Reviews of The KMPlayer

1. 
   BANDIT-

   Reviewing 3.6.0.85 (Apr 11, 2013)

   - Get the portable version for a Try-Out
   - Tons of Configs. You gotta be keen to need 'em all tho..!!
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   I mainly use this app for "Fast searching" thru a Vid.
   Other Apps have frozen on me Incl MPC (classic & HD)
   It's a "What's good for the User" scenario.
2. 
   Karol Mily

   Reviewing 3.5.0.81 (Mar 12, 2013)

   KMPlayer needs more attention from programmers. Latest versions after 3.3 brings many bugs into program.
   
   PotPlayer is currently better option.
3. 
   davidtb

   Reviewing 3.5.0.77 (Jan 23, 2013)

   been using it for a couple of years, best I can find. I do like it all stripped down though. It's gotten sorta "winamp-py"
4. 
   NyaR

   Reviewing 3.3.0.28 Beta (Jun 29, 2012)

   This is a great, full featured, player - considered one of the best amongst enthusiasts. Personally I prefer PotPlayer but this is excellent software.
   
   PS: KMPlayer doesn't install ASK Toolbar - YOU install ask toolbar. noob.
5. 
   VelvetElvis

   Reviewing 3.2.0.19 (Jun 16, 2012)

   Used this player for several years, but I fear it's jumped the shark.
   I kept hoping the random crashes would be cured by each new release, but no joy. Worse, as alluded to by several others, it's beginning to suffer feature bloat.
6. 
   asloane

   Reviewing 3.2.0.18 (Apr 24, 2012)

   Installs ASK Toobar crapware even when not selected - bad idea, will lose user base
7. 
   Hilbert

   Reviewing 3.2.0.18 (Mar 26, 2012)

   I used to like KMPlayer player very much, however, within minutes I'd uninstalled this version.
   
   Windoze-8-on-fone fanboys will probably love it, but I don't take kindly to the UI being stuffed up for the sake of fashion. Moreover, I run it on a PC, not a phone.
   
   Alas, another player relegated to history's dump.
8. 
   ONISURGE

   Reviewing 3.2.0.12 (Mar 20, 2012)

   Used to be my favorite player, it still had some limitations but now it's just buggy and outdated, I don't mean the build I mean the code, after I tried this new version it crashed after changing skins and trying to load a new file, I especially hate the new "webpage like" user interface. KMPlayer has been succeeded by PotPlayer written by the same Korean developer that created KMPlayer and is much faster and more customizable. One tip I can give you is when switching from KMPlayer to PotPlayer the transition can be difficult so you might need to tweak it so that it feels like home to you. http://goo.gl/gUwEJ
9. 
   Karol Mily

   Reviewing 3.2.0.12 (Mar 19, 2012)

   Nice, useful. But still I need GOM Player to play some corrupted/incompleted AVIs.
   
   In future versions I would like have some advanced features like ones found in Splash PRO EX - http://mirillis.com/en/products/splashexport.html
   
   Excelent player. Thank you.
   
   EDIT: And YES, installer is painfull for me too. I allways have to install it in VMware Workstation and then copy back to my system. I do NOT like installed *features*.
10. 
    ppscslv

    Reviewing 3.1.0.0 R2 (Mar 15, 2012)

    For me KMPlayer, followed by VLC, are the best media players in the world.
11. 
    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 ;)
12. 
    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.
13. 
    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
14. 
    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.
15. 
    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.
16. 
    Vimes

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1442 (Sep 21, 2011)

    A very well featured and developed media player with a good support forum. It doesn't get much better than this.
17. 
    Hilbert

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1442 (Sep 21, 2011)

    Whether chahoolee's right about IP issues or not, The KMPlayer is a class act.
    
    It's a media player that's been designed by someone who actually understands user ergonomics and knows that a user has, for example, to be able to easily adjust the brightness of a movie without being distracted by contrarily arranged or fiddly menus. Here, The KMPlayer is a sheer delight when compared to say VLC or MPC H/C, it's smooth, easy to use and its windowing has an unobtrusive small footprint with a styling and color that doesn't intrude into the content (a la ugly, clunky VLC's bright yellowish window features).
    
    As well as being easy to use, The KMPlayer has many tweakables and setting adjustments to keep even the most avid multimedia junkie happy.
    
    I've tried and use many different players and whenever I test The KMPlayer I'm impressed. more10s' right, this version seems to be comparatively free of bugs (the reasons why in the past I've not used it as my default player). Previous versions 3.0.01441 and 3.0.0.1433 were just too buggy.
    
    The KMPlayer vindicates my scathing comments about VLC when reviewing version 1.1.10 (Jun 6, 2011)). Any reasonable comparison would have KMPlayer miles in front of VLC--and also MPC Home Cinema just on useability alone. And unlike MPC H/C, KMPlayer doesn't lock up my nVidia card whenever I fast-forward into a movie.
    
    A final point, KMPlayer passes my main compatibility test AOK. I test players with three different mpeg encodings of an old B&W doco that's on the Internet Archive (one is MPEG2 and two are MP4s). Some players fail to render one of the MP4s--including ALL versions of VLC (there's no sound accompanying the video). The KMPlayer effortlessly sailed through all three, [The link to that doco is in my VLC review.]
    
    All up, The KMPlayer is excellent software; rather than just being a wrapping around a bunch of CODECs as VLC is, The KMPlayer has been carefully designed with its useability in mind. Other designers please take note.
18. 
    more10s

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1440 (Apr 24, 2011)

    finally a version without any bugs!
    Ive tried dozens of video-player but always come back to this one
19. 
    Qlib

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1440 (Apr 23, 2011)

    It's good to see that KMPlayer got taken back from that silly company that has had it in the freezer for a year or so and is now revived. It will be interesting to see if this and PotPlayer which is basically the same player that someone else released when it seemed like KMPlayer was dead and buried for good.. It's still a great along with PotPlayer and Splayer and the TONS of other very good players out there now. The only one you really wanna avoid is VLC which seems to be trapped in the middle ages..
20. 
    Haaglander

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1439 (Jan 27, 2011)

    Excellent player but since a couple of days i switched to Daum Potplayer from the same maker of KMPlayer.
21. 
    Vivek Kowshik

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1439 (Nov 10, 2010)

    Excellent media player, with many A++ features, but far too buggy to be useful. I was using the version 1434 on my HP G60 laptop, with Win7HPx64 [3GB RAM] and switched to this just today. Large vob files of more than 1 GB just stutter and the duration of the video is not shown correctly. The same vid runs alright on VLC.
    
    Why don't these guys test it thoroughly themselves, before they decide to ruin their reputation with such buggy stuff. The least they could do is to label it a beta, so people would be more careful before they replace a working version. The earlier version also had a problem with large vob files, and would freeze if the position slider was moved too far.
22. 
    chahoolee

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1438 (Nov 3, 2010)

    The current version is still a violation of GPL. Many people have pointed that out, but the author did not try to fix that violation. Instead, the author just trolled trolled blogs and even ffmpeg bug tracker where the violation was pointed out. The violated copyright owners should really consider a legal action against this software.
23. 
    uberfly

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1438 (Oct 31, 2010)

    Uncheck the adware toolbar during install and you have the best player out there right now. I tried the same author's DAUM Pot Player as suggested below. I'll eventually migrate to it when it becomes more mature - it's still a work in progress (playback and other features are still behind KMP).
    
    Edit: I just installed this on another machine and see only Korean menus. Go to their site, look for the translations thread. Download the latest stickied English.ini for the Languages program folder - look for instructions in the thread.
24. 
    reddy.shyam

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1438 (Sep 16, 2010)

    Best of its class. Rarely updated but works for me.
25. 
    SuzzyWoozy

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1438 (Sep 16, 2010)

    Nice one, been by favorite video player for several years... you're a good friend KMPlayer, but I need to mode forward.
    
    At Virtual_ManPL suggestion I've switched to DAUM Pot Player and I'll stick with this.
26. 
    more10s

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1438 (Sep 15, 2010)

    I love Kmplayer...ive tried them all and I always come back to this
    
    Diam0nd, the reason u got the Pandora Search bar is because you didnt pay attention during the installation..u are supposed to click Decline instead of "I accept" on the last setup screen
    
    it says : "By clicking accept you agree to install the pandoratv search bar"
27. 
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 3.0.0.1438 (Sep 15, 2010)

    Contains adware/spyware.
    I'm a huge fan of KMPlayer, but this version gets a 1.
    
    This version contains adware/spyware in form of Ask Toolbar. I UNselected everything related to it during installation, but still ended up with that toolbar in my system. It's called Pandora TV Bar, or something of that nature. So beware.
    
    Changelog:
    - Support DXVA2
    - libcodec codec updated.
    - VP8 codec supported.
    - Fix nsv parser.
28. 
    idodialog

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1437 (Aug 20, 2010)

    Utterly outstanding video player.
    Set up, as a non expert was and is a bit challenging but really none of the preferences NEED to be changed.
    For me the screen capture skills of the player far exceed anything else I've seen.
    It plays everything - subject to one issue with some wmv files which it races through. But it looks great, I love how unobtrusive it is (i use the default skin) and when I need to I can adjust - well you name it.
    VLC is a dog next to this and GOM a bit too buggy.
29. 
    Virtual_ManPL

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1437 (Jun 3, 2010)

    this player with new programmer is A BIG SHAME to KMP name...
    
    Ask toolbar ppl you can disable like in uTorrent...
    but nvm this, bit s*** is:
    -very slow developing... not properly updated ffdshow components is pain in the a** for waiting two years for this...
    -many of existing bugs like vertical lines in VMR/EVR renderer still exist...
    -when dev want to update internal codecs and splitters within KMP, not only external Gabest or ffdshow...
    -many files are not needed like all files in Plugins folder, causing only crashing and errors... same like some outdated and not update components...
    etc...
    
    ===
    
    use better MPC-HC...
    or simply PotPlayer the new "child" of the same dev of old good KMP...
30. 
    Plumber

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1437 (Jun 1, 2010)

    I downloaded what was posted as "KMPlayer 2.9.4.1436 Beta" a few weeks ago, and just downloaded this file. A full binary compare shows that both files are identical. This isn't KMPlayer 2.9.4.1437.
31. 
    LanTec

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1437 (Jun 1, 2010)

    The "About" says version .1436 not .1437
32. 
    Floodland

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1437 (Jun 1, 2010)

    Still, the best media player.
    It is true that they slowed development and that Pandora is (at least) a very dangerous company (used to install spyware with their products), but at least they (still) did not destroy this one.
    About instability mentioned by other users, the player major strength is the flexible configuration. I learn that with several Nvidia and some ATI graphics drivers, the Enhanced Video Renderer have stability issues (drivers problems). But as everything is configurable, you can use an alternative (VMR9 renderless work best in such cases).That is what make this player the best, not for starters, though
33. 
    ZoNi

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Feb 25, 2010)

    Very nice program. Fast, stable, nice GUI. I like it and have no problems with it (WinXP Pro).
34. 
    assoluta

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Dec 27, 2009)

    I am in complete agreement with the last two posts. In fact, they provide an very truthful picture of what one has to deal with when installing and using KMPLayer. I, too, have been using the KMPlayer for a long period of time: its persistent error messages, perennial instability manifesting itself as freezes or regularly occurring total system lock-ups were slowly eroding my patience with this program. Basically, I ended up using it as the last resort -- and always prepared for some trouble.
    
    I installed today the most recent version in hope that the system lockups -- which for me is a critically important isuue -- have been corrected in th enewest version. Instead, as has been witnessed by so many others, I was stung with this Ask.com swindle, ...and new, irrelevant error message right after the fresh install.
    
    Like antigin, my predecessor in this thread, I am always very careful with installers, unchecking anything that smells like spyware/crapware, and exactly like in his case, the Ask,com bar, search engine, home page all were surreptitiously installed/changed, both in Explorer and Firefox. Disgusting... And I agree: this is what we call a swindle.
    
    I give 2 stars SOLELY for the fact that the KMPlayer can play most video formats and has an extensive subtitles support.
    
    I thank the gentleman who mentioned that he had switched to MPC-HC. It has been a long time since I used Media Player Classic. I downloaded and installed MPC-HC after reading his post here, and having tested it extensively I can say that MPC-HC seems to be perfectly capable with all the video formats I checked, doesn't seem to suffer when the media file path has Unicode characters, and handles several subtitle formats as well. I'll be using now MPC-HC.
35. 
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Dec 9, 2009)

    I spent a long time using KMPlayer. I grew to appreciate its many features and even its interface. But I constantly suffered from its stability problems; which sometimes meant weird error messages, other times a simple crash, still other times a crash that turned out into a system freeze when the program was terminated, and occasionally, an immediate and total system freeze when a file KMPlayer didn't like was opened.
    
