5KPlayer > Video Music Player > 5KPlayer vs. KMPlayer
Posted by Kaylee Wood | Last update: April 28, 2020
5KPlayer vs KMPlayer: Hands-on test on KMPlayer and 5KPlayer, and you will find the result very surprising in three aspects: playback quality, speed, and overall functionalities. No expectation, no frustration; no comparison, no recognition.
By comparing 5KPlayer to KMplayer with us, you can gain a deeper look at these two free media players and march on with a more satisfying choice. You can also download both 5KPlayer and KMPlayer for a quick comparison yourself. Get the official 5KPlayer here safe and clean:
The players in my shootout include KMplayer v5.1.4.8 and 5KPlayer v4.3, playing a 4K 10bit HEVC video: Samsung UHD Wonders of the World China.ts, and HEVC 4K 8bit videos, yvid_SAM_0161-C4K_Sample.MP4 and yvid_SAM_0231-HQQuality.MP4, a YouTube downloaded music video, as well as homemade iPhone h264 4K 8bit videos. If you are a result seeker, slide down to view the verdict directly at the end of this article.
At the first glance of the two media players' main UI, the answer to which one outstands the other is hard to give. They just share different interpretation in elegance. The flat styled 5KPlayer apparantly presents major utilities for users, simple and easy to use. KMPlayer inherits the old schooled media player upper-left powerful general button. Also, notice that different from KMPlayer, 5KPlayer UI has no borders and during playback, the seekbar can automatically disapear
KMPlayer 25 Keyboard Shortcuts:
Ctrl+O Open File(s)
Ctrl+U Open URL
Ctrl+F Open Folder
Ctrl+J Open File(s) for TV-Out
Ctrl+I Open URL Extracted from IE
Ctrl+R Open Recent File
Ctrl+P Reopen after changing settings
Ctrl+M Open WDM (TV) Device...
Ctrl+W Open WDM (TV) as Default Device...
Ctrl+D Open DVD Standard Device
Ctrl+V Open DVD File
Ctrl+K Open Video CD
Tab Playback info (on OSC)
Shft+Tab Playback Message
Ctrl+Tab Advanced Playback Info
Ctrl+' Advanced Filter Info
PgUp Previous
Space Play
Ctrl+Z Stop
PgDn Next
Alt+G Control Box
Alt+E Playlist
M Mute
5 Fullscreen
5KPlayer 20 Keyboard Shortcuts:
Ctrl+A(Playlist) Select All
Ctrl+O/F Open Video Files
Ctrl+S Stop
Ctrl+F Open Folder
Ctrl+M Open Music
Ctrl+D Open DVD
Ctrl+T Open Video_TS
Alt+F4 Quit 5KPlayer
Enter/Win+up Fullscreen
Esc/Win+down Exit Fullscreen
Win+down(normal mode) Minimize Window
Space Pause/Play
Pageup Previous
Pagedown Next
Arrow Up Volume up 20%
Arrow Down Volume down 20%
Arrow Left Jump 5% backward
Arrow Right Jump 5% forward
F2 Settings
F8 Snapshot
Using the freshly downloaded KMPlayer, I thought it was no longer a bundle ware breedingtunk. But to my surprise, the next day I opened KMPlayer, this newest version 5.1.4.8 seemed stilled bundled with many ads. Though not aggressively setting itself as the default media player, KMPlayer interface with those ugly ads really annoyed me when I stopped the video playback. 5KPlayer on the other hand is clean without any ads/bundleware.
KMPlayer somehow has format limitations like .rmvb format, which cannot be played with KMP. But with 5KPlayer, almost any format under the sun including .rmvb, vob, xvid can be played.
KMPlayer supported formats (incomplete):
Supported Codecs:
Video codecs: DivX, XviD, Theora, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VP3, VP5, VP6, H.263(+), H.264 (AVC1), CYUY, ASV1/2, SVQ1/3, MSVIDC, Cinepak, MS MPEG4 V1/2/3, FFV1, VCR1, FLV1, MSRLE, QTRLE Huffyuv, Digital Video, Indeo3, MJPEG, SNOW, TSCC, Dirac, VC-1, RealVideo, etc.
Audio codecs: AC3, DTS, LPCM, MP2, MP3, Vorbis, AAC, WMA, ALAC, AMR, QDM2, FLAC, TTA, IMA ADPCM, QCELP, EVRC, RealAudio, etc.
Audio Formats:
AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, DV Audio, XM, FLAC, etc.
