MPC-BE

I don't think there is a better media player than this. I used to use the MPC-HC but because I didn't like the appearance, (yes, it's super ugly), MPC-BE was a perfect solution.

As a video player, it's 10/10 perfect.

Notes for better experience (copied from my other comment):

• Open options menu ("O" key), go to the bottom setting (Miscellaneous) and disable "Fast seek" to be able to freely scroll through the video bar
• ... go to Player > History > enable "remember last window size"
• ... go to Playback > Control > change Volume Step to 1 or 2 (I prefer 2 to use the scroll wheel for volume)

As a music player, it's seriously lacking 2/5:

• Can't loop a playlist
• Can't disable auto-playing through a playlist [minor issue]
• it can shuffle to the same song... [solution: use the randomize option instead]
• if it shuffles to the end of the playlist, it stops because there no playlist looping option [solution: use the randomize option instead, but still have to manually loop]

If it had easily accessible loop/shuffle buttons like VLC has it would be perfect

It's a continuation of MPC-HC, which having been on the net since the mid 90s, is let me tell you, the best media player ever made. VLC is trash by comparison and always has been.

It's still the best, tho I wonder what happened to the development. It seems the daily release stopped at 2021-06-25. www.videohelp.com/software/MPC-BE/old-versions

There is nothing it can't play, lightweight, customizable, visually appealing, can be portable, practical to use. Still waiting for a Linux version tho.

The thumbnail feature it was what I lookig for, and MPC-BE was the only good alternative that I found.

Just need a linux version to be perfect.

definitely the best player out there yet :) i really love this!