The KMPlayer Features in detail

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The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways.

The player provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment in terms of connections to other splitters, decoders, audio/video transform filters and renderers without grappling with the DirectShow merit system. Internal filters are not registered to user's system to keep it from being messed up with system filters.

The KMPlayer includes almost all the essential decoders required for media playback. Furthermore, to get beyond the limitation of internal decoders, the external ones such as commercial h.264 decoders or cyberlink/intervideo audio decoders can be specified, so that KMP works optimally by the users' own customization. Even though the KMP is based upon directshow structure, it supports Winamp, Realmedia and Quicktime by the internal logic. Thus, it is possible to specify where to try to connect firstly the media in preferences.

In short, the player provides a strong hybrid structure efficient for interconnecting various directshow filters, winamp input&dsp plugin, and internal filters. The most outstanding feature is that the player has the full control of filter connections to prevent a media playback from being messed.

The player can set multifarious audio and video effects, slow down or increase playback speed with regular tone, select parts of a video as favorites, do an exceptionally powerful A-B repeat, remap the keys of remote interface for HTPC including overlay screen controls, change a skin dynamically depending on a media type playing, and many more. It is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and the configuration options are extremely extensive.

Dive into the fantastic stage of The KMPlayer for the professionals!
You'll be definitely fascinated by the way of working through every part of its rich functions.
May the Force be with you!!! :cool:

Meow~ :p



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The KMPlayer Features in detail

1. Supported Files or Devices

Incomplete/Damaged AVI file (Skip Damaged Frames)
Locked Media Files while downloading or sharing (with realtime index rebuilding under certain condition: AVI downloading in consecutive order)
Incoming Stream delivered via HTTP (ASF/OGG/MP3/AAC/MPEG PS/MPEG TS: Only works with KMP splitters)
Directshow playback (avi, mkv, mov, mp4, 3gp, ogg theora, ogm, rmvb, mpeg1/2, vob, wmv, dvr-ms, [Only registered and activated users can see links] etc including almost every audio formats)
Async File Source (network) filter for memory caching
Compressed Audio Album Support (zip, rar)
Shoutcast (Including NSV), Icecast
DTS Wave, AC3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Monkey's Audio, Musepack, FLAC/Ogg FLAC, Modules (MOD, S3M, MTM, UMX, XM and IT), AMR, ALAC, WavPack, TTA etc
Native (ansi/unicode) Cue Sheet Support
Google Video (GVI), Flash Video (FLV), Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV), PMP
Real Engine + Directshow (needs Real Player or Alternative or its decoders ([Only registered and activated users can see links]))

Supports the playback and seeking of multirate real media files (surestream clips) with KMP RealMedia splitter
Almost all Real Media files are supported (directshow).
QuickTime Engine + Directshow (needs QuickTime player or Alternative or its decoders ([Only registered and activated users can see links]))

The verified MOV samples with KMP mp4/mov splitter (directshow)
MOV[H264/AVC1+AAC] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[H264+AC3]
MOV[SVQ1+A-law] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[SVQ1+IMA4] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[SVQ1+PCM]
MOV[SVQ3+QDM2] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[SVQ3+MP3] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[SVQ3+IMA4] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[SVQ3+QCLP]
MOV[MP4V+AAC] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[MP4V+MP3], MOV[MP4V+ALAC], MOV[MP4V+PCM]
MOV[RLE+AAC] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[MSVC+MP3], MOV[MPNG+QDM2], MOV[MPG1+MP2]
MOV[CVID+TWOS] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), MOV[CVID+PCM], MOV[MJPEG+PCM], MOV[DVC+PCM], MOV[H263+MU-law], MOV[SMC/RPZA+PCM]
Almost all MP4s are supported(directshow).
Mplayer Engine Support
Winamp Input Plugin (decoder) Support
DVD playback, ratDVD support (needs ratDVD filters ([Only registered and activated users can see links]))

Audio CD (2000, XP only / Win9x-Support by winamp plugin)
Video CD/SVCD/XCD : CDXA Format (2000, XP only)
VCD Image File (BIN/ISO/IMG/NRG) ; NRG needs mplayer.dll
WDM device support like TV/HDTV/Camera/Cam etc
Adobe Flash (SWF)/FLC/FLI
Various Image files like png, gif etc

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2. Internal Codec/Filters

Video decoders : DivX, XviD, Theora, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VP3, VP5, VP6, H263(+), H.264(AVC1), CYUY, ASV1/2, SVQ1/3, MSVIDC, Cinepak, MS MPEG4 V1/2/3, FFV1, VCR1, FLV1, MSRLE, QTRLE Huffyuv, Digital Video, Indeo3, MJPEG, MPNG SNOW, TSCC, Dirac, VC-1, RealVideo, SMC etc
Audo decoders : AC3, DTS, LPCM, MP2, MP3, Vorbis, AAC, WMA, ALAC, AMR, QDM2, FLAC, TTA, IMA ADPCM, QCELP, EVRC, RealAudio etc
2Ch to Multi Channel expansion
Stream Switcher: Internal Copy/Inplace, Gabest's, Morgan
Etc

Media Priority Control to Connect among Directshow, Real, QT, Winamp and Mplayer
Custom Filter Manager to force or block external filters
System Filter Manager to manage (register, unregister) external filters
3. Plugins The KMPlayer supports input, dsp/effect, visualization and some general plugins of winamp2/5. Before using plugins, you should specify the path of each plugins and corresponding settings.

