GOM Player Portable (video player)

thumbapps.org GOM Media Player Portable, The only media player you need - for FREE!

"A 12-band equalizer makes sure sound reaches your ears clean, offering you a decent variety of presets, but also the possibility to save custom configurations." —Mircea Dragomir, Softpedia.com (December 2nd, 2015)

"Once an awesome player, but is now bloated and slow." —a user, download.cnet.com (July 07, 2015)

GOM Media Player (Gretech Online Movie Player/"bear" in Korean) is a completely FREE video player, with its built-in support for all the most popular video and Media Player formats, tons of advanced features, extreme customizability, and the Codec Finder service.

GOMMediaPlayerPortable_2.3.41.5303.paf
Size: 95.2 MB (99,926,016 bytes) Packed Size: 20.8 MB (21,868,544 bytes)
SHA-256: 1862E678679A6E6C4E5CC58711148FE5CEE2086BC28DB2AFAFC2BCB7CFCB3CD9

Release Details

Developer: Gretech Corporation & thumbapps.org
Alternatives: If you like this player, you might want to check out Pot Player
Requirements: Windows XP SP3 or later
License: Freeware (personal and business use)—Terms and Conditions
Source: Included in the package (.ini files)

DIY/Do It Yourself: Upgrade to the Latest Release

Requirements 7-Zip, NPP/Notepad++ or other text editor, PortableApps.com Launcher Generator/PAL, PortableApps.com Installer/PAI.

Get the latest portable app. template, and extract the content with 7-Zip.
Get the latest GOM Media Player release.
Put it in the same folder as the extracted template, in our example C:\0TEST, then extract the installer to a folder,
click Auto Rename when asked,
Browse into the extracted folder and delete
1. $PLUGINSDIR folder,
2. $TEMP folder,
3. Uninstall.exe.nsis file.
Move the rest to GOMMediaPlayerPortable\App\GOMMediaPlayer folder.
Move GrLauncher.ini, GrLauncher_1.ini ... GrLauncher_7.ini to App\GOMMediaPlayer\locales folder, and rename:
1. GrLauncher_1.ini to GrLauncher_en.ini,
2. GrLauncher_2.ini to GrLauncher_jp.ini,
3. GrLauncher_3.ini to GrLauncher_cn.ini,
4. GrLauncher_4.ini to GrLauncher_tw.ini,
5. GrLauncher_5.ini to GrLauncher_ru.ini,
6. GrLauncher_6.ini to GrLauncher_es.ini,
7. GrLauncher_7.ini to GrLauncher_th.ini.
Go back up to App\GOMMediaPlayer folder, open setting.ini with NPP and change CHECK_DEFPLAYER=1 to:
```
 CHECK_DEFPLAYER=0
```
Browse to GOMMediaPlayerPortable\App\AppInfo and open appinfo.ini file with NPP. Replace the [Version] section with the latest version number. Make sure the PackageVersion entry is in 4 place digit, eg. 2.3.25.5282 not 2.3.25,
Run PAL, paste the template folder address C:\0TEST\GOMMediaPlayerPortable, and click Go—a new launcher will be created,
Test the new launchers by following this guide.
When all is OK, then delete the GOMMediaPlayerPortable\Data folder and run PAI, paste the package folder address C:\0TEST\GOMMediaPlayerPortable, and click Go—to create the installer package.
Use the installer package to upgrade your portable application. Don't forget to at least backup your Data folder before any upgrade :)
If you find any changes that's not handled by the launcher, consult the PAL help file to modify the launcher yourself or ask for our paid upgrade support.

Portability Notes

GOM Media Player do not have portable mode. It stores its settings in Windows registry and data folders while running.
Make sure it exits cleanly before plugging out your thumbdrive.
You can help by sending request to the official developer to add "portable mode" to their future release.