Video Player Software Reviews and Downloads

XP Codec Pack

XP Codec Pack is one of the most complete codec pack which helps you to play all major audio and video formats. And... to complete your multimedia experience, instead of 3 or 4 different players you get one, simple integrated player that plays almost all audio and video files: Media Player Classic.

SopCast

SopCast is a simple, free way to broadcast video and audio or watch the video and listen to radio on the Internet. Adopting P2P(Peer-to-Peer) technology, It is very efficient and easy to use. Let anyone become a broadcaster without the costs of a powerful server and vast bandwidth. You can build your own TV stations comparable with large commercial sites with minimal resources. Using SopCast, you can serve 10,000 online users with a personal computer and a home broadband connection. This software suit includes all general components that are required to run the sopcast broadcasting system. Feature: P2P Broadcasting Technology Channel Directory Server Peer Management Server Broadcasting Server (Linux and Win32) Client (Player) (Linux and Win32) Network Detection Time Synchronization Simple Authentication Real-time Statistics Firewall and NAT Traversal Service End-to-End Message Encryption Multiple languages Interface

MPlayer for Windows

MPlayer for Windows - The award-winning OpenSource Media Player available for Windows now! This package contains MPlayer by Celtic Druid plus my own build of MPUI. MPlayer for Windows provides native support for more than 192 Video and 85 Audiocodecs. For maximum performance, the installer includes optimized builds for different CPU types. Furthermore the Full-Package includes the Binary Codec Package, while the Light-Package does not. Here are some key features of "MPlayer for Windows Full Package": 1. The award-winning OpenSource Media Player "MPlayer" available for Windows now! 2. Self-contained "all-in-one" installer (made with NSIS) 3. More than 192 Video- und 85 Audiocodecs supported natively! (-> details) 4. Latest optimized MPlayer builds by Celtic Druid 5. Improved version of MPUI front-end (compiled with Delphi7 Professional) 6. Binary Codec Package for Windows (included in Full-Package only) 7. Full multi-language Unicode support (more than 20 languages to choose) 8. Optimized builds for: Athlon-XP, Athlon-64, Core 2, Pentium-4, Pentium-4 Precott, Pemtium-M 9. Generic build that runs on all CPUs (Runtime Detection) 10. ~17 MB total download size

RealPlayer 11

The all-in-one digital media player that lets you find anything and play everything Helix Powered RealPlayer is the all-in-one digital media player that lets you find anything and play everything. Now also includes an option during setup to install the Real Toolbar for Internet Explorer. Here are some key features of "RealPlayer": Online Radio 1. Over 3200 stations worldwide & 60 ad-free stations for endless listening. Expanded Controls 2. Optimize sound with the 10-Band Graphic Equalizer and get the sharpest picture with advanced video controls. Advanced CD Burning 3. Rip, mix & burn CDs like a pro - fast! Encode MP3s at up to 320kbps. Play Everything 4. RealOne Player plays all major media formats including Quicktime MPEG-4, Windows Media, DVDs, & more. Easy, Fun & Intuitive 5. Browse the web, organize audio & video files, create playlists, & more!

QuickTime Lite(QT Lite)

QuickTime Lite (QT Lite) is a lightweight version of QuickTime QuickTime Lite (QT Lite) was designed to be a lightweight version of QuickTime. QuickTime Lite contains only the essential components that are required for viewing QuickTime content in your favorite browser.

anyTV

anyTV enables you to receive streaming TV and radio stations that are broadcasted for free over the Internet. The program organizes the stations by country and genre, and allows you to keep a list of favorite stations for quick access. In addition to TV and radio, anyTV also includes access to various video clips and move trailers. You can filter channels by genre, country, bitrate or content, more than 100 countries are supported with thousands of channels to choose from.

Kantaris Media Player

Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (VLC) and Bass audio library. Kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows Media Player.

Free Sothink FLV Player

Sothink FLV Player enables you to play FLV files without the need for any other players. It supports playback of local files as well as streaming playback from an URL. The program can be associate with FLV files, allowing you to simply double-click FLV files to play them. Sothink FLV Player can play FLV video files encoded by different codecs, including Screen Video, Sorenson H. 263, on2 vp6, and others. It is a small-sized and easy-to-use FLV Player.

