Media Player Software

The most well known media player software includes Winamp, Windows Media Player and VLC Player. If you do not know what media player to use, this article will give you an insight on the most known and used all over the world and you then see what suits your needs.

Winamp is one of the most used players. Although the most commonly used Winamp method is to play music with the extension of MP3, WAV and MID, it can play many more types of songs. Winamp can also connect to Internet radio or even internet TV. It is a very complex program with many features that include equalizer, visualization systems and so on. But the true abilities are highlighted by its plug-ins. They are either included such as decoding plug-ins for various formats or to install which give the player new skills. Winamp comes with two basic interfaces the classic and the modern one, but you can download and install other many more interfaces that you can easily find on the Internet.

Windows Media Player is a software application that was developed by Microsoft. Its latest release is Windows Media Player 11. It has a design similar to Windows Vista and as an improvement to previous series, this version displays the album covers and information about the song or performer. With the integrated synchronization feature, portable players can be updated more easily. The player has also integrated the URGE online music service that allows online purchasing of music. However, the software runs only on a limited number of operating systems.

VLC Player is an open source and free software media player written by the VideoLAN under the licence of the GNU General Public License. It has many advantages comparing to those described above aside the fact of being totally free. It recognizes many formats along with DVDs and VCDs has various streaming protocols.