VLC vs GOM vs BS Player Pro

Mem test:

Without video:

VLC : 16684/k
GOM : 14256/k
BS Pro : 8764/k

BS Pro + 1

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With DVD:

VLC : 35700-ish/k
GOM : 35000/k
BS Pro: 7600/k (odd eh?)

BS Pro + 1

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Price :
VLC : Open Source – Free
GOM : Closed Source – Free
BS Player Pro : $40 -ish USD

VLC/GOM +1

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Codecs:
To play DVD:
VLC : None needed
GOM and BS required I download some but GOM will direct me to a open source alternitive for the codec I require.

VLC +1

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DVD PlayBack/ Menu Nav:
VLC : Nav worked well. Menus worked when I put the mouse over them. Playback was good. A hiccup or two as the video started from the menu or when skipping

ahead.
GOM : Nav.. well sucked. I simply could not select the menu’s I wanted to go to. I could not turn on the subs, I couldn’t click on the features, I couldn’t

even click play. I had to hit enter on the keyboard. As for playback, it worked fine once I got into the movie.
BS : Nav was iffy in some points. To select on options I had to have the cursor several inches lower than the actual menu. And playback has some gliches,
mainly noticeable when siwthcing chapters. Ex: FBI warning to the acutal movie.

VLC + 1

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Playing broken AVIs

VLC : Takes anywhere from less than a minute to a few minutes to create an idex to play back the broken avi.
GOM : Using it’s patiented tech to play broken avi, there is no indexing so it starts to play as it’s clicked.
BS Pro : Also no indexing on the file used. Play back was fine.

GOM/BS + 1

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Streaming Audio/Saving Stream:

Stream in use : http://di.fm/mp3/vocaltrance.pls

VLC : Great, simple. So easy to save a stream using VLC. Save save addresses by saving the playlist.
GOM : Would not play the stream used for the example. Seemingly has the ability to save addresses but no function to save the stream.
BS Pro : Displays track name, and can save addresses but does not capture.

VLC + 1

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Streaming Video/Saving Stream:

Stream in use :

http://wms.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aoltelevision/2006/fox/house_305_clip1_60.wmv?MSWMExt=.wmv&uid=WA-64F7B50102364A9783CF4E7F9328FD26&sessid=36FE2354407E462E87
8486FE27DC9A14&surfacePoint=us.winamp&authtoken=r=23283&sid=f7a19183&expires=1161734373&csum=1f04134961daced02812b7a506b5b8c5&jswk=Winamp-Video

VLC : Easy to set up. Every similar to the audio except you check of audio and video instead of just audio. When streamed closed though, the program crashed.
GOM : Played the stream better than VLC did (less choppiness and more of the video. VLC started the audio before the video). No option to save the stream

though.
BS : Error on trying to open the stream. It seems to have video capture also but I can’t play with the settings unless I have a video to capture.

VLC + 1

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OS Support:

VLC : Basically everything
GOM : Windows
BS Pro : Windows

VLC + 1

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Final:
VLC : 6
GOM : 2
BS Pro Player : 3

If you don’t care about streaming, the choice would really be between bs and vlc, but with vlc being better, and free, it should be a no brainer. I am honestly going to uninstall GOM and BS as soon as I finish this post.

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