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PotPlayer is a free multimedia player with plenty of features and rich customization. No need to install different codecs all the time when using the player. Provides the maximum performance with the minumum resource using DXVA, CUDA, QuickSync. Immersive Viewing Experience with 3D. Various output format. Supports Various Subtitle Formats. Variety of Codecs, Easy to Manage.
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Download PotPlayer 1.7.20977 26.3MB Win Ad-Supported installation!
Download PotPlayer 1.7.20977 64-bit ca 26.3MB Win64 Ad-Supported installation!
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Windows More information and other downloads
Download PotPlayer 1.7.18958 Adfree 26MB Win
Download PotPlayer 1.7.18958 64-bit Adfree 26MB Win64
Download PotPlayer 1.7.17508 for Windows XP Adfree 24MB Win
Download PotPlayer 1.7.17508 for Windows XP 64-bit Adfree 27MB Win64
Download PotPlayer 1.6.63262 for non SSE2 CPUs 20MB Win
Download PotPlayer 1.7.18958 64-bit Adfree 26MB Win64
Download PotPlayer 1.7.17508 for Windows XP Adfree 24MB Win
Download PotPlayer 1.7.17508 for Windows XP 64-bit Adfree 27MB Win64
Download PotPlayer 1.6.63262 for non SSE2 CPUs 20MB Win
Version history / Release notes / Changelog
*NOTE! The PotPlayer installation contains ad addons! Be careful when you install(deselect the addon) or just use other video players!
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[191121] [1.7.21024]
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* Changed the PotPlayer version to date
- Fixed a problem that played fast when playing certain ASF/WMV files
- Fixed an issue where the last item was not cleared when saving the playback skip to an external file
- Fixed an issue where the title was not changed when processing ASX playlist
- Fixed DPI-Aware v2 action
- Fixed an issue where the monitor name didn't appear in full screen settings
- Fixed an issue that malfunctioned when cue file was specified in multiple media
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[191121] [1.7.21024]
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* Changed the PotPlayer version to date
- Fixed a problem that played fast when playing certain ASF/WMV files
- Fixed an issue where the last item was not cleared when saving the playback skip to an external file
- Fixed an issue where the title was not changed when processing ASX playlist
- Fixed DPI-Aware v2 action
- Fixed an issue where the monitor name didn't appear in full screen settings
- Fixed an issue that malfunctioned when cue file was specified in multiple media
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All features
Enhanced H/w-Acceleration
Provides the maximum performance with the minumum resource using DXVA, CUDA, QuickSync.
Get the best out of what you have.
Immersive Viewing Experience with 3D
Supports various types of 3D glasses so you can get the 3D experience anytime you want using your 3DTV or PC.
Various output format
(Side by Side, Top and Bottom, Page Flipping) supported.
Supports Various Subtitle Formats
Text subtitles(SMI & SRT), DVD(Vobsub)and Blu-ray subtitles, ASS/SSA animation and SMI Ruby tags, etc.
Variety of Codecs, Easy to Manage
No need to install different codecs all the time when using the player.
Supports OpenCodec so users can easily add whatever codecs they want.
More Advanced Features
Smooth, seamless video play. Choose which one when you have 2 sound cards.Preview the scene with snapshots.You can bookmark your favorite scene or chapter. We support Direct3D9 Ex Flip Mode and Overlay.Supports various devices such as DVD,TV,HDTV.
Provides the maximum performance with the minumum resource using DXVA, CUDA, QuickSync.
Get the best out of what you have.
Immersive Viewing Experience with 3D
Supports various types of 3D glasses so you can get the 3D experience anytime you want using your 3DTV or PC.
Various output format
(Side by Side, Top and Bottom, Page Flipping) supported.
Supports Various Subtitle Formats
Text subtitles(SMI & SRT), DVD(Vobsub)and Blu-ray subtitles, ASS/SSA animation and SMI Ruby tags, etc.
