Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

comnut reviewed v4.2.2.27 on May 17, 2019

Pros: I have kmp 42.2.2.19 - a great player with many options, but..

Cons: It ALWAYS asks to download an update, preventing from me quickly looking at a file..

Bottom Line: I will NOT use it untill the authors give **reliable* means to switch off ALL nags..

e.Myrcom reviewed v4.2.2.17 on Nov 5, 2018

Pros: I'd like to try KMPlayer again but, the last time I tried it.. it seems it had adware or something similar in it. I hope someone with more savvy in protecting against those types of apps installing along with the software can try out this new version and report back for the rest of us who have fond memories of using it in the past.

Cons: Until I know otherwise.. worries about it's installer adding AdWare or similar PUPs during installing.

Bottom Line: ..I'm waiting until someone can report back who knows how to catch this type of thing during an installation since they're not really malware or virus type of hidden unwanted bits.

I really used to like this software, a ton. But, that was a number of years back now. Please let me/us know if this is clean, etc.. Someone who's set up to catch anything Potentially Unwanted installing with it. Thanks.!

Mike H reviewed v4.2.2.2 on Sep 18, 2017

Pros: First impressions are that this a very competant player, I did not notice any ads disturbing my video viewing. Seems to have a lot of options available.

Cons: My only criticism is that the controls are too small.

Bottom Line: Great Player

CyberDoc999 reviewed v4.1.0.3 on Jun 26, 2016

adware

CyberDoc999 reviewed v4.0.8.1 on May 26, 2016

super bad now
ads all over while you watch movies
1 start is too many

humbleuser reviewed v4.0.4.6 on Feb 12, 2016

Used to really like it until my screen was invaded with popups and I had a sales track superimposed over my films. What the hell were they thinking?

BANDIT- reviewed v3.8.0.122 on Apr 7, 2014

I still use v3.0.0.1442 .. Only for Pre-Editing Video.. (End Of).

I keep my eye on the changes & altho I rate this App very highly,
I don't require any of the updates since my version.
KMPlayer has many, MANY configs But is in danger of getting a bit "Too Busy".

Not @noob territory.. BUT..!! You gotta start somewhere.
Be ready for a lot of head scratchin' if you give it a go... lol .. ^_^

My version v3.0.0.1442 gets 5* .. I won't comment of later versions.

Karol Mily reviewed v3.7.0.107 on Sep 12, 2013

Still contains spyware/bloatware? or removed in this version?

BANDIT- reviewed v3.6.0.85 on 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.

Karol Mily reviewed v3.5.0.81 on Mar 12, 2013

KMPlayer needs more attention from programmers. Latest versions after 3.3 brings many bugs into program.

PotPlayer is currently better option.

davidtb reviewed v3.5.0.77 on 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"

NyaR reviewed v3.3.0.28 Beta on 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.

VelvetElvis reviewed v3.2.0.19 on 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.

asloane reviewed v3.2.0.18 on Apr 24, 2012

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

Hilbert reviewed v3.2.0.18 on 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.

ONISURGE reviewed v3.2.0.12 on 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

Karol Mily reviewed v3.2.0.12 on 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*.

ppscslv reviewed v3.1.0.0 R2 on Mar 15, 2012

For me KMPlayer, followed by VLC, are the best media players in the world.

dsp_418 reviewed v3.1.0.0 on 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 ;)

netean reviewed v3.1.0.0 on 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.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v3.1.0.0 on 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

mynamehere reviewed v3.1.0.0 on 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.

mynamehere reviewed v3.0.0.1442 on 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.

Vimes reviewed v3.0.0.1442 on Sep 21, 2011

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

Hilbert reviewed v3.0.0.1442 on 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.

more10s reviewed v3.0.0.1440 on Apr 24, 2011

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

Qlib reviewed v3.0.0.1440 on 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..

Haaglander reviewed v3.0.0.1439 on Jan 27, 2011

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

Vivek Kowshik reviewed v3.0.0.1439 on 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.

chahoolee reviewed v3.0.0.1438 on 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.

uberfly reviewed v3.0.0.1438 on 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.

reddy.shyam reviewed v3.0.0.1438 on Sep 16, 2010

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

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v3.0.0.1438 on 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.

more10s reviewed v3.0.0.1438 on 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"

Diam0nd reviewed v3.0.0.1438 on 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.

idodialog reviewed v2.9.4.1437 on 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.

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.9.4.1437 on 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...

Plumber reviewed v2.9.4.1437 on 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.