    I've finally had a bellyful and I give up.
36. 
    antigin

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Nov 7, 2009)

    Holy crap!
    Have used this app for years and now it disappointed me too much with his politics. I always uncheck various toolbars while installing programs, but one day I found ask.com toolbar, search engine, homepage on my browsers and can't understand how the hell it had been installed. Today I tried to reinstall the player and found again ask.com toolbars. It surprised me. I can't believe that I have passed this agreement and do not uncheck the boxes. I tried to reinstall again and again and the setup process is different every time.
    After installation process I press 'Next' and sometimes there is an ask.com agreement window before the finish, sometimes it isn't, but toolbars still being installed. Sometimes after installation process after pressing 'Next' you see drop through window for a miliseconds and then finish window. Then if you click 'Back', you will see an agreement window that you have passed supposedly twice clicking 'Next' before (it's a PandoraTV trick). But other times there is no an agreement windows after installation process and after clicking back at finish window, but TOOLBAR STILL ARE INSTALLING. That's the SWINDLE! It' a shame.
    EPIC FAIL. TOTAL UNRESPECT. Buy buy, cheaters.
37. 
    TGB72

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 30, 2009)

    It was a solid player until 2.9.3.14.28, then that **@ing company Pandora TV gradually ruined this app. it became more an more unstable, it have problems to associate/dissociate file types, it crash often playing HD files, it have focus problems when starts...
    The only good thing in v2.9.4 is the update of some codecs but nothing more.
    It was such a great program and had so many features pending like internal full support for ssa subs, ability to change font size in subs, improve support for TV and HDTV, improve the file navigator... but now is constantly worsening, with each version you get new bugs, and although is optional the installer comes with a crappy toolbar.
    
    From wikipedia:
    In March 2008 development has been taken over by Pandora TV, a Korean streaming video company. Since then, development has been slow – the team appears to consist of just one individual.
    
    This program as we know it is dead. A shame.
38. 
    CyberDoc999

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 20, 2009)

    Not stable
39. 
    gubmonte

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 17, 2009)

    .1434 has been pretty solid for me. This .1436 version just locks up all the time, still playing but doesn't accept mouse or keyboard input and Windows says it is not responding. Is .1436 a release or beta? has to loose 2 stars for this anyway.
40. 
    netean

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 16, 2009)

    I use a mix of this nd VLC. for some things (some films with subtitles) VLC is better, for others films with subs, KMplayer wins.
    I use KMplayer a little more often though because I find it loads quicker and plays more formats without oddities - VLC does some strange things with some .mov movies by opening 2 windows etc.
    
    On the whole, I think VLC and KMplayer are pretty comparable in terms of features, with KMplayer having just a few more (or at least making them more easily found)
    
    It didn't install any additional stuff on my machine (no ask toolbar).
    
    KMplayer is one of many feature rich media players out there, I personally really like it. you might too, if not, there are plenty others to choose from.
41. 
    mynamehere

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 16, 2009)

    @ all the "Ask Toolbar" comments...is it really that difficult to uncheck 1 tick box?
    
    @ been...without your consent? I wonder how I've managed to dodge the Ask Toolbar installation each time I've updated (could it possibly be that I actually read before clicking & you didn't?).
    
    To the aforementioned;
    If unchecking 1 tick box is too much for you to handle then this player is definitely WAY too advanced for you! Kindly step away from the keyboard and no one gets hurt. You may also want to consider improving your reading comprehension skills while you're at it.
    
    Rating an excellent program 1 star because it has OPTIONAL Ask Toolbar included? A bit harsh just because you don't know how to uncheck a tick box don't you think. Do you also rate all other programs (no matter how good the are) with totally optional toolbars, etc. 1 star? It's a free program, the authors may just want a chance at some compensation for their work, but they make it an option. I'm just wondering how you'd handle the situation...you'd probably just make it payware, am I right? I bet you'd also whine if they dumped the optional toolbar and made KMPlayer payware (or any other free program that did so).
    
    This has been my default player for ~2 years or so & it has played just about anything I've thrown at it. I haven't found anything that does as much and as well as KMPlayer. GOM Player never quite measured up & was always more buggy in my experience. KMPlayer plays some videos fine that VLC renders poorly. Yes I've found some files that KMPlayer has had problems with that another player did ok with, but it's a rarity.
    
    It has a lot of advanced features & settings that can be overwhelming when you dig in (I've had to figure out how to undo a few things I'd accidently done by accidently keying in shortcuts), but that also maked it highly customizable. It does more than any other media player I know of.
    
    Perfect? no, but consistantly better than any of the other media players I've tried in the past or recently.
42. 
    myboy

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 16, 2009)

    The .1436 version I just downloaded does have a checkbox asking if you agree to terms and stuff and want to install the ASK Toolbar.
    
    Uncheck it and it doesn't install the toolbar. It comes up after KMP has been installed.
43. 
    Alexander-GG

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 16, 2009)

    Ask Toolbar.
44. 
    4122

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 16, 2009)

    Just did a fresh install of Windows 7 so I've been installing all my software & was quite surprised when I opened a browser window yesterday evening and saw the Ask Toolbar staring me in the face when I thought I had been diligent in saying "NO" to all "Install this crappy toolbar?" prompts when installing all my apps.
    
    So now I know where it came from. Sigh...I don't fault the developer for including it. I do fault the developer for not only not making its install optional, but not even giving an indication that it would be installing it!
    
    One hundred stars for the functionality. Negative bajillion stars for the crapware. Shame BetaNews won't let you rate a program below a 1.
    
    EDIT: I had installed 2.9.4.1435 over my 2.9.4.1434 installation and the Ask Toolbar was installed without my consent. I was NOT asked. I have now installed 2.9.4.1436 over my 2.9.4.1435 installation (with Ask Toolbar removed) and the Ask Toolbar was not reinstalled and I wasn't asked if I wanted to install it or not, either. I'll be re-rating this a 5 now.
45. 
    Flebbo

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1436 (Oct 16, 2009)

    Ask Toolbar....
46. 
    qpok

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Oct 4, 2009)

    One star. Why? Ask Toolbar.
47. 
    dotnetnightmare

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 30, 2009)

    Awesome player! One problem, if you close the album art window you cannot find it again. Album art is the default window with all the pictures of your videos and is what makes this unique. Good news is they fixed it and you can download the the new album art file at the forum. Skins for this make bsplayer look like it was written in crayon. All video player developers should look at these skins. Codecs are very configurable and I chose to use sharks codecs and CoreAVC h264 instead of internal and used external audio as well. I can't say enough good things about this player. I have used Mplayer, MPHC, Bsplayer, VLC, WMP, and this is the one for all my HD video needs. Windows 7 never looked better!!
48. 
    aking80

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 25, 2009)

    Rating THIS release a 3, the program itself used to be great. I've had nothing but problems after installing the newest version so I downgraded back to 1434 and everything is fine again.
    
    Shame it was sold to Pandora... they don't seem to know what they are doing at all.
49. 
    Virtual_ManPL

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 18, 2009)

    this player with new programmer is A BIG SHAME to KMP name...
    
    Ask toolbar ppl you can disable like in uTorrent...
    but nvm this, bit s*** is:
    -very slow developing... man new version only with partial madVR support and not properly updated ffdshow components is pain in the a** for waiting half year for this...
    -many of existing bugs like vertical lines in VMR renderer still exist...
    -when dev want to update internal codecs and splitters within KMP, not external Gabest or ffdshow...
    -many files are not needed like all files in Plugins folder, causing only crashing and errors... same like some outdated and not update components...
    etc...
    
    ===
    
    I finnaly switch to newest MPC-HC because of this...
50. 
    Djuzan Belic

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 17, 2009)

    A whole lot of things are broken now, the only think working perfectly fine is the embedded SPYWARE TOOLBAR.
51. 
    Blaxima

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 15, 2009)

    This player came on to the scene and really impressed but with the infrequent updates it has really fallen off the pace. I'd say its slightly better than VLC and Gom but when it comes to picture quality it pails in side by side comparisons with MPC and BSplayer and seeing that foobar is a lock for audio I really have no use for this anymore.
    
    I've even stopped recommending it for people who are less savvy and who I didn't want to have to deal with codec packs but BSplayer (which can install codecs locally now) and MPC Homecinema really don't need them so I give either one of those to people now instead of this.
    
    one more thing, KMPlayer used to be offered in a zip package but it hasn't since the new company took over. Sure you can search and find a portable version that someone else has made but seeing that they've stopped making one themselves just shows again(with the few updates) how little effort is being put in to this now.
52. 
    us3r

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 15, 2009)

    Wow. One release a year with small bug fixes, yay \o/. Therefore I switched back to GOM Player.
53. 
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 15, 2009)

    Best player around. It's both flexible AND good-looking.
    
    RMerlin:
    No, it does NOT include any new skins. Whatever it got now has been there since 1434.
54. 
    RMerlin

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 14, 2009)

    THe Ask toolbar installation is purely optional.
    
    This version also includes a new skin that's much better than the old one, and also is fully multilingual (in the past, you often had to manually download the English language file separately).
55. 
    Morningdove

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1435 (Sep 14, 2009)

    This version of KMPlayer has been around since about last January. The only difference in this download is the installer is 2MB larger due to the addition of some crapware.
    
    I unpacked the files and found the ASK Toolbar installer has been added. I didn't install it so I don't know if the toolbar is an option or if it is just installed.
    
    You can still find the 12MB installer for this version if you look arout the internet.
56. 
    ThunderBoyDavid

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Aug 30, 2009)

    The Program is Great.. i really like it. But i think i will stick with FooBar for playing Audio. As for Video, KMPlayer is top Notch!!!
    i have just one problem... has anyone noticed that the links to
    the Home Site and the Link to the Publisher don't work.
    It's like there's no website for KMPlayer. Go figure.
57. 
    Virtual_ManPL

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (May 2, 2009)

    Awesome player !!!
    No needed to install any codec pack and everything plays on it ;)
58. 
    Mystiqq

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Jan 20, 2009)

    One player to rule them all. :)
    
    Its hard to come up any bad things about this player, ive used quite a few in the past and this one has been by far the best one. No more screwing around with codecs, etc.
    
    Only problem i have is that i cant get my tv tuner (DVB-T) to work in KMP. Mainly due to lack of experience setting it up and lack of documentation to help me do that.
59. 
    Morningdove

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Jan 19, 2009)

    I have only been playing with this program for a couple of hours and I am already convinced KMPlayer is a winner. I especially like the fact that it plays TV, FLV files and just about everything else as well. The downside is that it is no longer being developed.
    
    Thanks to the reviewers on fileforum that clued me in on this program.
60. 
    Qlib

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Dec 26, 2008)

    who needs old and buggy and oudated VLC with this gorgeous thing around?
61. 
    radiomaffia

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Dec 25, 2008)

    Had allways GOMPlayer, tryed BS PLayer, switched back to GOMPlayer and:
    -Gomplayer has less features and cannot controll high bitrate video's
    -BS Player is too slow and allways give me problems and every seperate videofile has a the same blue icon
    Now I'm a huge fan of KMPlayer, there are too much features that I simply cannot resist, I'm in controll of everything with KMP, lots of filters for video/audio, fastloading, tons of nice skins ( PotPlayer_en.ksf I'm using )...
    KMPlayer...Simply The Best Rated 10 STARS
62. 
    Joco

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Dec 22, 2008)

    Was using KM then had tried Zoom Player for a while, then switched back to KM Player again. So far I find it flexible, key shortcuts are more convenient and can play more format.
63. 
    XhmikosR

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Dec 22, 2008)

    Yes, except that 2.9.4.1434 it's not beta, this info is wrong.
    
    http://www.kmplayer.com/.../showthread.php?t=12142
    
    The greatest media player ever!
64. 
    keiichi999

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1434 (Dec 22, 2008)

    besides it still "beta" for more than a year, it more stable and function than many other players, still the best!
65. 
    nattswe

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1433 Beta (Dec 2, 2008)

    yeah in just love km player to
    
    tried several other players, even some that cost money.
    
    this is still the best
66. 
    digitalking

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1433 Beta (Nov 12, 2008)

    I found it plays VOB files flawlessly. Drag, drop and play. Skipping forward or backward in a VOB file is so smooth, no pauses or jitters. 5 stars!!!
67. 
    Undesired Username

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1433 Beta (Nov 5, 2008)

    I switched from MPC some weeks ago, and stunningly, hardly miss MPC at all. I've encountered a few files that MPC played better for some obscure reason (sometimes, KMP had trouble seeking, for example), but overall, KMP is a better choice.
68. 
    Virtual_ManPL

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1433 Beta (Oct 25, 2008)

    Awesome... !!!
    
    THE BEST media player !!!
    
    Gebest splitter's, integrated ffdshow and bass dll's makes this player perfect...
69. 
    Metshrine

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1433 Beta (Oct 22, 2008)

    I have to say that this player shows lots of promise. It is very quick at what it does, very light and supports almost every major format right out of the box.
    
    That said, I do have two issues right now with it. One is that the default skin does not have a titlebar or "minimalist" mode which allows you to dock it at the top of the screen with the video window detached (ALA Winamp). The second issue is that when loading any video, it takes 5-6 seconds to load the video and begin playback.
    
    Those issues aside, this appears to be a very solid player.
70. 
    joeshmoe7

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1433 Beta (Oct 22, 2008)

    Great Player, i switched back to this from GOM and VLC and MPC, this one just does it all, more so then the others for my use.
71. 
    parag_ganga

    Reviewing 2.9.4.1433 Beta (Oct 21, 2008)

    it is the excellent multimedia player i have ever used and it is freeware and it has all the qualities of video equalizer and audio equalizer.After using the KM player i forget to use VLC PLAYER AND GOM PLAYER which are also good but not like KMPLAYER as it does not need any codecs to play any kind of multimedia . I am looking forward for another player which will be fantastic like KMPLAYER and which will be freeware and that must have all adjustments in its settings of VIDEO & AUDIO EQUALIZER.
72. 
    Joco

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1433 Beta (Oct 21, 2008)

    I switched a moment Zoom Player after many praises from reviewers from this board. After a few months I cannot take Zoom Player anymore it has a stupid feature when moving the seekbar it pause the image but not the sound. I return to KMPlayer and the look & feel is much better. Default mouse & keyboard shortcut are better with KM. Also KM plays more formats and doesn't install a bunch of media codecs (found in Control Panel / Add Remove program).
73. 
    rotjong

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1433 Beta (Oct 20, 2008)

    It's 2.9.4.1433 and it's an official release not a beta release.
    