DVP: Desktop Video Player

Introducing the DVP: Desktop Video Player from XYZMP3. com Watch music videos and more on your desktop. Video content is updated frequently. Watch videos on demand or just let them stream. The player is resizeable. Rock, Indie, Urban, Punk,Specialty Programming. Show Your Desktop Some Style!

J. River Media Center

J. River MEDIA CENTER is an all-in-one multimedia program that can turn your PC into a personal entertainment hub with complete control over your digital media. It supports all popular media formats, including music, video, images, documents and can also rip and burn custom Audio CDs, CDs and DVDs. The program comes with integrated players and a media library that can automatically organize your files by type, genre, date and other aspects. J. River MEDIA CENTER is able to connect your PC to your stereo, TV, remote-control device, digital camera, TiVo, UPnP device, PSP, iPod, and other portable MP3 players. It also includes a Media Server for streaming music and images to remote PCs, support for TV recording, and a variety of media tools.

BS.Player

BSplayer is an program that plays back all kinds of media files (avi,mpg,asf,wmv,wav,mp3...) and specialises in video and divx playback. Main Features: 1. Display subtitles - Support custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency,... Supported formats: MicroDVD, Subviewer, SubRip 2. Fully skinnable - Any shape, transparent skins... Resizable movie window 3. Multilingual 4. Drag & drop support 5 .Command line support 6. Pan-scan and custom pan-scan option 7. Custom aspect ratios 8. Playlist support 9. Resolution changing 10. Frame capture 11. AVI files with more than 2 audio streams supported (multilanguage) 12. Support for OGM files, including more then 2 audio/video tracks, supports embeded subtitles/chapters 13. External audio file supported 14. S/PDIF output supported for AC3 files (with Intervideo audio decoder) 15. INI files 16. Remote control support - WinLIRC 17. Bookmarks 18. Simple equalizer (DirectX 8 required) 19. Playback rate (1/2x, 1x, 2x) and custom and lots of other features not listed here, try it out.

TVU Player

TVUPlayer enables you to view a variety of free TV stations that are broadcasted over the Internet (no TV card needed). The program does not include quite as many channels as found in similar programs, but the selection is of fairly good quality. You can add channels to a list of favorites and also switch to a borderless 800x600 video display size.

QuickTime Alternative

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime (.mov .qt) files. This way there is no need to install the offical QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. The QuickTime plugins include iPIX and QuickTimeVR. QuickTime Alternative is a software with codecs, filters and plugins that play QuickTime files. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape. It is highly recommended to uninstall all existing QuickTime related software, like QuickTime Player, before installing. This way your system stays clean and potential problems will be avoided.

QuickTime Alternative Lite

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install QuickTime Player from Apple. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want. QuickTime Alternative Lite is QuickTime Alternative without Media Player Classic. The text in red does not apply to QuickTime Alternative Lite. Feature descriptions: - Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 is a full-featured player which has decoding support for QuickTime content. - QuickTime codecs 7.2.0.240 (QuickTime Alternative 1.90) or 6.5.2.10 (QuickTime Alternative 1.56) are required for playing QuickTime movies and audio. - QuickTime ActiveX control 7.2.0.240 (QuickTime Alternative 1.90) or 6.5.2.10 (QuickTime Alternative 1.56) allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer. Other programs might also need this component. - QuickTime Browser plugin 7.2.0.240 (QuickTime Alternative 1.90) or 6.5.2.10 (QuickTime Alternative 1.56) allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Mozilla, Firefox, Seamonkey, Netscape and Opera. - QuickTime Control Panel is required for configuring some QuickTime settings. - QuickTime plugins are required for viewing some special formats that are sometimes used on webpages. The QuickTime plugins include iPIX and QuickTimeVR. - QuickTime DirectShow filter allows you to play QuickTime content in all DirectShow enabled players. Without this filter QuickTime content can only be played in Media Player Classic.

ALShow

ALShow is a video player that includes the codecs for many popular formats, and downloads new codecs as needed. It can play DVDs, AVI, MPG, WMV, MPEG2 MPEG4, DivX, XviD, 3ivX, MP4, AC3, DTS and and other video formats. Other features include video and screen capture, full-screen playback, playlist, bookmarks, brightness, image adjustments (brightness, contrast, saturation), audio capture and more. ALShow provides a lightweight interface that automatically adjusts itself to the video size.

