How can VLC be better than K-lite ?
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PiXeLpUsHeR said:It would make more accurate sense to say that you can install k-lite to make sure you have all the codecs you need, then install VLC which will make use of the codecs and direct show filters that are installed with k-lite. -- Well, VLC is a all-in-one player isn't it? You don't even need klite codecs.
Also vlc is very good for unfinished movies that are being downloaded as it will still playback the finished parts so you can check the movie quality or other things you may be looking for such as sound quality or dubbing or hard coded subs without having to get the whole file.. Most other players won't do this... it will also play .bin or .dat files... so you don't have to burn or mount a .bin .dat movie to play it back. -- Even KMPlayer can play that.
Of course it can be used to stream, it is one of the main features it possesses.
I used k-lite for ages, and recently decided to install codecs as needed... I use ffdshow which can play these codecs by itself
DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 .
then I install separate codecs as needed. Less hassels.. though I have to admit I do also download gspot which comes with k-lite, as it is a useful utility.-- You can download gspot separately too. I'd suggest MediaInfo as its faster and better
And again VLC sucks :bleh:
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you guys are both of your rockers :bleh:
Of course vlc will also take advantage of codecs and direct show filters installed by k-lite... yes it can already play many formats on it's own, but as with any media player they need codecs and filters to work. The more you have installed, the more formats they can play back.
As as for you ...
with the for people that don't know much about video comment 
look up a few of my virtual dub guides. I also have a degree majoring in character animation and minoring in digital media.. so :bleh: to you 
I would pit my video knowledge against yours any day of the week..
one could think you may be challenging me to a competition or something Quad Master
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For Playback just use KMPlayer nothing else required at all , no codec packs no other software just KMPlayer.
PiXeLpUsHeR said:you guys are both of your rockers :bleh:
Of course vlc will also take advantage of codecs and direct show filters installed by k-lite... yes it can already play many formats on it's own, but as with any media player they need codecs and filters to work. The more you have installed, the more formats they can play back.
As as for you ...
I would pit my video knowledge against yours any day of the week..
Anyway, I don't use VLC . Its not a all-in-one player for nothing. I btw use cccp package(ffdshow)
. I'd still recommend KMPlayer . I don't see how you advocate KLite which installs un-necessary codecs and filters which you don't even need. It messes up your system. So good luck with that. CCCP ftw!
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PiXeLpUsHeR said:
Its never abt playing ALL the codecs is it??
Its abt playing almost all MAJOR codecs with ease and in good quality, and KM player does it..:cool2:
I personally havent had to use any other player since i installed KM player..
There is the oddball trailer or clip that may give some trouble, but mostly it turns out to be a problem in that particular file.., Else its fool proof..
hyeah:Dang. I meant to vote for Mplayer Classic. Got confused. How can I change my vote?
Edit: I use Mplayer Classic with Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative. I've installed some FourCC codecs. I tried K-Lite, CCCP and Satsuki. I think there were some conflicts. Finally I installed a particular FFDShow version(which was latest) and things settled down.
I always use VLC as a player to determine if a file is playable, to view incomplete files and the occasional file that cannot be played by Mplayer Classic.
I tried KMPlayer based on recommendations be fellow TE members. Nice player. Clean interface but I found it too resource intensive v/s Mplayer Classic.
I guess I love the no fuss playback of Mplayer Classic i.e. it's transparent and with the proper version of FFDShow it plays most files. I cannot navigate .FLV files and their default volume is too high though.
I've never tried GOM player.
I don't think VLC uses installed codecs and filters. I'd read somewhere that it uses it's own set of codecs. I'm not sure though. Maybe you can shed some light on this.
Edit: I use Mplayer Classic with Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative. I've installed some FourCC codecs. I tried K-Lite, CCCP and Satsuki. I think there were some conflicts. Finally I installed a particular FFDShow version(which was latest) and things settled down.
I always use VLC as a player to determine if a file is playable, to view incomplete files and the occasional file that cannot be played by Mplayer Classic.
I tried KMPlayer based on recommendations be fellow TE members. Nice player. Clean interface but I found it too resource intensive v/s Mplayer Classic.
I guess I love the no fuss playback of Mplayer Classic i.e. it's transparent and with the proper version of FFDShow it plays most files. I cannot navigate .FLV files and their default volume is too high though.
I've never tried GOM player.
PiXeLpUsHeR said:
I don't think VLC uses installed codecs and filters. I'd read somewhere that it uses it's own set of codecs. I'm not sure though. Maybe you can shed some light on this.
ooooh!! do I detect a little sarcasm with that comment
ur still missing my point... I don't care which player anyone uses or prefers... k-lite is a codec pack.. not a media player AND a media player uses codecs to play back content. That's all she wrote BTW in a post earlier I mentioned that I don't use codec packs... so no avocation there, but I do use ffshow and any media player I feel like. So there :bleh:
Congratulations for your degrees... WAIT ! You have mistaken my words, The term PEOPLE is used for people in the world & not YOU. I did not read your previous post in this thread nor have i commented on your previous saying ! This was a simple reply to the topicPiXeLpUsHeR said:As as for you ...
I would pit my video knowledge against yours any day of the week..
and yes vlc will not play ALL the formats that exist in this world w/o the codec pack, but that does not mean it cannot play the most basic formats that are not being played in the inbuilt player. That's what i meant !
+1 to you.
k-lite is a codec pack.. not a media player
k-lite is a codec pack.. not a media player
PiXeLpUsHeR said:ooooh!! do I detect a little sarcasm with that comment
BTW in a post earlier I mentioned that I don't use codec packs... so no avocation there, but I do use ffshow and any media player I feel like. So there :bleh:
PiXeLpUsHeR said:ooooh!! do I detect a little sarcasm with that comment
BTW in a post earlier I mentioned that I don't use codec packs... so no avocation there, but I do use ffshow and any media player I feel like. So there :bleh:
Yeah so VLC and KMPlayer uses its own codecs to playback content . So you don't need to install a codec pack, can you understand that?
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