VLC and its Alternatives

[CloudStalker]

Sure do... not.

[MetalheadGautham]

what is it?

[CloudStalker]

What is what?

[MetalheadGautham]

listen all! this is the most viewed topic in the coffee corner...

[CloudStalker]

You're welcome.

[MetalheadGautham]

so why is this not a stiky j-b? the reasons for stickying have already beeen mentioned(imagine a coffee corner sticky... )

[MetalheadGautham]

Sure do... not.

grrrrrrr I fell for it the first time in my life....

[adiuma]

I couldn't see using all those players. I'm trying to cut back myself. I personally use VLC and Winamp the most, Real Alternative for RA media and WMP for WMA/V files.

If VLC had Winamp like features or "feel" I could probably ditch it. I just find myself using Winamp to loop beats, cause I'm into scratching and converting batches of mp3's to wav's even though I can use a proper audio editor to do that I find it pretty easy to do within Winamp.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I couldn't see using all those players. I'm trying to cut back myself. I personally use VLC and Winamp the most, Real Alternative for RA media and WMP for WMA/V files.

If VLC had Winamp like features or "feel" I could probably ditch it. I just find myself using Winamp to loop beats, cause I'm into scratching and converting batches of mp3's to wav's even though I can use a proper audio editor to do that I find it pretty easy to do within Winamp.

Do you know that you can use WMP9/10 dlls in VLC for WMA/WMV files to have the same quality ?

[adiuma]

I couldn't see using all those players. I'm trying to cut back myself. I personally use VLC and Winamp the most, Real Alternative for RA media and WMP for WMA/V files.

If VLC had Winamp like features or "feel" I could probably ditch it. I just find myself using Winamp to loop beats, cause I'm into scratching and converting batches of mp3's to wav's even though I can use a proper audio editor to do that I find it pretty easy to do within Winamp.

Do you know that you can use WMP9/10 dlls in VLC for WMA/WMV files to have the same quality ?

When I've tried playing WMV files in VLC they appear really pixelated and after a few seconds of play time they then look fine. But if I forward or rewind that pixelation comes back, that's why I chose to stick with WMP for those files. I would describe it as VLC tries to decode the WMV file and once it figures it out it works. Is this an issue with those dlls? How do I get those? Where do I put them?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Add --codec dmo to your command line or shortcut to start VLC.

[adiuma]

Add --codec dmo to your command line or shortcut to start VLC.

I've no idea what that means. That's probably a linux command.

[DJ]

No! It's a Windows command as Linux does not natively support either Direct Show or Windows Codecs.

The --codec dmo switch can be added to a VLC shortcut where the command would read: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo

or from your Run menu or from a DOS box, but the complete path to VLC must also be entered, like:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo This command example assumes that VLC is in the default directory.

The switch allows Windows DMO codecs to be used for WMv or WVC-1 instead of FFmpeg.

[adiuma]

No! It's a Windows command as Linux does not natively support either Direct Show or Windows Codecs.

The --codec dmo switch can be added to a VLC shortcut where the command would read: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo

or from your Run menu or from a DOS box, but the complete path to VLC must also be entered, like:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo This command example assumes that VLC is in the default directory.

The switch allows Windows DMO codecs to be used for WMv or WVC-1 instead of FFmpeg.

Ahh, I see. Thanks. Ok, I've done it. This stuff is new to me, is this something I need to run once or each time I launch VLC?

Ok, I ran that command and launched a few .wmv files and still get that pixelation/green muddy looking mess. On one it ran fine, but on other still forwarding and rewinding yields pixelation.

[DJ]

The threads here do not indicate if the files are WMv1 2 or 3? In the case of WMv1 or 2 the blocky tendency which you are calling pixelization is normal for a format where the key frames are spaced to far apart. VLC does NOT search to the nearest key frame when seeking within a file, therefore it can take several seconds or a scene change for this to resolve. Many of the newer encoders are placing I frames at or near the frame rate for the video. This yields much better seeking performance as in WMv3 for HD material.

I just answered the question as to how to use the Windows DMO codecs instead of FFmpeg, but I did NOT indicate this would resolve the issue.

[lanlan]

thanks for so much info

[MetalheadGautham]

HEY ALL! I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CloudStalker]

HEY ALL! I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MetalheadGautham]

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[MetalheadGautham]

look at the number of views on this one mate! this is the most popular topic on coffee corner

PS: is DJ still petitioning for the name to be changed to Jamba Juice Corner?

[CloudStalker]

That reminds me, where did DJ go? I first noticed that he was missing when I was actually able to get a couple of comments in on the "VLC media player for Windows" topic without the usual long line of "DJ already answered" threads. Anyway it's good to hear that your thread is going so well, mine is not doing too bad either.

[MetalheadGautham]

That reminds me, where did DJ go? I first noticed that he was missing when I was actually able to get a couple of comments in on the "VLC media player for Windows" topic without the usual long line of "DJ already answered" threads. Anyway it's good to hear that your thread is going so well, mine is not doing too bad either.

well, I was off studying, hence my spending no time here at VLC forums... Doom9 and HydrogenAudio forums are fun too, you must check them.

As for DJ, concidering his age, I hope nothing bad has happened to him.

[CobrA_4cS]

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[DanielSmith]

really like the media palyer classic.

[dynamitemedia]

this may get me in trouble BUT...

the KMplayer is pretty damn good as well !

i prefer VLC for the streaming etc but for straight movie watching KMPlayer is a close #1 or #2