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GOM Player vs MPC-BE: catalog facts
GOM Player	MPC-BE
Freemium Free player, with a paid GOM Player+ premium version and bundles.	Free Free and open source under the GPL version 3.
Windows	Windows
Plays common formats without installing codec packs Built-in subtitle search	Plays almost any audio or video format without hunting for codec packs Very small and starts instantly compared with modern players
Windows only Paid upgrades are heavily promoted	Windows only Requires an SSE2 CPU and a DirectX 9.0c card with Pixel Shader 3.0
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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