Ziepod

Ziepod is a podcast receiver and player, that allows you to organize your favorite podcasts, monitor them for changes, download the latest episodes and export them to your MP3 player. It integrates a podcast search feature (powered by Feedzie) that lets you find new podcasts and add them to your repertoire. Ziepod offers a modern interface with different layout styles and integrated playback to listen to your podcasts. Additional features include iPod/iTunes support, BitTorrent support, user ratings, OPML import, automatic synchronization, popup notifications on updates and more.

ShowMyScreen

ShowMyScreen enables you to show your desktop live on the Internet. The program runs as a client program on your computer, and once you start the transmission it will capture your desktop every X seconds and upload it as JPG image to a remote server. If you want people to view your screen, you just have to provide them with your username and they can view your desktop from their browser by entering the username at the ShowMyPC.de website - no software install required. Registered users can also install their own ShowMyScreen server using a simple PHP script.

QuickTime for Mac OS X

QuickTime 7 is Apple's cutting-edge digital media software for both Mac and Windows-based computers delivers unparalleled quality for creating, playing and streaming audio and video content over the Internet. Besides playing MPEG-4 and MP3 content, it supports timecode tracks as well as MIDI standards such as the Roland Sound Canvas and GS format extensions. It also supports key standards for web streaming, including HTTP, RTP and RTSP. Plus, it supports every major file format for images, including JPEG, BMP, PICT, PNG and GIF. QuickTime 7 features an ultra efficient new H.264 video codec delivering stunning quality at remarkably low data rates from 3G to iChat AV to HD.

nFLVPlayer

nFLVPlayer is a player for the Flash Video (.flv) file format. It can play .flv files from your local drive or you can enter the URL of an online file. The player interface offers access to common playback controls, as well as picture adjustment and optional full-screen display

ChrisTV Lite

ChrisTV PVR is the PVR that takes control over your TV card. TV on your PC with high quality image and sound. Supports all TV cards based on BT8x8 chipset, Philips SAA713x chipset, Conexant CX2388x, and TV Cards with MPEG hardware encoder. Hauppauge PVR series, Leadtek PVR2000, ATI Ehome wonder, and also works with any capture device like Web cams and graphic cards. Features include: Multi-tuner support, TimeShifting, support for Vista, AVI recording using any audio/video codecs, advanced recording settings, advanced scheduler, recording profiles, radio FM support, channel autoscan with fine tuning, support for dscaler deinterlace direct show filter, and zoom feature.

BURNLOUNGE

BurnLounge is a state-of-the-art media player with all the features of the other players (play; manage; rip; burn syncing)---but has much more (like full customization of the look). But it is the first-of-its-kind DOWNLOAD STORE. It is a fully-functioning, legal, digital media download store owned and operated by you---allowing you to make rewards from all the music, movies, and other digital media you sell to your friends and family! It also has a component that hosts a "BurnPage" (it's kind of like a MySpace page) for FREE on the net that shows what products you are featuring, has your "BurnList" (your favorites), and has a link to your store). For more detailed information, please visit the information page:http://www.markbesh.com/BL2_Download.htm

Moyea FLV Player

Moyea FLV Player enables you to play FLV files without the need for any other players. It supports playback of local files as well as streaming playback from an URL. The program can be associate with FLV files, allowing you to simply double-click FLV files to play them.

DivX Player

DivX Player is a standalone media player for DivX encoded video.

CyberLink PowerCinema

CyberLink PowerCinema - The TV Entertainment Center for the Digital Home 1. Watch analog and digital TV programs with time-shift playback 2. Record your favorite TV and radio shows with smart scheduling 3. Search for TV programs that match your interests via EPG 4. Watch two channels simultaneously using PiP mode 5. Play DVDs, videos, photos, and music. Get online news and weather info TV on the PC: schedule, record, and watch your favorite shows, Schedule, record, and watch your favorite TV shows, Schedule, record, and watch your favorite TV shows, TV Scheduling, Live TV (and Radio) Recording and Playback , TV (and Radio) Surfing, TV Format and Tuner Card Support, Tuner Card Support, DVDs, Videos, Music, and Pictures: watch, listen, and enjoy, PowerCinema 5 incorporates Cyberlink??s leading DVD player technology, giving you high-definition video playback, multiple subtitle support, and leading technologies for enhancing audio and video quality. PowerCinema supports DVD, SVCD, and VCD disc formats.

