User Reviews and Votes for ZoomPlayer

Summary: ZoomPlayer: All-terrain, all-control, directshow based media player

Details: All-media player, audio, video, DVD, etc... (like WMP). It is extremely configurable, and lets you create specific filters for rendering media files. It is a very good player for nerds who want everything under control. It relays on directshow filters installed on the system, but can bypass MERITs or let you choose a especific combination of filters for superior playback (even DSP processing). It can also handle WinAMP plugins through DC-DSP. It is the choice of the smart people.

Pros: Custom filter configuration, extremely configurable ans skinnable.

Cons: Only real gurus can take the most from it.

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: WinAmp, foobar, XMMS, mplayer

Submitted by Garbage on 21-Aug-2004 01:03:04

Summary: best all-around media player available

Details: Very easy to use, but highly configurable. Handles most media after initial installation, can add extensions for not-so-common and proprietary media.

Pros: ease of use, compatible with nearly every media format

Cons: few skins

Period used: 2002+

Other products used: Creative MediaSource, WMP, Real, WinAmp, Sonique

Submitted by jason on 05-Sep-2004 23:00:10

Summary: WinAmp ROCKS!

Period used: years

Other products used: WMP (sucks), XMMS, foobar, MusicMatch, ZoomPlayer, JetAudio

Submitted by Jim Bob Pipes on 08-Sep-2004 19:25:15

Submitted by derdeder on 21-Sep-2004 08:07:52

Submitted by nick on 26-Sep-2004 17:13:47

Submitted by fanatic on 17-Oct-2004 07:20:03

Details: it's very nice understatement-software, and even a little complicated in use it's on the other side enormous sophisticated in it's technical features. I like it's very simple interface which does not make more presentation as you need for looking a video or to hear an audio-file.

Period used: nearly 2 years

Other products used: wmp, rp, qt and some lttle other

Submitted by Clemens Bellut on 17-Nov-2004 04:58:58

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Submitted by oh on 10-Dec-2004 13:37:07

Summary: The best player

Details: Zoom player is simply the best player with incredible codec support and options. Once I installed Zoom Player, I haven't needed any other media playback programs. Zoom Player plays movies (avi, mpeg, mov, ogm, flash etc...) and music (shoutcast, mp3, audio cd, wav, ogg, mod etc...) effortlessly. Fully customizable keyboard shortcuts for every single command you might need, including opening the CD drive. Fully customizable skins and buttons. You feel a bit lost, when you first open the Options window but after a while you can find everything you need. You'd better try it out for yourself. :)

Pros: codecs, subtitles, skins, customizable, keyboard shortcuts, doesn't crash, plays just about any file you can think of, equalizer, manually filtered codecs option, all in one

Cons: can't think of anything

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: winamp, real player, windows media player, apollo, some lite mp3 players, winDVD, Elecard mpeg 2 player, quicktime, nokia audio manager, divx operational player, DivX player, real jukebox, bsplayer

Submitted by Joonas Vaittinen on 15-Dec-2004 18:29:06

Submitted by Russell on 19-Dec-2004 00:08:00

Summary: Great small media player that does everything

Details: Plays Video and Audio incredibly well, and has a huge list of supported formats.

Pros: Everything

Cons: None

Other products used: Media Monkey, Windows Media Player

Submitted by Todd Pousson on 04-Feb-2005 20:43:40

Summary: Great player

Details: This is one of the few players i have found that has all the features I want right alongside all the compatibility I want.

Pros: This player will play just about ANYTHING

Cons: Can't think of any at the moment

Period used: a year or more

Other products used: ultraplayer, musicmatch, real, windows media, quicktime, coolplayer

Submitted by Rod White on 10-Feb-2005 20:54:14

Details: it's good and it doesn't make your system crash!

