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(Solved) - I need a good free media player

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  • Started 3 months ago by curry318
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curry318
curry318
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I was using Real Player and had download a ton of videos, suddenly they were all marked with a red "X" and gone. That was the second time this happened. I would like to find another one. Just something simple to download videos from the Internet and keep them!

I'm scared to download anything that you guys do not recommend. Everytime I do, I end up with a lot of misery from unwanted things that change my homepage, etc., and I have a heck of a time getting rid of them; e.g., mywebsearch and associated things!

I appreciate your help so much. Pat

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Scott
Scott
Posts: 5618

Howdy curry.

I've been a big fan of lightweight and open sourced Kantaris for many years.

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Hermitt
Hermitt
Posts: 1310

VLC Media Player is also a good one.

Jim

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6card
6card
Posts: 357

ditto with Jim try VLC

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LadyFitzgerald
Posts: 2232

x3 on VLC.

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 13598

X4. But I also have 2 lightweights. Mplayer for Windows (NOT Mplayer), and Splayer.

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FredAnderson
FredAnderson
Posts: 4

VLC is the best free media player available in the market.Go get him.

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greendrhyde
Posts: 7

VLC is a very good player, so is GOM

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curry318
curry318
Posts: 99

I have the VLC, but I hate that icon. Is there any way to change it.

I am going to also try the Kantaris and the others mentioned above.

THANKS EVERYBODY!

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presence1960
presence1960
Posts: 280

vlc comes with codecs for DVDs already installed...another +

I like the pylon :)

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 13598

Icons can always be changed.

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LadyFitzgerald
Posts: 2232

VLC is an excellent all around media player. For music, however, I use Media Monkey's built-in player.

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