QuickTime

QuickTime is an excellent movie viewer program that uses the latest streaming technology to access instant content on the Web. This viewer plays clips in almost every movie format, and is the only player that will work with some exclusive Apple formats (*.mov).

Instant Media

Instant Media (IM) allows you download and view video podcasts on your PC in full screen. It supports a wide variety of media formats, including Internet High Definition for high quality full-screen viewing, as well as QuickTime and Windows Media files. You can choose from a large directory of free podcasts, videocasts, news feeds and other media content that are downloaded to your computer and available whenever you want to watch them. The program works similar to an RSS feed reader, where you can subscribe to feeds or channels and have the program automatically download the newest shows for you. However, unlike common RSS readers, Instant Media is more geared toward the actual media experience, particularly video content. It also includes a basic media library that you can use to add your existing music and video files, as well as RSS feeds. Instant Media is easy to use, just select the shows or audio content that you want to watch, and the program will do the rest.

MIS Info Video

This program will let you play and view the information of a video file by reading the .MIS(subtext, chapters,url...), .NFO or .TXT.

Juke

Juke is an audio and video player with an Explorer style interface. It is ideal for those that favor a standard interface over heavily skinned media players. It offers support for all popular media formats, as well as integrated file browser, CD playback, and support for DirectX plug-ins. Furthermore, it offers random play, repeat mode and intro scan as well playlist search, sort and shuffle.

AC3Filter

AC3 Filter is a DirectShow filter for AC3 decoding to play .AVI with AC3 audio tracks and MPEG2 (DVD)

LiberTV Player

LiberTV Player aggregates free video content from various online sources, user uploads and podcasts and organizes it in a categorized interface. You can access content from different channels, including comedy, movies (old movies), documentaries, educational content and more. To view a video you can either download it for later viewing or stream it through the built-in player.

Sport Video Player

Sport Video Player is a basic media player interface, that works with Windows Media Payer and adds freeze-frame, single-frame advance control (forward and reverse) as well as slow motion play options to your video playback. The program can play any format that is supported by Media Player. It is mostly intended for sport enthusiasts, allowing for detailed inspections of scenes.

Media Center for TomTom

This software is the first software on the market for playback of video content that supports all TomTom integrated portable GPS navigation devices: GO, GO 300/500/700/510/710/910, One, One New Edition and Rider, and all TomTom accessories, such as Remote Control and Permanent Docking Kit. Media Center software acts as a video player, and allows playback of pre-converted video files and DVD. Ideal solution for TomTom video!

Anime on Demand

Anime on Demand is a simple video player that provides you with access to a variety of streaming anime series. The program currently includes more than 1600 episodes of various shows, and new ones are added frequently. While this is nothing more than an organized listing of anime series with an integrated Windows Media Player display, it can provide hours of entertainment if you are an anime fan.

Dziobas Rar Player

Dziobas Rar Player Play rar, mvk, avi, mpge and ogg without windows codecs. Play partially downloaded AVI movies, subtitles support. Play dvix/xvid movies from rar files. This program based on MPlayer. (http://www.mplayerhq.hu) License GPL

Moyea PSP Video Manager

Moyea PSP Video Manager is a PSP Video file manager freeware developed specially for PSP owners, which can transfer PSP video files between your PSP and computer with ease and is very popular with the PSP owners. PSP Video Manager helps you easily import PSP MPEG4 files to your PSP. At the same time, the freeware also allows you to export PSP MPEG4 files located in your PSP to your computer. While transferring PSP video files, you can copy or move the video files to decide whether or not keep the original files. The whole process is easy. You don't need to manually rename PSP MPEG4 files to play in Sony PSP, and just a click can do it with PSP Video Manager.

Video Audio Player

Video Audio Player can play video audio multimedia files such as mp3 wmv mpeg mpg m1v dat wma wav aiff au aif mid midi rmi snd avi asf VCD etc. The player is easy to use, It has small size and mini interface. Wish you like it!

