Gom Player is a multimedia player that can handle virtually all audio and video formats on the market. It relies on an innovative built-in codec engine that doesn't require users to download and install additional files.
The installer gets you directly to using the application, as it asks you straight from the beginning which are the files that you would like Gom Player to handle as the default player and decide whether you want the basic codecs or not.
Gom Player is quite user friendly and can be operated at least as easily as any other video player out there. As soon as the installation finishes, the application opens a configuration wizard during which you're assisted into setting up the video player.
There are a lot of features available just by right clicking in the main window and you can find the usual control buttons underneath the video section. Of course, Gom Player comes with the now common themes support, so you can customize it the way you like it.
As noticed during our tests, Gom Player remains one of video players that is light on system resources and handles DVDs as well as most video formats flawlessly. The app supports the majority of media formats, including AVI, MPEG, DAT, WMV, ASF and ASX, it can deal with several subtitle extensions such as SMI, SRT, RT and SUB, and can even play broken AVI files.
All in all, thanks to its extensive support for media files, playlists and multiple customizations, Gom Player can easily become the player of choice for many users.
What's New in This Release:
· A new default GOM Player 2.2 Skin has been applied.
· Volume can now be boosted to 200%.
· UI Transparency Slider added.
· Bookmark Feature Improved.
· Changes the File Associations window for Windows 8.
· Playback status icon added to taskbar icon.
· Message reflecting window size changes added.
· Internal support added for multiple codecs.
· A buffer overflow security issue has been corrected.
· Audio sync issue with some Xvid videos corrected.
· Improved ability to properly recognized display aspect ratio.
· Improved ability to display "Current Frame" information.
· Other misc. corrections and fixes.
Users are advised to pay attention while installing this ad-supported application:
· Offers to change the homepage for web browsers installed in the system
· Offers to change the default search engine for web browsers installed in the system
· Offers to download or install software or components that the program does not require to fully function
· Displays ad banners or other types of advertising material during its runtime