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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7
- Date added: March 22, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,200,033
- Downloads last week: 19,099
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 84 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on November 06, 2008
Several years ago, BS.Player used to be one of the better multicodec free video playback applications around. It then started to be bundled with adware, popularity dropped, and other programs took up its slack. BS.Player returns now with a free version, a new interface, and new jukebox capabilities for video and audio.
The interface loads as a refurbished skin of the original dashboard, and you can even reskin the it back to its original look. Track name, length, and time elapsed are front and center, and clicking on various features, such as the elapsed time, cycles through display options. Note that the Menu tab is hidden until you mouse over it. Player controls live at the bottom, and a tab of gray options on the right expands to reveal further options for Video, DVD, Audio, Radio, and TV playback. Three circles marked ML, PL, and EQ toggle the detached Media Library, Playlist, and Equalizer panes.
The installation process checks your system for missing codecs, although you have to opt out of a BS.Player toolbar. We had no issues drag-drop-and-playing various Real, Quicktime, AVI, WMV, and MPEG-formatted videos. Also note that the new Media Library window owes much to iTunes. There's not much you can do about that, since the included skins only change the look of the dashboard. BS.Player lacks modern ancillary media functions such as seeking out album art, but you can configure ID3 tags natively. If you're feeling nostalgic for a stable media player with a familiar name but updated look and features, you can be bullish on BS.Player.
Publisher's description
From Webteh :BS.Player is a Windows based multimedia player that plays all types of media files (AVI / MPG / ASF / WMV / WAV / AVCHD / FLV YouTube videos / MP3) and specializes in video and DivX playback. Main features: display subtitles, support custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency, supported formats: MicroDVD, subviewer, SubRip; fully skinnable - any shape, transparent skins; resizable movie window; multilingual, drag & drop support; command line support; pan-scan and custom pan-scan option; custom aspect ratios; playlist support; resolution changing; frame capture; AVI files with more than 2 audio streams supported (multilanguage); support for OGM files, including more then 2 audio/video tracks, supports embeded subtitles/chapters; external audio file supported; S/PDIF output supported for AC3 files.
Version 2.36.988 includes improved compatibility with Windows 7.
What's new in this version:
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User reviews of BS.Player 2.36.988
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 84 votes
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Version: BS.Player 2.36.988
"Only gave it 1 star because I could not rate it lower."
Pros: None none none
Cons: Most of the features are only good if you have the pro version. If you want to know what a quality FLV player looks like, try downloading VLC media player. Another good one is Cowon media center - Jet Audio. Also free.
Summary: BS Player is totally BS
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Version: BS.Player 2.36.988
"Wow! Beats out the last 4 players I tried."
Pros: Feature RICH. Very fast interface and the FLV codec seems superior for speed and quality. FINALLY an FLV player that does playlists!
Desktop video mode. This must be the BS Player from years ago for DVD and few vid formats. It rocked back then too.Cons: I like floating UI components when they snap-dock. But no biggie, it remembers positions at startup.
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Version: BS.Player 2.36.988
Pros: Not looked beyond what I've covered in 'bottom line'
Cons: looked beyond what I've covered in 'bottom line'...
Summary: Only installed it to download and keep flv's from utube - only to find out it opens the flv ok but 'save' is only available in the pro version. DVD's too - only in the pro version.
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Version: BS.Player 2.36.988
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