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CyberDoc999 reviewed v13.7 on Jul 5, 2017

I give it a 2 stars and that is all

see mpc be for the best

also smooth video project for the ultimate

freesoft15 reviewed v9.4.0 on Sep 23, 2014

Zoom Player , one of the most recomended player to play videp and audio files formats .
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OAKsider reviewed v8.5.1 on Jan 2, 2013

Still an incredible media player after all these years, and now it's free. I don't know where to start, and it's probably already been said anyway, so let me just say: download Zoom Player, check it out. Customize the hell out of it if you want, it's possible. "Never gonna give you up..." Thanks Inmatrix.

stisev reviewed v7.00 on Sep 5, 2011

Zoomplayer is the GOD of all PC video players. It creates the gold-standard for all other video players to be benchmarked to.

Make no mistake, this is the best HTPC video player on the market, hands down. It is stable, configurable in every way imaginable and controllable from a remote using Eventghost or girder.

Ignore these nincompoops below. They are purposely decreasing the rating for some reason

Best video player ever. Nothing even comes close and I've tried all of them (including MPC-HC + VLC + GOM + KMplayer)

stisev reviewed v5.50 Beta 1 on Sep 5, 2011

Using v8.0 RC3
Zoomplayer is the GOD of all PC video players. It creates the gold-standard for all other video players to be benchmarked to.

Make no mistake, this is the best HTPC video player on the market, hands down. It is stable, configurable in every way imaginable and controllable from a remote using Eventghost or girder.

Ignore these nincompoops below. They are purposely decreasing the rating for some reason

Best video player ever. Nothing even comes close and I've tried all of them (including MPC-HC + VLC + GOM + KMplayer)

jamikabg reviewed v8.00 RC1 on Mar 18, 2011

No trial version, expires after 30-60-any days, just a good one that I don't have to pay for.
https://www.google.com/b...DZg%2FBDQyIggoQ7eK2wewl

CyberDoc999 reviewed v8.00 RC1 on Mar 18, 2011

watch out for that Bing tool bar

radiomaffia reviewed v7.00 RC1 on Oct 3, 2009

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

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

doctorsmith reviewed v6.00 RC3 on Aug 19, 2008

excellent piece of software.

photonboy reviewed v6.00 RC1 on Jan 28, 2008

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

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

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

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

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

Perfect for my needs! Very configurable and stable.

Reverb reviewed v6.00 Beta 2 on Nov 30, 2007

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

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

Point Zero reviewed v6.00 Beta 2 on Nov 30, 2007

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

Keep it up !

ecold reviewed v5.50 Beta 1 on Aug 17, 2007

Getting a virus warning from crappy NAV that lists it as having bloodhound.overpacked.
Just FYI to the devs.
Chose 3 since it's the middle of the orad and I have yet to try it and can't since NAV deleted it.

Point Zero reviewed v5.50 Beta 1 on Aug 13, 2007

Yeah, the screenshots look great, better than the actual program actually.

Dsfargeg reviewed v5.50 Alpha 1 on Apr 23, 2007

ZoomPlayer isn't bad, but there are better freeware alternatives now (like Gomplayer), and the beta versions always caused serious trouble for me.

Black Mamba reviewed v5.00 Final on Dec 29, 2006

Best multimedia player right now.

Period.

stisev reviewed v5.00 Preview 8 on Oct 5, 2006

The latest previews have their problems, but Zoomplayer is still the best HTPC video player ever coded. Hands down.

Other fine video software:

Media Player Classic
VLC
MPlayer

Defcon79 reviewed v5.00 Preview 8 on Oct 2, 2006

ZP is still a avery good, light media player with a very responsive author who answers all questions. I bought the app a long time ago, but I'm afraid there are better freeware alternatives now, such as Kmplayer and Gomplayer.

ZP still has a few features which are unmatched, such as TV output and the catalog.

