GOM Media Player
Popular multimedia player

GOM is a FREE media player with popular audio & video codecs built-in.

No need to install codecs separately!

Codec Finder
GOM Player includes many codecs (XviD, DivX, FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, H263 and more) so you won't need to install separate codecs for most videos. For those videos that require a separate codec, GOM Player will find one and direct you to a place where you can download open source version of the codec. That way, you won't get stuck with unnecessary codecs on your system.

Play Broken AVI Files (Patented)
AVI files can't be played if the index is broken, or the file isn't completely downloaded. This is because index is located at the end of the file. GOM Player's patented technology enables users to view files with broken index or that are still being downloaded.

Powerful Subtitle Support
GOM Player supports SMI, SRT, RT, SUB(with IDX) files for subtitle. You can specify margin, location, size, resolution, font and others. You can also enable shadow, view ASF files with subtitle, karaoke subtitle mode. You can even synchronize subtitle and video if there's any mismatch.

Convenient Playlist
GOM Player supports playlist formats such as M3U, PLS, ASX. You can include different media types on a playlist. Also, it also lets you edit playlists for different media types. It's easy to create and edit your own multimedia playlist with GOM Player.

Support Different Media Types
Along with different media format such as AVI, MPG, MPEG and DAT, GOM Player also supports streaming Windows media format (WMV, ASF, ASX). You can also watch DVD-quality videos with 5.1 channel audio output.

Screen Capture
Screen capture allows you to take a screenshot of your video directly from GOM Player. Using the Burst Capture feature, you can take continuous screenshots upto 999 shots

Last Updated 04 April 2008
Win 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista

jetAudio 7 Basic
Multimedia player

JetAudio is integrated multimedia software made up of a single compact rack.
Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats. You can create your own Internet broadcast by using JetCast, provided with JetAudio, and you can play all major file formats, including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video and audio CD tracks. Convert among audio file formats, and record analog audio to various formats.tag editing for MP3, OGG, and WMA files; sound effects including wide, reverb, and x-bass; multichannel sound output; speed control of audio playback; cross-fading for a smooth transition between two songs; a skinnable user interface; and synchronized lyrics display (karaoke) for MIDI and MP3 files.supports for video conversion for iAUDIO U3, supports ts,tp file extension, and includes video format converter to AVI

Last Updated 19 December 2007
Win 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista

DivX Player with DivX Play Bundle
Multimedia Player

The DivX Play Bundle gives you everything you need to watch, manage and burn your DivX® videos.

New features
Download manager - This new feature lets you download multiple videos, pause and resume downloads, and progressively play back videos during the download process. You can also add URLs of DivX videos hosted online to the DivX Player for automatic downloading.
Media manager - You can now organize your DivX videos into easy-to-access collections.
Burn to disc - Drag and burn multiple DivX videos to CD/DVD from within the player for playback on certified devices. Burn, baby, burn!!
User account management - It's now easy to activate and manage certified devices including DVD players, portable media players and more from within the DivX Player interface.

Many videos, one player
Full DivX video playback - As you may expect, you can play any DivX video, including those created with any variant of DivX 3, 4, 5 and 6, interactive DivX media files and purchased or rented DivX movies.
HD playback enhancement - The DivX Player is enhanced to give you the full value of DivX HD video. Check out these HD movie trailers to see for yourself. We'll wait.
Win 2000/XP/Vista

Apple QuickTime 7.3
Multimedia Player

QuickTime 7 comes with increased quality in the form of the H.264 video format, the industry-standard codec for 3GPP (mobile multimedia), MPEG-4 HD-DVD and Blu-ray.

H.264 offers high quality video at much smaller file sizes than previously available, and can handle mobile multimedia and high-definition playback.

Upgrade to the Pro version and you can create your own H.264, MPEG-4, 3GPP and 3GPP2 content which, combined with its impressive open source server, offers functionality that's hard to beat.

The interface has changed little in version 7, but there is a new Favourites menu that provides quick access to your favourite movies.

There is also a new feature known as 'instant on' which eliminates the short delay before a stream starts, and it does work. Also, you can now scroll backwards and forwards through a movie.

All the previous media types are supported, including AVI, Mpeg, BMP and Flash 5.

Note: Mac OS X version available to download from the Apple QuickTime website

Updated 06 November 2007
Win 2000/XP/Vista

Note
QuickTime Alternative
QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files without having to install the official QuickTime Player.

Spider Player
Media player with CD ripping

Spider Player is a small media player with an array of extra features that include a CD ripper and audio format converter (MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV), Equalizer with presets, ID3 and WMA metadata editor, Song lyrics editor, Unicode support and more.

The player uses the Bass Audio Library from Un4seen. Other features include CD-Text support, streaming media playback and playlist search. Spider Player comes with a compact 3-part interface that can be arranged to your preference, most features are tugged away in menu lists, so the interface remain uncluttered despite the array of features offered.

Last Updated 10 April 2008
Win 2000/XP/Vista

Teen Spirit
MP3 organizer and player

Teen Spirit is an Audio-Video player and organizer with a very user friendly interface.
It can retrieve info from internet such as lyrics, album reviews, album covers, artist biographies, artist pictures (more to come). Teen Spirit keeps history of the files you play, lets you review statistics and generates a personal hitlist based on which songs you listen to most.