Zoom Player Standard

This media player provides per-file setting, including video colors, chaptering and scene cuts. It supports skins, and provides user defined context menus and keyboard files. It is designed for control through remote devices including remote controls, mouse and keyboard. Extensive Aspect Ratio Controls. Extensive Video Positioning Support for Projection and Overscan adjustments. Video Blanking. Support for all DirectShow filters, including Subtitles and 10-Band EQ. Auto CD Playback Advanced Timeline Navigation. Advanced STB-Style Displays and Navigators. Advanced Mouse Controls including multiple mousewheel functions. LCD Communication API. Multi-Monitor friendly. Fully controlled through the Command Line interface. Smart Control Bar interface for easy Fullscreen controls. Support for Advanced video codecs. Support for the OGM/OGG format, including Chaptering, Multiple Audio and Subtitle tracks. Fast Forward & Rewind with all formats as long as your CPU can handle the load.

VLC (VideoLAN Client)

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Crystal Player Professional

This video player features a variety of audio and video filters, internal post-processing, OSD brightness, contrast and saturation, and volume customization. It automatically downloads required codecs, and it supports dynamic XML skins, zooming, panning, dragging and subtitles.

AA-TotalRecall

AA-TotalRecall is a Windows Media Player (WMP) Plug-In that resumes playing the movie from the last position: no more searching for the spot you were last at. Plus, it will automatically continue playing the next file in a sequence, and more. Do you watch movies with WMP?Are you tired of searching for the place you last left off?Or maybe you're fed up with the movie stopping in the middle and you having to double-click the next file? AA-TotalRecall fixes all this and more.

Macromedia Shockwave Player

Flash experiences across desktops and devices. Flash lets designers and developers integrate video, text, audio, and graphics into effective experiences that deliver superior results for interactive marketing and presentations, e-learning, and rich Internet applications. Play 3D games, view product demos, online learning applications...etc. Flash is the world's most pervasive software platform, reaching 97% of Internet-enabled desktops worldwide, as well as many popular devices.

Google Video Player

Watch videos from Google Video right on your desktop

LePlayer

LePlayer is a video search tool that provides access to vast amount of videos that are streamed over the internet. It roughly categorizes the content into several main topics and a variety of other categories, and provides a search function to find video clips by keyword. The integrated player can be detached and floated, allowing for a more compact display that can be placed anywhere on your desktop. The video inventory ranges from news, sports, pranks to music videos and pretty much anything else that is streamed via a variety of online sites. LePlayer is big on content, but does not provide any options to save, manage or even bookmark any of the clips or search results. The program does not include any documentation and the interface and search functions can be a little confusing, but other than that it provides a convenient way to find specific video content and to access some of the major news stations without having to click your way through web pages.

VideoVista Standard Edition

VideoVista is an program that uses an applet Java as video streaming player. VideoVista encoder is available for Windows. Encode your video and see it on the Internet without any dedicated server. Unlimited videos, unlimited domains, unlimited time, unlimited users.

Google Video Viewer

Our mission is to organize the world's information, and that includes the thousands of programs that play on our TVs every day. Google Video Viewer enables you to search a growing archive of televised content; everything from sports to dinosaur documentaries to news shows. Just type in your search term (for instance, ipod or Napa Valley) or do a more advanced search (for instance, title:nightline) and Google Video will search the closed captioning and text descriptions of all the videos in our archive for relevant results. Click on a video title on your results page and you can view still images from the video and, where a transcript is available, short snippets of transcript text.

Avi Previewer

Avi Previewer is a handy tool that help you to preview avi files which are not completely downloaded or fix damaged avi files which can not be played or dragged. When palyers such as Mediaplayer hint that the multimedia file can't be played or it has been damaged,you can try to use the Avi Previewer to fix the file. The fixed files can be opened by multimedia edit software to be further processed.

Live TV Player

Live TV Player allows you to view, in a in a geographically organized way, 1000+ live TV shows and listen to online radio stations from 100+ countries on your PC. There is no need for TV card and other hardware because all the channels are streamed through your Internet connection. It is very easily to use, all you have to do is to find your favorite station from its build-in station list, click it and you can instantly enjoy the show.

