By Sophia | Last Updated
Nowadays, the interactive media plays an important role in our lives, which enrich our daily lives. And media players are also important, because the playback of media needs its help. When it comes to media player, we may think of Windows Media Player firstly. But we will find that its few features can't keep up with our current needs. Therefore, it's time to pick a new media player and there are 5 best free desktop media players for you.
| Size | Supported Platforms | |
|---|---|---|
| VLC Media Player (Windows-3.0.4) | 38 MB | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
| KMPlayer (Windows-64X) | 43.6MB | Windows, Mac OS X |
| PotPlayer (64bit) | 26.6MB | Windows |
| Media Player Classic- Home Cinema (1.7.13 64-bit) | 13.5MB | Windows |
| GOM Player | 23.9MB | Windows |
VLC Media Player is a free and open source media player which wins the heart of most people. It obtains great popularity with its powerful features which include supporting almost all popular platforms and all formats media etc. "Play everything" can be said as the synonym of VLC Media Player in some way. And it is worth saying that VLC Media Player is the first free media player to support 360-degree videos, which can show its advance in technology. At the same time, it's possible for VLC Media Player to play the media file which isn't downloaded completely.
When you are bored with the interface, it is available to change it by installing or creating the skin you like. Furthermore, VLC Media Player supports many other plugins and extensions which can extend its features.
With a good reputation and powerful features, there might be no regrets to choose VLC Media Player.
KMPlayer is a player that is known for supporting almost all mainstream media files and decoding feature. With self-contained codec, KMPlayer can play optimized multimedia easily. And for your perference, you can use additional external codec. What's more, it supports 3D,4K,8K, so you can enjoy high quality videos on your own computer directly. When you want to watch a 3D movie but have no time to the cinema, it is a good idea to watch with this desktop media player.
There are also some features which make KMPlayer more useful. For example, the URL download option in the interface makes downloading files online conveniently and it's available to set double subtitles which are good for the users who are learning a new language.
If you are a viewer who is so concerned on the quality of videos, then KMPlayer is worth trying.
Said as the first alternative of VLC Media Player by many users, PotPlayer is a popular desktop media player. And we may feel surprised on the fact that the follow-up developer of PotPlayer is the developer of KMPlayer, which means that PotPlayer is similar to KMPlayer in some way.
Except supporting most of media files and excellent decoding ability, it has many advanced features, such as bookmarking and previewing scenes, downloading and improving subtitles, etc. What's more, the 3D videos can be played in PotPlayer and it works on playing large files as well.
When you want to use a media player which is as excellent as VLC Media Player, PotPlayer is the right one for you.
Media Player Classic- Home Cinema is an open source media player of which the interface is like that of Windows Media Player 6.4. But it provides more advanced as well as modern features for users, such as downloading subtitles, capturing and so on.
Lightweight is its strong point, which is especially friendly to computers with older systems or lower capacity. And just like its name "Home Cinema", it focuses on providing the comfortable viewing experience at home.
Be interested in its home viewing experience? Why not try it now?
GOM Player is developed by a Korean company and it stands ahead of its rivals because of an excellent feature: support playing damaged or incomplete files. Meanwhile, the interface of GOM Player is the best among those of the listed five players. Since the frequently used options as well as features are displayed in the interface, it attracts users with the concise design.
There are also many advanced features available in GOM Player, such as extracting audio file from the video, vertical flip function. Furthermore, we can watch YouTube VR videos or our own 360° videos in GOM Player.
In a word, GOM Player is a good choice when you want an easy-to-use and advanced media player.
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