Neil’s World – Media Player Classic
Does this program look familiar to you? It may well do, because it’s a rewrite of Windows Media Player 6, except it’s open source and released under the GNU GPL, and doesn’t have the annoyances of MS’s original. The interface is similar but a little more up-to-date and XP friendly, and comes with some more advanced features.
But probably the best thing about this player is the range of formats it supports. It’ll play just about anything you throw at it, whether it’s an MP3, an Ogg, a WMA, even a QuickTime file.
I’m sure MSFT have something just like this — that empowers user and preserves choice — in the pipeline.