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Zoom Player MAX 14 Giveaway
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Giveaway of the day — Zoom Player MAX 14

Zoom Player, the most Flexible and Sophisticated Media Player for Windows
$29.95 EXPIRED
User rating: 107 108 comments

Zoom Player MAX 14 was available as a giveaway on July 14, 2018!

Today Giveaway of the Day
$36.00
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Zoom Player, the most Flexible and Sophisticated Media Player for Windows PCs and Tablets. Based on our highly-touted Smart Play technology and Fullscreen Navigation interfaces, more media formats play with less hassle, improved stability and greater performance while browsing for content is easily accessible using a Mouse, Keyboard or Touch input.

Beyond Zoom Player's classic media player look, hides powerful Media Center features designed with an intuitive fullscreen navigation interface.

The 5-Key (up/down/left/right/select) fullscreen navigation interface includes intuitive interfaces such as the Media Library, File Browser, Playlist, Color Control, Audio Equalizer, Bookmarks, Play History, Subtitle & Audio Stream Selection and many more.

In fact, with Zoom Player, you can instantly Convert any PC into a Home Entertainment Center (HTPC) with no specialized hardware or operating system requirement.

With Zoom Player's Install Center, your computer is always securely updated with the latest verified media playback technologies. For a video tutorial detailing how to use the Install Center, click here.

Learn more about Zoom Player and other products on Inmatrx Website
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Please note: the giveaway license does not support upgrades to future versions. Do not install updates if you want to keep the giveaway license

System Requirements:

Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 10 (x32/x64)

Publisher:

Inmatrix

Homepage:

http://inmatrix.com/zplayer/

File Size:

29.5 MB

Price:

$29.95

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#41

Ever since Winamp was killed there was no better player for windows. The nearest player I would recommend is vlc for playing 99% of formats for free only lacks are its weak library and numbers of plugins.

Reply   |   Comment by Dave  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#40

I signed up with the form from the developer, but never received the activation key that was mentioned. (Perhaps something to do with already having version 13, from a previous giveaway ?) Since the prior version was already installed and working, I did not mess with this new version absent said reg key, and have the possibility of ruining any presence of the program on this computer. Since the "of the Day" has come and gone, and the install time factor on these things is generally strict, I should now probably just toss the 14 installer file and wait for the next version ?

I happen to believe that we need to have on call more than one of several program categories to cover various contingencies that come up, so I maintain three web browsers, 2 or 3 of this and 2 or 3 of that. It is very much the same with players. For example, I've had to run through VLC and a couple others on occasion, to confirm the presence of subtitles that were supposed to be there in a particular video file, but which for unknown reasons did not show up in one player although they did so when the file was played on another player. That sort of thing.

I have found Zoom to be a capable addition to the roster of players. That said, I'd like to find out where to tone down its auto-play intrusiveness, which can be annoying at times.

Reply   |   Comment by Gene  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#39

I did not download this software as I'm using something else but what I like very much is activity of Inmatrix team during the giveaway time. It does not happen very often that developers' team is reacting o all comments/questions almost immediately. Looks very professional and customer friendly. THANKS for that.

Reply   |   Comment by Jerzy  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#38

WOW! at $87.95 USD for Purchase Zoom Player MAX LIFETIME FREE UPGRADES!

You're not exactly enticing People to BUY your product.

I haven't installed the download yet but I'm VERY SURPRISED you aren't offering some sort of Discount Coupon for people buying a license as a result of Today's GiveawayOfTheDay Offer

Reply   |   Comment by Peter C1  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)

Peter C1,
AFAIK, it is 79.95$ for MAX for lifetime of free upgrades.
But for 29.95$, you can purchase for one year of free upgrades, and can keep using it for many years with the same key, move computers, everything, just not upgrading it further after a year has passed.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)

Peter C1,
Also, there are occasional coupons if you wait for them ;)

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#37

Where's the download link? I subscribed to newsletter and confirmed my email subscription.

Reply   |   Comment by headbangerharry  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

headbangerharry, after entering your email in the registration page, you the download of the exe starts automatically on that page.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Inmatrix, Thank you. I reregistered. That page did not appear earlier in the day for me.

Reply   |   Comment by headbangerharry  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#36

I loaded the program on my old XP computer and during installation that my op system wouldn't support the program, however it kept on running until the program was installed. When I tried to play a new dvd, the result was that the disc wasn't recognized and left a message that "No disc found". I don't understand this since all other player work.

