PotPlayer
Windows multimedia software player offering extensive customization, format versatility, and optimized low-end hardware playback. Developed by Kakao, it avoids adware and features powerful customization, praised for its small footprint and high-quality video output, competing with leading players.
Features
Properties
- Customizable
- Lightweight
- Minimalistic
- Support for Themes
Features
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Support for subtitles
- Graphical User Interface
- Playback speed control
- Skinnable
- Ad-free
- Integrated Codecs
- Dark Mode
- Thumbnail preview
- Video playback
- Screen Recording
- Works Offline
- Capture image from video
- No registration required
- Playlists management
- Full keyboard shortcuts
- Double subtitle support
- Built-in Equalizer
- Built-in subtitle search
- Live Broadcasting
- Album shuffle mode
- Support for 4K
- Selection playback
- Automatic subtitles download
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- A-B repeat
- Portable
- Lossless Audio
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- No Tracking
- Chromecast Support
- Matroska
- Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration
- Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
- Gapless Playback
- Touch-based
- Internet Radio
- Bookmarks that appear on the seek bar
- Skin Randomization
- Live Looping
Tags
- broadcasting
- avi
- Video Player
- high-definition
- television
- command-line-start
- Youtube player
- dvd-player
- themable
- blu-ray-player
- 3d-video-player
- 8k-support
PotPlayer News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
OrdinaryPerson added PotPlayer as alternative to mpvExtended- SoftGrabber rated PotPlayer
LaMita added PotPlayer as alternative to MEDIA Revolution X- Lehuga added PotPlayer as alternative to Blaiz Music Player
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What is PotPlayer?
PotPlayer is a multimedia software player developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system by South Korean Internet company Kakao (formerly Daum Communications). It competes with other popular Windows media players such as VLC media player, mpv (media player), GOM Player, KMPlayer, SMPlayer and Media Player Classic. Initially, the player was released under the name Daum Live.
PotPlayer is praised for its wide range of settings and customizations, its lightweight nature and its support for a large variety of media formats. TechRadar placed it among the best free video players, describing it as "an incredibly powerful program". XDA noted the extensive customization options and the improved playback on low-end hardware, naming PotPlayer "the best media player that you've never heard of".
LifeHacker observed that PotPlayer's quantity of options was one of its biggest weaknesses—"It has many different settings[,] which unfortunately makes wading through the checkbox-laden settings menu kind of a pain"—and that its options menu was "confusing".
In 2019, some versions of PotPlayer began to be bundled with third-party software, causing concerns from its user community; however, the installers allowed users to opt-out before the extra software was installed. The player also started showing ads in its lower right-hand corner. As of 2021, the software no longer installs adware or shows ads.
PotPlayer information
Developed by
Kakao Corp. Licensing
Proprietary and Free Personal product.Rating
Average rating of 4.1Alternatives
131 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
- Korean
Comments and Reviews
Are you looking features-rich media player, which at the same time has intuitive and good UI, nice design which not stuck somewhere in 2005, and at the same time lightweight? PotPlayer is totally for you. Look screenshot below. It uses less then 100MB while playing big video while, without lags, with tons of filters for video which making video much better. It support really million of different options which make your any video looks and sound like you like. It support 3d, it has good skins, and it support mostly ALL video formats. If you are looking for better MPC-HK or VLC alternative - PotPlayer is your choise.
A spot on the description. That is still available in 2024.
There is Norton bundleware in the installer. To avoid installing it, uncheck the box that agrees to the Norton terms and conditions and click the accept button. Giving this piece of crap 2 stars for the audacity of using bundleware in 2019
Edit: as of December 2019 potplayer is now serving pop up ads and I recommend no one install it
Another way is to disable the internet before installation.
I haven't seen any "Norton bundleware" in this app, but the popup ads are true. Still, this is nothing that a firewall cannot fix. And besides, PotPlayer is simply the best. If we don't install it, what must we use? "Movies and TV", Microsoft's sorry excuse for a media player, which also serves ads?
Be that as it may, freeware apps need a way of supporting their development, keeping the lights on, and pay the electricity bill.
Too many options and most of them unnecessary. My first intent was to change subtitles colors and language... Ohhh My!. Will try again if I can get a a tutorial.
A free app that doesn’t have a Linux version? It could be multiplatform since it is highly praised, and I can't try it out to see if it’s my go-to player. So, minimum rating. After all, I can't even use it.
Please developers, make it compatible with Linux. We are the ones who love using computers the most in the world! We deserve you.
Incredible range of options. I especially appreviate the navigation bar thumbnails and being able to show multiple subtitles simultaneously.
PotPlayer is a gem when it comes to video players. The interface is refreshingly simple and looks great—unlike many other clunky and unattractive options out there. I love how intuitive it is, and the keyboard shortcuts are a game-changer, especially for syncing subtitles with dialogue. It's lightweight enough to not bog down my system, though I do wish it was open source. All in all, it’s a user-friendly app that makes watching videos and movies a breeze.
Maybe it's not the most popular app. Because it's not open source. But it's a great player to any others. It's fast, lightweight, ad-free, dark mode, no registration required, and supports almost all media formats. I recommend this program.