Today, more and more users use the PC as a multimedia station to watch movies, listen to music, play games or create videos. The increasing power of computer has enabled users, in fact, to take advantage of software able to ensure the same quality of reproduction of dedicated players. Compression formats and codecs, increasingly sophisticated, allowing you to store files in spaces more and more content without any reduction in quality. Among the popular media formats known to be present anywhere on the web include the MP3, the flv, the Avi and Wmv. The latter, in particular, is read by one of the most popular video and audio players on a global scale: the Windows Media Player that are already installed on Microsoft platforms.
There are many other media players on the market, some for a fee, other Open Source, as VLC Media Player from Videolan. Currently there is a version of VLC for Windows, Mac and Linux. We need to go on the manufacturer’s website or on one of the many sites that distribute the software to start up the download safely. Vlc can plays many audio and video formats such as Mkv and Flv, very popular on the web. This player can handle streaming flows even if the procedure has a few more steps than the competition but for the most jaded a peek at the documentation of the software will allow you to manage the process with ease.
There are other types of files in the network as. Rm,. Smil, rpx,. Ram, but require a special player, also well known and appreciated: Real Player. This is a player for audio and video files with features similar to the two previously analyzed. It’s also free but offers a paid service to watch TV on-demand or listen to the radio version and a full pay parking, which contains a great tool for burning DVD.
Winamp is another very popular player, suitable for reading the file. Nsv. Among the most important advantages of using this player rather than the other ones there is the possibility to access many radio or TV stations completely free of charge. The quality of most of these sources is good. There is also the ability to password-protect access by minors to adult content. The last player we want to mention is Apple’s iTunes, capable of playing audio files with a really excellent quality. All thanks to codecs developed so egregious that guarantee a sound quality fantastic. Itunes is completely free and there is also for desktop systems.
Ultimately, there are many players in the market and it is up to us the final choice. You can also choose to install more than one pc and compare the potential and the quality of reproduction. Once you have chosen the right player can also choose to open a particular file type always and only with a certain player.