It features an ID3v2 tagger (and mass tagger) and an easy to use renamer (and mass renamer) with preview.
It helps you discover tracks in your vast music collection with features like auto-continue or by playing the music quiz.
As a music organizer it lets you catalog Hard Disks, Network drives, Data CDs/DVDs, AudioCD (with auto CDDB - FreeDB support), USB memory sticks, mp3 players (including iPod) in a friendly way.
Win 98/Me/2000/XP

VLC media player
Media player and streaming server

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Last Updated 04 April 2008
The download button on the right is for windows only.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Mac
Linux

Miro
Video podcast manager and player

Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is an Internet video player that allows you to choose from a variety of channels, subscribe to video feeds and view them with the integrated player.

The channel guide includes more than 600 channels, mostly podcasts and user submitted video clips, and you can also add your own podcast by entering the URL.

The program also includes video search for Google, YouTube and Yahoo Video allowing you to find additional content based on your keywords.

Miro integrates BitTorrent and can work as a standalone BitTorrent client. Other features include a personal media library, video playlists, fullscreen mode, automatic channel downloads and more.

Last Updated 24 April 2008
Win 2000/XP/Vista

vanBasco Karaoke Player
Multimedia player

vanBasco's Karaoke Player is a freeware product that plays Karaoke (.kar) and standard MIDI (.mid, .midi, .rmi) files.

Features include:
Fully customizable Karaoke window: change font, colors, number of lines (up to four), background image; Lyrics can be displayed in a resizable window or full-screen Comes with the ability to change tempo, volume, key of song; changes can be saved to playlist so that they are remembered in the future It can mute or play solo individual (i.e., arbitrary) selections of instruments.
Real-time MIDI output: shows notes, volumes, and instruments.
Piano view: displays notes on a big piano keyboard. Integrates with Netscape and Microsoft web-browsers through plug-in.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Windows Media Player 11 for XP
Multimedia Player

This Beta version of Windows Media Player gives a taste of how Windows Vista will look as well as giving the appearance of this media player an overhaul.

The player looks much cleaner with a much better use of screen space. Each task tab can also be used to access a menu with more options, much more intuative than the old version. The main menu is now accessed with a right click anywhere in the program frame.
Although this is beta and not a final product, we did not encounter any problems with the player. Unfortunately none of the premium content is available in the UK as yet.

When the Urge music service becomes available it is claimed that there will be two million songs with exclusives from MTV, VH1 and CMT and 130 radio stations. Protected content will not be compatible with iPods. For a list of compatible media players see the Microsoft PlaysForSure website.

The copying of music to devices is also easier with a visual guage to show how much space is available.

The library can now include recorded TV programmes.
Backup options are also improved, collectioned burnt to CD can now span several discs or you can make a data disk for backups.

Requirments:
Windows XP validation is required
Win XP

Winamp
Multimedia Player

A popular, fast, flexible high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp support MP3 and MP2 audio with it s native Nitrane high-performance decoder as well as CD-audio, MOD, S3M, IT, XM and even SID audio formats.

Winamp supports more than 10000 interface skins , 300 visualization plug-ins and CDDB for automatic CD audio title listing.

You should pay attention during the install, as WinAmp will install several promotional icons (AOl, eMusic), unless they are unchecked from the list during installation.

Last Updated 18 April 2008
Win 98/ME/2000/XP/vista

Songbird
Desktop media player mashed-up with the Web

Songbird can do everything you'd expect a media player to do. Play music from your computer, as well as from the Web in one integrated user experience. If you run a music service, you can leverage Songbird's APIs to create deeply integrated stores and user features.

Play any MP3 on the Web without leaving the page. Songbird can view Web pages as dynamic playlists that it can play, save, or automatically download every day.

Songbird plays your music too. Songbird has all the features you expect in a desktop media player. And Songbird constantly improves. Like Firefox, Songbird's features may be improved with user installed and contributed cross-platform extensions.

Last Updated 31 Octoberr 2007
Win 98/ME/2000/XP

Quintessential Player
Multimedia Player

Stop what you're doing, find shelter and call your mom, because Quintessential Player 4.50 has arrived.

This new version brings you closer to your music then ever before. Stop letting your media player push you around, take control with Quintessential's new and improved arsenal of features.
Win 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista

VAMP Media Center
VAMP Media Center is a multimedia suite

VAMP Media Center is a suite of multimedia tools and toys. It includes the Audio Player, Media Organizer, Photo Album builder, Screen Saver maker, Wallpaper maker, Media Mixer, Greetings Card maker, Clip Editor (musical slideshow), Calendar maker and much more.

VAMP is fully integrated and Internet aware. It can organize your images, videos & music files, create photo albums, screen savers, Windows wallpapers, dynamic greeting cards, monthly calendars. You can send your creations to friends. They can enjoy them without having to download VAMP.

VAMP has a media mixer feature for mixing MP3 music files with visual files (images & videos) that automatically creates dynamic multimedia clips. You can even create text art and add bubble text (like a comic book) to your creations and there are many transitions and special effects, which can be applied to your images.

VAMP also has a Photo Sharing online service. It allows you to start or join photo groups and share pictures. You can upload images for other to view and they can be delivered automatically to other group members' PC.

A new amazing VAMP feature is an option to save various VAMP creations as video file
Win ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

Real Player
Multimedia Player

The basic version of the RealPlayer lets you play every major media type and includes:

# Delivers pristine audio and video playback quality.
# Plays CDs, DVDs and all major file types.
# Supports over 100 secure portable devices, including the iPod.

Last Updated 21 April 2008
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Mac (13.3 MB)
Linux (5.6 MB)