ALLPlayer8.4

ALLPlayer is a software application whose purpose is to aid you play video and audio files, DVDs and URLs, with support for intelligent subtitles.

Straightforward environment

After going through a seamless installation process, you are brought to a modern and minimal interface. It encompasses a few playback controls (e.g. play/pause, fast forward, stop etc.), some buttons and a panel in which to view the video feed. Consequently, it becomes quite clear that both power and novice users can handle it with great ease.

Impressive file import capabilities

This tool can open an array of formats, including 3G2, AVI, MKV, AVI, FLV, DAT, MOV, M2TS, MP4, 3GP, VOB, MPG, APE, AU, MKA, MP3, OGG, WAV and AC3, as well as DVDs, audio CDs, animated GIFs and a specified link.

Search for online subs and enable an intelligent mode

When it comes to subtitles, you should know these can be uploaded using file extensions such as TXT, SUB, SRT, SSA and SMI, while you can also search for matching ones on the Internet (OpenSubtitle.org). Intelligent subs are incorporated, which means that their display time can adjust to your reading speed, and you should also know that the font type, size and color or subs can be customized.

Adjust colors, apply visualizers, and shut down the PC after playback

A fullscreen mode can be activated, the aspect ratio can be modified, so that the image fits better on your screen, while it is also possible to adjust the brightness and contrast levels, and rotate or flip the picture.You can take advantage of an equalizer and some built-in presets to make songs sound better, and you can access a pretty long list of radio stations and enable visualizations when playing music. It is possible to create, manage and save playlists as MBL files and play tracks in a random mode or repeat a particular one.Last but not least, you can set up the this media player to switch off when a movie is over, turn off the monitor or shut down the PC.

Conclusion and performance

It does not burden the system’s performance, as the CPU and memory usage is low at all times and you can run it along with others programs without experiencing issues. All tasks are performed in a timely manner, the interface is suitable to all users and there are sufficient options integrated to keep you busy for quite a while. However, in our tests there were a few problems with the proper display of the English language, some words appearing entirely in Polish.Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say ALLPlayer proves to be a pretty reliable and efficient piece of software.For more information, make sure to check out our in-depth review for ALLPlayer 6.