Daum PotPlayer v1.5.33573 Portable

Daum PotPlayer v1.5.33573 Portable | 19.6 MB

Daum Potplayer: It's probably not what you're thinking, whatever that is. It is, in fact, a free video player. We hear you say, "There are so many free video players; what sets this one apart?" Its built-in codecs handle most video formats, and you don't have to install them yourself. It has several levels of controls and settings, making the most useful commands easily accessible. It's attractive but also skinnable and customizable. It supports a variety of video devices, including capture devices like cameras, DVD and digital recorders, and both analog and digital TV, including channels.

Potplayer opened with its Playlist window displayed, but we could toggle it open and closed from the interface. This player has a full suite of familiar controls and counters on its interface, including full screen, repeat, shuffle, and volume, but you can also access filter and rendering settings, speaker options, and other settings from the main window. Right-clicking the interface or the program's system tray icon accesses an extensive main menu.

Under Options, we could set housekeeping and behavioral features such as On Top, Prevent Screen Saver, and shut-down at specified times. Clicking Control Panel opened a small, rectangular, tabbed box giving quick access to Audio, Colors, Caption, and Playback settings. The Audio settings include the optional equalizer, which itself offers an extensive menu of preset audio schemes. Likewise the color sliders made quick adjustments a snap. Things got even more detailed when we opened the Preferences sheet, which includes device configuration, network settings, and other advanced options.

When we opened and played a familiar video, we were surprised to see a distorted aspect ratio, which expanded and contracted as we dragged the window. The default aspect ratio setting seems to be Free, not Fit to Video, which is actually the program's recommendation. However, we quickly changed the settings, which restored our movie's proper presentation. The Playlist is part of the interface, not a separate window that can be placed separately, though that's a minor matter of preference. We certainly have no complaints about the Playlist's editing options. Daum Potplayer proved one of the more versatile freeware players we've tried.

Changes since v1.5.32007:
Added the ability to sort playlist items by extension
Fixed a problem that the screen goes blank when playing 8-bit color video
Fixed position issue of integrated subtitles when pre/next actions
Some fixes while playing certain ASF files
Added ALT+K keyboard shortcut to cycle between screen rotations
Added the ability to set value of audio sync (Shift+) (F5 > Audio > Crystality > sync control unit)
Added Built-in RealMedia codec support
Added Intel Indeo 4/5 decoder support
Added the ability to copy current subtitle to clipboard
Added 3D subtitle Top & Bottom mode
Added the ability to keep subtitle/audio sync
Some fixes in 3D subtitle output while displaying messages & playback infos
Added the ability to get play time within a playlist
Added VMR9/EVR anisotropic scaling method
Improved style handling of ASS/SSA subtitles
Improved start speed of broadcasting
Improved rendering of video capture
Improved threads of ProRes decoder
Added a function to File Navigator to play all files in related folder
Some fixes for DVD subtitles
Fixed a problem while playing MPEG2 files with DXVA
Some fixes while using RAW video processing
Improved Direct3D9Ex Flip mode
Improved file open from RAR parts
Some fixes for playback problem of certain Audio CD

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