What is the best movie organizer & player for PC?

Tin69 · July 22nd, 2007

What is, in your opinion, the best movie organizer?

Mine goes to MyFilms 4.2

spif · August 2nd, 2007

i think the best player is MPC, has best codec support, and its the easiest to use

KillerShots · August 3rd, 2007

MythTV (with the mythvideo plugin) - shows previews as you highlight movies (will go through the whole movie if you highlight long enough), gives details about the movie (movie poster, genre, description, ratings, etc) and organizes it. Also supports any remote control with an appropriate IR receiver (or transceiver... though you'll have to pick either receive or transmit mode, but not both).

I use it in my home theater with my old direct TV remote (satellite lets you keep the equipment after you drop them, I figured I'd re-use the remote). I use a USB IR Transceiver in receiver mode and an IR blaster in transmitter mode. Basically, the one remote controls every device in the home theater that way - the PC receives a signal, translates it, and if appropriate, sends an IR signal to the correct device (bounces it off a glass surface to reach the other equipment).

Takes a bit of configuring, but there's nothing currently on the market that beats it, and nothing commercial ever can beat it (violates too many laws).

hamoood · August 5th, 2007

Almost all do the same job for me

July 22nd, 2007	#1 (permalink)
Tin69 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jordan Posts: 1	What is the best movie organizer & player for PC? What is, in your opinion, the best movie organizer? Mine goes to MyFilms 4.2

August 3rd, 2007	#3 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,917	MythTV (with the mythvideo plugin) - shows previews as you highlight movies (will go through the whole movie if you highlight long enough), gives details about the movie (movie poster, genre, description, ratings, etc) and organizes it. Also supports any remote control with an appropriate IR receiver (or transceiver... though you'll have to pick either receive or transmit mode, but not both). I use it in my home theater with my old direct TV remote (satellite lets you keep the equipment after you drop them, I figured I'd re-use the remote). I use a USB IR Transceiver in receiver mode and an IR blaster in transmitter mode. Basically, the one remote controls every device in the home theater that way - the PC receives a signal, translates it, and if appropriate, sends an IR signal to the correct device (bounces it off a glass surface to reach the other equipment). Takes a bit of configuring, but there's nothing currently on the market that beats it, and nothing commercial ever can beat it (violates too many laws). __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

August 5th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
hamoood ** Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ö Posts: 158	Almost all do the same job for me __________________ My PC specifications: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3 GHz Mobo: eVGA nForce 680i SLI GFX: eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB RAM: 2 x Aeneon 1GB DDR2 667 PC2-5300 [2GB] Hardisk: Seagate 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Catch KeyBoard: Logitech G11 Speakers: Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System OS:Windows XP 32-bit Professional

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August 2nd, 2007	#2 (permalink)
spif Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ny Posts: 29	i think the best player is MPC, has best codec support, and its the easiest to use