VidBox

VidBox

Since the first version of VidBox, the bet was placed on the simplicity and accuracy when playing any video, image or audio file. That simplicity is what have made it known as one of the easiest multimedia players. Its unique interface, intuitive and really well structured give access to all the features you need. VIDBox is maybe the easiest to use multimedia player you can install, and it includes several interesting options which will make you not to regret to have chosen it. Zoom, drag and drop, volume control, fullscreen mode, Flash animation capability,... just for mention some of them. Don't worry about the format, VidBox supports dozens of different formats (MPG, MP3, WAV, MID, ASF, ASX, WMV, AVI, JPEG, BMP, SWF...), so it is really difficult to find a not supported one.

MakeInstantPlayer

N/A

MakeInstantPlayer is a free, open-source application for Windows to transform your videos into executable files. This makes it so double-clicking on your videos lets you watch them even if you don't have a media player installed on your computer. MakeInstantPlayer uses MPlayer to play videos. It supports most of the common video formats, meaning you shouldn't have to worry about downloading and installing codecs. It has different options for customizing the way a video is played: you can choose either compact or fullscreen video, automatically close the player when the video ends, open a website when the video ends, make the video play in front of all your other windows, loop the video, or show a custom image while the video is loading. This makes MakeInstantPlayer the perfect option to break your video files' dependence on a video player.

FLV Player

Martijn de Visser

Day by day, we find more and more FLV videos over internet due to the high quality enclosed in a small file, so webmasters use them because you save time when downloading them. That’s the reason why FLV Player is a must have for any internet user, because it lets you play those FLV files you find when surfing. It is housed in an intuitive and easy to use interface which can be used by every user, even if you are a total novice. In addition it allows you to import files from any folder or directly from the website by entering the full path. Of course you can associate FLV files to it, so they will be played with your new multimedia player when you double-click them.

RichFLV

Benjamin Dobler

RichFLV is a free application that works through the engine running Adobe Air, allowing you to play, edit, and extract content from any FLV-formatted video. It has an attractive interface, like many of the applications that use Adobe Air, which is divided into three sections: viewer, controls, and editor. While you use the viewer to watch the video that you've loaded into the program, you can access the controls to stop or resume playback and skip ahead or back. In the editor section, you can edit the FLV file's metadata, insert or eliminate starting points, and edit key frames. From the import/export menus you can extract the video's audio, the video alone, or make screen captures. You can also add in video fragments or an alternate audio track. RichFLV is a great tool for managing your FLV files.

AVI Previewer

FDRLab Data Recovery Centre

Unfortunately, a video file in AVI format can stop working out of the blue, overnight and with no apparent cause. Or it could be that the video you have downloaded from the Internet is incomplete or missing a part. AVI Previewer is a tool that can fix errors in damaged AVI files so they can once again be viewed in your player. The success rate in the program varies between 70% and 80%, so success is by no means guaranteed. The full version of AVI Previewer lets you know the precise errors that have occurred in the AVI file and gain access to the existing index in the AVI file header.

Rules Player

TheCodingMonkeys GmbH

Rules Player is a versatile multimedia player that allows you to play all kinds of different popular video formats, since it employs a codec packaged by MPlayer. The list of file formats that the program is capable of running includes the following: AVI, 3GP, ASF, FLV, Matroska, MOV QuickTime, MP4, NUT, OGG, OGM, RM, DIV, and many more. Rules Player also stands out because it includes an onscreen information system (OSD) that will provide you with some details about the file you are currently playing. And, subtitles here use softened shadows with antialiasing, making it easier to read them. Rules Player supports 12 different subtitle formats (MicroDVD, SubRip, OGM, SubViewer, Sami, Vplayer, etc.).

RadLight SE

RadLight

Xe FlashPlayer

Xe-Media

Xe FlashPlayer is a video player which lets you view video files formatted as .FLV, a video format which has been made popular by the webste Youtube.com It suports Enhanced Definition MMovie Clips (which is not High Definition, but it gives a really good quality according to the size of the file). XE FlashPlayer includes those usual contols you can find i all other multimedia players: Play, Fast forward, rewind, pause,... and, of course volume control. Furthermore, it also offers you information about the total time of the file and the elapsed time of the file you are viewing, as well as other kind of data about the files. If you want to watch those movies in fullscreen, don’t worry, because XE Flash Player will play it in fullscreen and you will be able to take snapshots as JPG files.