Reply   |   Comment by Leon Magill  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)
#35

"Supported Operating Systems"

Windows only.

Port your player to other Operating Systems such as MAC and Linux.

Reply   |   Comment by Shannon  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-9)
#34

Good software - get it while you can

Blows VLC out of the water

Reply   |   Comment by jj juice  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#33

Such a sophisticated media player, and does it support Tuners
TV DVB-T USB for Laptop, digital terrestrial TV DVB-T player

fast channel switching

Reply   |   Comment by Krzysztofikel  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#32

Checked this player out a couple years ago, could never justify paying 80.00 for player that is just okay, installed this latest version, nothing that special, same old options, just too limited in features and options, Nothing special in the features, like others have said, compared to FREE players like Potplayer, light alloy and VLC players like this.
This Program really needs many improvements and enhancement options & features to make worthwhile.
So many better free Media players with much better options.
Unless missed in my testing of this new version:
***Player still cannot even play most common M3U8 format, so all these saved playlists are useless in ZOOM, plus, apparently you can only save new edited playlist in ZOOM as only in ZPL format, that none of these other players could recognize or play.
***ZOOM still in 2018, does not even have a basic Super Hot MP4 or (Video/audio Playlist Crossfading feature) is the hottest video feature out, so we can watch music videos and clips , in a mix as many other players have been able to do for years!
***Player still lacks Addtl Superhot video/audio Options could make avail even if by external video/audio Plugins, VST Effects etc)
To auto remove hissing or feedback noises in video or audio.
***(Video 5.1 Surround option would be nice, but also could not find any options or sound effect to max or boost video sound without clipping or distorting or sound effect to max or boost all video sound, to highest best sounding Same Equal Levels without clipping or distorting, so sound does not jump back & forth too high or too low.
***(Option to (Auto correct) all common video resolution, lighting or sound problems with little time and fuss required .
***Also would be better to have a complete music audio manager option of all songs and playlists on Ipod or mp3 player, so can back up, or transfer Back & forth all playlists songs from Ipods to PC without using Itunes or other 3rd party software.
Again, a decent player, but how do you justify paying 80.00 for player that is just okay, and with so many better FREE players with features. (Rated 3 out of 5 stars)

Reply   |   Comment by JB  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#31

Interestingly enough, Inmatrix uploaded 2 Zoom Players on Major Geeks just 4 days ago. Both apps are the same size and both are versions 14.2.0 which makes them, supposedly, newer than the one offered here today. One is a Freeware and the other is the MAX Shareware. Same can be seen at Softpedia too.
Still, Zoom Player is a very neat, comprehensive and chock full of goodies application that will not disappoint anyone even if an ironclad VLC or Pot supporter. I made it my default player.

Reply   |   Comment by Purrete  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#30

Nice! Even Windows XP friendly!

Reply   |   Comment by Ant  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#29

I was forced to received the download via my email address as there was no option to the Facebook. I reluctantly supplied my email address. However once I opened the email I found I was required to sign up for newsletter in order to receive the download link. That was the deal breaker for me. Maybe I can opt out of these newsletters. I will never know because I won't do it. Keep your player. Thank you for the offer but I will stick with my free, no hassle media player.

Reply   |   Comment by dadams  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

dadams, they send you a link to confirm your email address for their newsletter. If you don't want the newsletter don't click that link.

Reply   |   Comment by Min  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#28

As per comment #9:

Seems like BLA's comment may not have been that far off. Sorry BLA.

In as much as I was critical of Spyhunter, I ran it by Virus total & was surprised to see this:

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/957444be515b57da13171fae76252e954943d032c908297466fa03517a468e7e/detection

Perhaps Inmatrix might care to weigh in on this ??

Thanks,
Frank

Reply   |   Comment by Frank  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Frank, it checks many virus programs, and out of dozens of virus detection programs, 3 have a false positive on the giveaway exe, which is new to all of them. Those 3 should patch their program accordingly ;)

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#27

Does it work in 'safe mode' ?

Reply   |   Comment by webeye  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-6)

webeye, it should, yes.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#26

Seems that it does not do anymore than VLC does, and VLC is freeware. No thanks.

Reply   |   Comment by C OD  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

C OD,

I have VLC myself. Had it for years. It's nice'ish....
VLC is a bit clunky by comparison.
If you compare the 2, Zoom seems nicer.

Frankly I use Zoom much more often.

Reply   |   Comment by Frank  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

C OD, you are so wrong! I bet you haven't even looked at Zoom Player's feature set.

