My favorite Media Player, included with all the codecs you need to play just about any media you may run across on the web. Plus DVD's.
I like the Icons, I like the functionality, I like the controls.
You can set it to automatically play all Video and or Audio files automatically or you can pick the file types individually.
Once it is set up you might like to know how to use some of the controls.
First if you want to play a number of separate files in a folder, say episodes of a t.v. show you will need to open Media Player Classic from the start menu. when it is open go to File, Open, Browse and open the containing folder. Do not select any movies, or it will try to play them all at once! To play all the moves just click open and the first movie will start to play. You can also use this method to play both "CDs" of a movie that was stored as two 700mb CD size files without having to get up off the couch!
One great feature Media Player Classic has an easy way to control the aspect ratio. Occasionally I will get a file that wants to play in an incorrect aspect ratio. Usually everything will be squished all tall and skinny from trying to fit a wide image into a smaller screen.
The control is an easy one, just click the number 6 on your Number Pad, the phone type number pad on the right of most full size keyboards to widen the image. Click 4 to narrow the image.
I haven't touched windows Media Player in years, and even then I only used it for my music collection. I hate that program!
K-Lite home;
http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
I like the Icons, I like the functionality, I like the controls.
You can set it to automatically play all Video and or Audio files automatically or you can pick the file types individually.
Once it is set up you might like to know how to use some of the controls.
First if you want to play a number of separate files in a folder, say episodes of a t.v. show you will need to open Media Player Classic from the start menu. when it is open go to File, Open, Browse and open the containing folder. Do not select any movies, or it will try to play them all at once! To play all the moves just click open and the first movie will start to play. You can also use this method to play both "CDs" of a movie that was stored as two 700mb CD size files without having to get up off the couch!
One great feature Media Player Classic has an easy way to control the aspect ratio. Occasionally I will get a file that wants to play in an incorrect aspect ratio. Usually everything will be squished all tall and skinny from trying to fit a wide image into a smaller screen.
Squished
The control is an easy one, just click the number 6 on your Number Pad, the phone type number pad on the right of most full size keyboards to widen the image. Click 4 to narrow the image.
Better
Most laptops don't have a separate number pad, sbut they usually do have a Function key Number Lock button at the top of the keyboard. Look for a key labeled (usually in blue like the other function buttons) and some keys under it with numbers on them along with the regular numbers and letters.
I haven't touched windows Media Player in years, and even then I only used it for my music collection. I hate that program!
K-Lite home;
http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
