Reviews of The KMPlayer

1. 
   dsp_418

   Reviewing 3.1.0.0 (Dec 18, 2011)

   I understand why netean complains about this latest release. I've been surprised to see the new splash page too and I wondered why they added it. But all in all it doesn't bug me that much. At least the look is pretty neat, the Album Art quite good. But I don't use it for these new features. So I can simply skip those and use it as usual. I thought Pot Player was gonna replace KM. No way! KM still rocks and even though I've been a convinced VLC user for years now, I'm probably gonna switch to KM!
   
   @CyberDoc999: I know what you mean. I got the same feeling comparing KM side by side with VLC. Well, it's pretty simple: change the default Video Render to Enhanced Video Render. At least, it worked like a charm on my computer. Good luck ;)
2. 
   netean

   Reviewing 3.1.0.0 (Dec 12, 2011)

   Oh dear oh dear, where do I start.
   
   i've been a user of KMplayer for years, it's always installed side by side with VLC, with KMPlayer being, in my opinion nicer looking and offer better playback options, sounding and looking better. (VLC does have it strengths too though)
   
   Sadly, very sadly this is a disaster of a railcrash of a program.
   
   Firstly - It tries to install poxy crapware, Ask toolbar for example, despite saying no to the installer it went ahead and installed it anyway. Asked if I wanted Pandora TV, no thanks, but it installed it anyway.
   
   Now it starts seemingly is just a storefront trying to entice you buy crappy looking chinese games that look they're designed to appeal to 10 year olds.
   Couldn't get it to stream or play anything until I'd added a "library", even then it failed dismally to stream anything at all.
   The uninstaller supplied may as well have been a button that just laughed when you pressed it - left bucket loads of files and registry entries, didn't uninstall the ask toolbar or pandora either.
   
   This used to be absolutely fantastic and I used to recommend it to everyone. Now, now it's just bloated malware in my opinion, somewhere underneath is the player I once loved, but it's so deeply buried under crap to be useless.
   
   Avoid avoid avoid avoid. If you still have version 2.9 or below, keep it safe but do NOT touch this one.
3. 
   CyberDoc999

   Reviewing 3.1.0.0 (Dec 12, 2011)

   sorry splayer still has it Beat
   splayer has a Better Picture I tried them side By side
   it does look good with the some high def videos
   
   http://fileforum.betanew...er/1151195315/1#reviews
4. 
   mynamehere

   Reviewing 3.1.0.0 (Dec 10, 2011)

   According to the site, The KMPlayer 3.1.0.0 is Beta, and is now called KMP+, also, it's gone open source. Nice to see a major update, here's hoping it's a solid step forward.
   
   Be sure to opt out of all the crap when installing.
   
   It's got "Media Center" style now, with "Apps" (looks like Tv series, K-POP videos, and games at the moment) and a "Service Store", but the menu options are pretty much the same, but there are some new additions.
   
   I'll have to give it some use later when I get a chance.
5. 
   mynamehere

   Reviewing 3.0.0.1442 (Sep 21, 2011)

   I too switched to Daum Potplayer several months ago, which is from the original author of KMPlayer, though you have to do a search to find the translated version.
   
   I'll have to give 3.0.0.1442 a try since I've found all players sometimes have problems with certain files that other players don't. It's good to have an arsenal just in case.
   
   KMPlayer has always been a really good player, but it hasn't been as actively developed since it was sold. I just hope that Real Networks being one of KMPmedia's partners doesn't turn it to crap.

Discuss The KMPlayer

1. Sep 11, 2010 - 8:17 AM
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   Since Pandora.tv bought and let KMPlayer stagnate without development, the original developer has continued to develop it with a new company under a different name. You can now find it as Daum PotPlayer. There is currently no official English version, but it has been fan translated. You should find it easily enough via google if the link below is disallowed: http://www.sat-times.com/showthread.php?p=91217