We often encounter a question which is the best media player software? Well, choosing a media player entirely depends on what you want from the player. Whether you are looking for a media player that holds maximum codecs, or a player that players that performs optimally on different platforms or the one that is ace on Windows platform. After a frisk through a number of players we got across three big names in the world of media player software – Windows Media Player, VLC player and Real player.