KMPlayer vs VLC media player

KMPlayer is a media player for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, with network playback, subtitles, hardware acceleration, and 4K playback. Listed formats include AVI, MP4, MKV, MOV, WMV, FLV, MPEG, MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, SRT, ASS, SSA, and WebVTT. The mobile app can transfer files between a phone and PC on the same Wi-Fi network and includes cloud playback. Users can change subtitle size, color, and position, and adjust playback speed from 0.25x to 4x. Video can play in the background, and YouTube playback is available by entering a URL. Premium features for Android include magnet playback, GIF creation, media cropping, and MP3 conversion. KMPlayer 64X supports 4K, 8K, UHD, and 60FPS video, and the PC versions are available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions as well as Mac. The player is presented as free for PC and mobile; the pricing note lists a free plan and a 3-day trial. No price is listed for Premium.

VLC media player is a free media player for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. It plays multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs and streams, with sources including files, discs, webcams and connected devices. Supported formats include MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, XviD, WMV, MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, WebM, MP3, AAC and FLAC. It supports subtitles, network playback, hardware acceleration and 4K playback, and most codecs work without a separate codec pack. VLC also supports skins, extensions and skin creation through VLC Skin Editor. Additional downloads are listed for Apple TV, Windows variants, several GNU/Linux distributions and systems including Chrome OS, FreeBSD and Solaris. VideoLAN is a non-profit project, and its source code can be obtained directly. The free plan states that VLC has no spyware, ads or user tracking; no other free-tier limits are listed.