
They will all allow you to play videos, but some can also play DVDs and Blu-rays, stream online radio, and play videos from YouTube. The biggest thing that separates the media players on our list is features. How can you decide which video player is right for you when there are so many options? Before you get overwhelmed, read our tips below for how to choose the best way to play videos on your PC. How to Choose the Best Video Player/Media Player Top 3 Video Players/Media Players for Windows Snapshot

Since you are using Windows XP, you can (and probably should) upgrade to WMP 11.Since most computers come installed with a video player, why would anyone hassle with downloading a third-party software? Simple. (I could not verify this myself.) WMP 11 includes l3codecp.acm, which does not appear to have such limitations. However, some sources claim that the l3codeca.acm codec, used by earlier versions (up to v10), is rather limited in features – for example, 22050 Hz sample rate. This appears to be enabled by default on my system (Windows XP with WMP 11). reg file, when imported, will enable 128/192/256/320 kbps: Windows Registry Editor 5.0 The data has to be in bps for example, 0x1f400 (hex) or 128000 (dec) for 128 kbps.


You can do this through regedit.exe the key name is HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding in which you have to add four REG_DWORD values, each representing a position in the "Quality" slider: LowRate, MediumRate, MediumHighRate and HighRate. As of version 8, Windows Media Player contains a MP3 CBR encoder ( l3codec?.acm) however, this must be enabled manually in earlier versions by editing the registry.
