What is your favorite video player? ... MKV can be played by both mplayer and I believe VLC now as well(They had a bug preventing it for a while but I think tha ...

Seablade · 01-09-2008, 04:25 PM

MKV can be played by both mplayer and I believe VLC now as well(They had a bug preventing it for a while but I think that got fixed an update or two ago).

MKV for those unaware is the MatrosKa Video container, and is IMO one of the better container(My preferred Video container) as it can obviously store a variety of compressions such as h.264, but also handles seperate streams, chapter markers, etc all very nicely. And is open to boot

Seablade

Who is already partway through re-encoding all his videos into h.264 mkv files on his server.

ghazgull013 · 01-09-2008, 07:20 PM

GOM is the best

Seablade · 01-09-2008, 09:10 PM

Well that is certainly one opinion yes

Seablade

zakaluka2 · 01-16-2008, 01:22 PM

seablade, what do you use to convert divx files to h.264 mkv (I can convert to H.264 using DVDFab Platinum, but don't know how to package as MKV)? I've been looking to do that, but haven't found a good converter as yet.

On-topic: VLC, VLC, VLC!!!!! Although, I might have to check out GOM. At the least, the interface can't be as bad as VLC's.

Regards,

z.

Seablade · 01-16-2008, 02:47 PM

VLC interface is undergoing a rewrite to QT I believe and some of the things I saw in a thread on the forums are kinda nice.

To convert to mkv I will likely have to recomend the mkv tools and ffmpeg to do the re-encoding. Shouldn't be hard to set up a script to do that, what OS you on?

Seablade

Spartan-117 · 01-16-2008, 07:04 PM

K-lite codec pack (windows media player classic) and VLC player!!

hularious · 05-26-2008, 07:53 PM

I mainly use VLC for larger files, and WMP for smaller ones. It's weird cause WMP can't play the large files w/out lagging or getting all scrambled if i fastforward.

So yes, another nod for VLC....

DoggieBear · 11-09-2008, 06:28 PM

GOM Player
And VLC Player

rambogeek · 03-11-2009, 01:36 AM

GOM and KM player and ofcourse VLC Player....

01-09-2008, 07:20 PM	#2
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01-16-2008, 01:22 PM	#4
zakaluka2 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,096 Credits: 100	seablade, what do you use to convert divx files to h.264 mkv (I can convert to H.264 using DVDFab Platinum, but don't know how to package as MKV)? I've been looking to do that, but haven't found a good converter as yet. On-topic: VLC, VLC, VLC!!!!! Although, I might have to check out GOM. At the least, the interface can't be as bad as VLC's. Regards, z. __________________ Inspiron e1705: CoreDuo 1.66Ghz\|17" 1440x900\|2GB 533Mhz\|GeForce 7900GS 256MB\|80GB\|8x DVD+/-RW w/DL\|4YR At Home+CompleteCare System Requirements Lab\|LCD screen resolutions\|Mobile GPU Benchmarks

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01-09-2008, 04:25 PM	#1
Seablade Dont Ask Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Somewhere in the US Posts: 3,592 Credits: 51,115	MKV can be played by both mplayer and I believe VLC now as well(They had a bug preventing it for a while but I think that got fixed an update or two ago). MKV for those unaware is the MatrosKa Video container, and is IMO one of the better container(My preferred Video container) as it can obviously store a variety of compressions such as h.264, but also handles seperate streams, chapter markers, etc all very nicely. And is open to boot Seablade Who is already partway through re-encoding all his videos into h.264 mkv files on his server.

01-09-2008, 09:10 PM	#3
Seablade Dont Ask Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Somewhere in the US Posts: 3,592 Credits: 51,115	Well that is certainly one opinion yes Seablade

01-16-2008, 02:47 PM	#5
Seablade Dont Ask Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Somewhere in the US Posts: 3,592 Credits: 51,115	VLC interface is undergoing a rewrite to QT I believe and some of the things I saw in a thread on the forums are kinda nice. To convert to mkv I will likely have to recomend the mkv tools and ffmpeg to do the re-encoding. Shouldn't be hard to set up a script to do that, what OS you on? Seablade

05-26-2008, 07:53 PM	#7
hularious Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 27 Credits: 307	I mainly use VLC for larger files, and WMP for smaller ones. It's weird cause WMP can't play the large files w/out lagging or getting all scrambled if i fastforward. So yes, another nod for VLC....

11-09-2008, 06:28 PM	#8
DoggieBear DoggieBear Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 6 Credits: 232	GOM Player And VLC Player

03-11-2009, 01:36 AM	#9
rambogeek Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 81 Credits: 252	GOM and KM player and ofcourse VLC Player....