KMPlayer also plays basically every file you throw at it. With some the playback is indeed substandard, eg., it enters into some slow motion, etc. VLC, with the ultra crappy, hardly configurable user interface, and the more configurable Zoom Player (commercial) do often a better job, but both play less formats.

It is a good first choice for a media player, but in case the reproduction in not sartisfactory, a second one, such as VLC or Zoom Player, should be kept in reserve.

It is to be hoped the development of the product continues, because from ist preconditions it seems to be the best of the breed.

Tha, like VLC, it is standalone of any other system parts is a good thing, but nevertheless, like VLC it should make use of FFDShow if available and when possibly the better renderer.
The wheel does not have to be permanently re-invented.

Thanks mate. All sorted now.

Zoom Player will probably not survive, and VLC, which I have never really liked but retained as a last resort type of solution, not either.

I tested numerous file types with TKMPlayer, audio, video and because I can, even still images (it does not like .dib, .tif. and .ico). All audio and video formats I threw at it it displayed most gracefully, inclusive .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .png (with still images it even creates a kind of slide show with amusing slide in effects).

To boot, it even works as an analogue and digital TV tuner and can be used to watch TV and listen to radio if an appropriate card is installed, even though the output here remained slightly underwhelming. I may try to talk TKMPlayer into using ffdshow for this if it is possible. Nevertheless, it was easier to setup than the program that came with the card.

And yes, it can be operated from CD or stick without installation by copying an installation. Thus, a pitty, that the program comes with an installer and not as an archive. Tons of people who work in offices where they have no installation rights on their computers and thus totally depend on Windows Media Player are thus left a bit out and cannot play eg. .flv’s from Youtube, RealMedia and Quicktime formats. Pitty that ;(

Else, in each and every way thus far a AAA first class programm. For me as the person of habit it was also extremely appreciable, that I could change all keyboard shortcuts to my usual ways!

Is that a mistake?

So, I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the KMPlayer. “Right out of the box”, the only adjustment that was absolutely required was to sharpen the picture for my LCD screen. The plethora of configuration options is welcome but will take some time to explore, of course. All changes I have made so far have been retained from session to session. The hide-away control panel at the bottom of the screen during full-screen playback is great — much preferable to the mouse-gesture invoked control panel of VLC.

Looks like a keeper for me.