What's the best media player?

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I like Quicktime, but I dont like how sometimes the program has a mind of its own on what it wants to play.

The best free media player I have found is VLC media player.
http://www.download-all-area.com/vlcplayer/
Plays just about any media file format and has some nice features like play the video as a background. Awsome! Check it out!

Also use K-lite codecs pack, with mplayer (lite). You can access properties of a given media file and assign it to mplayer, real(alternative), quicktime(alternative, or VLC. Since M$ tends to make faulty bloatware one might forgo the usage of Win. Media Player or use an earlier version.

why do some web pages give me a "plug -in illegal operation.you are strongly advice to close your browser" when i click on their video link.what IF i do not close my browser? what's worst lies ahead? am i missing something?

for those who want to stick with Windows Media Player - using the Vista codec package at:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Vista_Codec_Package/1159994557/1

will allow playing of ALL formats in WMP - highly recommended and works extremely well

I agree with Volg - VLC is excellent, particularly for viewing movies with a dual-output video card - the controls remain on the primary monitor, while the video output can be viewed via a video projector connected to the secondary S-video output.

Try GOM PLAYER,played everything i,ve thrown at it.
http://www.gomplayer.com/whatisgom.html

VLC for me is the best and the best thing is that its for free and no hassle installing some additional codecs..ive been using it for almost 5 years.

Totally agree with those who vouch for VLC. Recently, i have this BIG headache of which media player is the best for my system. I've used K-Lite, Storm Codecs, Real, WinAmp, GOM Player, and the list goes on and on, until i met VLC. Yes, VLC. I throw to it just about anything, anything and VLC plays them all. I haven't encounter any codec that it cant play and im still waiting. As for now, VLC is the King!! Period.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

i have had a real problem in the past playing my home videos taken with a samsung s730. most players go wobbly playing avi, but vlc is simple to download, easy to use and free. if you download sothink dvd converter, it will convert your home movies into dvd format that will play on any home dvd machine. and whats best of all is that it's all free.

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