Flebbo reviewed v5.00 Preview 8 on Oct 2, 2006

To bad that it has such a poor support for subtitles. Other than that it's ok but i prefer Kmplayer which is far better.

chronon reviewed v5.00 Technology Preview 7 on Jul 16, 2006

It's not only a mp3 player but a video player, on that category I prefer winamp. It's very customizable player, skin support and you can control it entirely from the keyboard if you like.

Yes it does use external stuff but I don't think that is bad.

cengizkhan reviewed v5.00 Technology Preview 7 on Jul 16, 2006

It can not show subtitles without help of an external software (you need direct vobsub. even the simplest player can do this.

brotherS reviewed v4.51 on Jan 18, 2006

It's fast, has many options and you could control it completely with your keyboard! Great!

captainpete reviewed v4.51 on Aug 1, 2005

If you are looking for a replacement for windows media player because it slows down your system, then you should try zoom player. I barely notice it running and it has more options than I could ever need. It may not be as user friendly as the windows software, but chances are if you've found your way here, you don't need user friendly. So what if it doesn't play dvds, get a friggin dvd player for your TV, they are like $20 these days.

twosheds reviewed v4.51 on Jul 31, 2005

$28-$36 for the 'useful' version

kanenas reviewed v4.50 RC2 on Jun 22, 2005

excellent player but I think that only the pro version can play dvd? correct me if i am wrong

i am downloading now to check it

sqstultz reviewed v4.50 RC2 on Jun 22, 2005

A nice upgrade from the previous version of Zoom Player. With the correct CODEC's installed (try K-lite Mega Pack), it plays everything I have thrown at it. I don't have any lock-up issues on any of the five computers I've installed this new build on, as another reviewer indicated (probably an isolated issue on his computer). I especially like the CTRL-O menu that lets you alter brightness, contrast, and color balance. Many other media players do not offer that (although WMP does). Try this build, it's useful and stable.

brotherS reviewed v4.50 RC1 on Jun 22, 2005

A great player, I use it for a long time now

tewa reviewed v4.50 Beta 4 on Apr 17, 2005

I've been using Zoomplayer for several years. I like to use it because of its simple interface. Although the configuration is not for average users. I could not give it a 5 because it does not play some movie files (the same file plays well in VLC); its forward and backward creates long delays with some AVI files (again, VLC does not experience this). It is still a great player!

debonair reviewed v4.10 Beta 2 on Dec 24, 2004

I would have given 5, but for some reason, this player doesn't play some of my pr0n, and I have to use WMP. gah!

arvind reviewed v4.03 on Sep 6, 2004

Excellent Stuff!.....finally got rid of the Windows Media Player junk.....

Brian49 reviewed v4.02 on Aug 17, 2004

This version keeps freezing up on my system whenever I try to open a movie file, whereas previous versions worked fine. In general a great program, but the latest changes seem to be for the worse.

finalcut reviewed v4.02 RC3 on Aug 9, 2004

the best period

darthbeads reviewed v4.01 RC1 on Jul 5, 2004

Not sure why a media player should have a "shutdown computer option"....

Zoom Player is a terrific media player with more options than you can shake a stick at. Phenomenal playback quality and remarkable codec support, to say nothing of frequent and welcome updates and support!

espyder reviewed v4.00 on Jun 14, 2004

No "shutdown computer" option...
worth 4/5

Drama reviewed v4.00 on Jun 13, 2004

Best player around. Great for slow machines.

MMPD reviewed v4.00 Beta 2 on Mar 7, 2004

Still the best player around. Have yet to find a player on the net to have the capabilities of zoom player standard or pro. It is well worth the money for this software if your looking for quality this is it.

crimarti reviewed v3.30 Final on Jan 30, 2004

this crap can't show subtitles, sure, it can when using directsubvob filter but using that program EVEN windows media player can handle subtitles.

since i'm not english speaker i rate this app. a pure BULLs***.

cees2000 reviewed v3.30 Final on Jan 2, 2004

I believe I (almost) tested 'm all, all the players there are, but this one really rocks!!!