    Decent software but I don't use it much anymore.
74. 
    Undesired Username

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1433 Beta (Oct 20, 2008)

    My copy shows 2.9.4.1433 (not 2.9.3.1433) in the About box.
75. 
    italyx

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Oct 16, 2008)

    The_KMPlayer_1433.exe
    
    Perfect player, it has everything I need, even double (triple!) subtitles for foreign users like me. Only the menus are a little confusing, not very user-friendly.
76. 
    Undesired Username

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Oct 2, 2008)

    Wow--this beats the crap out of VLC in more way than one. I just wish I didn't have to use skins with it*, and that it loaded as quickly as MPC. Oh, and the video quality isn't as good as MPC with K-Lite.**
    
    * It's not about "resources"; it's about ease of use.
    
    ** Yeah, I know I can disable the internal filters. But that kind of defeats 90% of the whole point of using KMPlayer. It also prevents many of KMPlayer's features from working.
77. 
    Aires

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 15, 2008)

    Not a bad player as this played some flv files that VLC didn't.
78. 
    godofthunder

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 8, 2008)

    This kicks f#$N ASS. It even played my old collection of AMIGA mod game tracks.
79. 
    dpcdpc11

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 5, 2008)

    best media player ever... but this is still old news!!
80. 
    davidtb

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 5, 2008)

    Currently the only player I'm using, mostly because I took the time to learn, and customize it.
    The most appreciated quality of this program should be that it retrieves and contains it's own codecs.
81. 
    arjesus

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 5, 2008)

    KMplayer is so far the best player i ever tried
    He only has a little conflict with MSN "What I'm listening to" plugin by HPG [gen_msn_adv.dll] (a Winamp plugin). Everytime i try to open KMplayer i get an access violation error (00795BB8)
82. 
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 5, 2008)

    My player of choise on everything but PCs with ATI graphics (where I can't get rid of pixelization).
    
    Let's see how this turns out after KMPlayer was sold though...
83. 
    MadHead

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 4, 2008)

    old news...
84. 
    periklo

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta (Sep 4, 2008)

    Jolly good!
85. 
    Reverb

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 Beta (Aug 29, 2008)

    I'm very impressed with this new build...was using 1227 for a while decided to give 1432 a shot. I like the multiple config option which allows me to quickly switch from KMPLAYER's faster, internal codecs to Windows' system codecs for higher quality. I like also that you can make KMPLAYER portable by selecting 'Store settings to KMPCFg.ini' then just copy the KMPLAYER directory to a USB drive or CD. You can capture audio, video or individual frames and now has the ability to create a storyboard similar to MPC's 'save thumbnails' feature. This easily blows away GOMPLAYER and VLC but with all the configuration options novices may be overwhelmed.
    
    @digitalking:
    Zoomplayer is a front-end for Directshow much like WMP or MPC (I was using Zoomplayer for 2 years before I found GOMPlayer them KMPLAYER) - it utilizes whichever codecs/filters are installed on your system. KMPLAYER can be configured to use your system codecs or it's internal codecs which are faster albeit lower quality. The choice is yours.
86. 
    Diddelido

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 Beta (Jul 19, 2008)

    Nearly perfect !
    
    The only downsite is the someone long time between clicking some movie and KMPlayer actually starting to play it.
87. 
    skurv

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 Beta (Jul 15, 2008)

    Great player! Love the new filetype icons!
88. 
    echohead

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1432 Beta (Jul 15, 2008)

    properly configured, kmplayer will play anything flawlesly...assuming you add haali media splitter, qt lite, and real alternative.
    
    i spent some time configuring kmplayer to my needs, enabled 'high-speed mode' and now my mid-grade laptop plays 1080p content flawlessly.
    
    and for those of you experiencing problems with picture quality, either:
    
    a) turn off or tweak some of the postprocessing filters
    b) right click-->video (advanced)-->high-speed mode.
89. 
    digitalking

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (Jul 6, 2008)

    Plays any file I throw at it, but some videos have pixellation or off coloring. One video froze up on me. I will stick with Zoom Player for now. KM player is a promising program though.
90. 
    Blaxima

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (Jun 2, 2008)

    I've noticed something recently in the picture quality. At the begining of There Will Be Blood the clouds get so bright that you can't make them out. VLC,MPC Home Cinema and BS player handle the image much better. Thats dissapointing because this has been my go to player. Still plays every format including nsv files which no other player outside of winamp can play BUT picture quality is a big thing imo. It also seems to use a little more memory than I remember. Also I have a video file that only plays audio but BS Player plays it(the other don't either)
    
    Still its a very good player for video but I only use foobar for audio so not sure how this is with those files
91. 
    JamalHadiou

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (May 11, 2008)

    Still crashes when selecting DVD Settings from the Options/Preferences.
    
    This is the worst player regarding subtitle support, it's a mess trying to configure it, it's a mess trying to select them, it's a mess trying to make them show up, It doesn't even know the languages.
    
    Zoom Player & SMPlayer are far superior alternatives.
92. 
    Second Shadow

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (May 9, 2008)

    For now it's a 5 and my default video player.
    The minute the new company who bought it starts turning it into somehting like Real Player, I'll switch to GOM Player and never look back.
93. 
    Deedstyger

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (May 9, 2008)

    g** d***!!! CAPITALISM!!! ,(=
94. 
    alshawwa

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (May 9, 2008)

    one of my favorite media player along with Gomplayer ,it does what is says , it grabs codecs for unknown media types , plays broken files , mostly plays everything , resource usage is low , very customizable , but still buggy and their final releases are taking way too long to be published.
95. 
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (May 9, 2008)

    Well, it's a shame this great project was sold. I don't know what this player WILL be in future, but I sure know what it is NOW: best player I've seen in my life. So for NOW, it's a solid 5 from me, as usual.
96. 
    Zero3K

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1431 Beta (May 8, 2008)

    frodo88: If you were to vist its forums, you would see that the new owners want to keep working on it and have it not turn it into RealPlayer/Quicktime.
97. 
    frodo888

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 27, 2008)

    It should be noticed, KMPlayer was sold to a commercial company and at this time all development activities are stopped. The original korean developer is not longer involved in further development. So maybe this application will die or mutate to something like Real Player oder Quicktime. The name of the company ist PandoraTV and I think they will use this player to offer whose own products. Bad news I think...
98. 
    echohead

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 4, 2008)

    i used to absolutely love this program, but until they fix h.264 video handling and matroska support, i cant give this more than a 3.
    
    this is still my player of choice, and i was able to find workarounds for each of these problems...but in all honesty i shouldnt have needed to.
99. 
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 4, 2008)

    Numbre uno.
    
    [build 1430]
    1. Improvement of file opening speed
    2. Fixed bug of KMP icon disappearing after relaunch of Explorer.exe
    3. ULR list tap delete feature in the URL open menu
    4. Automatic Online Codec search feature
    
    Download link seems to lead to a wrong location. Here's where you can get the dl links: http://www.kmplayer.com/...s/showthread.php?t=8899
100. 
     why hello there

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 4, 2008)

     I like KMPlayer in general, and often find myself using it rather than MPC because it has A-B repeat and can play some files that MPC cannot (not to mention files locked by Azureus). But what drives me nuts is that KMPlayer has a very noticeably lower video quality on my system than MPC does.
101. 
     armpit

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 3, 2008)

     Vastly superior to VLC. Those who think otherwise please take your finger out of your nose.
102. 
     4087447

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 3, 2008)

     Project51... this is the best player of them all. Not the best screenshot, not the best skin, but here: http://en.wikipedia.org/...arison_of_media_players
103. 
     aking80

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 3, 2008)

     lol@Project51
     
     Still the best player.
     
     Changes:
     
     1. Improvement of file opening speed
     2. Fixed bug of KMP icon disappearing after relaunch of Explorer.exe
     3. ULR list tap delete feature in the URL open menu
     4. Automatic Online Codec search feature
     
     I never had a problem with #1 but any improvement is good.
104. 
     ModderXManiac

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 3, 2008)

     Project51, your post was pointless, try the app out first.
     
     And yes, it plays incomplete or corrupted files, and it handles tons better than VLC, as well as plays more formats in general.
105. 
     xanax

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1430 Beta (Mar 3, 2008)

     Project51, people like you shouldn't be allowed on sites like this one.
     
     Please, don't rate something if you don't know what you're talking about.
106. 
     Project51

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Feb 28, 2008)

     Only 1, but I'll change it to 5 if someone can tell me if this video player can play corrupt files like VLC media player.
107. 
     spiked

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Feb 3, 2008)

     Yes, there was a GPL violation in 2005 but I have looked into the details and I believe the author made an honest mistake due and has adequately addressed the problem. You must remember that Linux is based on Unix except that the code has been rewritten. That's no different than the situation with KMPlayer. Although inspired by MPC and other C++ projects, all KMPlayer code was newly written in Delphi, leaving visible "similarities" in the same sense that Linux is clearly and obviously "similar" to Unix. Apart from those similarities, the author had erroneously distributed the binaries of some GPL libs without the required credits, license text, and links to their source. When Gabest emailed him, he seemed to ignore Gabest for weeks, but it is evident from his forum history and KMPlayer's documentation that he relies upon others to help him with English. Once he understood Gabest's points, he promptly fixed his distribution and he openly posted the parts of his Delphi source which were being questioned so anyone could compare it to Gabest's for themselves. This isn't the behavior we have typically seen from willful violators like CherryOS. It's fine to continue wishing that KMPlayer were open source (and I do) but it's simply wrong to continue accusing it of being in violation of GPL.
     
     On the other hand, KMPlayer isn't particularly special. A substantial portion of KMPlayer's extensive feature list is enabled only by the inclusion of the many GPL libs. In essence, the result of installing KMPlayer is comparable to installing a comprehensive codec pack, especially one which bundles a player like MPC. K-Lite Codec Pack is one example, and I think it is telling that the footprint of the current K-Lite Full is basically the same as the footprint of KMPlayer. The KMPlayer approach gives you a few extra features from a playback perspective like A-B repeat, but going with K-Lite Full would leave you with encoding capability, so it comes down to individual needs.
108. 
     CodecPack

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Jan 17, 2008)

     Good player.
     
     But I rate this a 1 because it violates GPL.
     
     KMPlayer contains code from both the Guliverkli and ffdshow projects. The author seems to think he can get away with that because he has rewritten the code from C++ to Delphi. That is not the case and according to the GNU General Public License the source code should be published.
109. 
     bolaris

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Jan 5, 2008)

     I am sick to death of the hype about other players being so good but when its time to do the job you have to keep a second player when they can't handle a format well.
     
     After running KMPlayer for a month I have found I have had NO need to fall back on MPC OR VLC.
     
     Do your own research, take a look here,
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/...arison_of_media_players
     
     The wikipedia comparison is so thorough you will seriously start to wonder why the hell people boast how good other players are when in fact they are s***. It's simply because they don't know better.
110. 
     TGB72

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Jan 2, 2008)

     Great player, I just found that it display some artifacts at time to play some .vob files. Probably because those .vob were not so well decrypted but what it's weird is that those files play perfectly in MPC ot MPChomecinema (players that use the same mpeg2 decoder from gabest), really weird, probaly a bug.
     Otherwise while all those great additional features that this player have are welcome I think that menus should be a little more clean (most common options in menus, the rest in preferences).
111. 
     guti

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Jan 1, 2008)

     Best looking real video player. Althought not as efficient as MPlayer, or not as compatible as VideoLAN.
112. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Dec 21, 2007)

     Simply the best player!!!
113. 
     why hello there

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Dec 19, 2007)

     I tried KMPlayer today and I must say, so far I am liking it more than VLC.
114. 
     arjesus

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Dec 19, 2007)

     OH, my very thanks, blasxima!
     KMplayer rocks, that simple!
     i cant think anything to change to get it even better
115. 
     Blaxima

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 (Dec 18, 2007)

     Change log:
     
     Added an option to remove the bracket display of title.
     Added an extra option to remember the played position for audio files.
     Added an extra function to start playback in 1.5x, 2.0x, and maximized window.
     Added a function to auto load an external audio.
     Added a function to load next subtitle file. (Shift+L)
     Added a mouse wheel function to go back and forward 1 frame at a time.
     Added an additional mouse wheel control. (Ctrl+Alt, Shift+Alt, Ctrl+Shift Wheel)
     Added a function to disable auto-restore with video playback starting in system tray.
     Changed the method of saving a default playlist (album) resulting in the speedup of loading huge playlists.
     Added a menu to start frame extraction instantly.
     Added an extra option to disable the display of playback time in scroll lock function.
     Added an option to turn off the bottom left message showed a file name up while opening a new file.
     Added a function to adjust video window from outside.
     Added Conditional Pan & Scan to auto adjust the vertical position and frame size while starting playback.
     Added an additional condition (extension, fps, resolution) to disable KMP video transform filter.
     Added a conditional resampling to internal audio decoder.
     Renewed the function of "play the next file in folder".
     Integrated the settings of similar/all files in folder.
     Added a function to make a storyboard.
     Added a function to go to previous/next chapter/bookmark (Alt+PgUp/PgDn)
     Improved KMP stream switcher
     Added MPEG4/VC1 support in KMP MPEG2 PS/TS spltter.
     Added Chapter/Track Language support in KMP MPEG4 splitter.
     Added many capture formats (ASF, MP4, MOV, PSP, 3GP, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG TS, FLV)
     Added a function to parse LRC lyric file as a subtitle
     Fixed a problem of not closing with some URLs.
     Fixed a bug of occurring an error while closing some files.
     Added a function to display subtitle rightly under video image.
     
