Are you tired of using Windows Media Player to play your media collection? Check out MediaMonkey if your ready to get serious about your media collection. MediaMonkey is a free media player for Windows. MediaMonkey catalogs a whole list of audio file types such as CDs, AAC, OGG, WMA, FLAC, MP3, audiobooks, and many many more. It has tools for tagging, organizing, cd ripping, cd/dvd burning, audio converting, and advanced playlist. The player automatically adujust volume levels. MediaMonkey has a party mode that locks the user interface for public events which is really cool. You can even use MediaMonkey to sync audio devices like ipods, iPhones, MP3 players, and more. Check out MediaMonkey or Download it.

Open-Source Miro is by far one of the best media players that's available for free today. Miro makes internet video less frustrating and more enjoyable. Miro lets you subscribe to channels, download videos, watch them in full screen, and much more from one application. Providing one-stop shopping for all your video needs, open-source Miro deserves much of the praise that's been heaped upon it. You can search for video from Google, YouTube, Yahoo, and many other sites from inside the application. It features full torrent support so you can download and view torrents in the same application. And if you computer screen is High-Def then you can watch all of your videos in HD format. You can go to the Free Miro website to find out more information and you can download the latest version from the Free Download page from the link provided.

Gom Media Player is a free multimedia player that can be used instead of the Windows Media Player. Gom supports many popular video/audio formats including AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, and many more. You don't have to install codecs separately. Gom even has a built-in screen capture feature that lets you zoom, pan, customize themes, have hot keys, and has preset and adjustable audio controls. You can set your skins with Gom so it will look any way that fits your style weather you want a Windows Media Player look-a-like or a more unique look. You can go to the GOM homepage to find out more information or you can download the Free Gom Media Player from this link.

VideoLan -VLC media player is the perfect cross platform multimedia player to watch and listen to a wide range of video/audio formats. It even has the features to stream in unicast or multicast. Here is the VLC website- VideoLan VLC Media Player and here is the download page Download