GOM Media Player for Windows handles most of the more common video formats,
including MP4, AVI, MKV, and more. It comes with a sleeker, more media
center-focused design and packs plenty of codecs under the hood to play
just about any media format you throw at it.
The initial
installation is standard, like any other Windows product: accept a
couple terms, set a destination folder, and choose to opt in or out of
an offer from AVG. After installation completes, GOM will guide you
through an optional setup process to optimize initial use based on sound
and monitor setup.
You'll be introduced to a 4:3 ratio default
window with an orange, black, and silver theme that will make you wonder
if Halloween came early. Your token playback tools like Play, Stop, and
Skip Forward and Back are located on the bottom left corner, and
control panels for managing your media content are located on the
opposite side. In the middle is a small, integrated upsell ticker that
links users to any of GOM's other products or video content. Though this
can easily be removed by switching to another skin, it's far less
intrusive than other attempts at product promotions that we've seen in
many other apps.
Right above is a timeline that's extremely
narrow; this is fine for standard keyboard/mouse users but hardly ideal
for touch. Right-clicking anywhere on the player will expose even more
detailed options and audio/video-related tweaks like those found in
other open-source players. You can add custom audio EQ effects, tweak
subtitle lengths, and even take burst screenshots to capture particular
moments from videos. However, some of the language was a bit confusing:
GOM labels screen rotation as "flip input/output." Not a deal- breaker
by any means, but not a labor-intensive fix either.
Power users
are given the added option to set custom hot keys and even sync their
remote iOS and Android devices like tablets and phones to control the
media player over Wi-Fi. And though this feature works for the most
part, buggy playback and less-than-stellar navigation do not make this
prime time-ready.
But when it came to video playback, GOM was no
slouch. Videos played and looked as they should, and it was easy enough
to incrementally tweak your picture settings during live play.
Whether you choose this or VLC, both are solid media players,
each with their own strengths and weaknesses. GOM tries to do a lot, and
though some of those attempts could use some work, its core mode is
rock solid: watching your favorite Global Starcraft II League (GSL)
masters duke it out in this season of GSL.
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: Gom Player Version 2.1.50.5145:
1. Modified the software's codec
settings for AAC audio playback.
2. The AC3 tab has been removed from the Prefences window, and internal
AC3 options have been disabled.
3. Corrected a sync issue with certain TS files.
4. Corrected a playback issue with MP4 files containing hard-coded
scrolling subtitles.
5. Added features to delete and disabled the saving of recently played
files to the Windows "Recent Files" list (Windows 7 and 8 only).
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VLC media player is a tremendously portable multimedia player for various audio tracks and movie formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and so many streaming protocols without external codec or program.
