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Posted December 09, 2016
I've been using it for the past few years, but lately I've been having frequent sound stuttering problems. I've been googling for solutions and must have tried every suggestion I've found, but nothing helps. It used to be rare occurances, that restarting would fix, but now they happen almost always, and I have to restart a few times for the problem to go away. The same files play fine with Windows Media Player.

Anyway, are there any good, free alternatives? I'm looking for something lightweight (Windows Media Player seems to be a bloatware that likes connecting to the internet a lot), with subtitles support. Also, the interface shouldn't block the video when not in full screen (again Windows Media Player has this problem with its default skin).

Thanks.
Posted December 09, 2016
I'm using GOM Player.
I don't know it is good or there are better alternatives, but is is fine for me.

https://www.gomlab.com/
Posted December 09, 2016
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ZFR:
<span class="bold"> Pot Player</span> is one of the best alternative.
I use Pot Player Portable.
Saves time from updates.
Posted December 09, 2016
MPV is a open source and cross-platform alternative.
https://mpv.io/

Media player classic is a good alternative windows-only.
https://mpc-hc.org/

I use MPV right now, but I still keep VLC since there are some functionality (video converter, stream downloader etc... that are only present on VLC).
Posted December 09, 2016
I like SMPlayer.
Post edited December 09, 2016 by Maighstir
Posted December 09, 2016
Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll check them out.
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LiefLayer: MPV is a open source and cross-platform alternative.
https://mpv.io/
If this is a screenshot, then that is unfortunately an example of the thing I mentioned in OP: interface appearing over the movie when in non full screen.

Thanks for the suggestions nonetheless. I will take a look at them.

EDIT: sorry, wrong text quoted.
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Post edited December 09, 2016 by ZFR
Posted December 09, 2016
I use mpv and ffmpeg.
Posted December 09, 2016
You have also [url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ ]Media player Classic BE [/url] with some additional options and bug fixes. I used GOM Player but it is annoying with ads.
Posted December 09, 2016
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ZFR: Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll check them out.
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LiefLayer: MPV is a open source and cross-platform alternative.
https://mpv.io/
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ZFR: If this is a screenshot, then that is unfortunately an example of the thing I mentioned in OP: interface appearing over the movie when in non full screen.

Thanks for the suggestions nonetheless. I will take a look at them.

EDIT: sorry, wrong text quoted.
I'm used to it looking like , but the default look when I installed it on Windows 10 just now seems to be [url=http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/images/screenshots/twosubs.jpg]that.
Posted December 09, 2016
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ZFR: I've been using it for the past few years, but lately I've been having frequent sound stuttering problems. I've been googling for solutions and must have tried every suggestion I've found, but nothing helps. It used to be rare occurances, that restarting would fix, but now they happen almost always, and I have to restart a few times for the problem to go away. The same files play fine with Windows Media Player.

Anyway, are there any good, free alternatives? I'm looking for something lightweight (Windows Media Player seems to be a bloatware that likes connecting to the internet a lot), with subtitles support. Also, the interface shouldn't block the video when not in full screen (again Windows Media Player has this problem with its default skin).

Thanks.
I think they have older versions you can download.
Posted December 09, 2016
kinda depends on the formats and codecs you need. those codec packs to bridge compat are a nightmare a lot of times
Posted December 09, 2016
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ZFR: Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll check them out.
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LiefLayer: MPV is a open source and cross-platform alternative.
https://mpv.io/
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ZFR: If this is a screenshot, then that is unfortunately an example of the thing I mentioned in OP: interface appearing over the movie when in non full screen.

Thanks for the suggestions nonetheless. I will take a look at them.

EDIT: sorry, wrong text quoted.
I haven't used MPV too much but I think this only happens when you hover your mouse cursor over bottom part of the window. And it doesn't show up when you pause playback.
Posted December 09, 2016
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ZFR: Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll check them out. If this is a screenshot, then that is unfortunately an example of the thing I mentioned in OP: interface appearing over the movie when in non full screen.

Thanks for the suggestions nonetheless. I will take a look at them.

EDIT: sorry, wrong text quoted.
the interface is like vlc on my computer, it is not like in that screenshot.
maybe it is different depending on the platform you use that, but I'm sure you can try that really fast.

EDIT.
here you can see. to make a screen with the commands I had to move my cursor during the screenshot.
also check here for the usual not present interface (this is not fullscreen, it is just part of the screen to reduce size of the jpg).
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Post edited December 09, 2016 by LiefLayer
Posted December 09, 2016
Media Player Classic Home Cinema:

https://mpc-hc.org
Posted December 09, 2016
Another vote for MPC HC.
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