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Freeware media player for Microsoft Windows
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KMPlayer
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Original authorKang Yong-Huee
DeveloperPandora TV
Initial release1 October 2002; 23 years ago (2002-10-01)[1]
Written inDelphi, C++Builder, Netwide Assembler and Visual C++[2]
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 BokmΓ₯l, 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
The KMPlayer logo, effective 19 March 2012

KMPlayer was developed by Kang Yong-Huee (Korean: κ°•μš©ν¬) 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][8]

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.[9]

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,[10] 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."[11]

As of the third quarter of 2024, KMPlayer had over 21 million global users and exceeded 1.5 billion video plays per month.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "μ΅œκ°•μ˜ λ―Έλ””μ–΄ ν”Œλ ˆμ΄μ–΄ KMPlayer Build 300 (The ultimate media player KMPlayer Build 300)" (in Korean). ν•œκ΅­ 델파이 λ™ν˜ΈνšŒ λΈλ§ˆλ‹Ή (Korea Delphi Club delmadang). 1 October 2002. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  2. ^ Yong-Huee, Kang. "κΈ°λ³Έμ„€λͺ… (Basic information)". Kang Yong-Huee Homepage. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2010. μ œμž‘μ–Έμ–΄/μ œμž‘ν™˜κ²½ [...] 델파이 7 [...] C++ Builder 6 [...] NASM [...] DJGPP(GCC 3.2) [...] VC++ 6.0 (Translation: Authoring language / authoring environment [...] Delphi 7 C++ Builder 6 [...] NASM [...] DJGPP(GCC 3.2) [...] VC++ 6.0)
  3. ^ "To all KMPlayer users". The KMPlayer's Forums. 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2010. In order to develop the KMPlayer to the next level to accommodate growing needs from all over the world, Pandora TV, the largest video streaming company in Korea has acquired the technology including the source code and core engine for the KMPlayer from the original developer, Kang Yong-Huee on August, 2007.
  4. ^ "KMPlayer 3.0.0.1438 Final". MajorGeeks.com. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Software License Agreement", The KMPlayer 2.9.4.1435, kmplayer.com, Its full name is K-Multimedia Player. But, it is also called as KMP, KMPlayer, KMP Player or kmp player.
  6. ^ KMPlayer Internal Audio Decoder Preferences Archived 22 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 22 October 2014
  7. ^ https://www.kmplayer.com/pc
  8. ^ "Five Best Video Players". 9 August 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  9. ^ Rosenblatt, Seth (6 November 2008). "KMPlayer". Download.com. CNET. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Best Video players for Windows 10". 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  11. ^ "KMPlayer β€“ The Best Media Player Ever?". 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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