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KMPlayer has changed a bit since we reviewed version 3.2 back in May. KMPlayer has always been popular and familiar software, so the latest version might be a bit of an eye-opener -- in good ways and bad. One of the new additions, "KMP Plus," acts as a dashboard for the program. On startup, users are greeted by an interactive home screen where they can watch promoted videos and advertisements, browse video channels, or access their own library content directly.
KMP Plus is attempting to become a premium service, but this 3.4 release highlights what seems to be early progress and execution. We clicked on a game trailer ad to discover a barely watchable, stuttering video stream. A few of the service channels were OK -- especially if you're into foreign movies and K-pop music -- and there's a small list of playable Flash games within the media player. They work, but it's a bit out of place to embed a Flash game inside what's primarily supposed to be a media player. Returning to the main menu isn't the most intuitive either. The so-called "service store" is also non-existent so far.
KMP Plus aside, KMPlayer is as good of a media player as it has ever been: the interface is slick and (outside of the anomalous KMP Plus performance) the menu transitions are quite beautiful. KMPlayer has evolved into a basic media center, with large buttons to help you navigate and add your content. The font choices are sometimes inconsistent and rather hard to read, but other than those quibbling details, KMPlayer is still the same feature-packed media-playing beast we've come to know in the past. The interface also includes some useful buttons like pinning to remain on top of your other open windows, and easily accessible tweaks to adjust your videos. Adjust brightness and contrast settings, rotate moving images, and add effects like motion blur in real time.
KMPlayer is like that kid who tries to redefine himself with swag -- he's got a new look and flashy toys that may sound good on paper, but he falls a bit flat in the execution. The extra widgets and features might grab your attention for a bit, but in the end the KMP Plus service still has a long way to go -- it's essentially still in a "proof of concept" stage. However, the core media functions are top notch and the media navigation is a pleasure to use after a bit of setup time.
KMPlayer-Play digital media of various formats with 3D and WiDi support.-Download Video Previews:Publisher's Description
From KMP Media:
KMPlayer is all in one media player, covering various formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, QuickTime. It has an extra feature to play Incomplete/Damaged AVI file, Locked Media Files while downloading or sharing, Compressed Audio Album (zip, rar) and so on. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways. The player provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment without grappling with DirectShow merit system. The player can set multifarious audio and video effects, control playback speed and octave, select parts of a video as favorites, do a powerful A-B repeat, remap the keys of remote interface for HTPC including overlay screen controls, change a skin dynamically depending on a media type playing, and many more. It is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and configuration options are extensive.
What's new in this version: Version 3.5.0.77:
- Supports FTP (Live streaming)
- Supports HTTP, FTP subtitles
- Display Replay Progress function in TaskBar for Windows 7 & later version
- Modified online subtitle search function
- Fixed playback performance decline issue when too many bookmarks exist
- Fixed display crack issue in libcodec(XviD) CODEC
- Added video property setting function from EVR to H/W
- Fixed Colorlevel in EVR(C/A)
- Fixed Memory Violation Error issue due to audio decoding
- I... See all new features
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"good with the bad"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
good software , good work , i like it sow much , thanks
Cons
to less format support
Summary
is not virus here , only stupid dog peopleeeeeeeeee , if you don't want toolbar , why you install the toolbar ?? you are stupid ? you don't know how to reject , decline the toolbar ?? hahahahahah , noob , nooobbbbbbb , me ??? i know how to install only software with no toolbar , ...but you ??? you are stupid ?? hahahahahahahahah noob , very noob , ooo sory , i mean ultra mega sonic nooooobbbbb , fantastic nooooobb , hahahahah , i know something !! : " only a 1000 or 2000 people in the is smart , the rest...the rest ? is idiotttttttttttt , the rest is bargain , only bargain remember that ! 2000 people control the 7.000.000.000 people ??? hahaahahahahahahah , now i know why most of you died in your life very quickly , haahahahah ...me ? i don't manipulate to much !! noo ! just 1.000.000 people , hhahaahahahah , now i know why is crisis globaly , becausee to much idiots ! haahahah , yes , yes .....i make money online from newbiee haahahahahahahahah , how you think i make money to be rich > huh ?? hahahahah
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Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
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*** REGARDING THE PEOPLE WHO SHOUTED ***
*** VIRUS!" AND "ADWARE!" AND "MALWARE!" ***
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Actually this is really directed at future potential users who visit this page. There are NO viruses and there is NO adware or spyware or malware of any kind. The people who posted stuff like that are simply clued out; this post is to help future visitors stay clued IN.
