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Question

Good Video Player

Jun 4, 2012 3:11PM PDT

Does someone know of a good, free video player that will play all types of videos and works with Windows 7????
I really liked the Kmplayer but it got 3 hits at the VirusTotal site

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VLC Player
Jun 4, 2012 8:07PM PDT

From http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

Open source, free, plays everything, (well everything I have thrown at it), and has its own CoDecs, so no need to download and install any others.

Mark

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Got Hits
Jun 5, 2012 1:50AM PDT

Thanks for the reply!!!!
That video player also got hits at the VirusTotal website.
I downloaded and am trying the UMPlayer because it
got 0/42 at VirusTotal.

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VLC Player
Jun 5, 2012 9:45PM PDT
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Top 5 free media players for windows
Jun 17, 2012 4:22PM PDT

Hii,

Today, we will be looking at some of the best media players on the web for windows...
1. VLC Media Player
2. Media Jukebox
3. Songbird
4. Winamp
5. KMPlayer

Thanks...