BSplayer

by BSplayer

BS.Player is a lightweight video and audio player for Windows with advanced subtitle support, skins and a media library.

Operating system: Windows

Publisher: BSplayer

Release: BSplayer 2.79

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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.
Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 or later
500 MHz Intel Celeron or equivalent CPU
300 MB RAM
15 MB free disk space
DirectX 7 or later

PROS
Supports a wide variety of audio and video file formats.
Allows subtitle download and adjustment options.
Lightweight and uses minimal system resources.

CONS
Limited functionality in the free version.
Some users report difficulties with subtitles.
Relies on external codecs for some formats.
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