A program for playing music is called a media player, or simply a player. By default, most devices already have a utility that allows you to play sounds and melodies in various formats. But sometimes such software does not suit something - with an interface or the inability to play a file of one or another extension. After all, such players usually have a minimum of functions, and for something more you have to look for something new.
The best program for playing music, of course, each has its own. But there are the most popular, and they received their prevalence for a reason.
Media player classic
Media Player Classic stood as one of the basic programs on PCs with OS from Microsoft, up to and including Windows 7. It is, perhaps, a pleasant exception to the rule - when the default application does its job perfectly.
This multifunctional player works with a variety of multimedia files - both sounds and video. This program for playing music has become popular due to its simple interface, free distribution and accessibility. There are no problems either with the language (Media Player Classic is available both in Russian, English, and Ukrainian), with the installation, or with the reproduction of most of the formats typical of files containing songs and other musical compositions.
What about mobile OS?
Interestingly, the “classic” media player has its implementation even on mobile OS. The music playback program for Android Media Player Classic Remote from the developer Skovvart scored 4 in the official Google Play application store.
Kmplayer
If “Media Player Classic” did not cope with its task of playing music or just didn’t like anything else, a great, much more expanded alternative to it is the famous KMPlayer, which is very fond of both moviegoers and moviegoers, because the number of supported by it The programs are just colossal.
Contrary to the opinion that such quality can only be bought, this program for playing music is distributed free of charge, and anyone can download it from the official website and install it on their PC. Regularly there are updates that make life even easier for users - specialized plugins and codecs, additional filters are supplied from developers. This allows you to further expand the range of capabilities of the KMP player.
Very convenient interface, pleasant and unobtrusive design, Russification performed at the highest level - without bugs and errors: what, it seems, the KMPlayer has all the parameters in order to win hearts. And he does it.
Smartphones and tablets
It would be strange if there weren’t such a favorite of the public versions for mobile operating systems: there are applications for both Android and iPhone and Windows phones supported by official developers of the program. All of them are available for free download, as well as the source.
Winamp
Another “monster” among PC music players is Winamp. Its advantage is that with the help of this software product you can not only play sounds, music, films and TV shows of almost all known formats, but also record them from CD-ROMs, which not every program can play music can boast.
On the one hand, Vinamp has a huge number of settings and parameters, and its functionality is beyond praise. On the other hand, despite such an abundance of options, it is strikingly easy to use and undemanding to resources. This is achieved thanks to a beautifully made visualization: the interface is the main communication between the program and the user, ideal in all respects.
On Android, iPhone, iPad
One of the most famous and at the same time one of the oldest players, so to speak, a pioneer, “Winamp” can be used not only on a PC. There are versions for Android, OS Mac, Windows Mobile.