whats a good media player for gaming?

Zealex · 03-28-2009, 06:40 AM

ok so i wanna start gaming with music in the background i think it would help =D, but itunes takes to much ram, it shows 235, 192..before showed 80,456 w/e! to much memeory....anything a lil less, i have a media controller ont he side of my laptop(built in) and it can change song while ingame =D...but whats better than itunes...i heard of winamp...is that good? thanks.

csc2000e · 03-28-2009, 08:08 AM

VLC media player is pretty light-weight. I am playing a song right now with it and it is using about 16,000k ram or whatever. Its free and plays any format. Download it here:
http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-P...html?tag=mncol

Tiber Septim · 03-28-2009, 09:08 PM

I'll back that. I'm currently playing a DVD, while using Folding@Home GPU2 and surfing the net. Not a single hiccup, and VLC is only using 33MB of RAM.

Mcninjaguy · 03-29-2009, 12:00 AM

I think WMP 11 only uses around 45mb or less of ram

03-28-2009, 06:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zealex Tech, Games Team Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Long Island Posts: 2,148 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit SP2 My System	whats a good media player for gaming? ok so i wanna start gaming with music in the background i think it would help =D, but itunes takes to much ram, it shows 235, 192..before showed 80,456 w/e! to much memeory....anything a lil less, i have a media controller ont he side of my laptop(built in) and it can change song while ingame =D...but whats better than itunes...i heard of winamp...is that good? thanks.

03-28-2009, 08:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
csc2000e Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 340 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1 My System	Re: whats a good media player for gaming? VLC media player is pretty light-weight. I am playing a song right now with it and it is using about 16,000k ram or whatever. Its free and plays any format. Download it here: http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-P...html?tag=mncol

03-28-2009, 09:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,864 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: whats a good media player for gaming? I'll back that. I'm currently playing a DVD, while using Folding@Home GPU2 and surfing the net. Not a single hiccup, and VLC is only using 33MB of RAM. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

03-29-2009, 12:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: whats a good media player for gaming? I think WMP 11 only uses around 45mb or less of ram