FLkraker

This is a late reply (too late to help) but it will give you the benefit of my personal experience.

First of all, I use all the media players mentioned in this thread, i.e. WMP, VLC, GOM and one extra, Quicktime.

WMP - I find this player good for playing my MP3 albums, I buy from Amazon, some standard films/DVDs, etc.

VLC - Will virtually play anything as long as the file concerned is not corrupt or fake.

GOM - Like VLC, will play anything but, unlike VLC, will still play files that has gaps, small pockets of corruption and/or imperfections.

Quicktime - Good for playing film clips, such as those shown on Rotten Tomatoes and other film clip hosting sites.

Hope this helps



UK Bob

PS. I used to use Real Player as well.