Pros: low CPU usage, plays many types of files. better sounding that most players (especially Jet Audio. ick)

Cons: a bit ugly. skinnable, though. not free. the only thing you don't get for free's DVD playback, though

Period used: a few days

Other products used: JetAudio 6, Quintessential ... , Light Alloy 3.0, The Core Media Player 4.02, Media Player Classic's latest release

Submitted by Dino Mejia on 20-Feb-2005 08:26:10

Submitted by Paul on 11-Apr-2005 15:07:45

Submitted by Paul on 11-Apr-2005 15:07:45

Summary: simply the best

Pros: uses system graphs to play whatever you want.

Other products used: winamp, wmp, mediap-classic, crystal, windvd, cineplayer

Submitted by toto999 on 11-May-2005 08:02:19

Submitted by Clemens Bellut on 17-Nov-2004 04:58:58

Summary: The most flexible player out there

Details: When you first start this player, it will scan your computer for registered Direct Show filters and display the ones you are missing and will even provide the link to page where you can download the missing ones. Basic interface is simple and easy to understand, but the real power of this player is unleashed by downloading additional skins. Yes, SKINS. Zoom Player supports 177 skinnable buttons. Default skin has only a few basic ones (play, pause, playlist editor...) and all the advanced features can be put on one click distance by applying new skins. Skin I'm using (VISIBILITY 4) supports brightness, contrast and color control, internal equalizer, file info, slow motion playing and much more. This player is VERY flexible and allows you to modify all aspects of media playing. It features "Customized Media Playback", basically a harmless way to experiment with DShow filters, splitters and post-processors without affecting playback in other media player. All functions are accessible by keyboard shortcuts (164 of them) that are also customizable. Only drawback is that some options are very hard to find (it took me year and a half to realize that files opened from Windows can be added to playlist without clearing it). This great player is free in its "normal" version and PRO version only contains features that are really not necessary to average user. I really recommend this player.

Pros: Flexible, skinnable, won't interfere with other players, Direct Show filters management, free

Cons: Some basic options are burried deep in "Player options"

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: WMP, Real Player, BSplayer, VLC, Winamp, footbar2000

Submitted by Azaghal on 30-May-2005 13:18:56

Submitted by qsd on 20-Jul-2005 18:06:17

Summary: I think it is a very well rounded media player.

Details: I discovered the Zoom Player a few months ago. At first, I was worried there was no sort of free version, but then I realized Standard was the free version. Anyway, at first it was hard to get familiar with, because it lacked features like the toolbars you see at the top of applications such as WinAMP, and the Windows Media Player. As soon as I got the hang of it I was sailing. It plays nearly every file format known to man, all you have to do is install the proper codec thingies. I have found, that mp3 files that don't play in Windows Media Player because of some strange encryption thing, they will work with the Zoom Player.

Pros: The skins aren't an eyesore (most of them) and there are endless options for playing not normally found file types, all you have to do is install the pludin/codec thing, and they provide links to those at their site.

Cons: There is not toolbar at the top, and when playing video, there is no "original size" option. You also have to purchase the fancy version if you want to play dvds.

Period used: 2-3 months

Other products used: Foobar, WinAMP, Real Player, Windows Media Player, Dojo, and I think Nero Media layer.

Submitted by Lin on 12-Oct-2005 08:33:26

Other products used: Media Player Classic

Submitted by Anonymous on 18-Aug-2004 10:17:15

Summary: Most flexible player ever

Details: Best player exist. For everything. Even for slideshows - just need special configuration. Interface fully customisable too. All depends of the DShow filters installed and your configuration.

Pros: Extremely configurable, Great for all media.

Cons: So much configurations... Not free.

Period used: 3 or 4 years

Other products used: Winamp,MPC and ~50 other players

Submitted by jacek on 16-Oct-2005 21:20:10

Other products used: winamp, crystal, mpc, vlc,wmp,bsp

Submitted by zoom player fan on 15-Nov-2005 06:24:10

Summary: very good

Details: its a very cool lil player..