     Icons for media files are changed (Thanks, arsene).
     Fixed a bug of causing a high cpu usage while holding on a key.
     Fixed a bug in the combination of resize and screen expansion.
     Improved KMP RealMedia Splitter to support more real formats.
     Added "Load External Audio" menu (playback will be restarted).
     Enhanced multiple subtitles support.
     
     Added a skin command to display a file icon on skin .
     Added skin commands for Hue and Gamma.
     Added the function of video output queue.
     
     Subtitles will be displayed more clearly.
     Fixed the error of Didée's level filter.
     Improved the VC-1 support in KMP MPEG PS/TS Splitter. (still experimental)
     Changed the buffer structure of KMP Splitters to improve the connection from KMP HTTP Reader.
     Added the function of Playback Queue in playlist editor.
     Added an option to start a video window on the center of screen.
     Added the feature of Track Announcement in filters menu which reads a title or filename using TTS.
     Added an option to display DVD subtitles by default.
     Added an option to remember the shuffle mode of each playlist. (Must enable in the menu of playlist editor > manage album)
     Added a checkbox of VC-1 in preferences > internal video decoder.
     Added a feature to play .ra files (unable to seek).
     
     Added a timer to shutdown Windows.
     Added VC-1 selector in the external video decoder section of preferences.
     Added OGM chapter support in KMP Ogg/OGM splitter.
     Added MKV, OGM formats to videoclip capture (alt+c).
     Slightly Changed the window of preferences.
     Improved the playback of mobile formats (skm, k3g).
     Improved the playback of VC-1 with internal video decoder.
     Fixed a bug of restoring a video window when switching a skin in full screen.
     Fixed the problem of not correctly parsing DTS audio in KMP MPEG TS splitter.
     
     Added RGB gamma correction.
     Fixed the problem of losing an audio information when switching audio streams.
     Changed the priority of splitters and decoders. Do not forget to update english.ini manually.
     
     Added EVR C/A (Enhanced Video Renderer Custom Allocator).
     The font style/alignment of 2nd and 3rd subtitles can be configured separately.
     Added an option to auto adjust subtitle font size to video frame.
     Imporved the operations of KMP MOV/MPEG TS & PS parser etc.
     Many bugfixes
116. 
     Earwicker

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 Beta (Dec 18, 2007)

     This is most impressive. Have switched from K-lite/MPC - this is generally preferable, and I keep getting audio sync problems with MPC that don't afflict this. Highly configurable and seriously funky!
117. 
     white lightning

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 Beta (Dec 17, 2007)

     Thanks for the update .
118. 
     rotjong

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 Beta (Dec 17, 2007)

     I really really like this player in my limited arsenal of media players. The only downside is that getting the updates can be painful due to commonly insanely poor download speeds from the download locations and extremely limited official mirror sites.
119. 
     echohead

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 Beta (Dec 17, 2007)

     1428 is indeed a final build. great player, does everything i need a player to do, and does it efficiently.
120. 
     ltsnow

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 Beta (Dec 17, 2007)

     2.9.3.1428 is now final. I got a 13.4MB file elsewhere and it is an .exe file.
121. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 Beta (Dec 17, 2007)

     Amazing player. Looks amazing and SO SO flexible! :D
122. 
     dejavu

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1428 Beta (Dec 17, 2007)

     Thank You For This Wonderful Freeware!
123. 
     DKDude

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1427 Beta (Dec 16, 2007)

     Simply the BEST player.
     
     Thanks for the hard work you put into this program.
124. 
     white lightning

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1427 Beta (Dec 11, 2007)

     Thanks for hard work in order to provide so frequent updates .
125. 
     Blaxima

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1427 Beta (Dec 11, 2007)

     @dhry
     The only crackhead is you. ehohead said you don't need to install codec packs anymore and the is a FACT. You DO NOT need codec packs because KMPlayer uses its own internal codecs as you can see in the preferences and in the Plugins folder. Further proof of this is that I can play mov and nsv files without winamp or quicktime on my system.
126. 
     dhry

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1427 Beta (Dec 11, 2007)

     Echohead is on crack. You do need codecs to play different formats. But KMPlayer loads only the codec required to play each file. Two problems with this program: 1) it takes longer to start up (a few seconds, no biggie) than MediaPlayerClassic, and 2) the options dialog is ridiculous. Way too much crap in there, and I spent something like 20 mins looking for an option to turn "easymove" mode OFF - in other words, I don't want the window to allow me to click anywhere inside it and then be able to drag it around on the screen, I only want draggability from the titlebar where it should be. This mode prevents me from fully enjoying the "Border Patrol" shockwave flash game, amongst others. 5 stars anyway.
     
     Note to the moron above: I stated that you DO STILL NEED CODECS, I never stated that you still had to download a codec pack. KMPlayer uses codecs to play video and whether they're bundled with KMPlayer or not is completely irrelevant. It uses directx filters and winamp plugins so essentially you can consider the entire KMPlayer archive to be yet another codec pack. Look at the root directory of the package. Libmpeg2, theora, realmediasplitter, it's full of the same crap you get from standard codec installer packages. You're telling me it's a big mac, not a whopper. Listen carefully. I'm stating it's still a hamburger regardless. Capische?
127. 
     frodo888

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1427 Beta (Dec 11, 2007)

     This is so far I know the best media player available. Fast (I mean realy fast) and lean, plays every video file with excellent quality. You don't need any other player.
128. 
     echohead

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1427 Beta (Dec 11, 2007)

     kmplayer helped me finally break my addiction to the k-lite codec pack...because you dont need any codecs if you have kmplayer!
     
     light on resources, acutally looks nice, works well with default settings, very customizable and user-friendly. simply the best.
129. 
     Direnc

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1421 Beta (Dec 7, 2007)

     This is definately the best player I have tried in quite a while. VLC can't hold a candle to this.
130. 
     ixxy

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1421 Beta (Dec 4, 2007)

     Agreed, very very stable. However, the preferences dialog needs to be restructured to be a little more intuitive.
131. 
     Flebbo

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1421 Beta (Dec 4, 2007)

     This lovely app is NOT buggy. It´s stable as a rock. It is the absolute No 1 for playing vids. VLC is way behind.....
132. 
     Death-Axe

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1421 Beta (Dec 3, 2007)

     Best media player on the market. Not buggy as some guy suggests...vlc is better? LOL. This app walks all over vlc.
     
     Enjoy the best player on earth folks! (for a second place, go for gom player)
133. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1421 Beta (Dec 3, 2007)

     Best player around. This is like VLC, but good-looking! %)
134. 
     wdc

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1417 Beta (Nov 29, 2007)

     not bad but still buggy, vlc is still better.
135. 
     Qlib

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1417 Beta (Nov 29, 2007)

     I love this player.. its just great.. what it does need however is some HELP.. not that im a total noob (i hope) but a LOT of options leaves you wondering ... what??... also the betas on their page if you visit the forums usually has the exe in the full package as well as a Delphi exe.. not that I totally get the point but.. ah well..
     
     kicks VLC's a** around the moon and back again!
136. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1417 Beta (Nov 26, 2007)

     Best, most good-looking and flexible player. Multilangauge too!
137. 
     horsecharles

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1413 Beta (Nov 20, 2007)

     Downloading thru here sucks big donkey... a huge one in fact.
     
     Here's earlier ' full installer': 1214 beta
     
     Here's faster download of standalone zipped 1413 Beta
     
     Of course, you can over-unzip latest version into home folder(default is: The KMPlayer) if you need latest version in fully-installed fashion.
138. 
     Death-Axe

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1413 Beta (Nov 19, 2007)

     Best player ever. Internal codecs, awsome interface, awsome set of options, but not overly done.
     
     Walks all over vlc, with its lack of options and crappy overall interface.
139. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1408 Beta (Nov 13, 2007)

     Simply the best.
140. 
     anomoly

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1408 Beta (Nov 12, 2007)

     I ran this once upon a time. It had issues and trying to uninstall it was great until I saw the hundreds of reg entries it left.
     It all boils down to how fast your pc is (for the most part) and what you yourself are comfortable with.
     I mainly use gom (installed). If gom can't play something it will automatically direct you to a proper link for the missing codec.
     Gom is also portable.
     KM does have some great features but I really don't need a hundred features and/or options in a pc video player. I just want it to work and be as simple as possible.
     Photonboy; see the modix 3520 hd enclosure-portable too, no pc or os required
141. 
     photonboy

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1408 Beta (Nov 12, 2007)

     I have a massive collection of AVI, MKV, OGM (primarily) as well as DVD-Video's, and increasingly AVC (H.264) format, also increasingly is high-def which some players are no good at.
     
     I love my Zoomplayer Pro but I've found myself using KMPlayer more and more. I watch a lot of video and prefer to stick with one player. I bought MCE 2005 but it's really only optimized for DVD-Video. Anyway, KMPlayer is very configurable and the best free solution (possibly the best solution period) for people that know what they are doing.
     
     While it's quite possible to use it without chaning any settings, people with basic needs may find other players simpler and easier to use, which brings me to a small complaint:
     
     I think the Options could be organized much better. Zoomplayer starts in a Basic Mode and you can toggle to Advanced Mode; even within Advanced Mode things are quite well laid out.
     
     Also, what's the deal with the updates? The homepage program installation file is an EXE, but if you didn't know how to find the Beta updates you wouldn't know they existed. Come on, is Auto updating (with a choice of Beta) that difficult nowadays?
     
     Just for fun, I thought I'd see if I could drop NVidia Pure Video. I don't even know if it's possible but since it's unlikely the video or audio could be noticeably improved I decided it wasn't worth my times. I use my computer with my Sony Bravia HDTV and the Microsoft Media Center combined with remote control is ideal for playing DVD-Video movies from my hard drive; don't get me wrong it does a good job but I'm looking for something my friends and family can easily use too (and some of them are actually afraid of the mouse). (plans for the future involve a smaller, quieter box optimized for High-Def movies with integrated VC-1 and H264 via either on-board AMD or NVidia. I wonder if KMPlayer will go the Media Center route?
     
     Anyway, I've rambled too much, but if you have loads of (of course legally copied) video in many different formats this is perfect for you. Having said that, I still have: VLC, Zoomplayer, WMP11, Media Center and the codec package installed by Zoomplayer (used for everything but VLC and KMPlayer) which has Haali, Ffdshow etc.
     
     Try a bunch of differnt video players and learn about how codecs work, play with your settings and you'll probably find KMPlayer is an integral part of your system. (Now if I can just find a perfect conversion solution for my video to Divx and BD/HD compatible AVC-HD.)
142. 
     arjesus

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1408 Beta (Nov 12, 2007)

     GOM player may be lighter, but the filters and options KMplayer gives you has no comparison, they can make your low quality videos looks awesome and his GUI is much much more clean and user-frendly
143. 
     PackyPFC

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1408 Beta (Nov 12, 2007)

     GOM player is a little bit better, especially on slower computer
144. 
     white lightning

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1408 Beta (Nov 12, 2007)

     Better & better .
145. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1402 Beta (Nov 6, 2007)

     Best player around, imho.
146. 
     GimieGimieGimie

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1396 Beta (Nov 4, 2007)

     Best piece of software i've used in a long long time!
     
     I downloaded this program because the latest version of VLC wouldn't play every mvk file i was downloading and crashed on quite a few even when it did play.
     
     WMP is absolutely useless, it hardly reads any format in the mvk format thus i'm dumping it forever as KMPlayer plays EVERYTHING!
147. 
     Lands

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1396 Beta (Oct 31, 2007)

     I upgrade this program to 5. Simply the best program on the market.
148. 
     sparskter

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1396 Beta (Oct 31, 2007)

     "so far the best player i ever used" ²
     I totally agree. Kmplayer is simply loaded with a LOT of EXCELLENT features:
     
     -"integrated" codecs: put kmplayer on your pendrive and watch episodes of THE OFFICE on your job [I recommend this experience!]
     
     -Filters: there are plenty of filtes out of box. Among them rare filters for audio.
     
     -Jump by keyframe: I like this one. Every jump on time on video is very smooth. Although ZoomPlayer is better on Jump Time, i like that on KMPlayer.
     
     Well... these are the very basic ones... You have to try it before saying some thing. But please just do not simply say it is "yet another video player on market" it is not.
149. 
     reddy.shyam

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1396 Beta (Oct 30, 2007)

     adding to white lightning's comments, once in a while a proper release too. ;) :P
150. 
     white lightning

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1396 Beta (Oct 30, 2007)

     @ Unbreakable_
     
     Altough this is the best video player ever , i think that a changelog (even if it shows only which bugs was corrected) would be a good idea .
151. 
     ltsnow

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1393 Beta (Oct 29, 2007)

     This is actually 2.9.3.1396 Beta. I have been a great fan of KMPlayer for some time now. It is simply the greatest.
152. 
     arjesus

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1393 Beta (Oct 29, 2007)

     so far the best player i ever used
153. 
     kiragipatlican

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1389 Beta (Oct 25, 2007)

     I installed KMPlayer just because of the curiosity and at the end of the first week I uninstalled, BSPlayer, VLC and K-lite mega codec pack. Only quicktime is left, because of the plugin. Otherwise it is enough for everything.
154. 
     Unbreakable_

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1389 Beta (Oct 23, 2007)

     Still the best video player...
     
     asaenz, there's no changelog:
     "The new betas will contain only bugfixes until the next final/stable. No new features will be added."
155. 
     asaenz

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1389 Beta (Oct 22, 2007)

     Let's see ... over 127,000 downloads ... I imagine a significant portion of those might appreciate a link in here to their webpage that lists the latest changes/additions instead of having to hunt for it.
156. 
     Blaxima

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1389 Beta (Oct 22, 2007)

     @tickleonthetum
     Why would you use this with K-lite? This uses its own built in codecs and other than the QT alternative has no need for a codec pack. It also can play nsv files wich that useless and intrussive codec pack can't help you with.
     
