Comments on: Splayer: impressive, lightweight media player that packs quite a punch

By: Samer

Samer — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:28:07 +0000

@ jfjb: I deleted the double post. Its not your fault my site seems to go offline for a minute or so every time someone posts a comment. I think its something to do with the hosting.
Thanks for these number (and yes the says family is alive and kicking as you can see)…
I don’t really have anything to add, except that VLC seems to be under intensive development lately. CPU usage for both seems particularly low, but the VLC numbers are very impressive. Perhaps VLC was merely more suited for Naked Lunch !

Thanks for sharing

By: jfjb

jfjb — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:34:15 +0000

Hello Samer,

My regards to the Says family — and yours too.

I’ve been playing with sPlayer v3.5 (build 1373), in Comodo Firewall Sandbox, just in case the Chinese characters invade my registry) but thanks to bigJohnny’s reminder (see above) of the ASSOC command, I monitored the install results: no invasion of registry associations — so far.

sPlayer (Shooter Player, as the “About” box says) is not that much better than VLC as far as I can see, feel, taste and smell.
Here are my comparative numbers in XP SP3, 2.8Mhz 3GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTS250 w/512MB, playing “Naked Lunch” over the Emerge Desktop shell version 5.0.0.213 (ahem!!!)

Footprint ……… VLC 79,280k ………. sPlayer 62,524k
CPU usage …. VLC 4-7% …………… sPlayer 8-10%

So, where is the obvious dichotomy that would make the difference between a sure-fire old-timer of sorts and the new kid-in-the-block?
I’ll be watching Spike Jonze next.
Surf’s up, dude.

jfjb

By: Samer

Samer — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:49:16 +0000

@ Bob: I removed the words “is truly portable” from the description and added a warning in red font, stating that the portable version may exhibit what you described. I did not experience this myself when I tested this program though.

By: Bob M

Bob M — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:23:51 +0000

Don’t use this program under any circumstances. Even using the so called portable version will hijack all your file associations (even when you tell it not to associate any files) and it makes numerous entries in your registry – not a portable program at all. Prepare to spend a lot of time cleaning up your computer after using this – it is bad news. There should be a prominent warning at the top of this post.

By: Allen M

Allen M — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:20:10 +0000

I tested this player today and was amazed by the video color filters. I had slight troubles when playing flac files though. It was able to open the files, but I could not seek to a specific point within the audio file without the player freezing completely.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:00:54 +0000

the portable version install to my computer more registry keys and accessed startup files , this is a full install not a portable version is you want my opinion (still clicking allow on my firewall … 50 notices to run a portable program… CS5 installer had less

By: Samer

Samer — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:03:52 +0000

Thanks for this bigjohnny.

By: bigjohnny

bigjohnny — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:26:02 +0000

Splayer hijacks file associations! Even the portable ones. Before running it, go to cmd.exe
and save your default associations by typing this (WinXp): ASSOC>assoc.txt

Now if it hijacks yours, you can restore them by finding the one hijacked in the file and restoring it by typing this in cmd, or making a batch of a bunch of them which is what I did:
ASSOC .mp3=mp3 file

here is my batch, which just calls an MP3 “mp3 file”, etc. if you saw this too late:

Re-ASSOC.bat
—–COPY BELOW—–
ASSOC .AIF=AIF File
ASSOC .AIFC=AIFC File
ASSOC .AIFF=AIFF File
ASSOC .ALAC=ALAC File
ASSOC .AMV=AMV File
ASSOC .APE=APE File
ASSOC .APPLICATION=APPLICATION File
ASSOC .ASF=ASF File
ASSOC .ASS=ASS File
ASSOC .ASX=ASX File
ASSOC .AU=AU File
ASSOC .AVI=AVI File
ASSOC .BIK=BIK File
ASSOC .CDA=CDA File
ASSOC .CSF=CSF File
ASSOC .CUE=CUE File
ASSOC .D2V=D2V File
ASSOC .DAT=DAT File
ASSOC .DIVX=DIVX File
ASSOC .DRC=DRC File
ASSOC .DSA=DSA File
ASSOC .DSM=DSM File
ASSOC .DSS=DSS File
ASSOC .DSV=DSV File
ASSOC .DTS=DTS File
ASSOC .EVO=EVO File
ASSOC .F4V=F4V File
ASSOC .FLAC=FLAC File
ASSOC .FLIC=FLIC File
ASSOC .FLV=FLV File
ASSOC .HDMOV=HDMOV File
ASSOC .IDX=IDX File
ASSOC .IFLV=IFLV File
ASSOC .IFO=IFO File
ASSOC .IVF=IVF File
ASSOC .IVM=IVM File
ASSOC .M1V=M1V File
ASSOC .M2A=M2A File
ASSOC .M2P=M2P File
ASSOC .M2T=M2T File
ASSOC .M2TS=M2TS File
ASSOC .M2V=M2V File
ASSOC .M3U=M3U File
ASSOC .MID=MID File
ASSOC .MIDI=MIDI File
ASSOC .MKA=MKA File
ASSOC .MKV=MKV File
ASSOC .MOV=MOV File
ASSOC .MP2=MP2 File
ASSOC .MP2V=MP2V File
ASSOC .MP4=MP4 File
ASSOC .MPA=MPA File
ASSOC .MPC=MPC File
ASSOC .MPCPL=MPCPL File
ASSOC .MPE=MPE File
ASSOC .MPEG=MPEG File
ASSOC .MPG=MPG File
ASSOC .MPLS=MPLS File
ASSOC .MPV2=MPV2 File
ASSOC .MTS=MTS File
ASSOC .OGG=OGG File
ASSOC .OGM=OGM File
ASSOC .OGV=OGV File
ASSOC .PLS=PLS File
ASSOC .PMP=PMP File
ASSOC .PSS=PSS File
ASSOC .PVA=PVA File
ASSOC .RA=RA File
ASSOC .RAM=RAM File
ASSOC .RATDVD=RATDVD File
ASSOC .RM=RM File
ASSOC .RMI=RMI File
ASSOC .RMM=RMM File
ASSOC .RMVB=RMVB File
ASSOC .ROQ=ROQ File
ASSOC .RP=RP File
ASSOC .RPM=RPM File
ASSOC .RT=RT File
ASSOC .SMK=SMK File
ASSOC .SND=SND File
ASSOC .SRT=SRT File
ASSOC .SSA=SSA File
ASSOC .SUB=SUB File
ASSOC .TP=TP File
ASSOC .TPR=TPR File
ASSOC .TS=TS File
ASSOC .USF=USF File
ASSOC .VOB=VOB File
ASSOC .VP6=VP6 File
ASSOC .WAV=WAV File
ASSOC .WAX=WAX File
ASSOC .WEBM=WEBM File
ASSOC .WM=WM File
ASSOC .WMA=WMA File
ASSOC .WMP=WMP File
ASSOC .WMV=WMV File
ASSOC .WMX=WMX File
ASSOC .WVX=WVX File
ASSOC .XSS=XSS File
——-End————-

