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KMPlayer
Original authorKang Yong-Huee
DeveloperPandora TV
Initial release1 October 2002; 23 years ago (2002-10-01)[1]
Repository
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Written inDelphi, C++Builder, Netwide Assembler and Visual C++[2]
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    Operating system
    Available inEnglish, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Zulu
    TypeMedia player
    LicenseAdware
    Websitekmplayer.com

    K-Multimedia Player (commonly known as The KMPlayer, KMPlayer or KMP) is an Adware-supported media player for Windows, android and iOS that can play most current audio and video formats, including VCD, DVD, AVI, MP4, MPG, DAT, OGM, VOB, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, AAC, WMA 7/8, WMV, RealMedia, FLV, and QuickTime.

    History

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    The original KMPlayer logo
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    The KMPlayer logo, effective 19 March 2012

    KMPlayer was developed by Kang Yong-Huee (Korean: 강용희) and was officially released on 1 October 2002.[1] On 5 March 2008, The KMPlayer's Forum announced that KMPlayer had been acquired by Pandora TV, a Korean streaming video company, in August 2007.[3]

    Naming

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    KMPlayer has had several names. In version 3.0.0.1438,[4] the player was labeled both KMPlayer and KMP. The About page has referred to "The KMPlayer Professional Media Player" and "The KMPlayer". The version page has referred to "KMPlayer". The license page states:[5]

    Introduction of the KMP KMPlayer (Hereinafter, which is usually referred to as KMP) : KMP is a freeware software. Its real name is K-Multimedia Player. But, it is also called as KMP, KMPlayer or simply KMP Player.

    Supported files and devices

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    Covered codecs and filters

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    KMPlayer can include many decoders for media playback. Users may also add external decoders. Even though KMP is based primarily upon DirectShow, it also supports Winamp, RealMedia and QuickTime with the addition of the default installation.

    Subtitles

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    Plugins

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    KMPlayer recommends the following types of Winamp v2/v5 plugins: input, DSP/Effect, visualization, and general purpose. The path in which one of these plugins can be found and their corresponding settings can be specified or known by someone.

    • Winamp plugins: input, DSP (can stack), visual (can stack), general plugins (media library, etc.)
    • KMP video plugins by SDK (that can stack)
    • DScaler filter support (that can stack)

    Reception

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    In 2012, Lifehacker listed KMPlayer as "one of the best multimedia players in the world".[dubious – discuss][7]

    Seth Rosenblatt of CNET's Download.com also rated KMPlayer 3.0 a score of 5 out of 5, stating that "it is one of the most powerful and excellent freeware video players we've seen. If you want to stream videos then I highly recommend KMPlayer", but it had mentioned a lack of online help or documentation as being a shortcoming.[8]

    Tina Sieber, writing for MakeUseOf (MUO), comments that "It natively supports a wide range of audio and video formats … it has many advanced features, it is extremely customizable, and it can be available in multiple languages", "If you want to look for a more versatile multimedia player for Windows,[9] KMPlayer may be just the one for you.", "The KMPlayer interface is almost simple enough for most of the average people to be able to use it as a basic and affordable media player."[10]

    See also

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    References

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