Assassinator Wrote:

ben3gfc Wrote:well i guess i like iTunes' GUI and everything about it except the long start up time.
and i hate the Quicktime GUI and the fact that it only plays .mov and .mpeg4 (i think it also plays the mpeg2, mpeg etc)

yeah, quicktime (and most other players) have very chocolatety compatability with some formats (most formats if u consider all the uncommon ones)

ben3gfc Wrote:because when i download shows etc, they are usually .rmvb, .rm, or .avi, and if they are ever .mp4, i put them on my PSP to watch instead

To playback all ur videos on ur comp, i suggest u get a codec pack, some suggestions are the k-lite mega codec pack, storm codec pack, cole2k codec pack... and then use mpc (media player classic) to play the video. mpc has the best compatability, and plays everything, thru direct show, if u have the right codecs installed, it is also one of the few players that can support most if not all other video features such as different subtitles formats, swapping between multiple streams, chapters, menu and other stuff.

use real alternative to play .rm and .rmvb files.
use quicktime alternative to play quicktime files.


Solely on playing back music, mpc is the probably also the best audio "player", but it's only good at "playing" audio, it doesn't do anything else. So Winamp is probably the best overall, since u got music libraries and can sort music and all that stuff also.