Reply   |   Comment by M. H.  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#25

Specs indicate this will run on XP. Downloaded and tried to install on XP system, got a message that the operating system was not supported. Tried both Standard and Legacy versions, no luck. XP not supported?

Reply   |   Comment by Mbi  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

Mbi, same here in my very old, updated Windows XP Pro SP3 machine (512 MB of RAM). :( Let's go ask its support.

Reply   |   Comment by Ant  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Mbi, this message on my XP only related to the latest LAV filters. Apart from that everything appeared to install and it works fine. Try running "Install Center" first and then Zoom Player.

Reply   |   Comment by Min  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Mbi, all Windows OS are supported.
Running the Zoom Player install center is a must, as it downloads and installs codecs used for playback.
On which installation did you get this message?

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

For me, I picked everything.

Reply   |   Comment by Ant  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#24

This is a VERY versatile media player. I've used it to investigate on dance videos. I slowed down playback and at the same time I zoomed into the video (to the feet of the dancer). A feature (set) I don't know from any other player.
But well, if you are just the "press play and watch" type of person, Zoom Player is not a must; any player will do. But for (special) features, Zoom Player is the go-to player of choice.

Reply   |   Comment by M. H.  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

In reply to where you say, "...A feature (set) I don't know from any other player..."

VLC will do that as well, with a zoom that will go in as close as you want and the ability to slow speeds down to (I believe) 25% of actual. Another nice thing is the ability to set an A-B loop while going over video, so you can repeat specific sections of any length. (Which might be useful when you're studying dancer's feet.)

I haven't tried to do this in Zoom Player yet, so perhaps the interface is easier. Just want you and others to know the capability is there in VLC.

Reply   |   Comment by Joe Blow  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Joe Blow, thanks for this info.

Reply   |   Comment by M. H.  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#23

Came up as having three indications on VirusTotal Scan, might be false positives, who knows.

Probably just stay with MPC!

Reply   |   Comment by Mark  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#22

Video picture quality is of course dependent on the display panel & its settings &/or calibration, but with newer codecs like H.264 [AVC] & H.265, the GPU [Graphics Processor] also plays an important role -- if the Windows device you're using has a low end CPU/GPU, it's simply not possible to get the very best video display. That's NOT to say it can't look Very good -- just that there are limits you can't get past.

The Zoom Player does lots of media center type stuff, but it also enhances the picture you see -- if you're playing Blu-ray quality [or better] to a decent 4k display, it'll look better than using something like VLC or Windows Media Player. So will PowerDVD Ultra, which also can handle everything on a new release Blu-ray [it always goes on sale for ~$30 eventually]. So will MPC-HC, though it can be more work to set up the filters.

Additional tools you might look at include madVR, LAV Filters, & the Codec Tweak Tool, which may help regardless the player you're using. madVR is intended to do a better job of rendering the picture to the display vs. the code that comes with Windows. There's an awful lot going on *under the hood* when you're playing video -- LAV Filters is intended to do a better job of that end of things vs. what Windows does on its own. The Codec Tweak Tool can help make sure you're using the codecs that work best with your device. You won't be able to take full advantage of what they have to offer with something like the lowly Celeron that's in the miniPC hooked up to our living room TV, but they can make some types of video watchable, though they're not necessary with regular Blu-ray.

videohelp[.]com/software/Media-Player-Classic-Home-Cinema
videohelp[.]com/software/madVR
videohelp[.]com/software/LAV-Filters
videohelp[.]com/software/Codec-Tweak-Tool

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#21

Does this player work with Logitech Harmony remotes? How do i find it in the Harmony database?

Reply   |   Comment by leadfoot  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

leadfoot, you can control zoom player using several programs, we recommend Event Ghost since it's good and free and should work with most remotes.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#20

Не скачивается . Просит почту и на этом СТОП

Reply   |   Comment by Gennadiy  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-6)
#19

I use VLC and PotPlayer where does this differ or is it anyway better?

Reply   |   Comment by Wipeout  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Wipeout, I listen to music for many hours a day and to my surprise now that I switched from VLC to ZOOM I started to see the lyrics on the screen and/or also the album's pictures. That's nice and I didn't have it on VLC or POT.

Reply   |   Comment by Purrete  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#18

Can somebody help me with a serious if naive question? Most of the time (but not everytime), if I want to play regular DVDs, in Zoom Player (Max free 13.something) I only see the individual VOB, ZOT or whatever container files in that DVD, and I then can even see some minutes of the film in question, then I must look out for some other such file on the DVD, whilst other players (but I have thrown out the paid ones for their multiple problems, no sound, no image, crashes, etc., etc.: WinDVD and PowerDVD), e.g. K5, play the film in its entirety.