LanTec reviewed v2.9.4.1437 on Jun 1, 2010

The "About" says version .1436 not .1437

Floodland reviewed v2.9.4.1437 on 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

ZoNi reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on Feb 25, 2010

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

assoluta reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

emanresU deriseD reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

antigin reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

TGB72 reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on Oct 20, 2009

Not stable

gubmonte reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

netean reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

mynamehere reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

myboy reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

Alexander-GG reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on Oct 16, 2009

Ask Toolbar.

4122 reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on 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.

Flebbo reviewed v2.9.4.1436 on Oct 16, 2009

Ask Toolbar....

qpok reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on Oct 4, 2009

One star. Why? Ask Toolbar.

dotnetnightmare reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on 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!!

aking80 reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on 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.

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on 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...

Djuzan Belic reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on Sep 17, 2009

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

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on 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.

us3r reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on Sep 15, 2009

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

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on 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.

RMerlin reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on 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).

Morningdove reviewed v2.9.4.1435 on 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.

ThunderBoyDavid reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on 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.

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on May 2, 2009

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

Mystiqq reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on 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.

Morningdove reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on 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.

Qlib reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on Dec 26, 2008

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

radiomaffia reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on 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

Joco reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on 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.

XhmikosR reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on 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!

keiichi999 reviewed v2.9.4.1434 on Dec 22, 2008

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

nattswe reviewed v2.9.4.1433 Beta on Dec 2, 2008

yeah in just love km player to

tried several other players, even some that cost money.

this is still the best

digitalking reviewed v2.9.4.1433 Beta on 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!!!

Undesired Username reviewed v2.9.4.1433 Beta on 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.

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.9.4.1433 Beta on Oct 25, 2008

Awesome... !!!

THE BEST media player !!!

Gebest splitter's, integrated ffdshow and bass dll's makes this player perfect...

Metshrine reviewed v2.9.4.1433 Beta on 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.

joeshmoe7 reviewed v2.9.4.1433 Beta on 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.

parag_ganga reviewed v2.9.4.1433 Beta on 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.

Joco reviewed v2.9.3.1433 Beta on 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).

rotjong reviewed v2.9.3.1433 Beta on 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.

Undesired Username reviewed v2.9.3.1433 Beta on Oct 20, 2008

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

italyx reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on 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.

Undesired Username reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on 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.

Aires reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on Sep 15, 2008

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

godofthunder reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on Sep 8, 2008

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

dpcdpc11 reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on Sep 5, 2008

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

davidtb reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on 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.

arjesus reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on 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)

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on 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...

MadHead reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on Sep 4, 2008

old news...

periklo reviewed v2.9.3.1432 R2 Beta on Sep 4, 2008

Jolly good!

Reverb reviewed v2.9.3.1432 Beta on 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.

Diddelido reviewed v2.9.3.1432 Beta on Jul 19, 2008

Nearly perfect !

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

skurv reviewed v2.9.3.1432 Beta on Jul 15, 2008

Great player! Love the new filetype icons!

echohead reviewed v2.9.3.1432 Beta on 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.

digitalking reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on 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.

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on 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

JamalHadiou reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on 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.

Second Shadow reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on 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.

Deedstyger reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on May 9, 2008

g** d***!!! CAPITALISM!!! ,(=

alshawwa reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on 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.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on 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.

Zero3K reviewed v2.9.3.1431 Beta on 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.

frodo888 reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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...

echohead reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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

why hello there reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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.

armpit reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on Mar 3, 2008

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

4087447 reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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

aking80 reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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.

xanax reviewed v2.9.3.1430 Beta on 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.

Project51 reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on 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.

spiked reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on 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.

CodecPack reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on 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.

bolaris reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on 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.

TGB72 reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on 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).

guti reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on Jan 1, 2008

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

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on Dec 21, 2007

Simply the best player!!!

why hello there reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on Dec 19, 2007

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

arjesus reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on Dec 19, 2007

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

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1428 on 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

Earwicker reviewed v2.9.3.1428 Beta on 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!

white lightning reviewed v2.9.3.1428 Beta on Dec 17, 2007

Thanks for the update .

rotjong reviewed v2.9.3.1428 Beta on 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.

echohead reviewed v2.9.3.1428 Beta on Dec 17, 2007

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

ltsnow reviewed v2.9.3.1428 Beta on Dec 17, 2007

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

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1428 Beta on Dec 17, 2007

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

dejavu reviewed v2.9.3.1428 Beta on Dec 17, 2007

Thank You For This Wonderful Freeware!

DKDude reviewed v2.9.3.1427 Beta on Dec 16, 2007

Simply the BEST player.

