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{{Short description|Media player}}
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{{Infobox software
| logo = GOM Player Logo.png
| screenshot = GOM Player Default Skin Screenshot.PNG
| caption = GOM Player, using default [[skin (computing)|skin]]
| developer = GOM & Company (Previously Gretech)
| released = {{Start date and age|2003|1|7}}
| ver layout = simple
| platform = [[x86-64]]
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]]
| language = Korean, English, Japanese, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Portuguese, Thai, German, French, Italian, Czech, Chinese ([[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]] and [[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]])
| genre =
| license = [[Adware]]
| website = {{URL|gomlab.com}}
}}
'''GOM Player''' is a media player for [[Microsoft Windows]], developed by GOM & Company. With more than 100 million downloads, it is also known as the most used player in [[South Korea]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Its main features include the ability to play some broken media files and find missing [[codec]]s using a codec finder service.<ref name=gom-labspecs>{{cite web|title=Specifications |url=http://player.gomlab.com/eng/overview/ |work=GOMlab |publisher=GOM&Company|access-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219234124/http://player.gomlab.com/eng/overview/ |archive-date=19 December 2013 }}</ref>
The word ''gom'' (곰) means "bear" in Korean, and as such the icon of GOM Player looks like a bear's paw.
GOM Player has a free version and a paid version. The paid version name is GOM Player Plus, and it allows video playback without advertisements and includes convenient features such as simple configuration.
== Features ==
* GOM Player has several embedded  video and audio codecs, so it can play immediately without installing any external codecs. If there is no codec, it can be found with a codec search feature.
*The basic embedded codec has the advantage of making it easier for computer beginners who lack knowledge of codecs to play videos.
*Video files that are incomplete, damaged, or not completely downloaded can also be played.
*If the file name of a video file and subtitles are the same, subtitles are automatically displayed when the video is running.
*If there is no subtitle file, subtitles can be found in the subtitles archive supported by GOM Player.
*GOM Player started supporting 360 video (360VR) for the first time as a domestic video player in December 2015, and also has supported 360 video on GOM Player mobile app since June 2016.
*360 degree videos and trending videos on [[YouTube]] can be played through the right panel called Miniweb.
*In 2019, the preferences of GOM player were newly reorganized.
*In 2020, a new version of GOM player macOS was released.
*GOM player is available on mobile ([[Android (operating system)|Android]]/[[iOS]]).
*In 2020, the company released a new GOM Player app optimized for iPhones.
== Supported formats ==
GOM Player can play following multimedia formats:
*'''Video'''
**Windows: [[.avi]], [[.ogm]], .[[Matroska|mkv]], [[.mp4]], .k3g, [[.ifo]], [[.ts]], [[.asf]], [[.wmv]], [[.wma]], [[.mov]], [[.mpg]], .m1v, .m2v, [[.vob]], [[.m4v]], [[.3gp]]/3gp2, [[.rmvb]], [[.rm]], [[.ogg]], [[.flv]], [[.asx]](영상), [[.dat]] + When an external codec is used, other video formats can also be used.
**[[MacOS|Mac]]: .mkv, .mp4, .avi, .m4v, .mov, .3gp, .ts, [[.mts]], [[.m2ts]], .wmv, .flv, .f4v, .asf, [[.webm]], .rm, .rmvb, .qt, .dv, .mpg, [[.mpeg]], .mxf, .vob, [[.gif]]
*'''Audio'''
**Windows: [[.mp3]], [[.m4a]], [[.aac]], [[.ogg]], [[.flac]], [[.wav]], .wma, .rma, .alac + When an external codec is used, other audio formats can also be used.
**Mac: .mp3, [[.aac]], .mka, .flac, .ogg, .oga, .mogg, .m4a, [[.opus]], .wav, [[.wv]], [[.aiff]], .ape, .tta, .tak
*'''Subtitles'''
**Windows: [[.smi]], [[.srt]], .rt, [[MicroDVD|.sub]], .idx, [[.vtt]] (text sub), .dvb, [[.ass]], .psb, [[.txt]], .sbv, .vobsub (embedded sub)
**Mac: .utf, .utf8, .utf-8, .idx, .sub, .srt, .smi, .rt, [[.ssa]], .aqt, .jss, .js, .ass, [[.mks]], .vtt, .sup, .scc
*'''Playists'''
**Windows: [[.asx]], [[.pls]]
**Mac: json (self-formatting)
== Third-party malware controversy ==
In January 2019, it was reported to install third-party malware.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/opera-blacklists-tampermonkey-extension-being-installed-by-malware/|title=Opera Blacklists Tampermonkey Extension Being Installed by Malware|website=BleepingComputer|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> Users also reported the issue a year before in <abbr>January 2018.</abbr><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/668581/infected-by-updating-gom-player/?p=4427171|title=Infected by updating Gom Player - Am I infected? What do I do?|website=BleepingComputer.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Comparison of video player software]]
* [[Comparison of video player software|Comparison of video codecs]]
* [[List of codecs]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gomlab.com  Official GOM Software Website]
* [http://www.gomcorp.com  Official GOM & Company Website]
* [http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Gom-Player-Review-28789.shtml Software Review by Softpedia]
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[[Category:Windows media players]]
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[[Category:South Korean brands]]
[[Category:Software DVD players]]
[[Category:2003 software]]