GOM Player as good as vlc player plays most things with no codecs

savemoney

Got told about this yesterday by a IT friend

Looks a cross between zoom player and vlc player. It doesn't require codecs like vlc player

http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_download.html

System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003 or Vista
• Intel-compatible CPU P3 or greater Minimum amount of RAM recommended by the operating system in use 20MB Hard Drive Space.
• Some videos may require the newest version of DirectX or Windows Media Player.
• Recommended settings may change according to different types of video files.
• Modify 'Deadlock problem' occasionally happened when you shut down the player.
• Improve Vorbis audio decoder performance.

GOM Media Player Features

Codec Finder

GOM Player includes many codecs (XviD, DivX, FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, H263 and more) so you won't need to install separate codecs for most videos. For those videos that require a separate codec, GOM Player will find one and direct you to a place where you can download an open source version of the codec. That way, you won't get stuck with unnecessary codecs on your system.
Play Broken AVI Files (Patented)

AVI files can't be played if the index is broken, or if the file isn't completely downloaded. This is because the index is located at the end of the file. GOM Player's patented technology enables users to view files with broken indexes or that are still being downloaded.
Powerful Subtitle Support

GOM Player supports SMI, SRT, RT, SUB(with IDX) files for subtitle. You can specify margin, location, size, resolution, font and others. You can also enable shadow, view ASF files with subtitle, karaoke subtitle mode. You can even synchronize subtitle and video if there's any mismatch.
Convenient Playlist

If you run a video file and there is already a file with a similar name in the directory, it will be automatically added to your playlist. GOM Player has a similar playlist format as M3U, PLS, ASX and you can also include and edit different media formats on that playlist as well. It's easy to create and edit your own multimedia playlist with GOM Player.
Support Different Media Types

Along with different media format such as AVI, MPG, MPEG and DAT, GOM Player also supports streaming Windows media format (WMV, ASF, ASX). You can also watch DVD-quality videos with 5.1 channel audio output.
Screen Capture

Screen capture allows you to take a screenshot of your video directly from GOM Player. Using the Burst Capture feature, you can take continuous screenshots up to 999 shots.
Advanced Features

There are an endless number of advanced features. Customize brightness, contrast and saturation. Sharpen and add noise to your video. Try the audio equalizer. Repeat a section of your video with our A-B Repeat feature. Fast forward/rewind a few seconds using left/right keys. And much more for you to discover!

m57

I've been using the GOM Player for a long time now
& it is really very good & it will play every video format i've tried,
the other advantage is like the VLC Player that all the
necessary codec's are incorperated in the player download,unlike
the windows media player etc...where you must download the codec's from an external source (they are FREE though).

PS - Both the GOM & VLC Players alike have MAC/OS FREE to download versions.......

The_Grandmaster

I have also used GOM player for about 5 years! It is very useful!

unhappyvirgincustomer_2

I really don't like VLC as it is far too glitchy and just don't like how it works on windows. I have used VLC on a Mac and it runs superbly on there. I use and prefer MPC but may give this one a try.

savemoney

Vlc player has improved enormously over recent months, there are a few features which I would like in it that zoom player have. Gom player seems to from what I have seen have those improvements

xsunnysuex

Fantastic. I've never found anything that would play my camera videos. This one does. Thanks. :j