     It may have bugs but I have yet to come across them with regular watching of various video formats. Unlike MPC which is far too buggy to warrant the love it gets.
     
     KMPlayer for video and Foobar for audio and you can get rid of Klite for good
157. 
     tuncerd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1382 Beta (Oct 16, 2007)

     I don't use it as a media library manager and I am still using WMP to play audio files. But it's the only software I use for playing video files. It is better than BSPlayer. If you need to play a divx, xvid, mp4, mp3, flac, whatever..., it plays perfectly. It plays the files which WMP calls unknown or broken. Give it a try and then you'll be addicted to it.
158. 
     VelvetElvis

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1382 Beta (Oct 13, 2007)

     I love this app. Not only will it play anything I throw at it, it lets me use my favorite WinAmp plug-in - Enhancer.
     It still has the odd bug, but not enough to make me switch. Tons of features, and updated regularly.
     I only wish BetaNews would change their screenshot.
159. 
     tickleonthetum

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1382 Beta (Oct 11, 2007)

     This is a great player, packed with advanced features. The screenshot does not do it justice at all. Give it a try.
     
     I use this and K-Lite Mega codec Package all the time.
160. 
     Methsrine

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1382 Beta (Oct 8, 2007)

     Not work better than MPC but theres funny korean TV links, only good thing in this player.
161. 
     echohead

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1382 Beta (Oct 8, 2007)

     its like vlc, but it looks half-decent and actually works!
     
     but seriously...it works better than that obsolete media player classic (do NOT "correct" me on this, gabest stopped developing it himself over a year ago), with just about the same memory usage.
     
     and if you dont like "skins", i suggest you try out mplayer...its full commandline so it runs even lighter than MPC!
162. 
     allthebestnamesgone

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1378 Beta (Oct 2, 2007)

     1 star review for a lack of changelog?
     What an idiot!
     Excellent player, plays everything well, with a zillion options if you need them.
163. 
     Point Zero

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1378 Beta (Oct 1, 2007)

     Me no Chinese, me speak littel English, me looky for changelong.
164. 
     inanytime

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1375 Beta (Sep 24, 2007)

     best video player (could be the best audio player too but i like to keep seperate audio and video players).
     Best thing i like is the subtitle control. I watch many foreign language movies and i prefer subtitles over dubbing. and this one handles subtitles the best.
     plays all the formats.
     has a media library!
165. 
     sheppaul

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1375 Beta (Sep 24, 2007)

     Haha, it's no wonder some people without having proper knowledge to use any tools are acting like a baby crying peevishly. If you know what directshow means, you'll know the truth that the complaint with relation to quality is of no utility. Blame for your inexperience and ingorance. Maybe you can't make a same filtergraph with the player even it provides the way of selecting external decoders.
     
     There are many alternatives. Just stick to your favorite codec pack. Why have you been hanging around here grumbling incessantly? I don't know well a thing about KLMPC but it probably includes commercial codecs. I don't care about the crap codec pack filled with illegal codecs.
166. 
     hell0

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1375 Beta (Sep 24, 2007)

     I love how ornery people get over software like this. You'd think this was a political forum or something.
     
     I like how KMPlayer handles codecs internally, but I consistently see much poorer quality with KMPlayer than I do with MPC and KLMCP. Sorry, it's true. I don't care how lovely KMPlayer works on your system--it works poorly on mine.
     
     KMPlayer's interface also annoys me. Don't bother telling me to find a better skin, because the problem is skins in and of themselves.
167. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1375 Beta (Sep 24, 2007)

     Best player around. Should be Beta News's pick, imho.
168. 
     visible0

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 24, 2007)

     WOW!, first sure it uses up resources BUT i am using it on an 'ol cumpu'r that in past runs as if win98 blended with winXP [do not ask how]
     That stated for ALL IT OFFERS...get it, using the stable version as wanted to test it first and whatever the next beta version has might be better but the stable, for now 20070920 version 2.9.3.1214 is doing well . HERE my list of VID PLAYERS:
     --KMplayer my #1
     --GOM my #2 choice [try 1st installing GOM by unTICing its codecs/plugins/filters]if you already have lots of codecs.
     --MPC-media player classic v6.4.9.0 by gabest my #3[no longer in production but does have a great dvd/mpeg thumbnailing feature, not chkD if KM has one.]
     --5 other player i have tweaked but by themselves too unstable here one just for the curious, my #8 is 'altMP' [alternative media player v1.3.9.210 from 2002AD]
     so KMplayer gets a:
     5 for FULLNESS
     5 for in depth options
     4.5 'cause i am a devil's advocate
     total avgD:4.83 rounded to a 5.
     FILFORUM we're gonna need categorized ratings [like ease of use, depth of options, user friendly, etc. so we get 4.6 or 4.9s instead of 4 or 5 this way we get more of a feel for differences.
169. 
     aking80

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 20, 2007)

     Resource hog?? Whatever you're doing you're not doing it right :P
170. 
     sheppaul

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 18, 2007)

     @Reverb
     
     Not that much without KMP A/V transform filters. try Alt+F. :) e.g. 700M avi movie only consumes around 10M memory. It depends how the player is configured. With complicated filters and advanced function enabled, it's natural that the resource required to process increases.
     
     Considering all the extensive functions including the vast subtitle support, its way of managing resource is really excellent.
     
     e.g. Initial loading memory of 86.5 MiB AVI (H264) with subtitle
     KMP 13 MiB (Alt+F)
     MPC 34 MiB
     Zoom Player 34 MiB (with vsfilter)
     GOM 31 MiB
     
     734 MiB AVI (DivX 5) without subtitle
     KMP 10 MiB
     MPC 36 MiB
     Zoom Player 34 MiB
     GOM 36 MiB
     Mplayer 15MiB
171. 
     Reverb

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 18, 2007)

     Best video player. Period. No competition. Constant development and active forums. Frame/video/audio capture capabilities not present in other players. Cons: Resource hog.
     
     @Guti:
     Videolan and Mplayer are NOT better alternatives. I have AVI files that cause Videolan and Mplayer to choke but play fine in KMPlayer.
172. 
     white lightning

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 17, 2007)

     The best , no doubts
173. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 17, 2007)

     One of the best players around. No codecs needed.
174. 
     guti

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 17, 2007)

     Not bad, but for me VideoLAN, and specially MPlayer are better alternatives.
     
     If you are interested in a spanish review of the 3 apps (including KMPlayer), you can grab it at http://guti.bitacoras.co...ntry=entry070910-235034
175. 
     Latino

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1373 Beta (Sep 17, 2007)

     This is a superbly smooth media player that is able to play almost anything without needing to download additional Codecs. The foreign language translations are also first-class!
     
     It is about time that it gets out of beta.
176. 
     superbem

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1364 Beta (Sep 6, 2007)

     Great player.
     
     Bad points(today):
     -Can't change the hotkeys.
     -Don't have installer.
     -Don't have loop single file button.
     -It's not possible to save in swf format (but hey,a player that can save a stream in various formats :D)
     
     Good points:
     All the rest is excellent job.
     The best until now.
177. 
     Ain Soph Aur

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1364 Beta (Sep 6, 2007)

     the best player on earth! and if you need a other skin, just download one from the homepage...
     
     GREAT!
178. 
     white lightning

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1364 Beta (Sep 4, 2007)

     great
179. 
     ballyhairs

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1358 Beta (Aug 28, 2007)

     After reading lots of good reviews I tried it, the picture quality is nothing like WinDVD (intervideo), I know its big as hell but its worth it, I get the best picture and the options I need.
180. 
     therube

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1358 Beta (Aug 28, 2007)

     @mrphatt
     
     "WHAT EVER YOU DO DONT GET CCCP NOW. The versions on their site now installed a "spam harvester" ..."
     
     Care to expand on this, or point to a link that will?
181. 
     Blaxima

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1358 Beta (Aug 27, 2007)

     I have used recently, MPC, VLC, GOM and KMPlayer.
     
     MPC - very good image quality but the bugs and need for codec packs I can do without. The need for useless codec packs to have this work properly makes it a 50mb+ install!!!
     
     VLC - average image quality, still wont play some formats
     
     GOM - good image quality and plays almost everything
     
     KMPlayer - good image quality plays everthing I've tried INCLUDING nsv files which no other player outside of winamp has played for me. Its lighter on resources than GOM and it comes in a zip(basicly portable) version
     
     Like someone else said. KMPlayer for videos, Foobar for audio and your set. 2 small yet very powerful tools for enjoying media files
182. 
     Floodland

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1358 Beta (Aug 27, 2007)

     Best player by far. You can choose with which codec (internal/external) you want to see the content. Klite/CCCP and other packs a useless if you know something about what you need (The codec pack works, but bloat your computer without need).
     The beauty of kmplayer are its filters, with them you can greatly improve low resolution videos.
     If you know where to modify its options (it is not too hard either) it is the best!
183. 
     Point Zero

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1358 Beta (Aug 27, 2007)

     No info whatsoever, no changelogs whatsoever, no properly working tool whatsover. Crap site, crap support, crap tool.
184. 
     mrphatt

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1353 Beta (Aug 25, 2007)

     WHAT EVER YOU DO DONT GET CCCP NOW. The versions on their site now installed a "spam harvester" it reaches out to a 198.54 address which ping pongs from China to South Africa. South Africa which has been on Dateline on NBC. The harvester has specifics to search and send out cc, banks, email settings etc its a hunter. My system was solid til i got the cccp from their website and installed it.
185. 
     hell0

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1353 Beta (Aug 21, 2007)

     There is nothing wrong with how I compared a player with codecs built-in (i.e. KMP) to one without (i.e. MPC). KMP, on certain video types, doesn't look as good to me. KMP is using its internal codecs to decode those files. MPC looks better, and it's using external codecs. So what? Why is it not valid to compare these two--to say that I get better results by not using KMP's internal codec solution? Answer: It is valid to compare them.
     
     And regarding the interfaces, obviously, the codecs make no difference. My personal preference against KMP has nothing to do with it, obviously, so that criticism is valid too.
     
     Regarding K-Lite... I don't care what some people say about it. It works great for me. I'd rather use it than CCCP, which is a simple pack of nonsense designed entirely around ffdshow, for viewing hentai.
186. 
     aking80

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1353 Beta (Aug 20, 2007)

     @the post above
     
     You do know what is installed with K-Lite right? Maybe you should take a look... multiple decoders that do the same thing? Yeah, I'll pass on the bloat. CCCP comes with the minimal required codecs an average user would need.
     
     Your last sentence proves your ignorance. Shame you feel the way you do about KMPlayer, but I guess simpletons like yourself deserve to use the trash called K-Lite.
187. 
     hell0

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1350 Beta (Aug 15, 2007)

     echohead's response to me was a non sequitur.
     
     First of all, K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is not "100 MB". I selected the default installation plus a couple extra options, and the total size (installation directory, 38 MB, plus contents added to Windows folder, 7 MB) is 45 MB.
     
     The version of MPC included in KLMCP is currently being developed by someone other than the original author of MPC. Even if it had been totally abandoned, what do I care? It works well for me.
     
     To think that ffdshow is a "placebo" is to have no idea what it does. Before I used KLMCP, I used just MPC and ffdshow (plus RA and QTA), and it worked very well.
     
     My problem with skins isn't resource usage--I never said such a thing. I find KMP harder to work with than MPC, period. I don't care how nice anyone thinks it looks, I don't like it.
     
     Nothing I do makes videos played in KMP look as good on my system as they do in MPC, particularly with WMV files. I have no idea why this is, but it's a fact.
     
     My system is not your system. I am not you. Therefore, absolute statements about what media setup is "best" are no more meaningful than claiming that yellow is the "best color".
188. 
     Lands

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1350 Beta (Aug 14, 2007)

     The picture quality is lower than using VLC. Other than that it is a good piece of software.
189. 
     anomoly

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1350 Beta (Aug 14, 2007)

     I like this player, but, it loads tons of entries in your reg. Try uninstalling it. have fun
190. 
     echohead

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1350 Beta (Aug 13, 2007)

     the windows classic "skin" in media player classic functions in the same way that any kmplayer skin works...there is no extra resource usage. and the screenshot above isnt the default skin; the default looks much nicer :)
     
     development on MPC stopped a looooong time ago, and this is evident by the fact that so many people install a 100+ MB codec pack just to use it. once installed, kmplayer takes up only 38MB of space and uses only about 1MB more RAM than MPC...and if you consider 4.5MB of RAM to be resource hogging, i suggest you download mplayer (no GUI at all!).
     
     ive been using kmplayer for months, after repeated problems with k-lite. all you have to do is turn off video interlacing and it works perfectly. along with kmplayer i use the small (6MB) MSFN codec pack, real alternative, QT lite, and foobar2000. takes up less space than k-lite and doesnt give me problems.
     
     oh, and ffdshow is the biggest damn placebo ive ever seen. completely useless.
     
     kmplayer is simply the best video player. try it!
191. 
     hell0

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1345 Beta (Aug 12, 2007)

     It's well featured, but there are several things I really dislike about it. You shall deal with the heresy that is my opinion.
     
