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GOM Player

GOM Player (Korean version)
Developed by Gretech Corporation
Initial release January 7, 2003
Stable release 2.1.9.3754  (March 28, 2008 (2008-03-28); 77 days ago) [+/−]
Preview release none  (none) [+/−]
OS Win 98se/ME/2K/XP/Vista
Available in English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)
Genre Media player
License Proprietary freeware
Website GOM Player

GOM Player (Gretech Online Movie Player) is a freeware media player for Microsoft Windows. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use Media player is a term typically used to describe Computer software for playing back Multimedia files Most software media players support an array of media A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software Freeware is computer Software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Media player is a term typically used to describe Computer software for playing back Multimedia files Most software media players support an array of media Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a codec, and the ability to play some broken media files, both advantages over traditional players, like Windows Media Player. A codec is a device or program capable of encoding and/or decoding a Digital Data stream or signal. Windows Media Player ( WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing GOM player can also play .flv files. Flash Video is the name of a File format used to deliver Video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (initially produced It was created by the Gretech Corporation of South Korea. GOM Player ( G retech O nline M ovie Player) is a freeware media player for Microsoft Windows. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː

Contents

Supported Files or Devices

Covered Codec/Filters

Video codecs
DivX, XviD, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, H263(+), H.264(AVC1), MSVIDC, MS MPEG4 V1/2/3, FLV1, MJPEG
Audio Codecs
Vorbis, AMR, QCELP, EVRC

Subtitles

Codec Finder

For audio/video files that GOM Player can not play due to a missing codec, GOM Player will try to find one using GUID. Push technology, or server push, describes a style of Internet -based communication where the request for a given transaction originates with the publisher or central DirectShow (sometimes abbreviated as DS or DShow) codename Quartz, is a Multimedia framework and API produced by Microsoft Windows Media Video ( WMV) is a compressed Video file format for several proprietary Codecs developed by Microsoft. The Matroska Multimedia Container is an Open standard free Container format, a File format that can hold an unlimited number of video audio MPEG-4 Part 14, formally ISO / IEC 14496-142003, is a Multimedia Container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4 3GP is a Multimedia Container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP for use on 3G Mobile phones but can Google Video is a free video sharing website and also a video service from Google that allows anyone to upload Video Clips to Google's web Flash Video is the name of a File format used to deliver Video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (initially produced A VOB file ( Video Object) is a container format contained in DVD-Video media To learn how to create video or audio files for Wikipedia and its sister projects check WikipediaCreation and usage of media files. Ogg Media ( OGM) meaning Ogg Media File, is a Container format (for video audio and subtitle streams RealMedia Variable Bitrate ( RMVB) is a Variable bitrate extension of the RealMedia Multimedia Container format developed by RealNetworks MPEG-1 was an early Standard for Lossy compression of Video and audio. MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information" Real Alternative is a codec pack created for playing RealMedia files on Microsoft Windows operating systems without installing RealPlayer. QuickTime Alternative is a Codec package for Microsoft Windows created by Codec Guide for playing. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Red Book is the standard for audio CDs ( Compact Disc Digital Audio system or CDDA) Super Video CD ( Super Video Compact Disc or SVCD) is a Digital format for storing Video on standard Compact discs SVCD was intended A video Codec is a device or Software that enables Video compression and/or decompression for digital video DivX is a brand name of products created by DivX Inc (formerly DivXNetworks Inc Xvid (formerly " XviD " is a Video codec library following the MPEG-4 standard MPEG-1 was an early Standard for Lossy compression of Video and audio. MPEG-4 is a collection of methods defining compression of audio and visual (AV digital data H263 is a Video codec standard originally designed as a low-bitrate compressed format for Videoconferencing. H264 is a standard for Video compression. It is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, or MPEG-4 AVC (for Advanced Video Coding) Video1 is an early video compression and decompression algorithm ( Codec) that was released with version 1 Flash Video is the name of a File format used to deliver Video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (initially produced In Multimedia, Motion JPEG ( M-JPEG) is an informal name for multimedia formats where each Video frame or Interlaced field of a Digital video An audio codec is a Hardware device or a Computer program that compresses/decompresses Digital audio data according to a given Audio file Vorbis is a free and open source, lossy audio Codec project headed by the Xiph Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR is an Audio data compression scheme optimized for Speech coding. QCELP (Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Prediction also known as Qualcomm PureVoice, is a Speech codec developed in 1994 to increase the speech quality of Enhanced Variable Rate CODEC ( EVRC) is a Speech codec used in CDMA networks In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's SAMI (Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange is a Microsoft accessibility initiative released in 1998 SubRip' is an Optical character recognition program for Windows which rips (extracts subtitles and their timings from video files or DVDs recording SMIL (ˈsmaɪl "smile" the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, is a W3C recommended XML Markup language for describing SubStation Alpha (or Sub Station Alpha) abbreviated SSA, is a Subtitle File format created by Kotus that allows for more advanced subtitles SubStation Alpha (or Sub Station Alpha) abbreviated SSA, is a Subtitle File format created by Kotus that allows for more advanced subtitles Advanced Systems Format (formerly Advanced Streaming Format, Active Streaming Format) is Microsoft 's proprietary Digital audio The Matroska Multimedia Container is an Open standard free Container format, a File format that can hold an unlimited number of video audio Ogg Media ( OGM) meaning Ogg Media File, is a Container format (for video audio and subtitle streams Once it finds a match, it will direct you to a webpage where you can download and install additional codecs.

