The two are produced by the same author, so the styles are very similar, but KMP pursues a high level of comprehensiveness, and the various settings are very complicated. In comparison, the settings of POT are simpler (only compared to KMP, other players I have used Something like VLC is much simpler).
The key is that POT is very friendly to hard decoding from the beginning. It has built-in DXVA hard decoding and is turned on by default. If the user needs to use other splitter decoders, the settings are relatively simple. I downloaded the LAV splitter source because POT did not support 10-bit hard decoding at the time. I don’t know what is happening now. I haven't touched LAV since I set it up.
potplayer playback screen effect
kmplayer playback screen effect
When I switched from KMP to POT, the main reason was that POT's support for hard decoding is much better than KMP. Each time KMP takes a long time to set up according to online posts, and it supports very few formats. As for other things, such as shortcut keys and skins, I think they are almost the same. The shortcut keys seem to be simpler than POT, but in fact there are not many shortcut keys to use. As for the skin, it depends on the skin author.
Finally, the author switched jobs and developed POT just to kill KMP. In fact, there was no good choice.
The current status of the two softwares: KMPlayer has been developed by a new team, and the original author has partially left the project.
Potplayer is the sequel to the original creator of Kmplayer. It can also be said that the KM foundation is very solid. There isn't much to choose from, but the technology has almost stagnated, and Pot has vast human and financial resources to expand on improved code writing.
To put it simply, Potplayer has improved the unfulfilled support functions of KM, and also streamlined the optional functions that are less commonly used by ordinary users or that are more professional. It can be said that Pot is a high-definition video player with clear options and functions, fresh and free of advertisements, and it is worth recommending.
in conclusion:
According to the results of a large number of user feedback, currently more people support potplayer than kmplayer. Of course, the version related to kmplayer 3.9.1 is still very powerful, but it has become more and more bloated. There is no obvious difference between the two in terms of performance. Each has its own advantages in appearance. It’s up to you how you choose!
