Media PC Power Kit
Media players

An open source audio player boasting free-form skinning, an advanced playlist editor, Internet streaming, fast MP3-WAV conversion, continuous play and Ogg Vorbis support. A great alternative to WinAmp.

Licence: GNU General Public Licence.
Online: http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
Operating system: Windows 98/Me, Windows NT/2000, Windows XP.
Requires: 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB graphics card, DX7.0.

Install instructions:

		Windows

MPlayer is a movie player for Linux that's able to play most VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5,WMV, MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ and PVA files. It's regarded by many as the best Linux media player currently available.

Licence: GNU General Public Licence.
Online: http://www.mplayerhq.hu
Operating system: Linux.
Requires: 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB graphics card, DX7.0.

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		Linux

Mv2Player is a freeware multimedia player for Windows, with tonnes of useful features including intelligent subtitles, support for most popular formats, an easy-to-use interface and fast keyboard control.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://mv2.czweb.org/
Operating system: Windows 98/Me, Windows NT/2000, Windows XP.
Requires: 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB graphics card, DX7.0.

Install instructions:

		Windows

For all it tries to accomplish, n.player does a pretty good job. It can play audio-CDs, DVDs, any codec based media such as AVI, MPEG, MP3, WMA, DivX and more. It also supports DivX subtitles, smart autoplay, keyboard control and is entirely skinnable. Special features include favourites instead of playlists, codec settings, file extension assignation, taskbar controls, contrast, brightness, variable playback speed, zoom, pan and a playlist editor.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://software.deviantart.com/details/343/
Operating system: Windows 98/Me, Windows NT/2000, Windows XP.
Requires: 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB graphics card, DX7.0.

Install instructions:

		Windows

VLC is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs and numerous streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Operating system: Windows 98/Me, Windows NT/2000, Windows XP.
Requires: 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB graphics card, DX7.0.

Install instructions:

		Windows

XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX playlists. Many more formats are also supported via Winamp plugins. It also features Internet streaming, keyboard shortcuts, interpolation and volume/pan ramping for smoother images.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.un4seen.com/
Operating system: Windows 98/Me, Windows NT/2000, Windows XP.
Requires: 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB graphics card, DX7.0.

Install instructions:

		Windows

Zoom Player is a robust Media and DVD Front-End Player. It was designed to be simple at first glance while being remarkably dynamic and flexible when used to its full potential. Zoom Player works in two modes: a Media mode which can play any file supported by DirectShow (any file which plays in MediaPlayer); and a DVD mode which uses pre-installed DirectShow DVD filters to play DVD content. While some of the settings may seem intimidating, rest assured that the online help covers each function in detail.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_download.shtml
Operating system: Windows 98/Me, Windows NT/2000, Windows XP.
Requires: 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB graphics card, DX7.0.

Install instructions:

		Windows