I obviously haven't grasped Zoom yet, but delving for hours in their "help" section hasn't been successful for me either.

Thus, could some charitable soul explain to me, and, I suppose, thousands of others not having the adequate IQ to run Zoom adequately, HOW I would probably install the (which ones?) necessary "drivers" or other add-ons/ins, in order to make my Zoom Player max some acceptable, generic video player? (Without Blue-Ray, but without fuss for the rest of it.)

Reply   |   Comment by Question  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Question, when this program gets installed, it automatically downloads and installs all the codecs needed. [As an alternative, you can decide which ones to install instead, although I think it's preferable for Zoom to do its thing.] Maybe Inmatrix will provide you with more information.

Reply   |   Comment by Suze  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Trying to play the VOB files will only play some portions of the video.
Either you switch to DVD mode and press play or you must open the VIDEO_TS.IFO file in media mode to play the DVD.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#17

Is this a music media center as well as video? I'm looking for an iTunes replacement and have not found a suitable one yet.

Reply   |   Comment by Toesand  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-4)

Toesand, yes.
Please check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfa9HsAyD3w

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Toesand, media monkey is great, free version does way more than iTunes. Works with apple devices, but if you have android, it syncs library wireless with your device both ways, including play counts ratings playlists etc. If you Google for media monkey licence, you will find a code that will unlock gold version.
Also musicbee is really powerful for editing, updating missing art/meta data with a cleaner interface but no wireless syncing.has great visuals too for scrolling artist pictures/lyrics while playing. I use a combination of the 2. My PC is so much better now I got rid of that malware iTunes. (I'm sure it's designed to corrupt your computer and make you want a mac)

Reply   |   Comment by James Mote  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Toesand, I was wondering the same thing. Whenever I see media player the first thing I look for is if it would be a substitute for Windows Media Player. I am content with the VLC to play movies, I only need the basic functions like play, stop, pause, etc, I would get lost trying to figure out how or why there are other features. :) I guess if I made my own movies it would be a different story. I do want a good music player for both Windows and Android to organize my music and play my music how I want without having to make so many playlists. An older version of Windows Media Player had an option of playing music by the number of stars you gave a song, I don't know why they removed that feature.

Reply   |   Comment by Velvet  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Velvet, see my comment above. Both excellent players.

Reply   |   Comment by James Mote  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Velvet,
Windows Media lets you do that. Beside Organize/Stream click on Create Playlist,/ Create Auto Playlist. In the dialog box that opens select "Click here to add criteria" and choose My Rating in the list of criteria. You can add additional criteria, too. To rate a song right-click on a song and choose Rate and then choose 1 to 5 stars.

Reply   |   Comment by leadfoot  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Velvet, I want exactly the same as you especially the part about the playlists!

Reply   |   Comment by Tina  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Toesand, This may or may not be an improvement on VLC which I use when people send me audios or videos. From the comments it seems it is ideal for the specialist. But Windows media player is pretty hopeless, it never seems to work for anything I receive.
Try this, if it is good, good. If not, use VLC, which is recommended by Computer Hope and is free and constantly updated. Keep Windows Media Player on your computer because as a microsoft thing it may be connected to something else, but do not use it. Set this or VLC as your ‘associated' programme when you click on a file.

Reply   |   Comment by Laxative  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)

Laxative, Sorry, My reply was meant mainly for Velvet.

Reply   |   Comment by Laxative  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

leadfoot, my thanks for the hint about the list of criteria. That was exactly what I was looking for. I had looked all over but never thought to look at "create auto playlists."

Reply   |   Comment by Velvet  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

James Mote, I'll check them out. I like what Media Money says about their hard drive organization. If it works the way I hope it might, it sounds like a keeper. I try to have my music organized in files according to Artist, an easier way of doing that is always welcome.

Reply   |   Comment by Velvet  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#16

Does this reqire the DRM identifeir? Last proggy had to d-load separite DRM indentifire and comp got virus...

Reply   |   Comment by Storch  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Storch, it isn't clear what DRM identifier you are talking about..

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#15

What version is it because I have version 14.0.0.1400 already installed?

Reply   |   Comment by Marco  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Marco, this is v14.0 .
You can check it in options->about.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

Marco, same exact version. I opened both with 7-Zip and only a few files were updated like zplayer.exe even though both were b1400.