     First, the skins. I looked for a "Windows Classic" type of skin, but there is none. I can't stand skins, and yes, this is a real issue, because it hampers my usability.
     
     Second, for some reason, KMPlayer causes occasional huge spikes in CPU usage. It's so bad that every so often, my system totally freezes for ~5 or 6 seconds at a time because of KMPlayer.exe. It's hard to explain how maddening this is when you're trying to work.
     
     Third, some videos don't look nearly as good as I had become used to while using K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (which includes Media Player Classic).
     
     The only reason I might keep KMPlayer installed is because it has A-B repeat, while MPC does not.
192. 
     ballyhairs

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1345 Beta (Aug 7, 2007)

     Its really a great player... after so long of using WinDVD I switch to this one, its even free.
193. 
     Mystiqq

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1345 Beta (Aug 7, 2007)

     Simply the best. It plays practically anything you throw at it. No playing around with codecs constantly, which i did do quite a bit in the past.
194. 
     yokozuna

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1345 Beta (Aug 7, 2007)

     Same here, the best player. What is interesting, I see a huge improvement in playing H.264/AVC files. In the past CoreAVC was the fastest H.264/AVC codec implementation, but at the expense of some blockiness and artifacts. I tested the current version of the KMPlayer and in superspeed mode it is able to play 1080 H.264 movies, with subtitles and multichannel sound, on Athlon x2 4400 (no oc) without any hardware help from graphic card (PureVideo, Avivo, etc.).
     
     Kudos to the creators of this wonderful player!
195. 
     photonboy

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1345 Beta (Aug 6, 2007)

     Great, free player.
     
     I recommend also having Zoomplayer and VLC at least.
     
     KMPlayer needs to install and use an autoupdate feature. I appreciate the updates, but downloading, extracting, and copying the folder gets a little old.
196. 
     Reverb

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1345 Beta (Aug 6, 2007)

     Definitely the best Video Player currently available for Windows. Best frame capture of any media player although I wish it had the thumbnail capability that Media Player Classic has.
     
     Has anyone tried KMPlayer with those videos that require 3wPlayer?
     http://www.3wplayer.com/
     
     Apparently lots of movies (new releases) available on torrents will only work with 3wPlayer which unfortunately is known to be infested with malware:
     http://torrentfreak.com/...preads-to-media-players/
197. 
     caplanepourmoi

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1339 Beta (Aug 5, 2007)

     I had problem playing back a specific AVI file with VLC, Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic with the latest K-lite Codec Pack installed , this is the reason I decided to try out this player, that was the right choice since it could play the file correctly, I was also please that it was provided as a simple archive without installer that could eventually messed up my registry or installed codecs, on another side I have been looking for a program to generate storyboard and I was please to discover you can do this with this player, so far so good.
198. 
     aleksandardr

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1339 Beta (Jul 30, 2007)

     Symply the best player to me.Everything i need on one player he have.Best player in the world for now
199. 
     l3rutalSilence

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1339 Beta (Jul 30, 2007)

     This player plays everything and i have tried about 25 players extensively and this one takes the cake used every beta of it so far and each one is as stable as the previous
     
     And on the comment about it being a memory hog on vista one answer to that ITS VISTA
200. 
     echohead

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1339 Beta (Jul 30, 2007)

     -better than media player classic
     -proves that ffdshow is unnecessary
     -you dont need a single codec pack for it to work
     -includes more codecs than youll know what to do with
     -default UI (not the one shown here) looks great, without taking away from system resources
     
     ive used WMP11, media player classic, vlc, mplayer, bsplayer, etc....but this is far and away the best one ive ever used
     
     P.S. for music, use foobar2000 ;)
201. 
     jbejm

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1333 Beta (Jul 24, 2007)

     So far is OK but takes a lot of resources on my Vista. So every thing is dragging and some times video is dragging when window is large.
202. 
     E.T

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1333 Beta (Jul 23, 2007)

     Changelogs, Please..!
203. 
     antigin

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1333 Beta (Jul 23, 2007)

     From wikipedia: The "K" of KMP simply indicates the initial character of the developer's family name (Kang). The full name of KMPlayer is K-Multimedia Player.
204. 
     Reverb

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1324 Beta (Jul 17, 2007)

     This has become my go-to player for media files that do not render properly or refuse to play. Try this on AVI files that stutter in VLC or even GOMPlayer. Everything is self-contained, no need to install external codec packs. Hopefully they will be working on a portable version so it can run of USB flash drives without installation.
     
     Sharp_Rulez: Read Second Shadow's comment. KMPLayer is not the same as KDE mplayer front end for Linux:
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/...MPlayer_(disambiguation
     
     Maybe we'll see a name change in future release to avoid confusion.
205. 
     Sharp_Rulez

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1324 Beta (Jul 16, 2007)

     Strangely, it uses the same name as KMPlayer (Kde-Mplayer) on Linux.. Confusing..
206. 
     BNut83

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1324 Beta (Jul 16, 2007)

     I use it for all non-AC3 video files.
     
     Works great.
207. 
     evilfreakz

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1320 Beta (Jul 16, 2007)

     my best multimedia player so far, never fail me to play most of my movie files etc etc, i recommend to you all
208. 
     Second Shadow

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1320 Beta (Jul 10, 2007)

     Excellent program. My default video player. Enough said.
     
     ModderXManiac:
     FYI, The KMPlayer (this program) is not the same as KMPLayer (KDE mplayer front end)
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/...MPlayer_(disambiguation)
209. 
     madcats

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1320 Beta (Jul 9, 2007)

     No doubtt it is the best! Unlike MediaPlayer Classic
     it seamlessly plays downloaded DVD files VOB.1.0,2,3
     and it has more codecs than VLC. Easy install, just delete old version and play updated files...no mess.
210. 
     ModderXManiac

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1320 Beta (Jul 9, 2007)

     No longer need the K-lite Codec pack for playback, only for encoding tasks.
     
     All the features I'll ever need, all the codecs I need, and trust me, I use lots of formats.
     
     Videolan, blah, it's cheapily slopped together and very amateur looking for how massive an open-source project it is. If you need a good player for unix platforms, just use Mplayer, as for Windows, this is as good as stand-alone players get. This plays incomplete files BETTER than videolan, and is more stable than Videolan in many areas such as rapid-codec switching and quick resolution switching.
     
     As for the name, if it is made by Koreans, awesome job.
     
     Here's a better compressed copy for lowbandwidth and dial-up users, compressed in 7z, English only.
     Contains latest version as of this review @ only
     9.13megs. http://www.mediafire.com/?1ye5x3tee0p
211. 
     sheppaul

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1315 Beta (Jun 26, 2007)

     According to the description of their homepage, it does not stand for Korean Media Player. So the explanation here might not correct.
     
     Is there any way to correct the screenshot and description here?
     
     http://www.kmplayer.com/...d.php?p=25155#post25155
212. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1315 Beta (Jun 26, 2007)

     Best player around!
213. 
     Blaxima

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1315 Beta (Jun 26, 2007)

     I've been recommending this player to everyone I know ever since I tried it. Its way better than VLC and Gomplayer(which I like) because as everyone has stated it plays everything I've thrown at it INCLUDING .nsv files which no other player outside of winamp can. MPC was always buggy for me and it needs codec packs installed.
     
     It comes in a zip version which means no intrusion at all so that argument is wrong.
     
     This player has some really slick looking skins too one being the real default which is not the one pictured here so the lame excuse that this doesn't look good is really a moot point.
     
     The complaint about the name is an even lamer complaint, whats really in a name? It plays everything, its light-weight, very customizable and its never crashed on me
     
     The best video player to date IMO
214. 
     Isys

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1315 Beta (Jun 26, 2007)

     Best player around imo. Plays almost everything that Mpc, Vlc, etc do with better quality.
215. 
     Floodland

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1315 Beta (Jun 25, 2007)

     Best media player. Not bloated, but with MANY advanced features, some of them:
     + High quality video filters to improve video render(for low quality videos)
     + High quality video and audio codecs (divx, mpeg2, etc etc etc). You will not need to install almost any codec, just this player.
     + Intuitive and highly customizable (WMP sucks all the way).
     + Great subtitles management
     + Work pretty good on low and high end (best quality on high end and fast render on low end)
     + Complete. Yes, it does everything you may need, without doing things you wont (it can check for updates but it does not phone home unless you want to)
     + Free
     
     It is my default player for video (I still use foobar for audio).
     6 stars if posible, best quality freeware!!
216. 
     internetworld7

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1315 Beta (Jun 25, 2007)

     I'm going to give it a high rating even though I haven't tried it.:) But I just thought I'd say GOM Player another Korean Video player that plays both DVDs and Media files is best thing out there. Nothing comes close.
217. 
     SuzzyWoozy

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1308 Beta (Jun 20, 2007)

     To V.A.: try at least to install it before rating it... you'll notice at least that the default skin is not the one on the screen capture.
     
     Besides of that, it is a pretty good player, if not the best there is (including other commercial alternatives).
     
     + It does not need installer (you can get rid of it at any time if you dont like it).
     + It have all the needed codecs out of the box.
     + Is able to visualize anything that's media (audio + video). (Well, not entirely true, as some very exotic codecs are not included, but you have the choice of using them in case you have other codecs installed in your system).
     + Options to customize almost everything, although it comes with good sense default settings.
     + Supports winamp plugins.
     + Is able to change aspect ratio of the movies - useful with the new wide screen that's fashion today.
     
     Should I mention also that's free, clean and small... ?
     
     5 stars.
218. 
     allthebestnamesgone

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1308 Beta (Jun 18, 2007)

     a 1 star review because of a screenshot? what an idiot
219. 
     V.A

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1308 Beta (Jun 18, 2007)

     @ allthebestnamesgone
     
     Do you wish KMPlayer to be loved by a handfull of tech nerds, or by millions of ordinary idiotic end users ?
     
     In the first case, it's yours
     In the second case, it needs more eye candy (whether you like it or not.
     
     Still a 1 for me (one out of the millions of idiotic users)!
220. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1304 Beta (Jun 13, 2007)

     Best player around, imho.
221. 
     gebeleizis

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1304 Beta (Jun 11, 2007)

     reverb
     
     VLC doesn't need any external codecs.If it can't play the file then...well..it can't. But the mov files are playing very well for me. Not sure about QT.
222. 
     Reverb

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1302 Beta (Jun 5, 2007)

     This is probably the best video player for
     XP I have tried (VLC, GOM, MPC, etc). All
     the necessary codecs are built-in which means
     no bloated codec packs to install. I do
     not have quicktime installed and am able to
     play MOV and QT files - none of the above mentioned players can do so without external codecs. Also supports 3GP and MP4 (so do GOM and VLC).
     
     If you are looking for a media player that plays
     practically all video files your search is over.
     It does seem to consume more resources than other
     players but that's the tradeoff.
223. 
     sheppaul

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1291 Beta (Jun 1, 2007)

     Oh, well. Blame your ignorance. :p
     Simply change the charset in preferences.
     http://www.kmplayer.com/...s/showthread.php?t=3050
     
     Just wonder why some of you are complaining something about your problem here, not at the forum in which you may be able to get any real help.
224. 
     jocco

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1291 Beta (Jun 1, 2007)

     Seems to be great but as long it doesn't support swedish letters like åäö when using subtitles i can't give better rating. I like to watch my movies and series with subtitles without squares and other signs. Not so easy to with squares :-)
225. 
     l3rutalSilence

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1291 Beta (May 31, 2007)

     A lot of people have related this to a front end for Mplayer for Linux. Mplayer for those who have not heard of it is the extremely popular player with the greatest range of formats and is very stable. Just make sure your good with your command prompt. Anyway back to KMPlayer i first looked into this because i was fed up with players always not supporting a certain codec i had never heard of but holy crap can this thing do everything Way way better that vlc. been using it since ever since the massive amount of betas
226. 
     Dystopia.

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1291 Beta (May 30, 2007)

     Korean product ? Mhh let's see ... Who knows ..
     
     Wow !
     
     I agree, it's the best player.
     The only one to correct tv output (lack of the last forceware drivers).
     Small CPu & momory consumption, never crash, can be installed with internal codecs (including Mpeg2). You can use either internal or externals codecs. Entirely configurable.
227. 
     Gus_Valentine

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1291 Beta (May 30, 2007)

     Definitely the most complete player there is, has more features/options than all other paid/free players combined. Performs better/faster than most; is still being updated regularly... For what it offers for free, no complaint can be acceptable! (Screenshot needs to be updated)
228. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1291 Beta (May 30, 2007)

     Best player.
229. 
     shadow_cruiser

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1288 Beta (May 25, 2007)

     How would I go about embedding KMPlayer into IE and Firefox?. I don't have Windows Media Player installed so I can't view .wmv/.asf
230. 
     tickleonthetum

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1288 Beta (May 23, 2007)

     A great player which has now replaced WMP & MPC as my default player of choice. To those ranting about the name, so what, it's just a name, you should be reviewing the player not it's name!
231. 
     Peuj

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1288 Beta (May 22, 2007)

     @cstubing:
     
     I don't see where you have find that http://kmplayer.kde.org predate http://kmplayer.com ?
     