Artisan DVD-DivX Player

BinArtisan

Thanks to this lite tool you will be able to play DVDs and DivX files with no compatibility problems. But will not it play only DivX, but it will play MPEG, WMV, ASF, MP3, JPEG and GIF files, and all your pictures, movies and even audio files. You will find all the usual features of other players. Mainly, the difference between this and other players is that Artisan DVD-DivX Player also plays and shows other file formats form the same interface, so you won’t need a third party program to reproduce them.

nDVD

dnsoft.be

Imagen

Gromada.com

Imagen is a completely free utility initially developed for playing HAV files but the program supports many other multimedia file formats. The program has a unique function to play an unlimited number of images in sequence, as if it were a movie. The program supports the following formats: AVI, BAY, BMP, DIB, FLC, FLI, GIF, HAV, JPEG, MOV, MPA, MP2, MP3, MPEG, OGG, PCX, PNG, PNM, PPM, RAS, SUN, RGB, SGI, TGA, TIFF, XPM, WAV, WMA, WMV. From Imagen you can also copy the image file that is playing, move, rename or send it directly to the recycle bin. It also allows you to select it as the default player for formats you specify.

Ace DivX Player

GustoSoft, Inc.

Ace DivX Player is a new, small and fast player that specializes in playing DivX files; it supports AVI, DivX, MPG, MP3, ASF, Audio CD and Video-CD files. It doesn’t come with many player options, but it is compact and fast when playing videos.

Media Center for Tom Tom

MobilNova

If you have a Tom Tom GPS navigator system, you can enjoy this great piece of software which makes possible to view videos by using it. Media Center for Tom Tom is a great choice, because you can convert your Tom Tom into a media player so you will be able to playback pre-converted video files. If you have any video in your computer and you want to watch it in your car, just download Media Center for Tom Tom and run it. Choose the files you want to watch and convert them into a supported format (all that can be done by using Media Center) Before converting, you will be able to choose video quality and size, subtitles, crop, test conversion, and more. and default audio level boosting. The compressed movie file can be played back from the flash memory card or from the built-in hard disk. When you play videos, you will be able to access an on screen display to control the playback. It supports DivX (.avi), XViD (.avi), MPEG-2 (.mpg), MPEG-4 (.mpg), Apple QuickTime (.mov), Real Video (.rm), mp3 and more. It can be used on the following models: GO, GO 300/500/700/510/710/910, One, One New Edition and Rider (no sound output on Rider) and all TomTom accessories like Remote Control and Permanent Docking Kit.

iTuner

Steven Cohn

iTuner is a lite application that allows you to easily control iTunes player with the keyboard. The main advantage of iTuner is its reduced size, because it concentrates the most important features of itunes in a small interface. Assign hotkeys, search for lyrics, control playing and keep your song linbrary. iTuner is very intuitive and easy to use. Regular itunes users will welcome this application that consumes few resources and allws you to control your favorite player.

MediaShow

CyberLink

Multimedia Protector

Mirage Computer Systems GmbH

Multimedia Protector protects important documents from any attempts to copy them: Flash documents, PDFs, PowerPoints, Ebooks, videos, images, HTML files, text files, and EXE files. Basically, any document that someone might want to print can be protected. You don't need to have any specific programming knowledge to use Multimedia Protector, since the program's interface allows you to choose which protection system you want to implement (and there is a wide variety available). You can activate protection systems including online activation, physical media protection, and classic DRMs. Now you can stop worrying about the privacy of your most confidential documents.

Video Mill

Breakthru Software

Video Mill is a peculiar app that lets you play different videos simultaneously in different windows of personalized sizes. The program supports videos in MPEG-4, DivX H.264, Xvid MP4, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 DVD, SVCD, AVI MPEG-4, WMV, Flash, Quicktime M2V, M4V, MOV, Apple 3GPP2, 3GP, VOB, TS, RM, RA, RAM, and many other formats. Of course, you can play several videos at once, regardless of their format. The program's configuration options, which are many, let you establish different keyboard shortcuts for each window so that you can move them quicker, change their size, and bring them forward or backward in a second. Video Mill is an interesting app that, even if it isn't particularly useful for most users, can be great for giving presentations.

UMPlayer

Ori Rejwan

UMPlayer is a full-featured media player that allows you to view any movie or TV series, no matter its format, you'll have no problems. Of course, it supports subtitles and you can play with them a bit, move them backwards or forwards if you need, you can even change the subtitle area and the font. The rest of curious options included in UMPlayer give you the possibility to apply filters, rotate, mirror or change aspect ratio. UMPlayer is a really good video player that can be an exclusive alternative to other video players.

