Operating system: Windows
Publisher: BSplayer
Release: BSplayer 2.79
Antivirus check: VirusTotal report
BS.Player is one of the most widely used multimedia players in the world; according to the developer it has more than 70 million users and has been translated into more than 90 languages. Its key advantages are considered to be a nice user interface and ease of use. The program supports almost all popular file formats, including AVI, MKV, MP4, WebM, FLV, MOV, WMV, MPEG, VOB, MP3, AAC, OGG and WMA. BS.Player uses the DirectShow codecs installed on your computer. On the other hand, during installation the program checks their presence in the system and offers to download a recommended codec pack if something is missing. An interesting feature of the player is that the video window shows only the image, without toolbars around it. The user sees only frames, pulling on which he can move the player on the desktop, while the playback controls are placed on a separate skinnable panel and all functions are also available from the context menu. Double-click anywhere in the image to expand the video to the full screen.
In order not to be embarrassed by the absence of controls in the video window, the developers of the player have provided the possibility of setting up hotkeys. You can designate your own "button" for almost any action, whether it is stopping and continuing playback or changing subtitle tracks. BS.Player is designed for those who do not like to interrupt the viewing of their favorite movie or TV series for digging in the player's settings. Other interesting features of the program include support for many subtitle formats (SRT, SUB, SSA/ASS, VobSub), automatic search and download of missing subtitles, the ability to quickly capture a frame from video as a JPEG image, skins, the BS.MediaLibrary module with playlists, AVCHD playback, and so on. The player uses little CPU and memory, so it runs well on older computers. Summing up, it is a convenient and fast multimedia player; the free version is intended for non-commercial use, while BS.Player PRO adds capture and tuner device support, video capture to file and a subtitle editor.
BS.Player provides smooth playback of most video and audio formats with low CPU and memory usage.