Jeffsoft reviewed v3.30 Final on Jan 1, 2004

quite nice !

glassdesigns reviewed v3.30 Final on Dec 31, 2003

This is the best player I have used bar none.

uNdisputed reviewed v3.30 Release Candidate 1 on Dec 26, 2003

hi. it`s a very good piece of work.,the only thing that does`nt work with me is the color control`s..hue ect..as it work`s with media player classic.and a few more..
the only thing i wanted in media player classic was an equilizer...zoom has it..
used bs player the core media player mpc ..all good
zoom and mpc r on the top i guess..hard to decide...
i do recomend to try it out.it`s free is the best part.:)
regard`s and keep the good work going buddie..

sorty reviewed v3.30 Beta 3 on Dec 26, 2003

voloda:
Subtitle support is done through a 3rd party directshow filter called DirectVobSub. Perhaps you had an older version of it installed, or didn't set a proper font for it, but there's absolutely no reason why it shouldn't work for you.

Tidus41 reviewed v3.30 Beta 3 on Dec 25, 2003

one of the best programs ever

jrepin reviewed v3.30 Beta 3 on Dec 25, 2003

Still my favourite video player. Small, fast and with a lot of settings.

voloda reviewed v3.30 Beta 3 on Dec 25, 2003

Well I might say that it is a Great player indeed, but I was wondering if the new version supports subtitles in Slovak language, in older version it did not worked :((

more10s reviewed v3.20 Release Candidate 2 on Nov 2, 2003

Wow! the best player Ive tried! looks great with the default skin, performs good...very customizable!

Nigma reviewed v3.20 Beta 2 on Aug 21, 2003

Five Stars Baby :)

finalcut reviewed v3.20 Beta 2 on Aug 21, 2003

this program is really good but I prefer classic media player over all other player

patmc7 reviewed v3.10 RC2 on Jun 10, 2003

I have not been able to get decent results with my player even after constructing a DVD Graph. Sometimes it plays and crashes, other times it won't display properly. It uses what appears to be a modified filter (I believe it is Quantum) that combines both audio and video. It came with an ATI DVD player and works fine with that. My machine will not handle either WinDVD or PowerDVD either, and I get black bars using Interactual.

angelpage reviewed v3.10 RC2 on Jun 10, 2003

webcamXP is for the moment the best Webcam program: at the same time 5 different Videostreams, Ftp Upload, Audiostream, Chat Tool, Community, Forum etc.. Therefore I use it for the demonstration for young Cam Webmaster.

NTUSER reviewed v3.10 RC2 on Jun 10, 2003

Great media player.... I've been using it for about 2 months now, mostly for mp3's. My only suggestion would be to add to the "Control Bar" a way to toggle the "Play List Editor" dialog.

sorty reviewed v3.10 Release Candidate 1 on May 29, 2003

The Professional version is a fully working trial, so you can easily test if the DVD functions work for you.

And I'm not really sure what you mean by the drive referrence, Zoom Player works with every computer that has a DVD Drive (or even without it if you have some DVD images lying on your hard drive), as long as you have DVD Decoding filters installed. I have yet to see a system in which playback wouldn't work due to hardware. 99.9% of the time it's some driver issue or misconfiguration.

patmc7 reviewed v3.10 Release Candidate 1 on May 28, 2003

I dislike the practice of "upgrading" by removing formerly free features such as DVD ability. Having said that, I think users need some period to evaluate the DVD function since it isn't compatible with all drives, even with custom filters.

christoofar reviewed v3.10 Beta 2 on May 19, 2003

Simply......the best!

nant reviewed v3.10 Beta 2 on May 19, 2003

The best just got a hell lot better.

