media players: May 2012

VLC Media Player

vlc media players is one of the most simple media players and powerfull media player which can play almost all kind of video and audio format. vlc can run on windows,linux,mac and etc.

Video file format support name list:-

MPEG-1/2
DIVX (1/2/3)
MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4
H.261
H.263 / H.263i
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
Cinepak
Theora
Dirac / VC-2
MJPEG (A/B)
WMV 1/2
WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 1
Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
DV (Digital Video)
On2 VP3/VP5/VP6
Indeo Video v3 (IV32)
Indeo Video 4/5 (IV41, IV51)
Real Video 1/2
Real Video 3/4

Audio file format support list:-

MPEG Layer 1/2
MP3 - MPEG Layer 3
AAC - MPEG-4 part3
Vorbis
AC3 - A/52 (Dolby Digital)
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus)
MLP / TrueHD">3
DTS
WMA 1/2
WMA 3 1
FLAC
ALAC
Speex
Musepack / MPC
ATRAC 3
Wavpack
Mod (.s3m, .it, .mod)
TrueAudio (TTA)
APE (Monkey Audio)
Real Audio 2
Alaw/µlaw
AMR (3GPP)
MIDI 3
LPCM
ADPCM
QCELP
DV Audio
QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)
MACE

Windows Media Player

·         Window media player (WMP) is a media player which created by the Microsoft .this is the default media players which is available in windows versions. Editions of Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris but development of these has since been discontinued.

·         Windows Media formats
File name extensions: .asf, .asx, .avi, .wav, .wma, .wax, .wm, .wmv, .wvx

·         RealAudio and RealVideo (version 4.0 or earlier)
File name extensions: .ra, .ram, .rm, .rmm

·         Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG)
File name extensions: .mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
File name extensions: .mid, .rmi

·         Apple QuickTime (version 2.0 or earlier)
File name extensions: .mov

·         Macintosh AIFF Resource
File name extensions: .aif, .aifc, .aiff

·         Intel Video File
File name extensions: .ivf

·         UNIX
File name extensions: .au, .snd

Component		Recommended
Operating system		Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, or Windows Millennium Edition
Processor		A 500 MHz processor or faster
RAM		128 MB
Free hard disk space		Approximately 300 MB to use System Restore
Optical drive		CD-R or CD-RW drive
Modem		56 Kbps or faster
Sound card		Compatible 5.1 multichannel audio sound card (for example, Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 or Sound Blaster Audigy; Echo Audio Layla24 or Mona; or M-Audio Delta 1010, Delta 1010-LT, or Delta 410).
Video adapter and monitor		Same as minimum configuration
Sound output device		5.1 multichannel speakers For more information about device compatibility, see the documentation for your sound card.
Software		Same as minimum configuration
Internet browser		Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2 or Netscape 7.1

Winamp

Winamp is media players for windows and android device . this is created by Nullsoft and now it is handled by AOL.it one of freeware media players .it have huge amount of format support to it as listed under .

Winamp Features

Android Wifi & USB sync support
Rip CDs to M4A/AAC, WMA, FLAC, WAV.
Full Support for Classic Skins

Supported File Types

AAC	IT	MOD	NST	STM
AIF	ITZ	MP1	NSV	STZ
AIFF	KAR	MP2	OGG	ULT
AMF	M2V	MP3	OKT	FLAC
VLB	MP3	M3U	M3U8	PLS
ASF	M4A	MP4	PTM	WAV
AU	MDZ	MPEG	RMI	WMA
AVI	MID	MPG	S3M	WMV
CDA	MIDI	MTM	S3Z	XM
FAR	MIZ	NSA	SND	WEBM
FLV	M4V *	MKV	SWF	W64
669	VOC	B4S	ASX	WPL


the android version winamp

Songbird

Song bird is a one of the customizable players ever created in multimedia.

One of the best thing it is created by the Mozilla, and it is first open source media players .

The features of this media players are

· It keep the last fm playback history plug-in
· Support for iPod
· Available for windows,mac,Linux,etc

system requirements for windows:-

· Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7

· 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or comparable

· At least 512 MB of physical RAM

· At least 150 MB of available space on your hard drive

· Speakers or headphones

system requirements for mac:-

· Mac OS X 10.5 or later

· Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 processor