Cliprex DVD Player Professional

Cliprex Video Software

Cliprex DVD Player Professional is a video player that lets you play both movies in DIVX, XVID, MPEG, WMV or ASF, as well as commercial DVDs. The program offers a very user-friendly interface, allowing us to change many parameters of the video playback by right-clicking on the screen. Among other things, you can change the aspect, the codec properties and full screen or window mode. Moreover, Cliprex DVD Player Professional is a fairly simple and lightweight player which takes up very little space on the hard drive and consumes very few resources. It is ideal for slower computers or those carrying a high workload.

SMPlayer Portable

SMPlayer

SMPlayer Portable is an excellent portable application that lets you take a video player that supports many formats wherever you want, also, forget about file compatibility issues when going from one computer to the next. The free multimedia player, SMPlayer, includes all the necessary codecs for you to play practically any video and audio format without having to install more external codecs packets: just install SMPlayer. A feature that truly stands out in this player is that it remembers the options of all the files you play, in other words, if you start to see a movie but you have to leave, when you come back and open it it'll continue where you left off and with the same options you had activated: soundtrack, subtitles, volume... SMPlayer Portable can also play just about all known video and audio formats, and it includes several interesting functions such as playing YouTube videos, or downloading subtitles directly from opensubtitles.org. Other more advanced functions include: audio and video filters, changing play speeds, audio and subtitle synchronization, and video equalizer, among others. SMPlayer's interface is fully customizable and includes several icon themes to easily change the player's look.

Streaming Video Recorder

APOWERSOFT LTD

Apowersoft Streaming Video Recorder is a tool designed for recording streaming video, TV programs, and online movies from thousands of video websites like YouTube, Google Video, Daily motion or television channels from dozens of countries. It's one of the simplest and most comfortable ways we can find at the moment to download videos. While it's playing, it will automatically add to the download list each and every video that we're watching and want to download. In addition to the automatic tracking and downloading function, this program includes a video converter that can change the current format used to the presets for our iPhone, iPad, iPod or Android telephones. It also features an editing function for downloaded videos and screen capture, for a really complete program.

Hiro Player

Hiro-Multimedia

Hiro Player is a multimedia player designed to help any user manage the multimedia files on their computer, like music, video, images, and TV recordings. The player includes lots of options and features that cover everything you need in order to synchronize your multimedia files between your computer and one or more portable devices. Hiro Player's attractive interface makes it easy to organize your files, with a clear main menu, a playback window, and an information bar where you'll see everything there is to know about your files. Another great thing about Hiro Player is that it is compatible with many formats and codecs so that you can always quickly and easily access your files without having to waste any time searching for the codec needed to play a certain video.

MegaMind Player

MegaMind Tools

MegaMind Player is a video player that lets you store and view all your multimedia files (music, video and images). With MegaMind Player, you can access any type of file in a more direct and comfortable way than with similar apps. With MegaMind Player, you have everything at your reach. This tool manages your audiovisual content and syncs it with all your portable devices. MegaMind Player's tools are found in the main menu made up of a series of commands, AutoPlay, and an information bar, all on a simple and attractive interface. The player can store the files locally and support a large number of formats and codecs so that you can see practically all your files and easily search for them when you want to. In addition, MegaMind Player isn't just able to reproduce all the multimedia content from your computer, but also able to access any YouTube link on your interface. Lastly, depending on your needs, you can change the interface to a full window or a miniplayer, so that you can adjust any of the tabs you need to see on your desktop at any time.

KooRaRoo Media

Programming Sunrise

KooRaRoo Media is a multimedia file player that supports the entire network of DLNA-enabled devices. You can use this application to play video and audio files or view a wide array of image formats. It also allows you to catalog your content into folders, or even create playlists. The tool collects all of the multimedia files that you have stored on your hard drive and displays them in list format. The DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) system is a standard designed to play multimedia files through a local network. That means that if your television is compatible, you can us it to play any movie that you have on your computer or external storage device, giving you a considerable amount of versatility. Finally, we should point out that it also includes a parental control system, in case you want to limit what kind of content can be played.