Unfortunately, software companies nowadays use what some might judge to be less than honorable methods to get their products onto your system. This is nothing new, although it's probably more prevalent now than a few years ago.
So here's how to make sure you wind up installing this program and ONLY this program, on your system. I just installed it myself, saw all the things others have yapped about, uninstalled it, and am about to reinstall it one step at a time while I write this, in an effort to make sure I don't forget something. ANYONE can see what I saw and am going to write about, and ANYONE can install this successfully, and without knowing any "tricks" or having any prior knowledge — if I can do it anyone can — but it DOES require one thing I'm sure a lot of the people below didn't do: R-E-A-D. Follow this and you'll see what I mean; if you find you sometimes get things you don't want installed along with whatever main program you're installing, this post will cure that, not just for this one program, for anything and everything you can get from C|NET (and any other *reliable* site too).
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1. DO NOT use the green "Download Now" link. How's that for a start?! That's the first thing. C|NET is full of good people but they have bills to pay like anyone else, and this site is free to you and me, so they will understandably promote certain things while you use their services, same as a television program airs commercials during the broadcast. The green download button is C|NET's own — it is a small executable (NOT the main program) that does a bit of business, then downloads the installer after. If you want to skip that first part, look right under the green download button... see where it says "Direct Download Link"? That's a direct link to the main program. I'm not letting the cat out of the bag here, and C|NET doesn't mind my telling you this. How do I know that? Because they themselves are the ones who put that direct link under their own download button, and they do it WITH EVERY PROGRAM ON THEIR SITE.
But can you use the green button and still not get other stuff installed? OF COURSE. No kidding. Just LOOK and SCROLL whatever's scrollable and READ and, in general, turn OFF the autopilot and PAY ATTENTION to what you're doing. Uncheck anything that's checked and that you don't want. That's all there is to it.
Now that that elephant in the room is out of the way, I'll go through the rest of the steps the same way, meaning looking, scrolling, and generally just paying attention when installing stuff.
2. You've clicked the direct link... you have the install executable on your desktop (or wherever)... now run it. The next steps are choosing the language, hitting "Next" at the "Welcome to..." screen, SCROLLING DOWN the license agreement (in case there's something at the bottom you need to uncheck... there isn't), and clicking "I agree" to that agreement.
3. "Choose Components" screen... see the first line, "Type of inst"? Change "Recommended" to "Custom". SCROLL DOWN... whoop, what's this?!... UNCHECK "Grid Network (Pandora Service)" (are we learning yet?!). Note that ALL of the "Type of inst" choices leave that last box checked except the Custom install. This isn't C|NET incidentally... C|NET was just the first step. Everything after is part of the main program.
After you UNCHECK "Grid Network (Pandora Service)" click "Next", then click "Install".
4. Aha! More fun stuff. And this page is REALLY fun ;) What's the first thing you see after installation is complete? "Install the KMP Toolbar". Want it? If not, UNCHECK the "Install the KMP Toolbar" line. But what's this? When I uncheck that line, the check on the line just below that ("Set and keep Ask.com as my browser home page...", etc.), which I was ALSO gonna uncheck, becomes greyed out! How am I gonna uncheck it now? Let's see if I should've unchecked it first, maybe... put the check BACK in the first line, now uncheck the SECOND line... yup! It works... if I uncheck the second line first, I can then also uncheck the first line. Now both lines are unchecked.
BUT... as I move my cursor to the bottom to click "Next" or "Finish", I see that the two buttons there say "I Accept" and "Cancel", rather than "Continue" or something similar. I don't like those words, especially the first one, that "Accept". What am I accepting, exactly? The main program is already installed.
I do NOT click "I Accept", just kind of assuming it means the same as "Continue"... it isn't logical... so after having unchecked the two lines I'm going to CLICK "CANCEL" HERE, just to be safe.
What if that really means "cancel my installation", though?
Well, again, that isn't really logical, as the main program is already installed. Why put a "cancel" to the main program now, at this point? Wouldn't make sense.