Container Formats:
Video: AVI, ASF, WMV, AVS, FLV, MKV, MOV, 3GP, MP4, MPG, MPEG, DAT, OGM, VOB, RM, RMVB, TS, TP, IFO, NSV
Audio: MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, CDA, FLAC, M4A, MID, MKA, MP2, MPA, MPC, APE, OFR, OGG, RA, WV, TTA, AC3, DTS
5KPlayer supported formats (incomplete):
High Definition Video: AVCHD Video (*.mts, *.m2ts), H.264/H.265/MPEG-4 AVC (*.mp4), MPEG2 HD Video (*.mpg; *.mpeg), MPEG-4 TS HD Video (*.ts), MPEG-2 TS HD Video (*.ts), Quick Time HD Video (*.mov), WMV HD Video (*.wmv, *.xwmv), Blu-ray Video (*.mts, *.m2ts), HDTV Video (*.ts), Matroska Video (*.mkv)
HD-Camcorder Video: JVC HD camcorder Video (*.mod, *.tod), Sony HD camcorder Video (*.mts, *.m2ts), Panasonic & Canon HD camcorder Video
Regular Video: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, F4V, H.264/MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, RMVB, VOB, ASF, 3GP, 3G2, QT, DAT, Google TV, WebM, DV, Vpx 8, G2M4, iCod, YUV411, mp2v, MXF
Website Video: YouTube (FLV/MP4/Webm/VP3/VP5/VP6/VP9) SD/HD/4K Videos
Audio Formats: AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, DV Audio, XM, FLAC, etc.
3D 360 Degree VR Video:
KMPlayer can playback 360 degree videos and turn your common videos into 360 degrees natively but 5KPlayer can hardly make that happen directly. 5KPlayer empowers users to free download online 360 degree videos free but you will need a 360 VR player to truly watch the video. But luckly, both KMPlayer and 5KPlayer can playback 3D videos and 4K H265 high-res videos.
CPU Occupation and Consumption:
With 5KPlayer and KMPlayer installed on my poor Windows 10 PC (32bit PentiumR Dual-Core, E5300 @2.60GHz), my first task is to test their playback ability using a 10bit 4K HEVC video I have in hand. The outcome is KMPlayer manages to play the video with the CPU usage surging up to 93/96, choppy but truly playable. 5KPlayer on the other hand remains its CPU usage below 66 while the playback quality is comparatively worse than KMPlayer.
More advanced than KMPlayer, 5KPlayer manages to reach out to almost all the online video sharing sites. It helps users to free download videos, Soundcloud songs, etc from over 300 online video sites. You can also convert the downloaded online videos/music from Stupidvideos, Vimeo, YouTube to MP3 and ACC in best auditory quality. 5KPlayer supports 5.1 surround sound AirPlay and 7.1 surround sound playback, which KMPlayer fails to be on par with.
| Windows/Mac | 5Kplayer Ver 4.9 (38mb) | KMPlayer (29mb) |
| Interface/Icon | Artistic and function directed | Elegant and stylish |
| HD Video quality | Good video handler: 8K/5K/4K, H/W accelerated | Better handling 10bit HEVC videos |
| Online Download | 300+ online site download/ no built-in search | No
Only "Open URL" for playback |
| 3D VR 360 | 3D video and patial Blu-ray playback | 3D/360 degree/patial Blu-ray playback |
| Formats | ast video player that plays almost all common formats | do not support .rmvb |
| New user-friendly | Lovely playlist with tag function Flow chart user-guidance |
Obsolete playlist No |
| Airplay | AirPlay streaming(mirroring; iPhone screen recording) for both Window/Mac | No |
| Customization | Not Very Configurable Video De-interlacing Robust subtitle analyzing and insertion Video Rotation/Flip Track synchronization Built-in audio equalizer with more audio channel modes (Stereo, RStereo, Left, Right, Dolbys) Remote control via AirPlay YouTube to MP3 conversion Video preview function Play incomplete, unfinished, damaged AVI videos, or an unknown format in its raw form |
Highly Configurable Skin transparancy; playback speed control; A-B repeat 3D subtitle support 6 plugins support Screen Rotation/Flip Track synchronization Built-in audio equalizer Apple remote control Play incomplete, unfinished, damaged AVI videos, or an unknown format in its raw form |
---prepared according to related data and 5KPlayer & KMPlayer user comments
Verdict: For those who hate adware/bundleware and desire streaming download function, choose 5KPlayer; for better 10bit 4K HEVC video playback on computers with poor specs, pick KMPlayer.
But why not get both the great playback ability and video streaming download feature? Having KMPlayer and 5KPlayer installed on your computer would be a perfect solution.
For detailed upgrade info about latest version of 5KPlayer, go to 5KPlayer Upgrage Changelog>>
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