GeneralLeoFF reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 2 on Apr 14, 2003

The new features of this are pretty cool. The skin tint presets and the new icon changer style are realy good. I dont like how the Media mode thing now says "Media Video" it just sounds swcward and if i'm not mistaked it;s an audio player to. That would perhaps be cool if it had a mode seporate from Media Vidio for Audio only. In audio mode it would remove the black video window and only desplay the bottom controll panel buttons (look and work more like winamp in audio mode). An EQ for for audio files wouldent hurt either but admitidly zoom player is primarily a video player even though it can play audio files. As for the TV mode stuff it probly isnt as simple as you would think. in order for it to replace WinDVD Recorder it would have to be able to handle all the features of WinDVD Recorder such as real time encoding of diffrent vidio types (Mpeg1 VCD, Mpeg2 SVCD/DVD etc...) as well as retain the WinDVD TiVo style features of pre buffering and pausing live TV and timer recordings. I would love to see it do it as i'm the owner of a VIA Mini-Itx system (8.75" x 8.75" mobo form factor) and a 36" Gateway Destination II XGA monitor capable of 800x600 60hz witch is PERFICT for watching DVD and other vidio files but I have yet to find the all in one application to run on it. Zoom Player is the closest but not there yet.

Scorched Earth reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 2 on Apr 14, 2003

Lots of nice fixes in this version. Most of which I never would have missed as the last RC seemed perfect for daily usage. This is the perfect player for me. I don't watch DVD's on my computer, so I don't miss that function at all.

Cirque reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 2 on Apr 14, 2003

Wonderful program, although I miss the DVD ability since I had the impression that Zoomplayer would be free forever at least with the included standard features. I never considered features would be removed simply to be included in a paid version since that seems to go against the spirit of staying free. Looking past that, it is a very simple to use and feature rich media player that works very well with TV-Out or multiple monitors. It seems to be lacking a couple of useful features such as the zoom in via mouse drawn selection box like in WinDVD and as mentioned by others, no TV support which is EXTREAMLY simple to do using direct show/draw? filters even in a webbrowser. As far as creating two versions and charging for one, I would MUCH rather see the free version do Media/DVD/TV just not do it with as many features. To provide the basic abilities needed to watch a dvd or movie file, but perhaps not set all sorts of diff options or features would make more sense to encourage people to spend money.

GeneralLeoFF reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 1 on Apr 7, 2003

SVCD problemsolved using my already exesting WinDVD Recorder (4.5) decoders and a nifty thingy called Riff CD/XA filter for / XCD. Great program, now if only it could make use of my video capture card I would not have to use more then 1 program (I use WinDVD REcorder for watching TV).

sorty reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 1 on Apr 7, 2003

Zoom Player has no issues playing SVCD files, I do it daily. If you have any problems getting this to work, I'll be happy to field them at the Zoom Player forum (forum.inmatrix.com).

And the media playback (including SVCD) is part of the free (for non-commercial use) version. Only the DVD code requires the Professional version.

Scorched Earth reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 1 on Apr 6, 2003

Wow, I think I have a new favorite. I like the skin, as well as how quickly Zoom Player runs and renders video. It actually runs better and renders better than Media Player Classic, using both program's defaults. The skin is a huge improvement, the old one was horrible.

SNYder reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 1 on Apr 6, 2003

WOWIE WOW WOW!

Kyle_Katarn reviewed v3.00 Release Candidate 1 on Apr 6, 2003

Definitely the BEST

Perezoso reviewed v3.00 Beta 6 on Mar 17, 2003

It's a keeper :)

mufdvr3669 reviewed v3.00 Beta 6 on Mar 15, 2003

Awesome, use it for all my videos except quicktime. and to kingy: to look into a video playing problem you have to give some info on the problem, saying look into something doesn't help at all.

oopl reviewed v3.00 Beta 6 on Mar 15, 2003

Awesome player. I use it for all my video playback needs.
One question tho: how do you stop sleep/suspend mode from kicking in when Zoomplayer is Active? If I play files through WM Player, the system knows not to power down.