Winamp Plugins: Input, DSP(Can Stack), Visual(Can Stack), General Plugins(Media Library etc Support)
KMP Video Plugins by SDK (Can Stack)
DScaler Filter Support (Can Stack)4. Video Processing

Video Renderers : Old Video Renderer, Overlay Mixer, VMR Windowed, VMR Renderless, DirecDraw RGB/Overlay, OpenGL, Direct3D (DX7, DX9) YUV/RGB, Null(Uncompressed/Compressed), Haali's Video Renderer
Basic Video Processors : Mirror Image, Flip Input/Output Picture, Screen Rotation for project output
Advanced Video Processors : Resizer(oversampling), Deinterlacing, Postprocessing, Picture Properties(S/W Color Controls), Sharpen, aWarsharp, Blur, Noise Reduction/Addition
ETC
Overlay Mixer (H/W Color Controls)
Add Margin to Video Image
Input Colorspace : Basic + Mplayer
Output Colorspace : Basic + YV12
Screenshot
Sample Extraction(Continuous Capture)
Movie Capture
5. Audio Processing

Audio Renderers : Built-In Directsound
Switch to WaveOut for S/Pdif output automatically
Auto select Cyberlink renderer with its own decoder
Basic Audio Processors : Preamp, Remove Left/Right Channel, Swap Channels, Downmix to Mono
Advanced Audio Porcessors : Equalizer (DirectX/Time/Freq Domain), Echo/Pitch Shift/Pitch Scale (Octave control)/Tempo, Compressor, Auto Volume Control (Normalizer), TrueBass/Treble Enhance
Visualization : Winamp Visualization (Milkdorp etc), Windows Media Visualization (default), Built-In Visualization, Spectrum Analyzer on Skins
ETC

Audio Capture (Winamp Encoder/ACM)
6. Subtitle Processing

Supported Subtitle Formats
Unicode Text Subtitles Support
Sami (smi) : Ruby tag support including every almost attributes, USF(Ruby support)
SubRipText(srt), MicroDVD(sub), SMIL/RealText(realmedia), MPL2
SAA, ASS : extended attributes support
Bitmap Sub/Idx(vosub), Closed Captions in VOB, DVD and Transport Streams from TV-Card
Sasami 2K(S2k)
Embedded subtitles of MKV, OGM, MP4, MOV, 3GP
TTS (Text to Speech) for reading subtiltes
Output Methods of Subtitles

Draw to Overlay/Image itself/VMR&D3D surface
Font Rendering Methods

Windows Standard Output (GDI)
Rasterizer Output (High Quality but rather slow)
Effects

Bold/Italic/Underline, Color attributes
Vertical display, Fade effect (Only in Image Subtitles)
Subtitle Rotation/Flipping for project output
etc..7. Skin Features

Folder Skin
Compressed Skin (zip -> KSF)
Flexible Skin change depending on Playback Status of media(Movie/Music/TV/DVD , Shade)
Color Themes
Transparent Window
Playback Information on skin
Spectrum Analyzer
Long Title Scroll
A-B repeat display on skin
Bookmark/chapter/marker display on skin8. ETC

Keys Remapping
Mouse Function Setup
Multimedia Keyboard Support
WinLirc/uICE support
KMP API Support which can control from external program
Superspeed/High mode support (disable video/audio filter otherwise than inevitable filter while playing back)
Can be used in only one executable file(KMPlayer.exe)
Keyframe Search in AVI, MP4, MKV
Online Codec Search Support (Korean)
Pin Report when failed to play back
Enhanced Filter Rendering
Work Priority Class
Image OSC Support like Sasami 2K
Full Unicode Support
Multiple Language SupportOops... You can find more useful features in deep inside of KMP.

Low memory footprint
Desktop Playback Mode
Favorites/Bookmarks/Configuration backup and restore
MKV, MP4, OGM Chapter and ASF file Marker support
Open Dialog Box as Image for TV-OUT (Ctrl-J)
Powerful A-B section repeat(F9)
Subtitle Explorer(Alt-Q)
Analytic Playback Information
Really Cool Audio Shade Mode
Automatically Changable Skin Support depending on Playback Status
Jog Shuttle (Tempo/Pitch)
Various Capture Function (Sample extraction on condition)
Intro/Ending Skipping, Intro playing
Screen Offset for TV-OUT
and much more...

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For those who need a specific description of kmplayer, just copy and paste a suitable one.

