• GOM Player v2.0

    GOM Player v2.0

    Sudeep Naik, Aug 20, 2006 1200 hrs IST

    Today, we review the GOM Player that is supposed to be one of the best media players around.

    Loads of features and customizations, Good output quality, Built-in codecs, Extensive file support, Free.

    Slightly heavy on resources.

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There are a lot of media players available, so many that one can go bonkers trying to choose the one that is the best of them all. Today, we review the GOM Player that is supposed to be one of the best media players around. Let's see if it can match the claims.

The Player

GOM is the kind of player all users pray to the Gods of software for. It supports all kinds of features for highly advanced users who desire to watch video clips at the best quality. It can also play one of your broken AVI files that other media players seldom play.

GOM Player supports most of the codecs (AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX, and more) by its own embedded codec system. The best part is, it doesn't make you scourge through a zillion web pages just to get that one codec; GOM will automatically lead you to an open-source codec web-site. It also has a registered patent for playing broken AVI format or AVI video files that are being downloaded.

Advanced Playback features include VMR modes Set detail resolution, Pan and Scan, Time jump, Playback speed control, A-B repeat, and more. Overlay mixer features AVI key frame based RW/FF optimized buffer for streaming automatic ASF source filter. We'll talk more about these and other features a little later.

Features explained

Once you install the GOM player and run it for the first time, you encounter the configuration window where you first have to select the display mode. You can choose from Normal, High-Quality, and TV Output modes.



The next window allows you to choose the video and subtitle options. The video output gives you the option of choosing from the VMR7 (for XP) or the VMR9 (DirectX 9) filters. Subtitles can also be normal or VMR filtered.