DestroY MediaPlay

Playback of avi, asf, asx, wav, wma, wmv, ogg, mpg, mpeg, mp1, mp2, mp3, mid, rmi, mo3, it, xm, s3m, mtm, umx, aif, aifc, aiff, au, snd & more! Playback of Video DVD, Audio CD, streaming (SHOUTcast/Icecast supported), , excellent modern looking design, association to media files, m3u & pls loading & saving support, spectrum analyzer/osciloscope visualizations, drag&drop, MediaSchedule, advanced playlist search, recursive file search engine, desktop playback, ID3V1/V2 & OGG tag editor, 10-band equalizer, DirectX sound effects, Winamp 2 compatible VisualFX, MediaBookmarks, skins,

InVideo Studio

Send it via e-mail or put it online in a FREE 60 MB Web site by just a few simple clicks. Select from tons of animated themes suitable for various occasions such as birthday, Christmas, winter holiday, pet, or baby. Apply video effects such as emboss, sepia, motion blur. Send your video clips via e-mail completely free by using InVideo e-mail service.

MoviePerk

MoviePerk is a video player that supports most common video formats such as AVI, MPEG, ASF, and WMV. Along with the usual video viewing functions (like full screen, zoom, and repeat), MoviePerk offers you the possibility of opening a video directly in full screen, as well as opening it from the last video position. You may also define and save scenes (moments into the video), and navigate thru them easily. In addition, MoviePerk enables you to manage favorites, and includes tools to explore the video in thumbnails, to capture and save frames as bitmaps, to view several videos sequentially (playlists), and to associate file types with it.

The Core Media Player

This software is an audio and video media center allowing you to organize and play audio and video files. It supports DivX Video, WinAmp 2.xx VIS, DSP plug-ins and an integrated XML playlist and media manager.

VJamp

This multimedia player adds a control unit for multiple playback windows to Microsoft Windows. It offers features like slow motion, repeat video fragments, mix clips, multiple playback windows, video thumbnails, and several skins. It turns computers into VJ stations, ready for improvised or pre-programmed playback of videoclips, on PC, laptop, beamer, TV or other attached display devices. It offers an environment for soundtracks too, with visual effects, pitch, repeat, sound fragment selection, sound mixing and playlists.

VidLizard

VidLizard is a small and compact multimedia player forvideo (DIVX, AVI, MPEG, ASF) and audio (MP3, WAV, MID) files. The program is optimized for quick launching and minimum resource consumption. It offers the standard playback controls as well as screen capture (bmp), support for subtitles, DirectShow filters, playlists, full screen playback and more.

afreeCodecVT

Identify video problems such as a black screen or no volume. afreeCodecVT helps solve determine the audio and video codec required to view your video. Once the codec or problem is determined you may search for the codec or tool to solve your issue using the software.

Elecard MPEG2 Player

Elecard MPEG2 Player allows software-only MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 playback on a regular PC. The Player is a GUI (graphical user interface) to Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder, a DirectShow filter, which is an actual MPEG decoding engine.

Subhash VCD Player

This media player has support for VCD playback and still image capture.

Zoom Player WMV Professional

Play any file supported by DirectShow and use pre-installed DirectShow DVD filters to play DVD content. DVD Front-End navigation uses any DirectShow compatible combination of DVD Decoder filters. Smart DVD bookmark system. Per-File setting, including Video Colors, Chaptering and Scene Cuts. User Defined Context Menus and Keyboard files. Designed for control through Remote devices including Remote Control, Mouse and Keyboard. Extensive Aspect Ratio Controls. Extensive Video Positioning Support for Projection and Overscan adjustments. Video Blanking. Support for all DirectShow filters, including Subtitles and 10-Band EQ. Auto CD Playback, including DVD and Media. Advanced Timeline Navigation. Advanced STB-Style Displays and Navigators. Advanced Mouse Controls including multiple mousewheel functions.

Noone's VCD Player

Insert a VCD, click the icon, and the program does the rest. If you have VCDs in two or more drives, it plays them all. When the movie ends, it offers to eject the disc.

Beyond Media

Transform your PC into a media center with this all-in-one media player for your DVDs, music, photos and videos. The full-screen interface makes it easy-to-see and navigate with a remote control. Get one-click access to online content providers, such as Napster, Movielink, CinemaNow and Live365, with SnapStream Spotlight. The DVD decoder supports 5.1 surround sound. Create your own music playlists and play photo slideshows to music. Sort and browse by genre, title, artist or keyword. Get weather and caller-ID info. Write your own skins and plug-ins. The program integrates with SnapStream Beyond TV and works well with SnapStream Firefly PC Remote.

Gr8 Player

This software is a media player with support for a lot of different file types. It focuses on performance and ease of use instead of spending resources on visualizations and plug-ins.