Thanks for the hard work you put into this program.

white lightning reviewed v2.9.3.1427 Beta on Dec 11, 2007

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

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1427 Beta on 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.

dhry reviewed v2.9.3.1427 Beta on 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?

frodo888 reviewed v2.9.3.1427 Beta on 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.

echohead reviewed v2.9.3.1427 Beta on 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.

Direnc reviewed v2.9.3.1421 Beta on Dec 7, 2007

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

ixxy reviewed v2.9.3.1421 Beta on Dec 4, 2007

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

Flebbo reviewed v2.9.3.1421 Beta on 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.....

Death-Axe reviewed v2.9.3.1421 Beta on 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)

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1421 Beta on Dec 3, 2007

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

wdc reviewed v2.9.3.1417 Beta on Nov 29, 2007

not bad but still buggy, vlc is still better.

Qlib reviewed v2.9.3.1417 Beta on 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!

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1417 Beta on Nov 26, 2007

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

horsecharles reviewed v2.9.3.1413 Beta on 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.

Death-Axe reviewed v2.9.3.1413 Beta on 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.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1408 Beta on Nov 13, 2007

Simply the best.

anomoly reviewed v2.9.3.1408 Beta on 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

photonboy reviewed v2.9.3.1408 Beta on 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.)

arjesus reviewed v2.9.3.1408 Beta on 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

PackyPFC reviewed v2.9.3.1408 Beta on Nov 12, 2007

GOM player is a little bit better, especially on slower computer

white lightning reviewed v2.9.3.1408 Beta on Nov 12, 2007

Better & better .

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1402 Beta on Nov 6, 2007

Best player around, imho.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v2.9.3.1396 Beta on 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!

Lands reviewed v2.9.3.1396 Beta on Oct 31, 2007

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

sparskter reviewed v2.9.3.1396 Beta on 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.

reddy.shyam reviewed v2.9.3.1396 Beta on Oct 30, 2007

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

white lightning reviewed v2.9.3.1396 Beta on 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 .

ltsnow reviewed v2.9.3.1393 Beta on 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.

arjesus reviewed v2.9.3.1393 Beta on Oct 29, 2007

so far the best player i ever used

kiragipatlican reviewed v2.9.3.1389 Beta on 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.

Unbreakable_ reviewed v2.9.3.1389 Beta on 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."

asaenz reviewed v2.9.3.1389 Beta on 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.

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1389 Beta on 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

tuncerd reviewed v2.9.3.1382 Beta on 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.

VelvetElvis reviewed v2.9.3.1382 Beta on 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.

tickleonthetum reviewed v2.9.3.1382 Beta on 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.

Methsrine reviewed v2.9.3.1382 Beta on Oct 8, 2007

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

echohead reviewed v2.9.3.1382 Beta on 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!

allthebestnamesgone reviewed v2.9.3.1378 Beta on 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.

Point Zero reviewed v2.9.3.1378 Beta on Oct 1, 2007

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

inanytime reviewed v2.9.3.1375 Beta on 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!

sheppaul reviewed v2.9.3.1375 Beta on 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.

hell0 reviewed v2.9.3.1375 Beta on 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.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1375 Beta on Sep 24, 2007

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

visible0 reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on 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.

aking80 reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on Sep 20, 2007

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

sheppaul reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on 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

Reverb reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on 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.

white lightning reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on Sep 17, 2007

The best , no doubts

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on Sep 17, 2007

One of the best players around. No codecs needed.

guti reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on 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

Latino reviewed v2.9.3.1373 Beta on 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.

superbem reviewed v2.9.3.1364 Beta on 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.

Ain Soph Aur reviewed v2.9.3.1364 Beta on Sep 6, 2007

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

GREAT!

white lightning reviewed v2.9.3.1364 Beta on Sep 4, 2007

great

ballyhairs reviewed v2.9.3.1358 Beta on 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.

therube reviewed v2.9.3.1358 Beta on 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?

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1358 Beta on 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

Floodland reviewed v2.9.3.1358 Beta on 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!

Point Zero reviewed v2.9.3.1358 Beta on Aug 27, 2007

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

mrphatt reviewed v2.9.3.1353 Beta on 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.

hell0 reviewed v2.9.3.1353 Beta on 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.

aking80 reviewed v2.9.3.1353 Beta on 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.

hell0 reviewed v2.9.3.1350 Beta on 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".

Lands reviewed v2.9.3.1350 Beta on Aug 14, 2007

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

anomoly reviewed v2.9.3.1350 Beta on Aug 14, 2007

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

echohead reviewed v2.9.3.1350 Beta on 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!

hell0 reviewed v2.9.3.1345 Beta on 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.

ballyhairs reviewed v2.9.3.1345 Beta on Aug 7, 2007

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

Mystiqq reviewed v2.9.3.1345 Beta on 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.

yokozuna reviewed v2.9.3.1345 Beta on 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!

photonboy reviewed v2.9.3.1345 Beta on 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.