LLOL reviewed v3.00 Beta 6 on Mar 14, 2003

THIS PLAYER PLAYS EVERYTHING you ever get hands on.
Be aware that you only install the minimal codecs that are needed to playback a movie,... MP3 , DivX If you only install the needed codecs there wount be a problem in the registry.

kingy reviewed v3.00 Beta 6 on Mar 14, 2003

its pretty good exept it won't play 1 of my CD's U might want to look into that

sorty reviewed v3.00 Beta 6 on Mar 14, 2003

Just a note as the title didn't quite say this. This is a beta of the Media Playback capabilities, DVD Playback is not enabled in this beta.

Moparx reviewed v3.00 Beta 5.5 on Jan 13, 2003

zoomplayer is a great freeware media application.
it has alot of nice features built into it and it also has a fairly steady development rate. i would recommend it to anyone.

Ryokurin reviewed v3.00 Beta 5 on Jan 9, 2003

DVD decoders cost money. you need a player such as powerDVD or winDVD first to play it. The readme and documentation explains this.

Jackinthebox reviewed v3.00 Beta 5 on Jan 9, 2003

This program is rad.. my friend told me about fileshare when Audiogalaxy went down.. I'm really happy he told me about it!

Charlie32 reviewed v3.00 Beta 5 on Jan 9, 2003

Good application.. looks clean.. crisp.. better than Direct Connect..

Mr. NewB reviewed v3.00 Beta 5 on Jan 9, 2003

Awsome program!! I dunno about what these other guys are saying, but it works for me! Look for me online under the username 'NewB'!

netean reviewed v3.00 Beta 4 on Dec 31, 2002

A dvd player that can't play Mpeg2 files (no filter supplied)

AM I missing something?

sorty reviewed v3.00 Beta 3.2 on Dec 22, 2002

bobad:
Play the first video and use Shift+PGUP/PGDN

bobad reviewed v3.00 Beta 3.1 on Dec 20, 2002

What's NOT to like about Zoom Player? One executable is the height of coolness and bloat fighting. Only thing I wish for is a way to toggle through a folder full of small movies with a single keystroke (like the space bar, for example).

Dirk van Hoofen reviewed v3.00 Beta 3.1 on Dec 20, 2002

Thanks for this very good freeware ! Nice to work with it, because I must not install it - I can start it DIRECTLY from the .zip archive. SUPER !!

Orlando reviewed v3.00 Beta 3 on Dec 19, 2002

Ooops, I was wrong...Media Player Classic does add a small amount of information to the system registry. Sorry about that. See my message below.

unamericanpunk reviewed v3.00 Beta 3 on Dec 19, 2002

This is the best video player in the world, if only it'd play apple quick time movies too then it'd be even better.

Flawless reviewed v3.00 Beta 2 on Dec 5, 2002

Great, takes up low resources

wonko reviewed v3.00 Beta 2 on Dec 5, 2002

Freeware? Ha. No kids, this is what we call crippleware. All the useful features are crippled and instead we get to look at a nice "Pro version only" label. Releasing a crippled version of a shareware program for free doesn't make it freeware.

mikero reviewed v3.00 Beta 2 on Dec 2, 2002

It's very rare to encounter a program that does everything it's supposed to, provides ultimate flexibility so that everybody can adjust for his/her hardware, software, tastes and optimal comfort. New features keep coming all the time and support is better than in many subscription programs. Unbelievably, it's also free!

cronozzz reviewed v3.00 Beta 2 on Dec 2, 2002

Thanks to Blight for this GREAT piece of software, which is actually the best player in the world. Also thanks for the GREAT support he offers on his forum. And also thanks for keeping it free.

freedomfighter reviewed v3.00 Beta 2 on Dec 2, 2002

If there was 10 Stars, this program gets all 10. Fantastic on ALL media types including MPEG4 (the Micro$oft dongled version). Fro those users who have Divx and have the problem with audio dub catch up (out of sync) this program handles it and the playback is as smooth as Sade:)

Top marks for a top programe:)))))))))

headgeek reviewed v3.00 Beta 1 on Nov 22, 2002

The ULTIMATE DivX and DVD Player. I use nothing else!

bleedingpegasus reviewed v2.90 on Nov 7, 2002

It's an excelent program, more stable, less resource, yet faster and full of control which is really for me that control-freak. :D. BUT, where is the screen-capture function? All i can see so far is black-blank-picture as the result of its native screen capture. Come on.....