By: John ODwyer

John ODwyer — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:02:52 +0000

Great Site…thanx.

John

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How to Download Video from Hulu — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:48:31 +0000

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By: Ivan Kolevski

Ivan Kolevski — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:16:44 +0000

Splayer is good, but last time I checked it used unauthorized version of Core Codec, isted in the Misc.Settings install, which is quite wrong because Core Codec is not free and redistribution is prohibited.

If you want to use similar player that is based on MPlayer and has very similar interface and better skin support try MPlayer WW SVN-r30380 @ http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-ww/

Portable version also available and it is veeeery light on resources and IMHO better than Splayer. MPC-HomeCinema is MUCH better in terms of bugs and development cycle than Splayer.

Just my two cents,
Regards,
Ivan

By: Ragnar

Ragnar — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:41:51 +0000

Oh yeah, DrTeeth was right. This POS had a ridiculous amount of registry entries I had to remove, over 2000! I’m running several scanners over my system to do all of the cleanup. Even though its free, BUYER BEWARE!!!

By: Ragnar

Ragnar — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:39:50 +0000

Something is fishy about this software. First it tries to make an automatic connection to the net for updates to an IP address associated with http://www.Chehalisvalleyrealty.com located in texas but the IP in China!

After canceling that connection the next thing it tried to do was grab control of the system service that syncs the data between my computer systems, WTF!!! This software can not be trusted. I’m uninstalling this SOB now!

By: lunaticprophet

lunaticprophet — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:15:54 +0000

It will really have to be good for me to give up KMPlayer (love that app!). I’ll give it a try… but I’d be astonished if it can beat KMP!

By: Business Automation

Business Automation — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:06:40 +0000

Thanks for the tip! I LOVE well written software!

By: cowgod

cowgod — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:27:34 +0000

after trying the portable version out for a couple of weeks, i decided i really liked this media player. i decided to set it as the default player for all the file types it supported; then the problems cropped up. i’m running windows 7 x64 and splayer totally messed up my file associations. this isn’t a huge deal because i could reassign the file types with the built in windows “Set Default Programs” option, however this does not fix the bigger problem this created–thumbnails no longer show up in windows explorer (unless they were generated and cached before i installed splayer).

i ended up having to rebuild my registry with the default file types found here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

this fixes the missing thumbnails problem, but completely violates my trust in the program. i’m really disappointed because the interface is beautiful and it did play everything i threw at it, i just can’t trust it.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:44:33 +0000

I tried it after your positive review. It looks great & has a very intuitive GUI. After testing it I found it to be very buggy indeed. The internal subtitle downloader is fast & effective. It also messes with registry and other programs (it actually changed my KMPlayer subtitles settings !) I also found it to be using 25% more resources than KMPlayer. It has great potential but I will stick with KMPlayer for now. Splayer is something to watch out for when it is finished!

By: Musiker

Musiker — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:33:04 +0000

I tried the portable version today and was very annoyed with a lot of entries it left in the registry. In terms of playback quality, the only player I can compare it with is Winamp (which is the only one I use on any regular basis), and in this respect it seems to do a little bit better than Winamp though.

By: Samer

Samer — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:00:39 +0000

Well, after using this program for about a month I still like it a lot. Am I really in the minority?

Yes there are some context menu entries that are in Chinese, such as the entry you get in the “open with” dialog, but that doesn’t seem to be a big problem and will probably be corrected somewhere down the line.

I am disappinted that the portable version may not be “truly” portable, especially when the Splayer web site makes a bit deal that it is exactly that. Will keep an eye on it in case that issue is fixed (I am using the installed version on my machine and very happy with it).

By: Chandrashekhar

Chandrashekhar — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:07:47 +0000

Very Nice…. Post I am using VLC media Player. But Windows media player is also good.
if you want to know how to enable subtitles in Windows mediaplayer 12 visit link below
http://freecomputercourses.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-enable-subtitles-in-windows.html