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(49) Comments
wguru
,Redondo Beach, on Sep 10, 2011 10:32 PM
Dropped in via Wiki's link (expect/hoping to find current review, not one 5 yrs old) because I just noticed GOM's v2.1.33 EULA (apparently) now forcing automatic updates onto our systems (patches and/or whatever else they want). No thanks, I'll keep using v (as I refuse to knowingly allow any more 'backdoors' on my system than absolutely necessary). Since when did GOM get so big headed as to think users will buy in to GOM's updating without our permission?
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Siva
,Bangalore, India, on Jun 28, 2011 07:29 PM
This stupid player shows tool-tips in Chinese [no lang option I could find]. Most stupid GUI, no support for FLV (flash video format) which I think is the most used format these days for Video like MP3 for Audio. Download Foobar for Audio and UMPlayer/KMPlayer for videos. Didn't check out the memory usage as this can't play any video file I've. Another thing is that as I don't've speakers in PC, until I connect the headphone, It'll not even attempt to play (too bad for any s/w of this kind!).
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Girish Chandra
,Delhi, on Dec 17, 2009 05:30 PM
I want this
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ramesh
,coimbatore, on Dec 11, 2009 07:52 AM
super
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Anonymous
,def, on Dec 28, 2008 08:31 PM
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felix
,nuernberg, on Aug 25, 2007 09:44 PM
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,alger, on Jan 31, 2007 03:08 PM
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Dedar
,Chittagong, on Jan 09, 2007 02:13 PM
i want multimedia software for mobile phone.
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sikan
,bhubneswar, on Jan 09, 2007 01:51 PM
EXILENT
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NPS
,CHANDIGARH, on Jan 07, 2007 01:51 AM
NEED D PLAYER
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nadh
,vsp, on Dec 13, 2006 04:04 PM
aaa
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pal
,mumbai, on Nov 12, 2006 03:34 PM
This is awesome player... i am used to MPlayer but when that fails i use GOM and it never lets me down.. it totally rox when it comes to videos... come to think of it - allows you to zoom in the video... and about audio.. i am self confessed audiophile.. the best sound that i have gotten of my comp is using amarok and alsa.. but on windows this player with DFX for winamp beats every other player hands down.... almost as good as amarok... but has no music management interface or any good playlist manager.. if you add that.. it will be perfect
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Anonymous
,a, on Nov 08, 2006 07:23 PM
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,bvcnvn, on Nov 07, 2006 08:26 PM
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Mathias
,, on Nov 07, 2006 03:48 AM
It will only play 7:08 minutes of an FLV on any machine I have tried it on
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Anonymous
,Anonymous City, on Nov 04, 2006 05:57 AM
It is great. But itwon't play some DAT files that play VLC. I like the PAN control
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Ivan Antonijevi
,pozarevac, on Oct 22, 2006 05:13 AM
One of the best player ever seen. I am impressive. Big - for subtitles. Some subtitles wont work.
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umasankar
,mumbai, on Oct 23, 2006 06:35 PM
ya this is true
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nitin
,mumbai, on Oct 16, 2006 09:46 AM
no
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Manmohan
,New Delhi, on Aug 20, 2006 11:37 PM
VLC Media Player is the best.
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some_cap
,Patna, on Aug 21, 2006 06:33 PM
haven't tried this player yt. but just wanna say that incomplete files play with VLC player easily while Media player or MP Classic and other players can't...
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bxf
,Lisbon, on Sep 15, 2006 05:28 PM
VLC Player does not have provisions for advancing by FRAME. VLC resets playback speed when it loops. Also, VLC failed to play some incomplete files that GOM Player DOES play. GOM is not (yet) pefect, but it has some advantages over ALL other players I've tried, including VLC and MPC. So no, VLC is not BEST for all people all the time.
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??????
,?????, on Sep 10, 2006 02:28 PM
????
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rohit
,agra, on Sep 05, 2006 03:05 PM
hi iam rohit sharma
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azham
,colombo, on Sep 04, 2006 04:39 PM
simple and easy
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Willis Nillis
,North Fort Myers, Florida, on Aug 22, 2006 12:45 AM
I Just Tried the GOM player and I think it is Very Cool and I like How you Can Change the Sound with the Graphic Equalizer and So Far the Movie is Very Clear and Grrrrrreat Sound ! ! I am Still Learning All of the Functions of what it Can Do??? I have the VLC Player and I Like it for Most of My Videos But it Does NOT have a Graphic Equalizer for the Sound So I will Be Trying Out and Using Your Program for awhile now to kind of ""Feel the Picture"" thru the Great Sound ! !
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Anonymous
,, on Aug 22, 2006 07:46 AM
Umm..VLC does have an equalizer, just got to Settings and enable Extended GUI. This player, when set to high quality, resulted in choppy playback. That's on a P4 3.3Ghz, 1GB RAM, and a X850 video card. Never had a problem with a player doing that, even at high priority. Also, this player uses twice the resources, cpu and memory, that VLC does. It needs work to be as good as VLC.
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Anonymous
,UK, on Aug 30, 2006 01:50 PM
Your pc is messed up then :P
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Freeze
,Frozenland, on Aug 20, 2006 07:00 PM
