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GOM Player vs mpv: catalog facts
GOM Player	mpv
Freemium Free player, with a paid GOM Player+ premium version and bundles.	Free Free software with no paid version.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Plays common formats without installing codec packs Built-in subtitle search	High quality video output through OpenGL, Vulkan and D3D11, with scaling, colour management, frame timing… Hardware decoding on most platforms, switchable at runtime with --hwdec
Windows only Paid upgrades are heavily promoted	There is no real graphical interface, only a small on-screen controller over the video Configuration means editing mpv.conf and input.conf by hand
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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 20, 2026

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