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About GOM Player
GOM Player is a long-running Windows media player from the Korean developer GOM Lab. It plays common video formats without separate codec packs, can search for subtitles and supports 360-degree video.
GOM Lab also sells GOM Player+, a premium version, alone or in bundles with its video editor, screen recorder and image editor. The site mainly promotes these paid products, and the developer's site is mostly in Korean.
Strengths
- Plays common formats without installing codec packs
- Built-in subtitle search
- Supports 360-degree video
Limitations
- Windows only
- Paid upgrades are heavily promoted
- Closed source
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree player, with a paid GOM Player+ premium version and bundles.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- GOM Lab
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Windows users who want a player that handles most files and subtitles
- Categories
- Media players, Video editing
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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KMPlayer
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MPC-BE
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5KPlayer
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SMPlayer
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Zoom Player
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GOM Player as an alternative
Listings that name GOM Player as an alternative.
DivX Software
Free video software to play, convert and cast DivX, AVI, MKV and HEVC files up to 4K.
GOM Player is a freemium Windows-only player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and 360-degree video support, and it heavily promotes paid upgrades.
mpv.net
A Windows media player built on mpv, adding a modern graphical interface and themes.
GOM Player is a closed-source freemium Windows player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and 360-degree video, heavily promoting paid upgrades.
Screenbox
A LibVLC-based video and audio player for Windows built on the Universal Windows Platform.
GOM Player is a freemium, closed source Windows player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and 360-degree video, and it heavily promotes paid upgrades.
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