Just tried KMPlayer after being referred to it.

I must say, it's the best video player I've seen, now.  It's basically Media Player Classic and Winamp combined into one (not too sure about how it's Winamp side works).  Also has a nice interface.

Anyone looking for a good video player - I suggest this, along with a good codec pack, such as K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, and you should have all you'll ever need for watching videos.


One note though - by default, it's Normalizer is turned on, but I found it really poo poo.  To turn it off - right-click the video, point to Audio » Normalize (actually took me a while to find, lol).  I assume ffdshow's normalizer should be better (never tried it).

(This post was last modified: 10/05/2007 04:31 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

cool. I'll try it out with my "Heroes" episodes. Thanks Zinga! :)

i think i will try this out, thanks Zinga! :D

What type of video dose it play
AVI
MP4
WMA
???????

I've been looking for a good video player. DivX isn't really good. I use Winamp.

ORGAN Wrote:What type of video dose it play
AVI
MP4
WMA
???????

depends which codec pack you use with it :D
i.e k-lite codec pack, storm codec pack etc

(This post was last modified: 10/05/2007 04:44 AM by robertotron.)

ben3gfc Wrote:

ORGAN Wrote:What type of video dose it play
AVI
MP4
WMA
???????

depends which codec pack you use with it :D
i.e k-lite codec pack, storm codec pack etc

I presume it uses direct show, therefore, yeah, based on what codecs u have installed.

About what containers it supports (containers meaning AVI and MP4 in ur example. they are not video types, they are containers. They merely store the video and audio data. ^.^), well, since zinga said it's good, probably everything.I've actually got this player (the installer file) on my comp, just never tried it.

It's like MPC - it has a whole bunch of internal splitters.  However, if you disable the internal splitter, it'll use external splitters (via DirectShow).  Some people prefer Haali's Media Splitter for containers such as MKV, for example.

EDIT: A few screenshots for internal splitter/codec support/configuration:




Also, it supports Winamp plugins, meaning it can play basically anything

(This post was last modified: 10/05/2007 05:05 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

BUT, if it is better than MPC, then wouldn't all the codec packs be including it instead of MPC as their main video player? so I'm kinda doubting that.

Maybe cause this is a beta?  Plus it's rather new?

Also, KMP (initial install = 37.9MB; installer = 12.3MB) is a lot larger than MPC (uncompressed = 5.4MB; compressed = 1.58MB).  Could also be another reason.

I think KMP needs to be installed as well, whereas MPC doesn't.