mpeg viewers

[minotaur]

The only two MPEG viewers that I know about are Microsoft and Real One. Those are both very basic. I'd like a viewer that

can run forward and backward,
can run at variable speeds,
will allow stepping one frame at a time,
can set up a repetitive loop over a short segment,
is generally a better-designed product.

Do members know of other viewers, and have recommendations?

[BigSpud]

This post mentions 1 I tried and it has some of what you want. I liked it better than REAL and MediaPlayer

[minotaur]

Thanks BigSpud. I'll give it a try.

[MarcKJ]

Media Player Classic?

[minotaur]

BigSpud,

I downloaded the one that you tried, ('codecs-free' VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/), and tried it myself. I like it well enough to switch. It has many more features than REAL and MediaPlayer. Some of the features seem to be a work in progress, though.

min

[minotaur]

Hi MarcKJ,

Media Player Classic is a good one, definitely worth a try. I downloaded it from https://www.divx-digest.com/software...r_classic.html.

The player is simpler than the VLC, and more fully featured than the Microsoft player.

This player has a frame-step feature, something that I really wanted. The VLC player can slow to four frames per second, but can't step.

Also, the video is solid. It is possible to step one frame at a time, start/stop, adjust speed, re-position the slider bar, and go-to-time, and the picture quality stays good throughout. The VLC player has a problem (on my PC, with Windows XP,) where the video breaks up after re-positioning the slider bar. The video recovers, but can take several seconds to do so.

min