Zoom Player Premium 7.00 Fileforum Pick

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.0 (98 votes)

(November 17, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Shareware; $48.95 / 74,586 downloads

Zoom Player is a robust media and DVD front-end player. It was designed to be simple at first glance while being remarkably dynamic and flexible when used to its full potential. It works in two modes: a Media mode which can play any file supported by DirectShow (any file which plays in MediaPlayer) and a DVD mode which uses pre-installed DirectShow DVD filters to play DVD content. It supersedes media player in all it's functions and provides several important functions that media player lacks. It provides special zooming functions to improve TV-output quality by eliminating overscan.

Fully Functional (uncrippled) trial version with Windows Media DRM playback support.

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    radiomaffia

    Reviewing 7.00 RC1 (Oct 3, 2009)

    There a lot of videoplayers, first generation did nothing to support codecs and they were leaving you into the desert of the unknown files and codecs.The generation that we see now are more grown up and there are some suksesfull ones like KMPlayer(lot of features), GOMPlayer(lost my intrest) and offcourse Zoom Player. Zoomplayer has a nice feature to update all neccessary codecs by an install center and even not all files directly worked with this player, after some inspection & configuration it worked fast like a rock it is definitily a keeper. With skinselector (press on N with mouse on the player) you can make any color you want. Highly recommended I rate it 5*

    Only one question : Why are there so many versions out there? One freeware and one shareware would be enough i guess..

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    doctorsmith

    Reviewing 6.00 RC3 (Aug 19, 2008)

    excellent piece of software.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    photonboy

    Reviewing 6.00 RC1 (Jan 28, 2008)

    I'm surprised at some of the low scores and comments. I've been using it for years and I'm really into video. Maybe it's a matter of tweaking it; there's a lot to modify.

    Basically, I pretty much use FFDSHOW audio and video decoders for most video. I installed my external decoders via the latest CCCP.

    I still have KMPlayer, WMP11, WMP Classic etc. but Zoom Player was the only one that allowed me to get every last thing just the way I want it. One notable thing is dual audio and subtitles. I typed "english" in Settings to allow English audio even if another language like Japanese is first. On my Control bar I can quickly toggle the Subtitles and audio if need be. Anamorphic Matroska is another thing not all players have. There's too much to mention.

    I've never had a single stability issue in two years with any version and I've tried all of them.

    Honestly, very few people need to purchase this, but I bought it a couple years ago and just love it. I'm happy to see that changing version numbers didn't require me to upgrade like some programs I bought in the past.

    Perfect for my needs! Very configurable and stable.

  4. 3 out of 5 stars
    Reverb

    Reviewing 6.00 Beta 2 (Nov 30, 2007)

    I used this for about a year before discovering KMPlayer/GOMPlayer. Not bad, basically a replacement for Windows Media Player (DirectShow) with better DVD navigation but no visuals.

    Nothing that would make me want spend money on this when there are better free alternatives out there.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    Point Zero

    Reviewing 6.00 Beta 2 (Nov 30, 2007)

    New review :
    This program is really worth the money, much better than the free MPC, and really cleverly programmed.

    Keep it up !

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