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chrisc57769006
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February 6, 2017
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Video player recommendations

  • February 6, 2017
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Hi

Does anyone have any good video player recommendations for windows?

I used to use qucktime on a Mac to check my work. Which is really good as i can jump a frame at a time with the left and right arrows. And cycle the movie with the mouse.

In windows I cant find any video players that allow me to do the same, does anyone know of any?

Thanks

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    Warren Heaton
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    Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2017

    Hi Chris:

    I've found the free version of Telestream Switch very helpful.  It's main upside is that it can play most of the CODECs that were supported at the OS level via the now deprecated/discontinued QuickTime drivers at the application level (as far as I'm aware, VLC Player still depends on QuickTime running under the hood for MOV files).

    http://www.telestream.net/switch/overview.htm

    -Warren

    chrisc57769006
    chrisc57769006Author
    Participating Frequently
    February 6, 2017

    Thanks cvid . I found that, but you can only go forward not backwards and it is still very difficult to scrub.

    Thanks Jim potplayer is really good. Nearly as good as quicktime on mac, do you know of a way to scrub with out hearing the audio?

    I am swithcing from a mac and there are so many things I can quite get back on a PC.

    Thanks

    Chris

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
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    February 6, 2017

    Robbie Carman, a major colorist and teacher of colorists, is now (very sadly, from his point of view) advising all Mac video-post people to begin migrating to PCs as it doesn't appear there is going to be much forward movement in the hardware capabilities within the Big Mac-o-sphere anymore.

    As a long-time PC person, I did have to tease him after watching him speak, where he noted that ... amazingly! ... there were tools available on the PC side to do everything he'd always done on the Mac-o-sphere. Calendars that synced with his phone ... alarms ... note-taking/planning ... jeepers, everything!

    Apparently they're more 'obviously' available on a Mac, and on PC, you search for such tools. They're all pretty much available in both OS's.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    shooternz
    shooternz
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    February 7, 2017

    Pretty much any tool you had on a Mac is out there for a PC, in 10 different flavors and both free-ware and for cost. Which tools you want, well ... that's for you to search for.

    For video players, as Jim and Peru Bob note, Jim's Potplayer allows a TON of settings, and to outguess what others will see, you need to download a bunch of them.

    However ... they'll be watching internet downloads from browsers and downloads from sites that modified them while uploading ... without calibration on the majority of the screens that people use ... and odd settings ... you can't ever guess how your material will be seen.

    As Gandalf says: "That way lies ... madness!"

    Learn to set your gear up for calibratable, repeatable results when seen on a properly calibrated broadcast-style system. Past that, you can't control other people's monitors or TVs.

    And when Gramma's tv is set to show everything a bit green ... well then, it all looks "right", doesn't it? (sigh)

    Neil


    For some one far cleverer than I..here is a great  idea.

    Create a Video Player as good as Pot Player and give it the function to Chrome Cast.

    Please PM  me as to where to forward my share of royalties for this idea! 

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      February 6, 2017

      This is my favorite.  Very customizable.

      http://potplayer.daum.net/

      Graeme Bull
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      Graeme BullCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 6, 2017

      VLC is a really good player.

      chrisc57769006
      chrisc57769006Author
      Participating Frequently
      February 6, 2017

      Thanks I am aware of VLC

      You just cant cycle frame by frame. And cycle with the mouse in pause mode. These things are really helpful to check work.

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      cvid01
      Inspiring
      February 6, 2017

      In VLC under Tools, Customize Interface you can add a frame advance button and watch your video one frame at a time if you wish. You can also use a key combination to advance 10 frames at a time. Check it out.

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