Comments on: Light Alloy Media Player – Better than VLC ? https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Thu, 12 Nov 2015 06:51:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: George https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42241 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:50:06 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42241 I have been using Light Alloy for some time now, the last was yesterday. Jim, what you say is true. Light Alloy rocks!

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42218 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 02:35:18 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42218 In reply to Stu Mountjoy.

Light Alloy had no trouble handling half a dozen or so MP3s I threw at it Stu, all played perfectly.

]]> By: Stu Mountjoy https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42216 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 01:39:47 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42216 I installed this, running win 8.1, to see how it went – it came up with an error after I selected “New Stories (highway blues).mp3” – seems it had trouble handling a standard mp3 that comes with Windows.

]]> By: dave https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42206 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:57:38 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42206 I’ll sertanly look in to it. I used vlc for years now aside with Winamp (hopefully the Belgian company releases a good new and fresh version soon). The only issue I always had with vlc is that it has a poor library, the on from Winamp is perfect. Winamp was always a pain with codecs. If LAM has these features covered I’ll probably switch.

]]> By: midwest guy https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42196 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:53:51 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42196 I’ve been a longtime user of VLC (along with Windows Media Player), but I tested the portable version of Light Alloy a week or so ago. I liked everything about it but for one issue: It did not play .iso video files. I have a lot of .iso files; VLC plays them, Light Alloy does not. That’s a deal-breaker for me.

I’d appreciate it if someone would test this out as well (in the off-chance that I did something wrong in my tests).

]]> By: ha14 https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42145 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:49:56 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42145 i think once (few years ago) it was a shareware they had a russian site, now they include bluray support cool feature and continue upgrade

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42088 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:57:01 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42088 In reply to Mindblower.

Always preferred GOM myself MB, but I think you’ll like Light Alloy.

]]> By: Mindblower https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42084 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:52:29 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42084 Thanks for the heads up Jim. I’m a fan of The GOM player, and not VLC (though I tried it, and went back to GOM). I’ve downloaded this player, since it has interesting specs. Only time will tell if I switch or not, Mindblower!

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42065 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:49:48 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42065 In reply to Craig Geer.

Thanks for your input here Craig, appreciated.

]]> By: Craig Geer https://davescomputertips.com/light-alloy-media-player-better-than-vlc/#comment-42063 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:38:36 +0000 http://First%20off,%20I%20should%20point%20out%20that%20I%20am%20not%20particularly%20into%20media%20players%20myself.%20I%20work%20with%20video%20a%20lot%20but%20it%20is%20all%20manipulating%20and%20previewing%20rather%20than%20actual%20viewing,%20and%20a%205.1%20surround%20sound%20system%20takes%20care%20of%20my%20music%20needs.%20I%20have%20dabbled%20#comment-42063 I think so as well. I have been using Light Alloy since it’s first release.

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