Broken or Incomplete Files

GOM Player can play AVI files that are being downloaded or have a broken index using its patented technology. (Patent number 10-0440495-0000, granted on July 5, 2004 in Republic of Korea)

GOM TV

GOM TV is a popular streaming service in South Korea, and as the most attractive feature in GOM Player, it is chiefly responsible for GOM Player's overwhelming popularity in South Korea. The GOM TV service offers users various video contents ranging from National Geographic documentaries and television dramas, to major motion pictures and adult videos. Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural

The service mixes both ad-supported and pay-per-view content. Prices range from 500 won and up, with most movies available for 2,000 won. The won (ko 원 ( sign: ₩; code: KRW) is the currency of South Korea. (1,000 won is approximately US$1. 08. )[1]

While functionality is very similar in the English and Korean versions of GOM Player, GOM TV is absent in the English version.

The latest release of GOM Player (V 2. 1. 9) allows American users to connect to the GOMTV StarLeague (a channel of GOMTV) to watch the latest matches of StarCraft leagues played in South Korea. This new addition to the American release was tested during the GOMTV Star Invitational which was aired in the month of February. Despite this new addition, the GOMTV service still remains absent from the American release (and those who watch StarCraft matches must use the website to connect to the streaming servers).

Popularity in South Korea

GOM Player is South Korea's most popular media player; as of July 2007, it had 8. 4 million users, compared to 5. 4 million of Microsoft's Windows Media Player. A survey of usage over a single week by Metrix, an internet survey company, found that 69. 8% of users watched pornography, as compared to 43. 2% who watched cinematic movies, 29. 6% who watched television dramas, 21. 8% who watched variety shows, 11% who watched cartoons, and 7% who watched music videos. A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts especially Musical performances and Comedy Skits and A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics [2] Gretech disputes the credibility of this report. Metrix obtained the survey data from 12,000 internet users who agreed to install a monitoring tool and only file names were used to categorize media files. Gretech also noted that the media files played by GOM Player are not monitored. [3]

References

  1. ^ finance.yahoo.com
  2. ^ "Two in Three GOM Player Users Watch Porn", The Chosun Ilbo, 2007-07-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Retrieved on 2007-07-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold  
  3. ^ "GOM Player doesn't monitor played files!", inews24, 2007-07-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Retrieved on 2007-10-31. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse  

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