MMPD reviewed v2.90 on Nov 7, 2002

Very very nice program :)

SNYder reviewed v2.90 on Nov 7, 2002

much much much much better then the last major release!

AnthOnySh reviewed v2.90 Release Candidate 1 on Oct 29, 2002

I love zoom player：）））

jrepin reviewed v2.80 on Sep 7, 2002

This is an excellent app. It's small and very fast. I also like all the options that are available. Together with winamp Classic it's all you need to listen to music and watch movies.

betasun reviewed v2.80 RC1 on Aug 25, 2002

The PLAYLIST needs skin ,also the player itself .

Rianata reviewed v2.80 Beta 1 on Aug 12, 2002

Well, it's a really good effort, although I don't agree with the all too positive reviews written before me. This program doesn't play divx's too well and mov's (quicktime) not at all. The supported file types I nowhere to be found, so I don't now if the support isn't just there or if it's broken. Audio support is good. Under Win98SE I use it sometimes, but I keep my copy of the DIVX Playa near me...

bobad reviewed v2.71 on Aug 10, 2002

Excellent player! I use it as my default player now for all media except MP3, for which I use Cool Player. One thing I wish Zoom Player would do is play AVI and MPG files while they are downloading. The DIVX playa does this in most cases, so I know it can be done.(bobad@charter.net)

Kessen reviewed v2.70 Final on Jul 15, 2002

This player seems to be very stable, reliable, and doesn't have a bug as far as i have been testing it. Plus you can queue files, and the toolbar disappear in fullscreen mode a few seconds after you stop moving the mouse. Also beautiful. The quality of the movies is very good. the only drawback is that i couldn't open one divx file that must have been encoded with a rare codec; all others divx play fine.

All in all a very good replacement for wmp for all files (apart the .asx format).

langbaba_le_roux reviewed v2.70 Final on Jul 15, 2002

Very usefull indeed! Something I would wish to see is support for remote control devices (IR Man for instance). Other than that, the shareware version of my image viewing app. gave in last week and I went searching for a new viewer. To my surprise I found that ZoomPlay can do that a** well! Wonderfull app, keep it up!

zhiv reviewed v2.70 Final on Jul 14, 2002

Very interesting!

bobad reviewed v2.70 Final on Jul 13, 2002

Nice program. Very competent and highly configurable. Wish it would play music CD's so I could make it my default CD player in Win XP. (bobad@charter.net)

curto reviewed v2.70 Final on Jul 13, 2002

The best media player replacement. Period. :)

paaltio reviewed v2.70 Beta 2 on Jun 24, 2002

This is simply the best media player out there, no contest. The fact alone that you can do everything with the keyboard without needing to touch the mouse at all makes it a dream come true in my books. And the proper aspect ratio support (anamorphic!) and overscan compensation possibility are just so essential for someone like me who watches movies via a video card's TV-out on a 16:9 TV that I've been desperately craving for them for years and wondering why no one had realized the need for them. Add to that the fact that it's the total antithesis to Windows Media Player in that there's no bloat anywhere to be seen -- instead everything happens lightning fast -- and there's really no other way to describe this program than saying that it's media player heaven.