ToolWiz Player and Converter

ToolWiz Software

Toolwiz Player and Converter is a tool that works by changing the format of audio tracks and video files, in addition to playing those files even if you don't have the codecs installed on your PC. Being able to play almost any type of multimedia file is a big advantage as you won't have to worry about figuring out what format your movies were saved in to be able to watch them correctly. If you need to play a file on a device where you can't install Toolwiz Player and Converter, you can quickly change the extension of those files. You just have to add the file to the program interface and select the format that you need, and you'll have the results in just a few seconds. The only problem with the app is that you can't change the format of more than one file at the same time, but this is balanced out by the fact that you can edit the file when you are changing the format of a video, adjusting the brightness or the contrast or rotating the image before saving the output file. ToolWiz Player and Converter supports up to 30 different input formats and 10 output formats, and you can convert files according to the device where you need to play them: PSP, PS3, iPod, iPhone, Xbox, Nokia and Android, among many others.

MegaGet Streamer

N/A

MegaGet Streamer is a multimedia player that lets you view all the files saved on your hard drive or to stream content without having to download it, the latter being what really makes it stand out from the rest. This application - which was previously known for being an extension of Firefox - is capable of playing any video with great image and sound quality, thanks to the fact that it divides the files into small packets so as not to saturate the connection. Just by adding the torrent links, you can enjoy all the videos you want without having to download them first. MegaGet Streamer is presented as a fantastic solution for all those users who don't have a high download speed or who are too impatient with torrents. You only have to paste the video’s URL and click 'Start' to start watching the movies. The program’s interface is very simple and its use is very intuitive. You only need to find the torrent links, enter them in application’s upper bar and everything will be ready in a few seconds.

Vole Edutainment

Sanwhole

When you work at your computer and need to open pictures, videos, and text documents simultaneously, you often have to use a variety of different programs at once, i.e. an image viewer, a player, and a word processor, respectively. Now, with Vole Edutainment, you can work with all these files in a single window. Vole Edutainment includes all kinds of tools with which you can play, read, and listen. You can even make a custom list, no matter what kinds of files you mix. You can also use Vole Edutainment to play an episode of your favorite series or show your favorite images without any transition problems. The interface is not exactly simple, but it's very intuitive and practical. From its main window, you can add a list of elements, which will show you the name of each file as well as an icon to represent the file type. To access something, just click on what you want, and it will be displayed in the large center panel. Another great feature is that you can also add sites. So you can use the same interface to take a quick look at a site or even browse it as though you were on a traditional browser.

Binge-Watching Player for Netflix

FlixiCam

Get the most out of your Netflix subscription with the app Binge-Watching Player for Netflix. This app has a set of free features that perfectly complement Netflix and make it an essential app for any user of that streaming giant. It’s easy to get started with Binge-Watching Player for Netflix, although you’ll need your own Netflix account to get the most out of its features. Just open the app, log in using your Netflix credentials, and Binge-Watching Player for Netflix will display an interface that’s identical to the Netflix website after just a few seconds. After that, you can browse through movies and tv shows as if you were using the original website. Once you start playing videos, you’ll notice the unique features of Binge-Watching Player for Netflix. The menu has the option to adjust the playback speed of your movie, or fix the video to a certain point on the screen so you can watch your favorite series while working or chatting with friends online. Binge-Watching Player for Netflix is a great option for users who prefer to enjoy Netflix from an app instead of a web browser.

Media Cope

mediacope.com

Media Cope is one of those multifunction applications that will be welcomed by thousands of users because it offers mny good features under the same interface. With this application you will be able to play any audio or video file or view any picture in a very easy and simple way. But that's not the only feature of Media Cope. In fact it is the most basic one because it also offer the possibility to convert format, cut and edit media files, change size, create slideshows and presentations, etc. If you are a novice, don't worry, because each different tool is housed in a different tab, so you only have to access the tab of the action you want to perform and follow the simple steps. Media Cope supports MP3, WAV, AAC, WMA, FLAC, M4A, AC3, MP4, 3GP, WMV, MOV, AVI, MPG, FLV, MKV, VOB, JPG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG, EMF, WMF and more, so it seems you will not have any format problems.

Boxee

Boxee

Day by day we see how it's easier tto enjoy our photos, videos and music siiting on the sofa and using a multimedia center run by our computer. But those media centers can take more out of them if they are online and that's the case of Boxee. Boxee, is an attractive media center that handle video, photo and music and even grants access to the Internet to collect information about them and more content. Youtube videos, facebook photos, contents from BBC, CNN, Pandora or Hulu,... it's as easy as browsing the applications menu and choose the one we want to access. In addition, you'll see new features day by day. It's a really good media center that will suit all your needs.