     It seems that http://kmplayer.kde.org started on 05-September-2006 and http://kmplayer.com since 2005
     
     You're right there is something wrong with the name but I'm not sure who's guilty.
     
     And your low rating based on a "name already existing" means nothing for someone who likes to know the quality (or not) of the player.
232. 
     kyuchulyoon

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1288 Beta (May 22, 2007)

     Dear cltx99,
     
     Right-click on KMP and you'll see the menu "Language" toward the bottom of the context menu. Inside that menu item, you'll see a list of available languages. Enjoy!
233. 
     cstubing

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1288 Beta (May 22, 2007)

     There is already a media player named "kmplayer" that pre-dates this one. Get an original name!
     
     http://kmplayer.kde.org/
234. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1288 Beta (May 21, 2007)

     Teh market leader ;)
235. 
     ModderXManiac

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1284 Beta (May 14, 2007)

     * Added RGB gamma correction.
     * Fixed the problem of losing an audio information when switching audio streams.
     * Changed the priority of splitters and decoders. Do not forget to update english.ini manually.
     
     I wish they'd deal with the language problems...I'm not packaging and mirroring this release.
236. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1284 Beta (May 14, 2007)

     KMP > *
237. 
     cltx99

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1279 Beta (May 8, 2007)

     Can't give a decent rating. After downloading, which took a while, the program was entirely in Korean and therefore useless.
     
     I tried English configuration and it didn't work out for me. Maybe someone can help me out on that, as I'd like to try KMP.
238. 
     PSXp-ONE

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1279 Beta (May 8, 2007)

     Yes very nice indeed, although sometimes it is a hassle toggling videos between fullscreen and widescreen, since it has many alternatives for such features. It is loaded with tons of options and I guess that is nice but still, I would like it to be simple. That is of course just my own personal opinion, a lite version could come in handy ;)Anyway, overall, the program is excellent and I have chosen it over GOM, VLC, MP11 and well...in fact, it is better than everything I have tried =)
239. 
     ModderXManiac

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1279 Beta (May 7, 2007)

     Best video player for windows. No need for ridiculous codec packs. Highly customizable, tons of playback options, and stability and maturity in development that gives it a superb edge over Videolan, which is still practically an alpha for all I care, look how cheaply slopped together it is!
     
     Here's a better compressed copy of the current beta(8.59 megs,English only)
     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9IKFDQBC
     or if you hate waiting and having forced pop-ups
     http://www.mediafire.com/?4tij3zocdzm
     Also, it's a much faster download in general because the KMPlayer servers are pretty loaded.
     Direct your pity to dial-up users :D
240. 
     SamppaX

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1279 Beta (May 7, 2007)

     + Currently The Best ( And I have tested them all )
     + Works nicely in Vista
     + No problems so far
     
     - Minor Graphical improvements would be nice. ( Means = More skins
241. 
     gcbetaman

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1279 Beta (May 7, 2007)

     Best capture features of any player, hands-down. On the fly encoding is effortless on dual core system.
242. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1279 Beta (May 7, 2007)

     Best player on the market. Pay alternative don't even come close. Amazing!
243. 
     godzila

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1279 Beta (May 7, 2007)

     nice player wery nice
244. 
     ModderXManiac

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1275 Beta (May 1, 2007)

     Best video player for windows. No need for ridiculous codec packs. Highly customizable, tons of playback options, and stability and maturity in development that gives it a superb edge over Videolan, which is still practically an alpha for all I care, look how cheaply slopped together it is!
     
     Here's a better compressed copy of the current beta(8.58 megs,English only)
     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W85JUA2N
     or if you hate waiting and having forced pop-ups
     http://www.mediafire.com/?5znniyjmnnm
     Also, it's a much faster download in general because the KMPlayer servers are pretty loaded.
     Direct your pity to dial-up users :D
245. 
     Reverb

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1272 Beta (Apr 24, 2007)

     It really depends on your needs - if you plan to do any video processing you need to have several codecs installed. I had the K-lite Mega-codec pack, QT alternative and RA alternative installed and noticed that opening ANY media file took almost 30 seconds with WMP and MPC.
     
     With a fresh XP install I only have Directshow and
     Nero codecs and media files load instantly (or not at all) with WMP. I then revert to GOM or KMPlayer which plays them fine. If all you want to do is play videos KMPlayer is all you need. Hopefully they will fix the high-def/dual monitor bug but this stand-alone player deserves a 5 nonetheless.
     
     KMPlayer adds several registry entries as do any
     codec pack install so that argument is irrelevant.
246. 
     anomoly

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1272 Beta (Apr 23, 2007)

     Has nice features but waaay to intrusive in the registry (I'll take the codec pack anyday) and difficult to uninstall properly.
     VLC Portable, MPC, and WMP 11 are doing just fine.
     
     Irrelevant my ass. After uninstalling it leaves like a hundred associations etc, all kinda crap.
     VLC portable. Even MPC standalone as an executable are better players.
247. 
     Prospero424

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1272 Beta (Apr 23, 2007)

     I much prefer this to VLC (at least VLC for Windows), and it's an absolutely fantastic backup player for me.
     
     But I still prefer a good DirectShow-compatible player like Zoom Player. Yeah, you have to install codecs, but the end result just performs better and gives me fewer problems. This wasn't always the case; codec packs and even many codecs by themselves in the past just SUCKED and were poorly-written. But the good ones have really, really matured in the last two years or so.
     
     Basically, there are two main reasons I don't use KMPlayer as my main player:
     
     1. It has problems with proper scaling between two displays. For instance: if I have my Radeon set to display video at full screen on my second monitor while displaying it windowed on the primary (theater mode), it doesn't scale the video on the primary display AT ALL; it's stuck at the original res.
     
     2. It cannot play back some high-def (especially 1080p stuff) x/h264 content on "slow" computers less than 2.8-3ghz, whereas, for example, the CoreAVC decoder can do so handily. This keeps me from using it on my HTPC, which just isn't fast enough. But to be fair, almost every decoder has this problem, including ffdshow and VLC.
     
     These relative drawbacks aside, it's still the best stand-alone player out there, and it really doesn't get any simpler or easier than this does.
     
     If the scaling problem were to be fixed, I'd give it a 5.
248. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1272 Beta (Apr 23, 2007)

     Numbre uno!
249. 
     inventao

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1272 Beta (Apr 23, 2007)

     2.9.3.1273 is out http://www.kmplayer.com/beta/KMPlayer.zip
     
     The best one, does not need any codec.
     
     El mejor, no necesita codecs.
     
     Sdreenshot
     http://img383.imageshack...mplayerpurev299aka0.jpg
250. 
     ModderXManiac

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1272 Beta (Apr 23, 2007)

     Best video player for windows. No need for ridiculous codec packs.
     
     Here's a better compressed copy(8.31 megs, English only)
     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q7OIAIJC
     or if you hate waiting and having forced pop-ups
     http://www.mediafire.com/?64ocumzowdn
     Also, it's a much faster download in general because the KMPlayer servers are pretty loaded.
     Direct your pity to dial-up users :D
251. 
     godzila

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1272 Beta (Apr 23, 2007)
252. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1262 Beta (Apr 17, 2007)

     Simply the best. Amazing..!
253. 
     Blaxima

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1262 Beta (Apr 17, 2007)

     Like Modder said. NO need for codec packs.
     This and Gom have surpassed VLC with this being better IMO because it is the only alternative player that will play nsv files
     
     I've
     never had a crash
     never had a problem playing files
     never needed a skin because of the excellent defalut(not the picture betanews is showing)
     
     Lightweight perfection
254. 
     ModderXManiac

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1254 Beta (Apr 11, 2007)

     Goodbye K-lite Codec Packs & Videolan, THIS IS SUPERB.
     
     It plays everything I throw at it, videolan doesn't, and the codec packs are too intrusive.
     
     Would give 10 stars If I could, we need to give biiig money to the developers, be they commies :D
255. 
     inventao

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1254 Beta (Apr 9, 2007)

     Use this screenshot http://www.kmplayer.com/...files/1-overall_kmp.png
256. 
     madcats

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1254 Beta (Apr 9, 2007)

     Keeps getting better! I use GetRight to download to a CD-RW disc. Takes no time to update,with no install file clutter, just copy into its folder. & it's the best for sub-title loading and codecs.
257. 
     rawbanana

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1243 Beta (Apr 4, 2007)

     Great player. Kinda big but plays everything perfect! Even VLC tends to have graphical glitches every now and then.
     
     Try to use a download manager like "downloadthemall" because the site uploads slow and may stop in the middle. If it doesn't work, check the size of your downloaded file and see if its the same size as listed on betanews. Its slow connection sometimes quits and makes your computer think its done when its not.
258. 
     vesser

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1243 Beta (Apr 3, 2007)

     I really love it
     A wonderfull media player
259. 
     allthebestnamesgone

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1243 Beta (Apr 2, 2007)

     Same as below, downloaded it twice now and says corrupt both times (there should be option to 'review' without a rating)
     
     (response to above) - didnt do anything wrong at all, downloaded the file (slow) twice and both times it comes up as corrupt zip file, unexpected end of archive etc ...... maybe they have sorted out the download/file problem I'll try it again .......... ok, tried again with firefox didnt work, tried again with an external download manager and it finally worked and downloaded
260. 
     punjabijatt

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1243 Beta (Apr 2, 2007)

     is anyone eles gettin the same problems = ! C:\Users\J.S.Khatkar\Downloads\kmp.zip: Unexpected end of archive
261. 
     lordnaastik

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1243 Beta (Apr 2, 2007)

     Brilliant player. i think i finally found the ultimate media player. no codec packs required and tonnes of features.
262. 
     Reverb

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1232 Beta (Mar 27, 2007)

     I was a big fan of GOMPlayer and VLC but I
     encountered some AVI files that would stutter/freeze or simply wouldn't play.
     
     The same files rendered perfectly with KMPLAYER.
     I still keep all 3 for now until I test this out
     further but am impressed so far. I prefer media
     players that have built-in codecs like this one.
263. 
     SamppaX

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1232 Beta (Mar 27, 2007)

     ... I think I have tested all good video/media players out there and this is one of Top3 for sure.
     
     There are some things that I would change/add, but I can live without those changes. =)
     
     Great Player.
264. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1232 Beta (Mar 27, 2007)

     Best player around, imho.
265. 
     punjabijatt

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1232 Beta (Mar 27, 2007)

     I have been ussin this player for some time now there is a newer version out http://www.free-codecs.com/KMPlayer_download.htm great player only it dont play image files like vcl player
266. 
     Kriff

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1232 Beta (Mar 26, 2007)

     The interface is really nice. Playback looks better than GOM Player. I like the icons for all the file types it can play.
267. 
     armpit

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1227 Beta (Mar 13, 2007)

     Wow, best media player i've used so far. Lots of settings. No need to install fat codec packs, KMPlayer > *
268. 
     Blaxima

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1227 Beta (Mar 12, 2007)

     This and Gom Player are the best video players out there right now. They both eliminate the need for useless and bloated codec packs. This one gets the nod from me over Gom because it has nsv support and Gom doesn't. Can't go wrong with either one though
269. 
     Pfurri

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1227 Beta (Mar 12, 2007)

     *******, furthermore if i'm repeating myself too, it's an absolute outstanding media-player.
     
     With a few words : Simply the best !
270. 
     Flebbo

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1227 Beta (Mar 12, 2007)

     KMplayer is THE player! I used to have bsplayer and then vlc. This one outclasses them both! Simply da best...
271. 
     inventao

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1227 Beta (Mar 12, 2007)

     Is out 2.9.3.1227, the best Mediaplayer
272. 
     Pfurri

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1222 (Mar 12, 2007)

     Point Zero, don't tell such a bull...., if you don't know what you're really talking about !
     
     The best Media-Player on earth i ever used and belive me, i tried a lot of them !
     
     Great compliment to the author.
273. 
     madcats

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1222 (Mar 12, 2007)

     I use KM Player for playing all media files in Vista. Media Player Clasic is o.k. but when you watch DVD files on your harddrive,KMP joins all files continuously. I found M.P.Classic after playing VOB.0_1 needs a manual opening of VOB.0_2
     
     KMP does it all dont bother with Kodec packs; go to http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php see all the positive feedback for yourself "PointZero"
274. 
     Point Zero

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1222 (Mar 12, 2007)

     Horrible product, horrible website.
     Media Player Classic all the way.
275. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1222 (Mar 12, 2007)

     KMPlayer > *
     
     ChangeLogs (2007-03-11):
     Added an option to remove the bracket display of title.
     Added an extra option to remember the played position for audio files.
     Added an extra function to start playback in 1.5x, 2.0x, and maximized window.
     Added a function to auto load an external audio in preferences > filter control.
     Added a function to load next subtitle file.
     Added a mouse wheel function to go back and forward 1 frame at a time.
     Added an additional mouse wheel control. (Ctrl+Alt, Shift+Alt, Ctrl+Shift Wheel)
     Added a function to disable auto-restore with video playback starting in system tray.
     Changed the method of saving a default playlist (album) resulting in the speedup of loading huge playlists.
     Added a menu to start frame extraction instantly.
     Added an extra option to disable the display of playback time in scroll lock function.
     Added an option to turn off the bottom left message showed a file name up while opening a new file.
     Added a function to adjust video window from outside.
     Added a function of Conditional pan & scan.
     Added an additional condition (extension, fps, resolution) to disable kmp video transform filter.
     Added a conditional resampling to internal audio decoder.
     Renewed the function of "play the next file in folder".
     Integrated the settings of similar/all files in folder.
     Added a function to make a snapshot
     Added a function to go to previous/next chapter/bookmark
     Improved stream switching with KMP splitter
     MPEG4/VC1 in transport stream support in KMP MPEG2 PS/TS spltter.
     Chapter/Track Language support in KMP MPEG4 splitter
     Added many capture formats (ASF, MP4, MOV, PSP, 3GP, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG TS, FLV)
     Added a function to parse LRC lyric file as a subtitle
     Fixed a problem of not closing with some URLs.
     Fixed a bug of occurring an error while closing some files.
     Added a function to display subtitle under video image
     Etc
276. 
     GeekK

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1214 (Feb 15, 2007)

     There *is* an english site: http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/ (entire site is forum-based)
     
     This belongs in the same category as VLC: it is supposed to play everything. The amount of options can be a help or a source for despair, but you don't have to touch them really.
     
