Any great alternatives to VLC Media Player?

[PurpleGaga27 40]

It's sad that VLC has turned to its worst, after the devs upgraded it after 2.1 with a new format (latest version is 2.13), users are aggravated by the stopping issues on some videos that they liked to play, especially recorded video. The last stable version of VLC that I know of is either 2.07 or 2.08. Versions after 2.1 and thereafter haven't been stable due to bug and crash issues that have yet to be fixed.

 

So is there a media player that can play all audio, DVD, Blu-ray and recorded/downloaded video content other than Cyberlink PowerDVD?

[Nyerguds 102]

Media Player Classic generally does pretty well, though I've had a few DVDs where the menus didn't work...

 

Media Player Classic generally gets installed with about any codecs pack you can find, anyway.

[Sonic 296]

Since switching to Windows 7 back in late 2009 I've never bothered with any alternative media players, mostly due to the fact that Windows Media Player 12.0 does everything. When I upgrade to Windows 8.1 later this year I'll be sticking with Windows Media Player.

[Plok 327]

Hell, I'm still stuck with WinXP, and I've seen less issues with VLC 2.1.3 than any previous version

 

BSPlayer used to be good for general watching of movies with subtitles, but didn't have that many codecs when I used it...

[Tore 33]

Media Player Classic is one of the best (if not the best) video player applications for Windows.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

K-Lite Codec Pack and WMP works fine for me. I use KMP 3.0 for most of my video playing though. Better playlists.

[Luk3us 63]

http://mpc-hc.org/

 

Media, Player. Classic.

 

End of thread.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Why does everyone recommend MPC? There are better alternatives out there.

[AZ-Stalker 88]

BS Player. Never looked back.

[FunkyFr3sh 7]

I always use the latest version of VLC, no problems here