GOM Player

GOM Player is a media player for Microsoft Windows, developed by GOM & Company. With more than 100 million downloads, it is also known as the most used player in South Korea.^{[citation needed]} Its main features include the ability to play some broken media files and find missing codecs using a codec finder service.^[4]

GOM Player

GOM Player, using default skin
Developer(s)	GOM & Company (Previously Gretech)
Initial release	January 7, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-01-07)
Stable release	Windows 2.3.71.5335 (November 19, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-11-19)[1]) iOS 1.5.1 (February 26, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-02-26)[2]) Android 1.6.1 (August 30, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-30)[3]) [±]
Preview release	None [±]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
Platform	x86-64
Available in	Korean, English, Japanese, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Portuguese, Thai, German, French, Italian, Czech, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)
Type	GOM Player GOM Player, using default skin Developer(s) GOM & Company (Previously Gretech) Initial release January 7, 2003; 22 years ago Stable release Windows 2.3.71.5335 (November 19, 2021; 3 years ago[1]) iOS 1.5.1 (February 26, 2020; 4 yea
License	Adware
Website	gomlab.com

The word gom (곰) means "bear" in Korean, and as such the icon of GOM Player looks like a bear's paw.

GOM Player has a free version and a paid version. The paid version name is GOM Player Plus, and it allows video playback without advertisements and includes convenient features such as simple configuration.

Features

• GOM Player has several embedded video and audio codecs, so it can play immediately without installing any external codecs. If there is no codec, it can be found with a codec search feature.
• The basic embedded codec has the advantage of making it easier for computer beginners who lack knowledge of codecs to play videos.
• Video files that are incomplete, damaged, or not completely downloaded can also be played.
• If the file name of a video file and subtitles are the same, subtitles are automatically displayed when the video is running.
• If there is no subtitle file, subtitles can be found in the subtitles archive supported by GOM Player.
• GOM Player started supporting 360 video (360VR) for the first time as a domestic video player in December 2015, and also has supported 360 video on GOM Player mobile app since June 2016.
• 360 degree videos and trending videos on YouTube can be played through the right panel called Miniweb.
• In 2019, the preferences of GOM player were newly reorganized.
• In 2020, a new version of GOM player macOS was released.
• GOM player is available on mobile (Android/iOS).
• In 2020, the company released a new GOM Player app optimized for iPhones.

Supported formats

GOM Player can play following multimedia formats:

• Video
  • Windows: .avi, .ogm, .mkv, .mp4, .k3g, .ifo, .ts, .asf, .wmv, .wma, .mov, .mpg, .m1v, .m2v, .vob, .m4v, .3gp/3gp2, .rmvb, .rm, .ogg, .flv, .asx(영상), .dat + When an external codec is used, other video formats can also be used.
  • Mac: .mkv, .mp4, .avi, .m4v, .mov, .3gp, .ts, .mts, .m2ts, .wmv, .flv, .f4v, .asf, .webm, .rm, .rmvb, .qt, .dv, .mpg, .mpeg, .mxf, .vob, .gif
• Audio
  • Windows: .mp3, .m4a, .aac, .ogg, .flac, .wav, .wma, .rma, .alac + When an external codec is used, other audio formats can also be used.
  • Mac: .mp3, .aac, .mka, .flac, .ogg, .oga, .mogg, .m4a, .opus, .wav, .wv, .aiff, .ape, .tta, .tak
• Subtitles
  • Windows: .smi, .srt, .rt, .sub, .idx, .vtt (text sub), .dvb, .ass, .psb, .txt, .sbv, .vobsub (embedded sub)
  • Mac: .utf, .utf8, .utf-8, .idx, .sub, .srt, .smi, .rt, .ssa, .aqt, .jss, .js, .ass, .mks, .vtt, .sup, .scc
• Playists
  • Windows: .asx, .pls
  • Mac: json (self-formatting)

Third-party malware controversy

In January 2019, it was reported to install third-party malware.^[5] Users also reported the issue a year before in January 2018.^[6]

See also

• Comparison of video player software
• Comparison of video codecs
• List of codecs