But what if it DOES mean that? I don't know for sure, after all.
Well, the answer to that is, if everything gets cancelled, I'll know it obviously, because I'll see it, and I'll just start over and click the other choice when I get to this point. On the other hand, if the installation proceeds, or finishes, I'll know I just prevented yet something else I wouldn't have wanted installed, which is good.
So I click "Cancel".
5. Looks like I made the right choice: the install did NOT cancel, and instead I have yet another offer now, this "Comodo Dragon" browser. This one's easy now, after the last one: I UNCHECK the install line (if I don't want it), AND AGAIN, CLICK "CANCEL" AT THE BOTTOM, not "I accept".
6. Yippee, installation is complete! And without anything extra apart from the main program, which is what I wanted in this case.
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Two final words.
First, to those who say "No way he knew how to navigate through step 4 the first time... who would know to click "Cancel" during an installation?!": you're right and you're wrong. You're wrong because yes, I did know, not because I worked it out just now, but because I learned years ago to look through these installs carefully, and had seen the Accept/Cancel thing a few times before, so I knew what it was soon as I saw it here and did in effect click the correct choice right away. But I said you're also right, and that's because the FIRST time I saw that, years ago like I said, I screwed up like everyone else. But you learn from your mistakes :)
Lastly, hopefully my little one-act play managed to illustrate why I said at the start there is no virus, no malware. All there is are promotional offers which require your vigilance while you install so that you can keep them from installing if you don't want them. Don't install on autopilot, clicking next, next, next all the way through — that's what they're counting on, and if you do it you're playing right into their hands... then ***** about viruses. Like I said, anyone can figure this out. If you followed me through this one, and I know a few did (the smart ones ;) you're pretty well armed for the next one now, because this one happens to cover most of the "techniques" used, so if you can do this one, you can do a very high percentage in a similar way. Just always look carefully, and scroll down to the bottom of anything scrollable, and look again, and make your choices. If you don't want something on your system it is ALWAYS possible to keep it from installing, whether by unchecking or clicking "Cancel" or some other means.
As a final word, please note that I'm only talking about C|NET here. I'm sure there are programs bundled with malware and viruses elsewhere, but you won't find them here, and if there are other download sites with good reputations that you trust, these same principles will apply to them too. -
"cnet version have a virus"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
Once you download from the origional site, works ok.
Lots of korean showesCons
calls back to report something.
Summary
not worth it.
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"An Excellent Video Player MINUS the Adware/Malware"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
Flawless play of all types of video files.
Cons
Nobody likes snooping, sniffing and pushing about by sponsors sponsored Adware, Malware, Tool Bars, etc
Summary
A non-sponsored version will earn at least 4-Stars and will be welcomed. Till then, I'll not have it on my system.
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"Installation package contains malware !"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
Seems to be a very good player that allows to watch anaglyphed 3D movies on 2D screen
Cons
installation package is infected !
Summary
During installation my Commodo AV system detected multiple intrusions, as well as attempts to access memory and affect functions of antivirus. Several malware including Daum and OpenTab were detected. After blocking malware by AV the KMPlayer became inoperable.
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"MALWARE!!!"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
Great Player
Cons
Contains multiple malware:
- Daum
- OpenTabber
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"Just ok for using!"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
It is easy to lauch on PC, and convenient for using.
Cons
Less powerful for me to play lots of formate of videos.
Summary
It's just so so for user who need the more powerful software.
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"NOBODY WANTS THE EXTRA JUNK!"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
ive alway had some difficalties with other player, like having lags during playing mkv file and also loading sutitles but with KMplayer ive never had any problem.
Cons
Excellent player, completely ruined by the pushy way in which it makes you use special downloader software and pushing Adware and Toolbars upon you at every given turn.
Summary
ive alway had some difficalties with other player, like having lags during playing mkv file and also loading sutitles but with KMplayer ive never had any problem.
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"Good software, i very like!"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
Good software, i very like!
Cons
Good software, i very like!
Summary
Good software, i very like!
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"Canpt play after updated on my Window 7"
Version: KMPlayer 3.5.0.77
Pros
After updated the new version, it cannot play my video, i can only hear sound with no pics. Anyone can HELP...my system is Window 7
Cons
Need help....
Summary
need help...
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