I haven't spent time writing reviews before, but now I just had to, since this program is really THAT good. Great, great design and coding from the author. Such quality and robustness is very rare these days.

beavisuk reviewed v2.70 Beta 2 on Jun 23, 2002

A very good media player. If you are running a Multiple monitor setup then this is essential! Zoomplayer is updated frequently and has never caused me any problems at all. I only wish it could handle corrupt mpg files a bit better such as Xing player used to do, with corrupt Mpg files in Zoomplayer I get a "Floating point division by zero" error. That minor niggle aside, I highly recommend Zoom Player!

ditoa reviewed v2.60 RC2 on May 23, 2002

now that is ALOT of fixes!! Good program, does what it says it does and it does it very well indeed! I would buy this program if it didnt need PowerDVD or alike to be installed also. It is free though and i already own PowerDVD so i cant moan! Very impressed and very pleased, well worth download. I am running Windows XP Pro and Home and have had no problem at all! (unlike with PowerDVD XP!)

MMPD reviewed v2.60 Beta 3 on May 9, 2002

This is a very good program :)
I have been looking all over for a program that is like this, out of all of the programs i have tried this one is the best.

bageo reviewed v2.50 on Mar 13, 2002

I'd give it five stars, if only the uninstall tool was fonctional. I am using W XP.

Darken reviewed v2.50 on Mar 13, 2002

Good freeware program ! See ya, Darken

dicohexian reviewed v2.50 RC2 on Mar 10, 2002

Awesome, gotta lovet it! Everything you need, frequent updates, stable ... lots of features and tweaks... what more do you need?

sorlag reviewed v2.50 RC2 on Mar 8, 2002

fine software :)

klumy reviewed v2.50 RC 1 on Mar 1, 2002

It's a great thing that such a tool is Freeware.
This is a very good alternative to other commercial players like PowerDVD or WinDVD.

The Programmer's Support is great

ditoa reviewed v2.50 RC 1 on Feb 28, 2002

do i need any other DVD software to watch DVDs? I have a hardware DVD card but i cannot watch them on my monitor as i have lost the cable for the monitor to dvd card bypass thing. I did have WinDVD but lost the cd (i loss everything!). Can i use this instead of WinDVD etc?

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v2.50 Beta 1 on Feb 10, 2002

Damn, yet another release! Amazing! I can't believe such a perfect product can be worked apon and made better, OVER AND OVER AGAIN!

knowley reviewed v2.40 Final on Feb 3, 2002

EXCELLANT!

Have been using it for ages, wouldn't use anything else...good to see loads of extras in the final release!!

mikael.eshammar reviewed v2.40 Beta 3 on Jan 19, 2002

It has all the features wmp6.4 has and a lot more. I have tried a lot of players out there and zoomplayer is the only one that really meet my demands. The program is totally outstanding. A player without a "popup" controlbar in fullscreen mode is worthless ZP has it and does it well.

ManiaXe reviewed v2.40 Beta 2 on Jan 18, 2002

Sublime features, especially the control bar is brilliant.
Only negative item are the looks and the disability to play Real Media or Quicktime medis (probably due to legal issues).

Definitely the first, and thus far only, windows media player replacement.

hfk reviewed v2.30 RC1 on Dec 29, 2001

Excellent application, extremely configureable, and frequently updated. Wish there were more skins available.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v2.20 RC 2 on Dec 4, 2001

Its good, and deserves the 5 stars, but windows media player 6.4 will always serve me well.

sorty reviewed v2.20 Beta 3 on Nov 25, 2001

Two notes:

2.20 beta 3 has a new default skin which looks far better and offers a slightly different functionality.

The 2 column right-click context menu is as-such due to the number of features it supports and the need to have it fit 640x480 (for TV-Output use with remote mouse-type devices).

I may make it optional to have it appear as one column.

-.Blight

masoud reviewed v2.20 Beta 3 on Nov 25, 2001

...FINE !

aldo reviewed v2.20 Beta 2 on Nov 19, 2001

Very nice, compact, lot of features and customization options. I just don't like the 2 columns pop-up menu, when you right-click near the right edge of the screen the submenus are difficult to access.

masoud reviewed v2.12 RC 1 on Nov 6, 2001

NOW better....only the FRAME seems PLASTIC...and its not a good user interface.

masoud reviewed v2.10 on Oct 28, 2001

...outstanding.