Keyword:
KMP, KMPlayer, The KMPlayer, Audio, Video, Directshow, Windows, Capture, DVD, VCD, WDM, Codec, Subtitles


45 Characters Description:
All in one directshow player


80 Characters Description:
All in one hybrid directshow player including DVD, WDM device support etc


250 Characters Description:
The KMPlayer (not to be confused with KMPlayer for KDE in linux) is a video and audio player for Windows which can play various formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others.


450 Characters Description:
The KMPlayer is all in one media player covering various formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime etc. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways. The player includes almost all the essential free decoders required for playback. Furthermore, the external ones can be specified, so that KMP works optimally by the users' own customization.


2000 Characters Description:
The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways.

The player provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment in terms of connections to other splitters, decoders, audio/video transform filters and renderers without grappling with the DirectShow merit system. Internal filters are not registered to user's system to keep it from being messed up with system filters.

The KMPlayer includes almost all the essential decoders required for media playback. Furthermore, to get beyond the limitation of internal decoders, the external ones such as commercial h.264 decoders or cyberlink/intervideo audio decoders can be specified, so that KMP works optimally by the users' own customization. Even though the KMP is based upon directshow structure, it supports Winamp, Realmedia and Quicktime by the internal logic. Thus, it is possible to specify where to try to connect firstly the media in preferences.

In short, the player provides a strong hybrid structure efficient for interconnecting various directshow filters, winamp input&dsp plugin, and internal filters. The most outstanding feature is that the player has the full control of filter connections to prevent a media playback from being messed.

The player can set multifarious audio and video effects, slow down or increase playback speed with regular tone, select parts of a video as favorites, do an exceptionally powerful A-B repeat, remap the keys of remote interface for HTPC including overlay screen controls, change a skin dynamically depending on a media type playing, and many more. It is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and the configuration options are extremely extensive.

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KMPlayer (o) - Complete and official form
KMplayer (x)
KM Player (x)
KM player (x)
KMPlayer (x) ---> KDE frontend for mplayer which has nothing to do with KMP
Korean Media Player (x)
Korea Multimedia Player(o)
KMP (o) - Abbreviation of K-Multimedia Player

K-Multimedia Player (o)
Kang Multimedia Player (X)


The KMPlayer is based upon MPlayer or KMPlayer (KDE) or VLC (x); KMP is basically a directshow application though it has an extended hybrid structure to use shipped decoders as a plugin (by wrapping it for the connection to directshow).

The KMPlayer uses the codec of MPlayer or VLC (x); Not exactly. Both MPlayer or VLC use a libavcodec library from FFmpeg project. The library is also used in ffdshow. What KMP uses is exactly a libavcodec library from FFmpeg ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), not the codec of anything. And KMP borrowed some GUI interfaces to configure the supported features of the library from ffdshow etc (very well organized form). The binary of the library can be replaced (libcodec.dll). The library name was changed due to the confliction with a directshow wrapper of libavcodec (ffdshow) which is registered to system. Originally, the player had used a libavcodec binary from Unified Codec Package of dTomoyo ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (famous codec package provider in Korea) before the confliction report.

Why is it possible to use some plugins of winamp?; The player simulates some APIs of the older version of winamp for making it possible to use the plugin of winamp. It is not 100% compatible. (Mainly focused on enabling input plugins) Personally, I don't use almost all winamp things about the plugin. (There are better ways.) The plugin structure of winamp is not so efficient as it must be loaded when launching the player even if it is not used. Recently, winamp changed many parts of the plugin structure resulting in the compatibility issues with KMP (It became hard to support due to the hidden parts).

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Why not include Real Decoders?

Because it is illegal. Do not force anything illegal to us.

[Only registered and activated users can see links]
According to RealNetworks, this codec pack is illegal, because RealMedia codecs are copyrighted by RealNetworks, and were not licensed by KL Software ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). According to Karl Lillevold of RealNetworks, KL Software simply re-packages RealNetworks' own DLLs and distributes them without permission.


Official comment from RealNetworks ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Note that distributing so called codec packs, which is nothing but re-distribution of codec DLLs copyrighted by RealNetworks, and a few registry keys, is not allowed by the EULA (End-User License Agreement). Note that this is not unique for RealPlayer DLLs, most proprietary software products have this restriction.


As for the playback of Quicktime media, KMP does not nearly depend on Quicktime components recently.

BTW, refer to the following as for the detail things in regard with the playback of real media.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]



ps. The KMPlayer is not a codec package. So stop comparing it with K-Lite MPC etc. Because I can do the same thing like K-Lite KMP. Do you know it is really funny to mention such a thing? All directshow players will play anything with pre-installed codecs if there is a suitable splitter and decoder. It is not because of the specialties of any specified directshow based player but because of the fundmantal structure of directshow. For a general use, any kind of directshow players with ffdshow will be good enough to fit your purpose. Believe or not, KMP can do more things which is impossible with codec packages or ffdshow combinations. :p