Good player for novice users. But I still prefer WMP-11 + DFX audio plugin + ffdshow (for video enhancement).
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saa_pondy
,pondicherry, on Aug 20, 2006 09:58 PM
Try KLite Mega Codecs which includes WM Classic Player and BS Player all free which can play 5.1 dolby/DTS and every other format. I prefer it much over the WMP+plugin's, WinDVD, XDVD or Power DVD ... so on and so forth
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tehie
,Hyderabad, on Aug 21, 2006 09:01 AM
Media Player Classic( part of K-Lite codec) is the best . Its light, simple yet can play most of the formtas, decode AC3 or DTS . So, currently Media Player Classic is the best. Next comes BS Player which has got some extra feature and for playing nero digital and mp4 VLC player can be used.
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Karthik Kumar
,New Delhi, on Aug 21, 2006 10:27 AM
Media Player classic is the BEST. Coupled with a Cole2K codec pack or a K-lite Codec pack,it can play anything and it runs superbly even on a ancient P-II machine that i have.
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name
,city, on Aug 30, 2006 02:48 AM
BSPlayer is adware now
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Rajat
,Delhi, on Aug 28, 2006 01:02 PM
I hope this software is able to play my files which others are not able
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Ashwin
,Coimbatoree, on Aug 28, 2006 11:46 AM
It is good,but it must be the beest for users and try to improve them
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aria
,misery, on Aug 28, 2006 03:37 AM
When I try to use gom player for avis or mpgs I get this error. "The instruction at 0x02be54fb referenced memory at 0x00000002. The memory could not be written. This happened after I updated Gom player. Anyone have any idea how I can fix this.
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akhilesh
,patna, on Aug 27, 2006 09:49 AM
nice to have a software like this
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RIYAZAHMED
,VASHI, on Aug 26, 2006 09:17 PM
I HAVE TRIED GOMPLAYER IT'S OUTPUT IS GR8 BUT IT MAKE MY COMPUTER TO HANG AND ALL THE ICONES ON MY DESKTOP GETS INVISIABLE FROM MY SCREEN
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Anonymous
,bkk, on Aug 26, 2006 05:59 AM
very good
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vam
,hyd, on Aug 25, 2006 07:22 PM
nothin
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Royster
,Bangalore, on Aug 25, 2006 10:30 AM
this player needs to connect to the net to download the codec.... which problem in not there in VLC... i think look wise GOM is good but over all i'd stick with VLC...
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salauddin
,chennai, on Aug 22, 2006 09:08 PM
I Just Tried the GOM player and I think it is Very Cool and I like How you Can Change the Sound with the Graphic Equalizer and So Far the Movie is Very Clear and Grrrrrreat Sound ! ! I am Still Learning All of the Functions of what it Can Do??? I have the VLC Player and I Like it for Most of My Videos But it Does NOT have a Graphic Equalizer for the Sound So I will Be Trying Out and Using Your Program for awhile now to kind of ""Feel the Picture"" thru the Great Sound ! !
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salauddin
,chennai, on Aug 22, 2006 08:58 PM
Umm..VLC does have an equalizer, just got to Settings and enable Extended GUI. This player, when set to high quality, resulted in choppy playback. That's on a P4 3.3Ghz, 1GB RAM, and a X850 video card. Never had a problem with a player doing that, even at high priority. Also, this player uses twice the resources, cpu and memory, that VLC does. It needs work to be as good as VLC
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salauddin
,chennai, on Aug 22, 2006 08:56 PM
No
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salauddin
,chennai, on Aug 22, 2006 08:55 PM
No comments. I havn't used this s/w yet. After using this i wil post my comment
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Chauks!
,PANIPAT, on Aug 21, 2006 10:51 PM
or a change try "KM Player". Absolutely wonderful and it is still FREE. It also acts as free internet TV with lots of stations in its built in adresses which you can append with stations of your own !. P.P. Chaukimath
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aks_bng
,Bangalore, on Aug 21, 2006 07:45 PM
Try KMPlayer.(http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/) Features similiar to gomplayer but has loads more options and is freeware. It also has internal decoders for many formats like gom and vlc.It has all the options seen in all other mediaplayers plus lots more.VLC has the following problems. VLC player's interface sucks. It does not provide fine control over pause and frame step. Its subtitle selection is not automatic. I have used all these players and I rate them as follows: 1. kmplayer 2. gom player 3. media player classic 4. vlc player Techtree should consider doing a review on KMPlayer and compare it with vlc and gom.
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subiet
,living in the cyber trance, on Aug 21, 2006 11:39 AM
bloody hell, name/logo screaaaaaams of gnome, and yet i can't find it's source or a debian package from the official site, am i missing something?. btw, in the past two months i have tried atleast 25 media players (both linux (again both gnome and kde) and windows), and if we exclude the media managment feature, then VLC is the BIG BAAP of all when it comes to playing everthing that you throw. (ofcourse i had the complete gstreamer pack)
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sachin
,goa, on Aug 21, 2006 01:45 AM
looking at the customization level i think this is the best player when it comes to video playback.audio too is as good as the best one you could think of.they have also managed to creat it in less then 4MB size.deserves 5 star rating.techtree has reviewed some of the best softwares really.one click audio converter,free download manager,and now GOM.
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