Top 5 Video Media player For Computer
- PotPlayer
- GOM Player
- MPC-HC
- XBMC
- VLC
PotPlayer
PotPlayer is Windows only, but it's lightweight, free, and plays just about every file format, codec, media container, or type of file you throw its direction with ease. Daum PotPlayer is our current pick for the best video player for Windows, and it's clear from the nominations round that a good number of you agree with us. In addition to broad format support, PotPlayer also gives you a wealth of features and controls to get your video playback looking just the way you like, or appropriate for the type of screen you're watching your movies or TV shows on. It packs filters for noise reduction, deinterlacing, brightness, contrast, hue, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. You also get audio controls, tons of skins to customize the UI, and more.
- Provides the maximum performance with the minumum resource using DXVA, CUDA, QuickSync.
- Get the best out of what you have.
- The Best Video Player for Windows.
- No need to install different codecs all the time when using the player.
- Supports OpenCodec so users can easily add whatever codecs they want.
- Smooth, seamless video play.
- Preview the scene with snapshots.
- We support Direct3D9 Ex Flip Mode and Overlay.
- Choose which one when you have 2 sound cards.
- You can bookmark your favorite scene or chapter.
- Supports various devices such as DVD,TV,HDTV.
GOM Player
GOM Player (Gretech Online Movie Player) is a Windows-only, free (and ad-supported) media player that packs comprehensive file type and video format support right out of the box. One of GOM Player's claims to fame is that if for some reason the player can't figure out how to play the video file you're trying to open, it'll go searching for the required components to play it on its own, without you having to sort it out or try a different player. It's also great at playing broken media files and partial downloads without dying. It too supports a skinnable, customizable interface that lets you change the UI to suit your own needs, and it sports some other useful advanced features (built-in screen and audio capture, video effects, and more.
User Interface
Main Window
The GOM Media Player user interface is composed of 4 main parts: the Main Window, the Playlist Window, the Control Panel, and the GOM Menu.
The Main Window is what you usually see when using GOM Media Player. It consists of the playback area, the seek bar, the basic playback controls, and the buttons to open the other windows of the user interface.
GOM Media Player Main Window
1. Playback Area
This is where the video you’re playing is displayed. If you’re playing an audio-only file, the GOM Media Player audio file background will be displayed here. When nothing at all is playing, the currently set Logo will be displayed (default shown above).
2. Play/Pause Button
This button will pause the video that is playing, or resume playing a video that is paused. If no file is currently loaded, pushing the Play Button will open the file browser so you can select a file to playback.
3. Stop Button
This button will stop the video (or audio file) that is playing entirely.
4. Backward & Forward Buttons
These buttons will skip forward or backward in the video or audio file that is playing based on your Time Jump settings.
- Default Time Jump is 10 seconds, but can be altered via the Preferences window (read more here)
- You can right-click the Backward and Forward buttons to skip to the previous / next file on the playlist.
5. Preferences Button
This button opens the Preferences window. Visit the Preferences section of this guide to read more about GOM Media Player preferences.
6. Seek Bar
This bar shows your location on the timeline of the file you’re playing. To the left of the seek bar you can see the current time (left) and the total time (right). You can click and drag the slider to move along the video’s timeline.
7. Volume Slider
This slider lets you control the output volume of GOM Media Player.
- 100% volume is displayed as the slider being 1/2 of the way full. Maximum volume is 200%.
- The slider will be displayed in orange for 0% ~ 100% volume (halfway full) and in red for 101% ~ 200% volume (all the way full)
- Click the volume icon to Mute the player.
8. Control Panel Button
This button will toggle the GOM Media Player Control Panel window.
9. Save the Current Frame Button
Clicking this button will take a screen shot and save it to the screen capture directory.
10. Open Button
Clicking this button will launch the file browser.
11. Playlist Button
This button will toggle the GOM Media Player Playlist window.
12. GOMlab Button
Currently clicking this button will open the GOMlab homepage in your default browser.
13. GOM Menu Button
This button will display the GOM Menu. You can also access the GOM Menu by right-clicking on the playback area.
14. Transparency Slider
This slider lets you control the transparency level of GOM Media Player. You can adjust from 0% transparency to 80% transparency.
15. On Top Button
This button allows you to always display GOM Media Player in front of other windows when the program is running, or when a file is playing. By pressing it, it will loop from “Always on Top”, “On top while playing” to “On top - off”. “On top - off” is the default setting.
16. Window Control Buttons
These buttons allow you to minimize, maximize, and close the GOM Media Player Main Window. You can also enter fullscreen mode by clicking the Fullscreen button.
MPC-HC
MPC-HC (Media Player Classic - Home Cinema) has been around for a good long time, born out of the stalled development status of the original MPC back in 2006. MPC-HC is a community effort that's largely fixed the bugs and issues with the original player, and added a ton of useful features in the process. MPC-HC is Windows only, and remarkably lightweight—in fact, in many cases, you can be up and playing video with MPC-HC before other slower media players bother loading. MPC-HC includes key commands to eliminate screen tearing when watching video, tons of video format and codec support (and can, most often, play anything you send its way without the need for additional codec packs), and there's even a 64-bit version available. It's completely free and open-source (or rather, GNU GPL licensed), and it's also available at a portable app.
XBMC (kodi)
XBMC is more than just a media center application (although it's definitely our favorite one of those, and the application at the heart of our favorite media center builds) - it's also a highly configurable player that you can use on a desktop or laptop to get a real media center experience on screens large and small. While it's obviously great on a big screen connected to an HTPC, it works just as well on your desktop connected to a large external display, or on your laptop's 15" display while you're on a train or plane. XBMC is open source, available for Windows, OSX, Linux, and a number of other platforms. XBMC can seriously play just about anything under the sun without worrying about file format, encoding, codecs, or even subtitles—if they're in the same place as your video, XBMC can handle it for you. XBMC can also retrieve useful information from the web for you, like movie and TV show information, ratings, episode order, and more, and it'll show all of it to you as you browse and select what you want to watch. It also handles music and streaming video beautifully, and is ridiculously customizable thanks to its wide variety of third-party plugins.
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VLC
Ah VLC. VLC is a portable, open-source (or strictly, GNU LGPL licensed), cross-platform, free media player. It earned its reputation a long time ago as being one of the first "play anything" media players to really take the web by storm. It's never been the only one, but it always had a reputation for making the process painless, being fast and flexible, and packing just enough features to make users happy while simultaneously giving advanced users the control they wanted over their videos and movies. It sports a number of optional third-party plugins to extend its features, supports skins and themes, and as its reputation implies, it really does play just about anything you try to put through it. It doesn't hurt that there's a build for it for just about every desktop OS and flavor of *nix you can think of, making it an excellent all-around player for any device or platform.
- Simple, fast and powerful media player.
- Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
- Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed: MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...
- Runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix...
- Completely Free, no spyware, no ads and no user tracking.
- Can do media conversion and streaming.
