I recently downloaded 5KPlayer and I'm really impressed with it. It's incredibly easy to use and it allows me to download 4K and 5K movies and MP3 songs from a variety of websites. It also lets me stream MP3, MP4, MOV and AAC files to any screen or speakers, including Apple TV. I also really like the fact that it has an online radio feature and it helps me organize and manage my video and audio libraries. Overall, I'm very pleased with 5KPlayer and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an easy and convenient way to download and stream high-quality videos and music.
If you wish to play and enjoy 4K, 5K, and 1080p video files and DVDs on your computer with the best possible quality, 5KPlayer is a free choice worth trying. You can also use it to listen to your favorite audio files, download videos from YouTube and other video sites, and connect to a DLNA server or to AirPlay and stream your media between devices.
The only HD videos that this program can’t play are those on a Blu-ray disc or BDMV folder – not that the program is unable to play back an M2TS file, it just seems not to have been designed to deal with a the structure of a Blu-ray movie. All other video files (from MPEG to MKV and from MP4 to FLV) and even full DVDs play fine, together with some of the most common audio formats.
The program comes with a neat library where you can manage all media files going through 5KPlayer. Apart from the obvious Movies and Music playlists, you can create and add as many custom lists to your library as you wish. You will also find an AirRecord list, and that’s because this media player supports AirPlay and can connect to a DLNA server to stream and share your music and video between devices.
Together with whatever video files you may have on your internal disks and whatever external storage devices, 5KPlayer lets you add to your library files you download from YouTube, Vimeo, and many other online media sites. Once downloaded, you can move them to your favorite playlist and even extract their audio stream, save it as an MP3 or AAC file, and add it to one of your lists of audio files.
5KPlayer opens in an elegant dark-colored interface and plays your HD video files beautifully in full-screen mode if so desired. It is a completely free tool – if only it could play Blu-ray discs, it could easily become my default and only player on my PC.
v4.5 [Jun 21, 2017]
- Added video content playback in DXVA2 H/W acceleration;
- CPU demand is much lower when playback HEVC, MPEG4, H.264/4K video.
- Extended sound volume to 120 Maximum;
- Added audio channel mode (Stereo, RStereo, Left, Right, Dolbys);
- Provide video preview for accurate playback location when cursor on progress bar;
- Long press of right arrow button can now skipping playback time quickly;
- Added subtitle analyzing and MP3 audio support for YouTube downloading;
- Added multi-tasks URL analyzing and video downloading;
- Added breatpoint resumption download;
- Replaced 5KPlayer auto associate to all video/music file with user-customized;
- Screenshots button added to playback control panel;
- Left click to capture screen, right click to open screenshots library.
- Removed AirPlay playback feature;
- AirPlay mirroring feature is still here, we'll provide better function in the future.
- Removed Bonjour service auto downloading with 5KPlayer setup;
- We offered a download link on AirPlay window.
- Playback mode option is moved to playback control panel;
- Redesigned DVD interface;
- Click Music on the main interface will be redirect to Music catalog under Library;
- AirPlay related settings are moved to AirPlay under 5KPlayer's main interface;
- Modified Network module to Live, redesigned Live interface.
