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All Forums > Tech Talk > Tech Talk Forum Page 8 > What player do you use for watching porn ?
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porndude2
Member

11 Posts
8/14
Posted - Aug 8 2014 : 4:01PM
What player do you use for watching porn ?
In your opinion which is the best? for organization and watch
ninja1
Senior Member

2939 Posts
1/08
Posted - Aug 8 2014 : 6:10PM
For watching, VLC is the best because it can play practically anything, any format, without a lot of extra unwanted fluff.
DarkDeveloper
Member

57 Posts
6/10
Posted - Aug 9 2014 : 3:43PM
SM Player
Fairly configurable (allows you to set the amount of seconds/frames that you can FF or RW, Sharpen Filter (great for old porn ;-) )
Available on Windows and Linux
t9c
Member

105 Posts
4/10
Posted - Aug 17 2014 : 12:45PM
Zoom Player
Don't use anything for organization, but I think it has a built in library.
SP_Love
Senior Member

"Freaky Deakies Need Love Too"
1181 Posts
2/11
Posted - Jul 13 2015 : 6:22PM
So in 2015 what's the most popular free video playing software?
Is VLC still the best? I'm on a PC and I hate Windows Media Player. I've tried the KMPlayer for a while but it became too bloated and intrusive with ads and stuff. Then I moved on to PotPlayer which I am still using today but I like to stay aware of what's current...
...does anybody even read the tech talk forum anymore?


"It takes courage to enjoy it: the hardcore and gentle...Big Time Sensuality!"

 
ninja1
Senior Member

2939 Posts
1/08
Posted - Jul 13 2015 : 9:52PM
^Most popular? I'm not sure, but I'd guess Windows Media Player because it comes pre-installed on most computers.
The best? For me, VLC just does what it's supposed to do: it plays audio and video. I've never felt the need to even consider looking for something "better". I don't really know how you can improve on that, unless you add more features. If you want features, find another player which has features you find attractive.
I still read tech talk.
Mister Fahrenheit All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

Meh
4655 Posts
10/13
Posted - Jul 13 2015 : 9:57PM
VLC for me as well. However, I rarely watch porn on my computer anymore. I have a Western Digital media player that's hooked up to my TV. I plug an external hard drive with my porn videos on it into the media player and watch them on my TV. Blows my laptop out of the water.
SP_Love
Senior Member

"Freaky Deakies Need Love Too"
1181 Posts
2/11
Posted - Jul 14 2015 : 1:28AM
^
^^
Potplayer's last update added a feature that I'm not a fan of so I decided to uninstall it and go with VLC. Thanks guys.

"It takes courage to enjoy it: the hardcore and gentle...Big Time Sensuality!"

SP_Love
Senior Member

"Freaky Deakies Need Love Too"
1181 Posts
2/11
Posted - Jul 14 2015 : 6:14PM
omfg does the VLC player undeservedly have a loyal following!
Potplayer has this new annoying feature where they automatically load Daily Motion and some Korean video website. For this reason I was willing to look at alternative video software. But after fiddling around with VLC I've decided that I can deal with Potplayer's unwanted feature rather than watch hi-def videos with VLC and it's horrible a/v quality. VLC doesn't even allow resume play-back without installing an extra plug-in. Potplayer does this with a simple check box and it's recommended audio/video settings are excellent.
Dude I think that a lot of people are just like you and being creatures of habit have stuck with this crappy software for way too long. It may be time to look at Potplayer or Media Player Classic (MPC-hc) because honestly you deserve better than this. I actually gave VLC a try a few years ago and I wasn't feeling it so yesterday made my second go at it and it looks even worse.
"It takes courage to enjoy it: the hardcore and gentle...Big Time Sensuality!"
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 17 2015 : 7:19PM
Do people watch porn on their laptop? Is this a stupid question? I *hate* watching any form of media on my laptop--I find whatever way I can to make it happen on my TV. So, my answer to the OP is Apple TV, airplay, or Roku.
SP_Love
Senior Member

"Freaky Deakies Need Love Too"
1181 Posts
2/11
Posted - Jul 17 2015 : 10:20PM
^
hdmi cable; pc to tv.

"It takes courage to enjoy it: the hardcore and gentle...Big Time Sensuality!"

pedro27
New Member

3 Posts
7/15
Posted - Aug 1 2015 : 2:14AM
VLC all the way:)
Edited by - pedro27 on 8/1/2015 2:14:43 AM
daviangel
Member

Only time I would buy a girl flowers is if she was in the hospital
455 Posts
1/04
Posted - Aug 6 2015 : 3:25AM
Another vote for VLC.
I did use media player classic for a while since it would let you open more than one instance at a time and I always have at least 4 or more video's playing on my 4K monitor at same time.
I think VLC finally got around to opening more than once instance at a time, tricky to do on a Mac though, so I finally switched to that since it has widest support for almost any video type you'll ever run into. Also with VLC it lets you easily open the folders where I have all my different porn video separated and play them back continuously and randomly and save a playlist too and just click that and get it going. If VLC player can play it most likely nothing will.
p.s. Lately I have started using PowerDVD too play my 4K video and only my 4K porn since I noticed that it plays them much faster than VLC. I guess VLC isn't or hasn't been optimized to play back 4k sized porn yet.
Edited by - daviangel on 8/6/2015 3:27:06 AM
Stanley Moon All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

