Is there a video equivalent to dp2 ?

narchaos · Joined: 31 Dec 2023 Posts: 2

I found dp2 somewhat by accident. I was downloading MP3s off eMule, when I came across some ogg files. Having no idea what they were, I found the Orbis homepage and thus some players which played them. Listening to a song with dp2, I immediately realized that the sound was much much better. Even with my crappy multimedia speakers and my not so audiophile ears I could hear the difference.

My question is the following: is there an equivalent for video files. Meaning: given the same hardware setup that I have, will different video players play as differently as WMP and dp2? Especially for the sound. I've been watching some old star trek episodes. My girlfriend, who is french, has a very hard time with the clarity of the voices which makes it hard for her to understand. I understand, but I must admit that you need to turn the volume up inordinately loud for the voices to be clear.

Any advice would be helpfull.

Mark

JOn · Joined: 09 Dec 2024 Posts: 68 Location: Scotland

Nice words.

WMP is very much tailored to the computer novice.. However, many people fail to see just how much Microsoft get right!.
did I really say that ?
but, to make WMP as novice friendly as possible the application seems to suffer in some important areas.

Video. ... I am sure you can find some more responsive and higher quality video apps out there...

As a novice application WMP is a good piece of work. Most people move away from it and find more specialized software for specific tasks though.

steve-läinen · Joined: 19 Dec 2023 Posts: 76 Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

Right now I use Winamp5 for video playback. A while ago I used AShampoo Player, but I think Winamp5 is better. But I am not doing so much in video watching so maybe there are even better aps out there?????

JOn · Joined: 09 Dec 2024 Posts: 68 Location: Scotland

dp2 equivalent for video .... Zoom Player ? .... Seems to offer a lot of control.

http://www.inmatrix.com/

Alexander · Joined: 13 Dec 2024 Posts: 100 Location: Germany

The aforementioned Zoomplayer is nice, I prefer "Mediaplayer Classic". Other than that you may increase the video quality with a better codec (depending on what type of video files you have). I'm using "ffdshow" all the time, it has a lot of options to tweak that affect the quality. You'll find both programs easily when you google for their names + "download" or something.