What will this do better than Media Player Classic HC?

[LemonRush7777]

I`m wondering what I would gain from using this. I currently have MPC-HC with the CCCP codec pack installed.

[romulous]

Hi,

The complete feature list for Zoom Player is here:
http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/pro/versions_home8.shtml

Steam Edition is the Max version plus controller support. MPC-HC is a good media player - the biggest advantage Zoom has over it (in my opinion anyway) is really in flexibility and customisability. This does mean that Zoom Player takes a bit longer to learn than MPC-HC (which is a downside), but once you do get some experience with it, you can really set it up to play media the way you want.

Regards,

romulous

[Inez]

If you just watch the occasional clip or movie, Zoom Player is probably not worth it.

If you watch tons of clips, movies, t.v shows, then I would advise you to at least try the demo version and go thru the options to see how powerful it is and how much you can customize the interface to your tastes.

[romulous]

Indeed, I think that is good advice Indez. One feature that Zoom has that doesn't get a lot of attention (and which neither MPC-HC nro VLC have) is the fullscreen navigation interface:
http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/navigators.shtml

There is a video on that page that demonstrates its use, but this is primarily aimed at people who use a remote control as part of their media playback and it provides an interface suited to this kind of use.

romulous