A video player should play your files, not compete for your attention. I'm the developer of KPlayer, a free, open-source Windows media player with no ads or adware. It uses libmpv for playback; I’m building the Windows interface and everyday playback workflow around that engine, not claiming to have written a new decoder. The focus is straightforward: drag in a file, watch it, and keep useful controls close without cluttering the screen. A few things it can do: • Play common video and audio formats without installing a separate codec pack, with hardware decoding support. • Automatically add the next videos in the same folder in natural order, so episode 2 comes before episode 10. • Automatically load external subtitles, or let you drop an SRT, ASS, or SMI file onto the playing video. • Customize keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions, adjust playback speed, step through frames, and take screenshots. • Run from a portable ZIP, with settings and playlists stored beside the executable. Today's 1.1.6 update adds optional timeline hover previews and an immediately switchable interface language, with nine languages available. It also addresses excessive resource usage during playback in some environments. The source is available under GPL v2 or later. It's a Lazarus/Free Pascal project, and both an installer and a portable version are available. Download and release notes: https://kilho.net/kplayer Source code: https://github.com/newkilho/KPlayer There are already excellent players out there, so I'm interested in specific workflow feedback rather than claiming this replaces all of them: what's one everyday annoyance in your current Windows player that you'd want a simpler player to fix?   submitted by   /u/Double-Camera-3447 [link]   [comments]