishing for a native Linux version version of the Haali Media Splitter because it's the only backend that fully supports all MKV features.
VLC is a great multitalent out of the box but lacks in Matroska capabilities.
MPlayer is fast and plays almost everything.
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