     It's heavy (hevaier tht Crystal Player Pro), but very robust. As said plays everything out of the box, including DVD. Just check it out, it's free.
     
     I use it now as my standard player. :-)
277. 
     mlkmlk

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1214 (Feb 10, 2007)

     it has a nice interface, it isn't the fastest at loading but the dvd playback is very good. as for reviewing something as it's website is in a language you don't understand, i'm afraid you are exposing your narrow-mindeness and lack of intelligence. quite a lot of people in the world have to work out how to use english or european only apps.
278. 
     Mystenes

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1214 (Feb 8, 2007)

     12,310 KB - installation file...
     
     video player is meant to play movies... yes? so why it has skins? tons of useless features??
     
     why kmplayer is not as small as media player classic???
279. 
     Diam0nd

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1214 (Feb 4, 2007)

     Great player. TONS of settings :D
280. 
     photonboy

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1214 (Jan 24, 2007)

     Try it. Reminds me a lot of Zoomplayer Pro which I had to buy.
     
     *I wish people would take the effort to really review. I see a score of "1" with no explanation and a score of "3" from someone who did NOT even try it!
     
     Having said that, I think GOM Player is pretty darn impressive too in fact though I've only used it for 15 minutes I can see it possible as my main player (replacing Zoomplayer Pro which I paid for). It will come down to personal preferences and whether one program does something the other does not.
     
     Of course there are other programs and they can all be installed without conflict. Here's a good link:
     www.free-codecs.com
281. 
     mynamehere

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 24, 2007)

     @And| look in the upper left for the "English" link.
     Also, GOM Player is noce, I use it from time to time, just wish the controls were more customizable, and it can never find DVD subtitles for me.
     
     KMP just keeps getting better, it's very customizable and plays just about anything (it's not capable of playing AVI w/external AC3 audio streams yet (I checked the forum)).
     
     It's my default player, just keep VLC & MPC around for theose (very) rare occasions when KMP won't play a file.
282. 
     And|

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 24, 2007)

     Neutral, as am i. Wont try a piece of software that has a website in a language I dont understand. I couldnt find skins on the website either.
     
     I will stick with GOM Player.
283. 
     anomoly

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 23, 2007)

     vlc stutters (at least on my pc). Kmplayer is based on a linux version and has nothing to do with winamp (wgaf about a skin?). WinDVD is not free and even if they have a free version it would be like using mediamonkey-LAME (for christ's sake it supports ipods but can't recognize m4a's?). MPC is ok but does not support the playing of multiple files, at least not as far as I can see. Even if it was never updated again it would still be my fav.
284. 
     lzvk25

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 23, 2007)

     Even better than VLC. It can play files that even VLC refuses to play, and Media Player Classic only works decently only IF you install the K-Lite Mega codec pack, otherwise, MPC is useless.
     
     KMPlayer already comes with almost all the codecs already integrated and it can play regular DVDs without problems, and the best of all, it is FREE. While WinDVD costs $60 and does not support a lot of formats.
285. 
     hondaman

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 23, 2007)

     lol
     
     vlc kthx
286. 
     inventao

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 23, 2007)

     The best multiplayer, yes.
287. 
     ballyhairs

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 23, 2007)

     Go winDVD go
288. 
     mrow

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 23, 2007)

     Stole Winamp's skin.
     
     MPC > *
289. 
     reinkaos

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1213 (Jan 23, 2007)

     i know a better player: media player classic
290. 
     SuzzyWoozy

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1212 (Jan 23, 2007)

     @molumen: sorry to argue with your about this, but ALMOST all (skinable) players have skins wich resembles winamp one, both classical and enhanced. For your information also Firefox, Opera, Maxthon etc have skins based on winamp - and they are web browsers... so your observation is purely out-of-line.
     Moreover, this version comes with a different default skin, niced I think (maybe is not original - I don't know - but is nicer)
     
     If you have the time, give it a try, you'll not find a better player, with so many options.
291. 
     molumen

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1212 (Jan 22, 2007)

     The probelm with the licencing (non respedct of the GPL) and the fact that they stole the default winamp skin's design elements makes this player unacceptable for me.
292. 
     Yogurth

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1210 (Jan 9, 2007)

     @yuggol, read before making wild assumptions...here a link just for You:
     
     http://www.kmplayer.com/...ms/showthread.php?t=141
     
     anyway, this is currently the best player on the planet. Top notch work!
293. 
     dejavu

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1210 (Jan 8, 2007)

     Excellent Software!
294. 
     pdh

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1210 (Jan 8, 2007)

     It seems to work but I cannot get it to work in english, even changing the language option and including the english.ini file
295. 
     yuggol

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1210 (Jan 8, 2007)

     Refuse to use this product..
     
     This company took the source code (GPL) from Media Player Classic. Though free, they haven't complied with GPL license by making the source and changes available.
     
     http://sourceforge.net/f...rum.php?forum_id=462894
296. 
     Black Mamba

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1200 (Jan 3, 2007)

     Great freeware player. It still has problems with HD files. I'm not at all a fan of integrated codecs player but this one is still good.
297. 
     mynamehere

     Reviewing 2.9.3.1200 (Jan 3, 2007)

     The GUI has been updated, BetaNews needs a new screenshot.
     
     This is the player I use almost exclusively, it comes with codecs and just works, I've tried GOM Player, and a host of others, but I find KMPlayer works best, the preferences are vast & can be a bit confusing, but unlike GOM Player, there's a forum to find answers.
     
     I suggest giving it a try, you may just find it's what you've been looking for.
298. 
     saga123

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Dec 29, 2006)

     The BEST media player I ever used!!
     Almost all functions I can think about included.
299. 
     Nikkie

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Dec 24, 2006)

     I can't sign up.image verification issues.why not a direct link to download?
300. 
     Deedstyger

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Oct 24, 2006)

     the best visual player all among the alternatives.
     
     ++ usability.
     ++ all formats.
     ++ no damned heartbreaker bugs.
     ++ quick enough even on an old p3.
     ++ visuality feeds the user.
     -- nothing i can think of.
     
     better than all, beats zoom player.
     
     i cannot criticise its audio playing power cos i use foobar, winamp2 for that and never needed to try.
301. 
     hemu_u

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 20, 2006)

     gr8 player. I removed my other fav player like Foobar, mplayer, Winamp and use only this! I still use VLC if some VCD is not accessible through Explorer. But KMPlayer gives a lot better audio/video quality, better subtitles options (even has editor!) than any other player!!!!!
302. 
     benZin

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 15, 2006)

     I think this is a good player, but it's ugly. And VLC is better for me.
     You can try GOM Player : http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Gom_Player.htm
303. 
     Flebbo

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 15, 2006)

     This is such a great player that it replaced bsplayer,vlc and winamp for me.
     I love it! And yes,it IS free.
304. 
     Kalphegor

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 15, 2006)

     Use bugmenot for user and pass to get the file.
     Is a good player, nevertheless.
305. 
     anomoly

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 14, 2006)

     It is free albeit the simple login. What's one more?
306. 
     boaz

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 14, 2006)

     It works pretty good. But why do they have to clone Winamp's interface??
307. 
     Theoldwino

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 14, 2006)

     This looked like a good player untill i tryed to download it. welll it is not ffree. you have to give up nfo to get it.
308. 
     Kal-El

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 14, 2006)

     Has more options/settings than any other media player I've ever seen. However ive been just getting by fine with MPUI :)
309. 
     dejavu

     Reviewing 2.9.2.1100 (Aug 14, 2006)

     Excellent player! This software is freeware!
310. 
     Flebbo

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 Beta (Jul 26, 2006)

     This is a great free replacement for Bsplayer and such.
     It plays a lot of formats - even shoutcast-radio.
     I just removed both Bsplayer and Winamp because Kmplayer does both their work.
     Superb player!
311. 
     anomoly

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 Beta (Jul 15, 2006)

     I could care less how it was done. It's free & powerful. sue me
312. 
     Mirrebex

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 Beta (Jul 6, 2006)

     Vlc with winamp skin.. what a ripoff, lol.. you gotta be joking
313. 
     And|

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 Beta (Jul 6, 2006)

     Hmm... nicely done. Using a WinAmp 5 standard skin as standard... WOW!!!
314. 
     khgoo9

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 Beta (Jul 6, 2006)

     Do not believe the bad rumors spreaded in networks.
     
     http://www.kmplayer.com/...ms/showthread.php?t=141
315. 
     tremens

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 Beta (Jul 5, 2006)

     somebody remove this crap. VLC uses open source GPL'd codecs, so they can use alot of the same code, but it MUST be released under the terms of the GPL. this is not, admins need to remove this
     
     khgoo, are you denying that it uses libavcodec and gabest filters?(to name a couple of the violations)
316. 
     benZin

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 Beta (Jul 5, 2006)

     KMPlayer is stealing the first place to VLC ? Better than VLC ? In my opinion, not yet.
317. 
     phamductri

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 (May 18, 2006)

     This is the best all purpose player that I've ever run into. Extremely rich in configurations for both audio and video files. Fast, and reliable, run very well so far. A solid 5 from me.
318. 
     okapi

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 (Apr 28, 2006)

     Very good!
     
     Bom player.Bem melhor que muitos que por aí andam.
319. 
     SuzzyWoozy

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 (Apr 26, 2006)

     to anomoly: durring installation you may choose to not install 'internal codecs'... you may reduce it's size this way ;) (not recommended however)
320. 
     anomoly

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 (Apr 25, 2006)

     More powerful than mplayerc & portable as well. Although, for obvious reasons, it is much larger. I have trimmed it down to 26.6mb as opposed to mplayerc's 5.55mb. I am not not sure what it's options have to do with winamp-don't use it-don't need or want to. I rather like the fact that it will automatically play multiple files in folder without intervention. Full capture support as well.
321. 
     anmol.2k4

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1045 (Apr 25, 2006)

     stolen, still very good.
     better ui than mpc
322. 
     kiwibank

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1043 (Mar 14, 2006)

     very, very good..what a find.....
323. 
     Yogurth

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1043 (Mar 13, 2006)

     I will adhere with previous users, this is the best multimedia player currently available on windows.
     
     Only 2 other multimedia players come close, JetAudio[though JetAudio is quite more than just multimedia player] and Light Alloy.
     
     Think Of KmPlayer as the best of JetAudio and Light Alloy packed into one program. JetAudio's ability to play everything and Light Alloy's speed and interface.
     
     5 stars from me
324. 
     yokozuna

     Reviewing 2.9.1.1043 (Mar 13, 2006)

     To cut the story really short: definitely the best player currently available. The complexity of the program can be overwhelming for some users (but you can run it out of the box ---> Video (Advanced) ---> Preset: High Quality - it will use some extra cycles of your CPU but not demand any knowledge), but on the other hand you can regulate every (literally every!!) detail. I am not a fan of skins but CandyGlass is both very aesthetic and functional.
     
     PS Contrary to the name it supports the following languages: Korean, simplified and traditional Chinese, Japanese, English, French and Spanish.
325. 
     mojo_lo

     Reviewing 2.8.1.1020 (Mar 3, 2006)

     so far I've gotta give this app a 5/5. it's a combination of zoom player, mpc and mplayer, and can even use the mplayer engine. you can tell it which filetypes the mplayer engine should handle. it also has directshow support with great filter control and support for winamp plugins. it's actually amazing how this program integrates with winamp as you can even use a winamp media library with it. there are also advanced controls for postprocessing, sharpen, blur, denoise, dscaler, etc., etc., etc.
     
     so far, the app seems very stable, and there are no language issues either. it is a Korean program, but the English is right on.
     
     on the downside, there may be some GPL issues that this app has violated. but, it's free so at least they're not making money off other people's code.
326. 
     jgjunn

     Reviewing 2.8.1.1020 (Oct 31, 2005)

     Definitly the best DivX/DVD player for free use. Without installing codec it can play almost all kind of format. It has user friendly interface and also has powerful user configuration.
     
     It can play some dvd titles that cannot be played in PowerDVD due to I/O error.
     
     For me, this is perfect WMP alternative.
327. 
     afhsf49

     Reviewing 2.8.1.1020 (Oct 23, 2005)

     The best media player I ever used.It plays all the files you don't have to switch to diffrent players to play diffrent files and it has tons of effects.
328. 
     SuzzyWoozy

     Reviewing 2.8.1.1020 (Oct 17, 2005)

     2.8.1.130 is out.
     
     Definetelly worth to try for someone who enjoys access to zillions of settings, great perfomance and memory footprint.
     I have uninstalled winamp and ViPlay for this.

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