4 Wishes Left
346 Posts
8/15
Posted - Aug 6 2015 : 6:46PM
VLC is my preferred player, but I seem to have a lot of problems with it. Numerous times it'll decide it doesn't know how to play something and give me an endless string of errors. Or it wants to be updated and the update never seems to solve anything (they must be related to Microsoft somehow).
Now I use whatever works. I start with VLC, fall back on PowerDVD, and when all else fails, MS Media Player.
snufish
Member

580 Posts
4/14
Posted - Aug 27 2015 : 4:06PM
VLC for any 30 fps video
WMP with additional codecs for 60 fps or interlaced video
 
daviangel
Member

Only time I would buy a girl flowers is if she was in the hospital
455 Posts
1/04
Posted - Aug 28 2015 : 12:41AM
Hadn't really thought of this but latest version of PowerDVD claims to have better support for this than VLC others
"PowerDVD's smart rendering technology allows you to playback 120/240 fps video, which you can now record on the latest iPhone and GoPro devices. By automatically detecting the refresh rate of your monitor, PowerDVD is able to adjust its decoding and rendering algorithms to produce playback that is smoother than other open-source and commercial media players.
"
Guess that explains why some video's look better and aren't as laggy when I use PowerDVD compared to VLC as I said before.
Edited by - daviangel on 8/28/2015 12:41:55 AM
JohnW
Senior Member

1351 Posts
6/08
Posted - Sep 21 2015 : 3:38PM
Goldstein All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

"You have sacrificed nothing and no one."
3689 Posts
8/10
Posted - Sep 21 2015 : 4:17PM
I use PowerDVD by CyberLink.
It's not free, but it is my preferred player.
For "free" situations (e.g. other people's computers and computers of mine where I don't really use them as media computers, but still want the ability to play media if desired), VLC is an excellent program.
I've also relied on VLC for odd file types that other players can't handle.
For example, .f4v and some weird .wmv files were very problematic.
The latest versions of PowerDVD, however, have gotten much better at handling the odd file types.
Also, with odd file types, I will typically re-encode them into .mp4 files, so that I can play them on anything without difficulty.
Movavi Video Converter does an excellent job of converting difficult files, while still maintaining the absolute highest quality output (which you typically can't achieve with "free" programs).
Believe it or not, I usually need to re-encode NaughtyAmerica downloads so that they play smoothly.
I'm downloading HD 1080 .mp4 files, and NA's are the only ones that have these issues.
(It's not like I don't have enough horsepower: i7-3770 cpu on SATA III 6.0 motherboard with 16 MB of RAM.)
Go figure
daviangel
Member

Only time I would buy a girl flowers is if she was in the hospital
455 Posts
1/04
Posted - Sep 21 2015 : 4:25PM
Wow that's good to know because I thought it was something on my rig(4930k with 24GB 1TB samsung EVO SSD) and not something funky NA is doing with their video encoding!
Also thought it was the large file sizes because some of their 4k is over 5GB just for single file!
They seem to play better in Powerdvd than VLC probably due to funky encoding they use as you mention.
Goldstein All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

"You have sacrificed nothing and no one."
3689 Posts
8/10
Posted - Sep 21 2015 : 4:47PM
^ I think it has something to do with NA files likely starting out as 4k 24 fps files, and then being outputted (poorly) to the lower resolutions.
FYI, NA seems to be the only ones putting out their HD 1080 resolution files in 24 fps (i.e. 29.97 "30" fps typically being the norm).
Still, when I re-encode the NA files, I will leave them at 24 fps -- as it just isn't worth changing them to 30 fps.
Besides, I noticed that changing them to 30 fps introduces some artifacts when you watch something in slow-motion.
BTW, after re-encoding the NA files, they play like greased-lightning using Astroglide
escort
Deactivated User

30 Posts
7/15
Posted - Jan 6 2016 : 1:48AM
VLC is very good for watching videos...............
Edited by - escort on 1/6/2016 1:49:22 AM
Magician9
Member

14 Posts
8/12
Posted - Sep 19 2016 : 10:01PM
Another vote for VLC.
Anal-Porn Archivist
Member

Ass-obsessed
274 Posts
2/15
Posted - Jan 8 2017 : 4:45PM
I use the Media Player Classic - Black Edition.
I don't like the interface of the VCL player.
Edited by - Keishaddiction on 1/8/2017 4:45:56 PM
ninja1
Senior Member

2939 Posts
1/08
Posted - Jan 9 2017 : 6:01AM
^Yeah, you don't use VLC for the pretty/sleek/modern interface (because its interface is admittedly plain-looking).
You use it because of the totality of all the things it can do, that other players can't do.
If Media Player Classic meets all your needs, then no need for you to use anything different.
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