Period used: 6mths

Other products used: winamp

Submitted by steve on 06-Dec-2005 21:08:37

Summary: neat little player

Details: nice little full featured player that handles everything, well worth adding support for.

Pros: great, slim, customizable

Cons: not free

Period used: 2005

Other products used: winamp

Submitted by rob on 20-Dec-2005 18:51:23

Summary: Zoom Player allows you to configure everything.

Details: Try this player... it is the best!

Submitted by Mike Manion on 21-Dec-2005 05:11:15

Summary: best player i know of

Details: after searching forever for "the perfect player", finally i found zoom player. what made it perfect for me was the many options it included. zoom player is probably the most feature rich player you'll find today. you can decide exactly how it'll behave, how it will play files and which codecs and filters it will use. this makes zoom player incredibly unique and proffesional, a player fit for anybody who knows "something" about video and codecs. i believe zoom player is becoming more popular as it is now included in some codec packs including cccp. i hope you decide to add this player.

Period used: year

Other products used: winamp, core player, windows media player, vlc, mplayer, itunes, musicmatch jukebox, real player, media player classic, dBpowerAMP Audio Player,

Submitted by yarden on 24-Dec-2005 04:16:58

Summary: zoomit

Details: best video player for me. does the job right with best configurations. not most friendly player but definately worth the trouble.

Submitted by tsur on 29-Dec-2005 08:26:43

Submitted by chals on 04-Jan-2006 12:43:36

Details: You can customize anything and everything with Zoom player. One of the beautiful things that I found about Zoom Player is it has so many features and yet it doesn't seem to be bloated down. Zoom player also has the option to set one touch commands with your mouse. Zoom Player is currently the most versatile and customizable solution for Video and Audio for Windows. It will even tell you at install time what common codecs are missing and where to download each of them.

Pros: It has and does everything one could ever desire from a free player, it even tells you what codecs you miss and provides download links for them

Cons: I can't think of any cons. I have tried all players there are and zoomplayer is perfect

Period used: 1 year

Other products used: CrystalPlayer, WinAmp, MediaMonkey, Sonique, MusicMatch, Real Player, BsPlayer, Infarview, The Core Media Player

Submitted by Davide on 24-Jan-2006 06:26:38

Summary: Zoom player is nice !

Details: It's like a smaller and lighter Winamp !

Pros: Skins, light, options, support

Cons: Media Library

Submitted by Marc Laberge on 08-Feb-2006 12:11:15

Submitted by E J on 11-May-2006 06:55:43

Summary: The Best

Submitted by Eric J on 11-May-2006 06:52:44

Summary: greatest player i ever tried

Details: i tried many players but non compared to the features zoom player has. it has many options and preferences which is very important to me. very customizable and once you get used to it it isn't hard to use. i hope you let it work on itunes.

Period used: year and a half

Other products used: iTunes;Winamp;Windows Media Player;Musicmatch Jukebox;The Core Media Player;jetAudio;Media Player Classic;Real Player;

Submitted by yarden on 24-Dec-2005 04:16:58

Summary: Its a nice player

Details: It's got a ton of capabilities. It will tell you what codecs you are missing and then give you a link to download and install them. There are a ton of options.

Pros: Plays a ton of files, finds codecs.

Cons: Doesn't have a taskbar toolbar control

Period used: 3 weeks

Other products used: winamp, mediaplayer, itunes, bsplayer

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Submitted by Søren skovgaard on 28-May-2006 06:45:50

Pros: Powerful yet simple

Cons: -

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: WMP, Mplayer, VLC, Media Player Classic

Submitted by Simon on 10-Jun-2006 02:04:11

Summary: A billiant player overall

Details: ZoomPlayer is an incredible free media player that feaures high quality of sound and video, a large file type support, adn an incredible experience for the end user.

Pros: easy of use, audio quality

Cons: Lack of DVD playback

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: VLC, mplayer, WMP, Winamp, Quintessential, XMMS, Foobar2000, Sonique

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