Re: Codecs?
VLC has so many more CoDecs than WiMP (<- poor impulse control).
I use it on Linux/Windows/Mac/Droids because it Just Works™. THen there's DRM in WiMP that Has Prevented me from playing Centrifugal Media that I actually own (Buckaroo Banzai being my favorite Fail).
I see no point in using anything other than the thing that does what's on the Tin.