GOM Player

GOM Player is a free, yet versatile media player that offers a smooth visual experience with support for multiple file formats. It offers a high compatibility range and is equipped with the most popular codecs to allow users to watch and listen to their favorite visual content. The support for HD resolutions up to 8K makes it one of the best players worldwide.

The app offers a customizable interface within a huge collection of themes and other customization options. The vast library of subtitles in support of multilingual content enables users to enjoy their favorite content in their own language. 

What is GOM Player?

GOM Player, developed by GOM & Company, is a feature-rich media player that offers an impressive, high-quality visual experience. It supports more than 100 file formats, and high-definition up to 4K and 8K. You can also use Codec Finder to search for your required codecs and enjoy highly standard customization.

The innovative media player enhanced your watching and listening experience within the most-wanted 360° VR videos. It also helps the watch damage content while skipping the damage frames, and offers hardware acceleration technology to optimize resource management without losing playback quality.

GOM Player Features

Installation & Usability

• Simply navigate to the official website of the app.
• Click the ‘Download’ button given on the page, and download the app while following the on-screen instructions.
• After installation, the app offers an auto-checking process for new features and security patches for your system.
• After launching he software, navigate to the main screen.
• Click on the “Open” button, and open media files, or you can use the drag & drop option to import media files. 

Straightforward Interface

The user-friendly interface offers a straightforward and minimalist design has a few buttons to control your playback. The app’s basic features are easily accessible on the UI, but the advanced features are available on the app’s menu, such as; 

• Playback controls are available at the bottom of the interface, such as play, pause, rewind, or fast forward. You can access to other additional options while right-clicking on the video.
• Subtitle Management helps to add subtitles to your video while placing them within the same folder as the video. They will automatically detect and display whenever you need.
• Video Effects used for exploring video effects and filters, and easily modify different options, including contrast, brightness, saturation, etc.
• Screen Capture offers screen capturing through clicking the camera icon or pressing the Alt + G from your keyboard.

File Format Support

The support for multiple file formats, such as AVI, MP4, MKV, FLV, WMV, MOV, and so on. It makes your media playing experience efficient. You also play lesser-used file types such as OGG, OGM, Matroska, etc. You also have the option to search online if your required file type doesn’t open in the GOM Player, and on finding any associated codec, you are directed to a website. You can download it and easily view the video in question. 

Customization Options

The media player for windows offers a customizable interface to allow users to personalize their app according to their preferences. You have the option to download new skins, logos, etc, from the official website, and multiple options to make your simple menu effective while changing aspect ratio, window size, playing 360-degree videos, and other adjustments as well. 

Codec Finder

It is another key feature that allows you to search for your required codec and install it to manage your incompatible codecs. It means, when you want to watch a video, but the file format doesn’t match your media player. You can use Codec Finder to search for associated codecs online, and it will help to locate the codec and prompt you to install it for you to enhance your default file type library.

Subtitle Management

The media player supports comprehensive subtitles for you to automatically search as well as sync your required subtitles, as the player offers multiple built-in tools to manage subtitles, such as customizing them according to your preferences. The users are allowed to select their required caption file with the help of subtitle formats, including SRT, SUB, SSA, and so on. 

Multilingual Support

The GOM Player is a South Korean app, but it is going to peak in English-speaking countries as well, and the support for multilingual subtitles makes it one of the best choices across the world. You need only to select subtitles in your own language and sync them with your required content. The subtitles can be customized to optimize your visibility while maximizing or minimizing. 

VR Playback

The capability of running 360-degree videos within Virtual Reality technology, as you can play VR content from YouTube to run it on GOM Player. In addition, you also adjust the playback speed to match your preferences. 

Pros

• Support all basic file formats, along with less-used formats as well
• Customize the app according to your taste
• Multilingual support for subtitles
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Support VR videos
• free to use 
• allows searching for matching codecs online using Codec Finder

Cons

• lack of media management
• demands a learning curve for advanced features