[1vale]

does anybody know of a substitute for windows mediaplayer that will work similar but is not microsoft owned?

[number6]

There are several good choices that I use.
VLC Media Player has just updated to version 1.0.0. I consider it the ultimate player.
Media Player Classic is very much like Windows Media Player 6 in style but with a lot more power. It's also a very good player.
If you're looking for something with a full library and such, MediaMonkey is slightly similar to Windows Media Player.

[snorg]

VLC is good.
Media Player Classic is great but it can be unstable when the fancy settings are used.

[jimj]

MPC is good for playing one vid at a time, if you can use it. It can properly size any widescreen movie to a wide screen monitor, but has no play list for playing multiple media files. And it created an unacceptable problem with my Vista64 system. Caused constant notices to update Adobe 8 Reader in IE7, even though AR was updates. Every click anywhere on a web page resulted in the annoying notice. Had to uninstall and use "Restore" to resolve the problem. Happened with both the Install and Portable versions of MPC. So I was unable to use MPC.

[number6]

If you use the version to which I linked, you can create a playlist. You can view the playlist by using the CTRL + 7 keyboard combination. You can add new items by dragging them into the playlist window.

[1vale]

thank you all for your help I tried vlc media player and it works fine up to now.I will stick with it until I find

or run into trouble.I really appreciate everybodies help.

[number6]

Splendid. VLC is a great player.

[noresh07]

;) Hi I am a big fan of Cowans Jet Audio. I use the FREE version. The library application would be a little on the minus side, but it does not take too long to get get use to it. If you use Firefox and have the Foxy Tunes on your browser it is a perfect match. Hi reco !!!