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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.
GOM Media Player: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.
Version 2.1.9.3753 fixes the problem with video/audio sync for certain MKV files.
What's new in this version: Version 2.1.9.3753 fixes the problem with video/audio sync for certain MKV files.
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All versions:
4.1 starsout of 1,782 votes
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Current version:
4.6 starsout of 63 votes
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"Great bit of kit"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
Pros
Plays every format I thrown at it. Superb
Cons
Nothing yet!!
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"Awesome program that works great!!!"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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Love everything about this program!
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"Easy to use and don't look like a mess as traditional Window Media Player"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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play every media file type(audio and video)(nice)like it very much...
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"This is the best free movie player!!"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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GREAT!
Cons
crashes often on Windows Vista (haven't tested on SP1)
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"compatible & easy also smart"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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it supplies me with extensions that windows m player don't
Cons
not a problem but it will be better if i could resize dvd screen via keyboard
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"It's cool"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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easy & performance
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"clean and simple GUI is compatible with noobs or grandma..."
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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and probably why there's no help or faq available, otherwise you'll have to hunt/ask their forums for a solution. Doesnt max your cpu like its close competitors. Does what it says especially divx/avi/xvid files - quality in full screen is comparable to wmp11and imho, better than vlc even with the jalopy I have it installed into:
Gom v 2.1.9.3752
Gateway/MSI P3, 900Mhz Celeron
Xp/sp2, 512Mb
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"GOM Media Player"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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Amazing
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"It Rocks!!!!"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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It can play anything... from mpg format to swf format and even the flv format as well.
To describe it in a single line: It PLAYS any thing in this WORLD!
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I liked every bit of it!!!
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"The best no hassle media player"
Version: GOM Media Player 2.1.9.3753
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Excellent and most user friendly software I've come across. Light on resources and runs very smoothly without any problems. 5 stars for me.
Cons
The skins could be better.
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