Filed under: Utilities, Video, Windows, Freeware
Quack Player for Windows: Create video playlists, screen captures
by Simon Kerbel Jan 16th 2008
Quack Player for Windows touches down on the already crowded media player battlefield. So what are its weapons? Quack Player claims support for a wide range of codecs and multimedia media file formats, including AVI, WMA, WMV, MPG, MOV, MP3, all the big boys. Quack Player also offers easy playlist building for your supported media files.
The interface is clean, with a few buttons for color adjustment, sound equalizer adjustment, and full screen initialization. The coolest feature in our book is the frame capture option, where you can quickly capture a screenshot of the video and save it anywhere on your hard drive.
Quack Player is easily customizable, with downloadable skins. You can even build your own skin (though the instructions look a little daunting).
Quack Player is a free download for Windows. It has plans to go open source in the future, so if you want to get your hands dirty as a developer, let them know.
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