Reverb reviewed v2.9.3.1345 Beta on 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/

caplanepourmoi reviewed v2.9.3.1339 Beta on 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.

aleksandardr reviewed v2.9.3.1339 Beta on Jul 30, 2007

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

l3rutalSilence reviewed v2.9.3.1339 Beta on 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

echohead reviewed v2.9.3.1339 Beta on 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 ;)

jbejm reviewed v2.9.3.1333 Beta on 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.

E.T reviewed v2.9.3.1333 Beta on Jul 23, 2007

Changelogs, Please..!

antigin reviewed v2.9.3.1333 Beta on 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.

Reverb reviewed v2.9.3.1324 Beta on 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.

Sharp_Rulez reviewed v2.9.3.1324 Beta on Jul 16, 2007

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

BNut83 reviewed v2.9.3.1324 Beta on Jul 16, 2007

I use it for all non-AC3 video files.

Works great.

evilfreakz reviewed v2.9.3.1320 Beta on 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

Second Shadow reviewed v2.9.3.1320 Beta on 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)

madcats reviewed v2.9.3.1320 Beta on 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.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.9.3.1320 Beta on 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

sheppaul reviewed v2.9.3.1315 Beta on 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

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1315 Beta on Jun 26, 2007

Best player around!

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1315 Beta on 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

Isys reviewed v2.9.3.1315 Beta on Jun 26, 2007

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

Floodland reviewed v2.9.3.1315 Beta on 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!!

internetworld7 reviewed v2.9.3.1315 Beta on 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.

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v2.9.3.1308 Beta on 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.

allthebestnamesgone reviewed v2.9.3.1308 Beta on Jun 18, 2007

a 1 star review because of a screenshot? what an idiot

V.A reviewed v2.9.3.1308 Beta on 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)!

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1304 Beta on Jun 13, 2007

Best player around, imho.

gebeleizis reviewed v2.9.3.1304 Beta on 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.

Reverb reviewed v2.9.3.1302 Beta on 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.

sheppaul reviewed v2.9.3.1291 Beta on 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.

jocco reviewed v2.9.3.1291 Beta on 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 :-)

l3rutalSilence reviewed v2.9.3.1291 Beta on 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

Dystopia. reviewed v2.9.3.1291 Beta on 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.

Gus_Valentine reviewed v2.9.3.1291 Beta on 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)

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1291 Beta on May 30, 2007

Best player.

shadow_cruiser reviewed v2.9.3.1288 Beta on 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

tickleonthetum reviewed v2.9.3.1288 Beta on 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!

Peuj reviewed v2.9.3.1288 Beta on 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.

kyuchulyoon reviewed v2.9.3.1288 Beta on 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!

cstubing reviewed v2.9.3.1288 Beta on May 22, 2007

There is already a media player named "kmplayer" that pre-dates this one. Get an original name!

http://kmplayer.kde.org/

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1288 Beta on May 21, 2007

Teh market leader ;)

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.9.3.1284 Beta on 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.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1284 Beta on May 14, 2007

KMP > *

cltx99 reviewed v2.9.3.1279 Beta on 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.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.9.3.1279 Beta on 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

SamppaX reviewed v2.9.3.1279 Beta on 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

gcbetaman reviewed v2.9.3.1279 Beta on May 7, 2007

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

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1279 Beta on May 7, 2007

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

godzila reviewed v2.9.3.1279 Beta on May 7, 2007

nice player wery nice

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.9.3.1275 Beta on 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

Reverb reviewed v2.9.3.1272 Beta on 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.

anomoly reviewed v2.9.3.1272 Beta on 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.

Prospero424 reviewed v2.9.3.1272 Beta on 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.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1272 Beta on Apr 23, 2007

Numbre uno!

inventao reviewed v2.9.3.1272 Beta on 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

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.9.3.1272 Beta on 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

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1262 Beta on Apr 17, 2007

Simply the best. Amazing..!

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1262 Beta on 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

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.9.3.1254 Beta on 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

inventao reviewed v2.9.3.1254 Beta on Apr 9, 2007

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

madcats reviewed v2.9.3.1254 Beta on 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.

rawbanana reviewed v2.9.3.1243 Beta on 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.

vesser reviewed v2.9.3.1243 Beta on Apr 3, 2007

I really love it
A wonderfull media player

allthebestnamesgone reviewed v2.9.3.1243 Beta on 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

punjabijatt reviewed v2.9.3.1243 Beta on Apr 2, 2007

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

lordnaastik reviewed v2.9.3.1243 Beta on Apr 2, 2007

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

Reverb reviewed v2.9.3.1232 Beta on 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.

