PotPlayer: MUCH better alternative to VLC/MP-HC

I used to use VLC and Media Player Home Cinema (MP-HC) as external players for Kodi/XBMC.

Both of those have their short-comings:

MP-HC: When playing videos at a faster speed, subtitles get out of sync. And sometimes the audio as well, depending on the file.

VLC: Gives me gray screens when playing at a faster speed or fast forwarding on >= 720p files. I tried a bunch of solutions but nothing worked.


Enter PotPlayer. Works fantastically, without the above listed issues!

Hard drive stress test (setting up new computer)

Full test: Western Digital Lifeguard Tools

1. Run an extended test
2. Write zeros
3. Run another extended test

Do a quick format

Run a surface test: Macroit Disk Scanner


** Tests can take several hours depending on size of drive