What is best free non spyware Video Player?

[zoolap]

What is best free non spyware Video Player?

[Kruno]

Zoom Player

www.inmatrix.com

[saturnotaku]

Windows Media Player 9 beta

www.windowsmedia.com

[Kruno]

He said non spyware ;)

Originally posted by saturnotaku
Windows Media Player 9 beta

www.windowsmedia.com

[volt]

BSplayer or Koala Player XP

[thcdru2k]

divx pro 5 , thought it has spyware, download a spyware removal program. divx is best for divx files. not much else.

[saturnotaku]

Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
He said non spyware ;)



I know, just uncheck all the "security" options and any spyware goes away. :)

[volt]

Koala Player is the best for divx / avi.
I don't like Divx player at all.

[madthumbs]

For pr0n; Sasami2k
For movies; Zoom Player

I think other players have strengths and weakness's and doubt there is a definitive player. I have about 6 players installed for different purposes. It's not like they take up a lot of space ;) Some are better for correcting aspect ratios, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, etc. Zoom player is just highly configurable, and supports spdif output. Sasami's biggest weakness is the lack of spdif output.

[Kruno]

Did you cut open the software to make sure it's gone 100%?
There are billions of ways to have spyware enabled even by unchecking the "security" options.

Originally posted by saturnotaku


I know, just uncheck all the "security" options and any spyware goes away. :)

[Essense]

I like Power DVD, or Win DVD, you can get them easily on any P2P app worth it's salt. And don't give me the "blah piracy" crap, Cause you know as well as I do, he wants a good player so he can play the Downloaded (copyrighted) movies he got a few days ago!

Regards,
Mike

[zoolap]

Originally posted by Essense
I like Power DVD, or Win DVD, you can get them easily on any P2P app worth it's salt. And don't give me the "blah piracy" crap, Cause you know as well as I do, he wants a good player so he can play the Downloaded (copyrighted) movies he got a few days ago!
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I've been trying the latest Zoomplayer and it's pretty cool. Thanks very much for your help peoples :) .

As for movies - I've got a dvd player and I buy the movies I like on DVD and like having an authentic product where I get decent picture quality and 5.1 surround sound, so why would I want a poor quality pirate :mad:

[madthumbs]

You can download 5.1 dolby digitally encoded dvd rips that are decent quality. Most people don't even notice the artifacts in them, or can't see the difference in quality. Like I said, Zoom Player supports spdif output (dolby digital) ;)

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by madthumbs
You can download 5.1 dolby digitally encoded dvd rips that are decent quality. Most people don't even notice the artifacts in them, or can't see the difference in quality. Like I said, Zoom Player supports spdif output (dolby digital) ;)

the thing is that most rips aren't super high quality nor do they use DD audio. it's hard to find movies like that. most are encoded explicitly to fit on one cd(divx)

all this talk about Zoom Player has me interested. maybe i'll take a look later

[Cereal-Killer]

Originally posted by volt
Koala Player is the best for divx / avi.
I don't like Divx player at all.

Two thumbs up for the Koala Player! I just tried it and it plays my divx movies better than divx 5 pro. Some of my movies were corrupted, like the sound was delayed by 1/2 sec or they would crash at a certain point, but the Koala Player can handle it :cool:

[netviper13]

anyone know any good MPEG players for Linux? I've got DivX to play the .avi files, but I have nothing for mpeg files.

[madthumbs]

Koala isn't free, has an "antique" ui, has very few choices for control options, etc. I was impressed with the subtitle, and corrupt frame handling capabilities. As I've said, all the players I've tried seem to have thier strengths and weakness's. For my purposes Zoom Player and Sasami seem to be best. After all, how often do you play films with subtitles, or corrupt frames?

[Lezmaka]

Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
Did you cut open the software to make sure it's gone 100%?
There are billions of ways to have spyware enabled even by unchecking the "security" options.

So how do you know if most of the others don't have spyware? Or do you only use open source stuff and go through the code by hand and compile it yourself before using?

[zoolap]

Zoomplayer V2.90 is out:

Zoomplayer (http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/)

[Kruno]

Easy, you don't unless you go through it. :)

I have been through a few sources. :)
Lately trying to help out on snes9x.


Originally posted by Lezmaka
So how do you know if most of the others don't have spyware? Or do you only use open source stuff and go through the code by hand and compile it yourself before using?

[madthumbs]

Anyone else disappointed with the new interface in Zoom Player? I was thrilled to read about all the new features and lower overhead. I'm hoping I can make this one act and look more like the old.

Wouldn't Zone Alarm alert you to spyware?

[zoolap]

I like the default skin, but you can go back to the old one. As to other intrerface changes i haven't researched them enough.

[SavagePaladin]

NVDVD all the way baybe...but it isn't free.
For free, I do love wmp9 rc. Spyware this, spyware that, I haven't heard of MS pissing anyone off directly yet with it.

[thcdru2k]

only had to pay the shipping with my evga card :)

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by SavagePaladin
NVDVD all the way baybe...but it isn't free.
For free, I do love wmp9 rc. Spyware this, spyware that, I haven't heard of MS pissing anyone off directly yet with it.

does NVDVD play regular video files or only DVDs? i forgot.