Reply   |   Comment by Ant  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#14

Where is the registration Key at. I installed the 14.2 and now it is asking me for the registration key, usually it is in a read first doc.

Reply   |   Comment by Edward  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Edward, there is NO registration key provided this time as this today GOTD SW is already pre-registered. This is the MAX 14 Build 1400 (14.0.0.1400??) version, do not try to upgrade to another version and uncheck the check box in the System options noted: "Automatically check for player updates (once a week)" to be sure to keeep the good one.

Reply   |   Comment by Alan  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)

Edward, you upgraded to v14.2.
The giveaway is for v14.
Please reinstall, and do not upgrade to v14.2 if you want to keep the giveaway version and not pay.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)
#13

I already have V13.5 from a SOS giveaway.

Is there anything in this version that is different from 13.5?

Reply   |   Comment by Cathy  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)

Cathy, here's the changelog: https://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew_archive.shtml.

Reply   |   Comment by Suze  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Cathy, all new versions have new features and fixes.
Please check the v14 thread on highlights of v14 : http://forum.inmatrix.com/index.php?showtopic=15144

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Cathy, lots.

Reply   |   Comment by Ant  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#12

Please note: the giveaway license does not support upgrades to future versions. Do not install updates if you want to keep the giveaway license

Reply   |   Comment by webeye  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

webeye, in other words, accidently try to install update, it won't work. sometimes these 'giveaways', force the update then don't work.

Reply   |   Comment by john steg  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#11

Will it play VOB files?

Reply   |   Comment by Alex McLeod  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Alex McLeod, yes

Reply   |   Comment by Mario  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+9)
#10

Was this 'MAX' series formerly called 'PRO' ?

Reply   |   Comment by Stewart Wallace  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

Stewart Wallace, no, it wasn't. From my notes for an earlier version of Pro (which is no longer offered):

"Building on top the success of Zoom Player PRO, Zoom Player MAX adds many Power-Features:
• Decrypted Blu-Ray Movie playback with Subtitle support.
• Video Wall (Span a single video across multiple monitors).
• Create custom Mobile-Phone RingTones from playing media.
• Scene-Cut (Dynamic, Virtual Audio/Video editing).
• Non-Linear 16:9 (widescreen) / 4:3 (fullscreen) video scaling
• GuardDog (Automatically restart Zoom Player if the player becomes unresponsive).
• Video Orbiting (Prevents screen-burns by slowly moving the video image every few seconds).
• HTML, Flash and QuickTime Interactivity (Browse content from within Zoom Player, bypassing standard media controls)."

Reply   |   Comment by Suze  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

Stewart Wallace, we had 2 paid versions - PRO and MAX.
Years ago, we removed the PRO version and have only MAX.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+10)
#9

... deas this SW have anything really special warranting using it instead of, say, VLC player (which I have been using for more than 15 years and have not seen anything better)?

Reply   |   Comment by Juqa Buqa  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)

Juqa Buqa,
We have much better customization, a "Smart Play" feature which sets the best video renderer and splitter to get the best quality, video library, history, and much more..

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)
#8

This one is filled with more than 600 UPS according to Spyhunter. Take care out there..

Reply   |   Comment by BLA  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+12)

BLA, did you mean to say PUPs as in "potentially unwanted programs"? If so, yes, that's worth looking out for, thanks. Not something I expect from GiveAwayOfTheDays...

Reply   |   Comment by GrayWolfShaman  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+12)

BLA, we use codecs of renderers and file splitters, but there are no harmful components of any kind in Zoom Player.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)

Inmatrix, thanks for the reply and for the clarification! GTK.

Reply   |   Comment by GrayWolfShaman  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

BLA,

Spyhunter has a spotty track record at best:

https://ccm.net/faq/31535-spyhunter-fake-security-blogs

https://malwaretips.com/threads/spyhunter-4-is-it-a-fake-software.26301/

Reply   |   Comment by Frank  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#7

I'd like to see a speed change option. For things I do sometimes I'd like to speed some up to view it quicker, or to slow it down as much as half speed (or slower) to study motions and viewing in slo-motion. Both are important to things I do and it is the main reason I use other things like VLC media player to be able to do those 2 things. Thanks for reading.

Reply   |   Comment by Doyle Allen  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+14)

Doyle Allen,
Agreed !!
I love this player.
However, quick hot key adjustment of play speed would be great.

