For music I use foobar
For movies and tv shows I use MPC-HC with madvr, lav filters, etc.
I like to use the best stuff to get the best results.
This. MPC-HC for movies/videos/etc., foobar for music. Anything other than MPC-HC is between "subpar" and "garbage" for video playback, and foobar's just personal preference. It also has extension for a lot of game-native sound formats, like USF for N64 music playback.
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