GOM Player

GOM Media Gamer for Windows manages the majority of the more usual video clip formats, consisting of MP4, AVI, MKV, and also much more. It features a sleeker, much more media center-focused layout and loads lots of codecs under the hood to play nearly any type of media style you toss at it.

The first installation is basic, like any kind of other Windows product: approve a pair terms, established a location folder, as well as pick to opt in or out of an offer from AVG. After installation completes, GOM will guide you via an optional setup procedure to optimize first use based on audio as well as monitor arrangement.

You'll be presented to a 4:3 ratio default window with an orange, black, and also silver style that will make you wonder if Halloween came early. Your token playback devices like Play, Stop, as well as Avoid Onward and also Back are situated on the bottom left corner, and control board for managing your media content are situated on the opposite side. In the center is a little, incorporated upsell ticker that links individuals to any of GOM's various other items or video web content. Though this can conveniently be removed by changing to one more skin, it's much less invasive than various other efforts at product promos that we've seen in several various other applications.

Right above is a timeline that's incredibly slim; this is great for typical keyboard/mouse users yet rarely ideal for touch. Right-clicking anywhere on the gamer will expose much more detailed options as well as audio/video-related tweaks like those discovered in other open-source gamers. You can include custom audio EQ effects, fine-tune caption sizes, and even take ruptured screenshots to capture certain moments from video clips. However, some of the language was a little bit complex: GOM labels screen turning as "flip input/output." Not an offer- breaker by any kind of means, yet not a labor-intensive repair either.

Power individuals are offered the added option to set customized warm keys and also even sync their remote iphone as well as Android tools like tablet computers and phones to control the media player over Wi-Fi. And also though this attribute works for one of the most part, buggy playback and also less-than-stellar navigating do not make this prime time-ready.

But when it pertained to video clip playback, GOM was no slouch. Videos played and also looked as they should, as well as it was simple adequate to incrementally modify your image settings during online play.

Whether you select this or VLC, both are solid media players, each with their own strengths as well as weaknesses. GOM attempts to do a whole lot, and though several of those attempts could utilize some work, its core mode is unfailing: enjoying your fave Worldwide Starcraft II Organization (GSL) masters fight in this season of GSL.