Typical convention on such things: Cntrl + or Cntrl -

Love to see that !!

Reply   |   Comment by Frank  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)

Doyle Allen, you can set fast play rate and slow motion rate in Advanced options->Playback->Video->Controls.
We also have keyboard short cuts and a way to change the keyboard functions if needed.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)

Inmatrix, that is not user friendly. You should make it simple as holding the Ctrl key and pressing + to increase, or Ctrl + - to decrease speed, instead of all that you partially suggested. Your method is not user friendly. May be fine for your developer or engineers, but not the common folk such as I. lol Thanks for your reply though.

Reply   |   Comment by Doyle Allen  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

I tried the KB shortcut . and , for rate change, but saw no rate change. I also tried to change the default rate 8x to 2x but saw no effect.

Reply   |   Comment by rayl  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

I meant to say alt+ctr . and ,

Reply   |   Comment by rayl  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Doyle Allen, there ARE keyboard shortcuts for it!

Reply   |   Comment by M. H.  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

M. H., Alt+Ctrl + or - does not change a speed on playing video. I am using Windows 10. Maybe that was suggested for Mac instead?! Dunno.

Reply   |   Comment by Doyle Allen  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Could anyone can tell me which keyboard key for speed rate change? I tried alt+ctr . or , which does not work on WIN7.

Reply   |   Comment by rayl  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Doyle Allen, I'm on Win10, too. CTRL+ALT+, reduces playback speed by 10%, CTRL+ALT+. increases playback speed by 10%. But you can also press L for toggling slow-motion mode or SHIFT+Z for toggling fast-motion mode or F for toggling super-fast forward mode. I've tested all of these shortcuts and they work fine with Win10 and today's offered giveaway.
Btw, in the settings you have the option to view (and edit) the defined keyboard shortcuts!

Reply   |   Comment by M. H.  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#6

Does anyone know if Zoom Player can play .apk video files? Perhaps the developer can say?

Reply   |   Comment by Colin  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-18)

https://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/ see here

Reply   |   Comment by Dan  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Colin, .apk are applications for phones, not videos.

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#5

I use PotPlayer for many years. What does this player has that PotPlayer doesn't?

Reply   |   Comment by Dune  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-14)
#4

Zoom Player is a good player But the only drawback the skin is bad If it were simple it would be nicer

Reply   |   Comment by fares  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

fares, please check out Zoom Player skins at https://www.inmatrix.com/skins.shtml

Reply   |   Comment by Inmatrix  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#3

Can it play Bluray disks and movies???

Reply   |   Comment by Johann  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-4)

Johann, It won't play commercial or any other Blu-Ray that has DRM and/or is encrypted. You have to step up to a pay version for that. This is a really good media player, otherwise.

Reply   |   Comment by Christian  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

Christian, are You sure ?

There is nothing in the description above that

there is any difference between GOTD and pay version .

Maybe it play Bluray in a pc with Bluray drive ?

Reply   |   Comment by Linda  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Christian, what free players can handle commerical BRDs?

Reply   |   Comment by Ant  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Linda, I'd hoped the publisher rep would have responded to this topic. Yes, there appears to be no Blu-Ray difference with the pay version. Both require decrypted Blu-Rays.

Reply   |   Comment by Christian  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Hadrianus, I tried four with no luck. The oldest was Master and Commander, 2007. All run just fine on my system with a dedicated Blu-Ray player. I tried some (well, two) m2ts files from Miss Peregrine's Home. Same error code as with the rest of my attempts.

Reply   |   Comment by Christian  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Ant, I use Leawo which is free. Google it. It has no frills whatsoever. Occasionally, I have to use keyboard navigation. There are others out there which I tried when I was looking a couple years ago. Leawo works well for me, but your mileage will vary since it seems that folks are all looking for something different.

Meanwhile, for the rest of my media, I may give VLC a bit of a rest while I work out Zoom. Zoom is certainly prettier and offers much more customization. It's the day to day stuff that I need to try.

Reply   |   Comment by Christian  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#2

I got this at another give away and it is an excellent player, better than free alternatives. It will play anything, video looks crispy and smooth.

Reply   |   Comment by JB  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+10)
#1

absolutely the best media player I've ever used....started back at version 8.3
and since then I've never used or needed another...a really big thumbs up for this one!!

Reply   |   Comment by Myk Kelly  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)

Myk Kelly, if you say your name backwards do you disappear for 90 days like the Superman villain?

Reply   |   Comment by Lex Luthor  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
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