CNET Editors' review
As various media players jockey for position to become your default setting for music and video streams, GOM Media Player's support for a wide range of file formats has helped it stand out as a firm favorite.
Supported formats include DAT, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, ASF, AVI, and MOV, as are common codecs like FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, and H263. A pop-out playlist can save and organize your various media files, though the limited sort modes--two--hardly makes it a champ.
More impressive are the customizable settings on the control panel. Here you can adjust a video's image brightness, hue, and saturation. There's no preview window, and changes occur as the video runs, so unless you care for a rousing session of trial and error, be sure to tweak the settings after clicking "play." There's also a built-in screen-capture feature that includes zooming and panning, customizable themes, hot keys, and a host of preset and adjustable audio controls.
GOM is weakest when you're looking for help documentation and trying to tweak Save settings, but overall it's a very strong player worth at least a supporting role in your video-watching habits, if not the lead.
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Publisher's Description
From Gretech:
GOM Player is a free multimedia player with popular video and audio codecs built-in. GOM Player supports file formats such as AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, ASF. Users don't have to install codecs separately. GOM Player is capable of playing incomplete or damaged AVI files by skipping the damaged frames. It can also play locked or partially downloaded files. Its other features include drag-and-drop support, HTTP streaming, editable skins, subtitling, overlay mixer, key remapping, enhanced filter rendering, real-time index rebuilding for AVI files and unicode support among others.
What's new in this version: Version 2.1.37.5085 implemented the following changes: An error where only a single audio track would be available when playing certain multiple-audio MP4 files has been corrected.
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All versions:
4.2 starsout of 1,640 votes
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Current version:
4.6 starsout of 16 votes
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My rating:
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"useful one"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
easy software,my friend recommended it to me,after trying,i found it really a wonderful just as my friend's saying
Cons
hope more functions in the new version
Summary
free software,like it so much
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"works great"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
free, fast, opens most of the common formats
Cons
no cons for my kind of usage
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"Best video quality."
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
Gom player is very good at video quality.Audio quality however, is not enough to tell ''yes, this the best media player ever!''.And some missing codecs are annoying either.
Cons
As you notice when using it codec problem is the biggest problem for gom player.You can use K-Lite Mega Codec pack or 64 bit version in order to gom player' smooth working.
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"THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
This player played all the videos I downloaded.
Cons
Nothing. This player is the best
Summary
GO KOREA!!!!
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"Very Good Player"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
Clear and quality if the source is good in the first place.
Cons
Sound does not work for my older laptop.
Summary
Don't believe many of the negative remarks often made by competitors who are selling similar softwares here.
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"Opens very fast, very efficiant, opens most files"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
Opens more files than I have trown at it, It is Gom is my default Media Player, and, as long as they stay on top of the needs as my Media Player, GOM will remain my Player
Cons
None that I can find
Summary
Great Player.. All I should need
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"Excellent Free Media Player"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
Operates my videos weel.
Cons
Nedd ri be updated more frequently.
Summary
Excellent, It is easy to install and use it.
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"Used it for years"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
Just works. Great for virtually all formats. No need to download any codec packs like ffdshow etc. This has most built in. Have used VLC , The KM Player (buggy) Windows Media Player plus many others over the years. Always come back to this one.
Cons
Would not play properly *.mov files from my camera. A previous version was slow to close too.
Summary
Overall a very good free product that does the job.
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"works well"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
looks great
Cons
none so far
Summary
Love the skin options
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"Great and Free!!"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.37.5085
Pros
Did a very good job of displaying a lot of formats.
Cons
The audio is not able to come out from friend's HP win7 desktop.
Summary
On my system, GOM was very welcomed. No problems.
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