SamppaX reviewed v2.9.3.1232 Beta on 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.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1232 Beta on Mar 27, 2007

Best player around, imho.

punjabijatt reviewed v2.9.3.1232 Beta on 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

Kriff reviewed v2.9.3.1232 Beta on 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.

armpit reviewed v2.9.3.1227 Beta on Mar 13, 2007

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

Blaxima reviewed v2.9.3.1227 Beta on 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

Pfurri reviewed v2.9.3.1227 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

*******, furthermore if i'm repeating myself too, it's an absolute outstanding media-player.

With a few words : Simply the best !

Flebbo reviewed v2.9.3.1227 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

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

inventao reviewed v2.9.3.1227 Beta on Mar 12, 2007

Is out 2.9.3.1227, the best Mediaplayer

Pfurri reviewed v2.9.3.1222 on 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.

madcats reviewed v2.9.3.1222 on 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"

Point Zero reviewed v2.9.3.1222 on Mar 12, 2007

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

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1222 on 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

GeekK reviewed v2.9.3.1214 on 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. :-)

mlkmlk reviewed v2.9.3.1214 on 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.

Mystenes reviewed v2.9.3.1214 on 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???

Diam0nd reviewed v2.9.3.1214 on Feb 4, 2007

Great player. TONS of settings :D

photonboy reviewed v2.9.3.1214 on 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

mynamehere reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on 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.

And| reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on 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.

anomoly reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on 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.

lzvk25 reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on 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.

hondaman reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on Jan 23, 2007

lol

vlc kthx

inventao reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on Jan 23, 2007

The best multiplayer, yes.

ballyhairs reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on Jan 23, 2007

Go winDVD go

mrow reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on Jan 23, 2007

Stole Winamp's skin.

MPC > *

reinkaos reviewed v2.9.3.1213 on Jan 23, 2007

i know a better player: media player classic

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v2.9.3.1212 on 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.

molumen reviewed v2.9.3.1212 on 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.

Yogurth reviewed v2.9.3.1210 on 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!

dejavu reviewed v2.9.3.1210 on Jan 8, 2007

Excellent Software!

pdh reviewed v2.9.3.1210 on 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

yuggol reviewed v2.9.3.1210 on 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

Black Mamba reviewed v2.9.3.1200 on 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.

mynamehere reviewed v2.9.3.1200 on 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.

saga123 reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on Dec 29, 2006

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

Nikkie reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on Dec 24, 2006

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

Deedstyger reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on 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.

hemu_u reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on 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!!!!!

benZin reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on 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

Flebbo reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on 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.

Kalphegor reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on Aug 15, 2006

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

anomoly reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on Aug 14, 2006

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

boaz reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on Aug 14, 2006

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

Theoldwino reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on 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.

Kal-El reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on 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 :)

dejavu reviewed v2.9.2.1100 on Aug 14, 2006

Excellent player! This software is freeware!

Flebbo reviewed v2.9.1.1045 Beta on 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!

anomoly reviewed v2.9.1.1045 Beta on Jul 15, 2006

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

Mirrebex reviewed v2.9.1.1045 Beta on Jul 6, 2006

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

And| reviewed v2.9.1.1045 Beta on Jul 6, 2006

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

khgoo9 reviewed v2.9.1.1045 Beta on Jul 6, 2006

Do not believe the bad rumors spreaded in networks.

http://www.kmplayer.com/...ms/showthread.php?t=141

tremens reviewed v2.9.1.1045 Beta on 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)

benZin reviewed v2.9.1.1045 Beta on Jul 5, 2006

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

phamductri reviewed v2.9.1.1045 on 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.

okapi reviewed v2.9.1.1045 on Apr 28, 2006

Very good!

Bom player.Bem melhor que muitos que por aí andam.

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v2.9.1.1045 on 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)

anomoly reviewed v2.9.1.1045 on 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.

anmol.2k4 reviewed v2.9.1.1045 on Apr 25, 2006

stolen, still very good.
better ui than mpc

kiwibank reviewed v2.9.1.1043 on Mar 14, 2006

very, very good..what a find.....

Yogurth reviewed v2.9.1.1043 on 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

yokozuna reviewed v2.9.1.1043 on 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.

mojo_lo reviewed v2.8.1.1020 on 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.

jgjunn reviewed v2.8.1.1020 on 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.

afhsf49 reviewed v2.8.1.1020 on 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.

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v2.8.1.1020 on 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.