Variety of Codecs, Easy to Manage
No need to install different codecs all the time when using the player.
Supports OpenCodec so users can easily add whatever codecs they want.
More Advanced Features
Smooth, seamless video play. Choose which one when you have 2 sound cards.Preview the scene with snapshots.You can bookmark your favorite scene or chapter. We support Direct3D9 Ex Flip Mode and Overlay.Supports various devices such as DVD,TV,HDTV.
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Absolutely stupid they removed HEVC software playback. MPC-BE supports this just fine! Oh well.
Review by IntelliMoo on
Nov 18, 2019 Version: 1.7.20977
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 6/10
VideoHelp Admin: I reviewed back on 5th March 2019 that support for Windows XP had been dropped:
"It should be noted that Windows XP support has been dropped in versions AFTER 1.7.17508.
To use on Windows XP, version 1.7.17508 or earlier is required."
I'm not sure in which subsequent version it happened, but it seems support for Windows XP has since been added back - 1.7.20977 works absolutely fine with Windows XP.
"It should be noted that Windows XP support has been dropped in versions AFTER 1.7.17508.
To use on Windows XP, version 1.7.17508 or earlier is required."
I'm not sure in which subsequent version it happened, but it seems support for Windows XP has since been added back - 1.7.20977 works absolutely fine with Windows XP.
Review by mike20021969 on
Nov 17, 2019 Version: 1.7.20977
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 10/10
November 2019, for new users - PotPlayer (born from KMPlayer) was originally made with the great code of MPC-HC player + parts of FFDSHOW audio-video filters. It's quite reliable (more bugs than MPC-HC), quite fast and light-weight (thanks to MPC-HC code!), with a lot of options. Very good use of system resources, video hardware acceleration implemented very well, usable on old computers (as MPC-HC!). It's used a lot in South Korea for PBS (Personal Broadcasting). Great configurability, smooth GUI, lots of external skins, the numbers of options can intimidate the average user, but everything works fine just with the default settings. BUT my advice is to use madVR as video renderer and Sanear as audio renderer. IMHO audio quality with Sanear Wasapi renderer is very good, articulate sound signature (similar to MPC-HC, much better than JRiver Media Center). Infact, MPC Audio renderer is the Sanear one implemented into the player. PotPlayer also has got a very good native support for online streaming services and videos, much better than MPC-HC + LAV Splitter + external youtube-dl. Fast opening, fast seeking, but some issues with Dailymotion videos (same for MPC-HC + internal LAV filters + external youtube-dl, no issues with MPC-BE + internal filters + internal webpage parser). VLC, from this point of view, remain unsurpassed (but the video and audio quality are poor). The internal splitter, video and audio decoder work very well, but LAV Filters are implemented in a more correct way respect to the standards. Possibility to use Avisynth and Vapoursynth scripts, implemented natively, without the help of FFDSHOW as for MPC-HC. p.s. Just a small but important tip. In the section Video - Color Spaces - YCbCr to RGB conversion use the 'Auto' function and not ITU-R BT.601. ATTENTION: as for November 2019, PotPlayer is bundled with adware, but You can skip it during the set up process. More important, it open two or three back-door internet connections to some korean (?) external server for telemetry functions, to send unknown infos about the home user. It's visible, for example, with the TCPView software made by the great Mark Russinovich - Sysinternals).
Review by Ziggy1978 on
Nov 9, 2019 Version: PotPlayer 1.7.20538 X64
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
No comments. Rating it only.
Review by Snn1452 on
Oct 28, 2019 Version: 1.7.20538
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
You can avoid any installation rubbish in Windows by adding the .7z extension to the download and unpacking with 7Zip. Just leave out the $0 and $PLUGINSDIR folders. This is not my standard player, but I just tried this and it works OK. MalwareBytes Premium didn't find anything untoward. Just an option to try.
Review by AlanC on
Oct 27, 2019 Version: 1.7.20538
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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