UMPlayer stands for Universal Media Player as it strives to meet the needs of today’s diverse global audience; to be platform independent, to be able to play all types of media formats, to address the different needs from the most technologically savvy to the most laymen user and to do all this while maintaining an esthetically pleasing and intuitive user interface.
Yes, UMPlayer is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 and is and will always will be redistributed free of charge.
There are many ways you can help out, reporting a bug using our tracker, spreading the word by writing about us on your blog, or even making a donation to cover our server bills, any contribution would be appreciated!
To watch YouTube videos on UMPlayer you can search for videos using the search box on the top right corner, or alternatively you can press Ctrl+Y to bring up the YouTube dialog. Once you've picked the video you want to watch, simply double-click on the video and it will start playing.
No, with UMPlayer you can watch YouTube videos even without having Adobe Flash player installed.
Yes, to take a screenshot of the video displayed by UMPlayer, you just need to click the screenshot button or press the pre-defined screenshot hotkey or via the menu Video -> Screenshot.
UMPlayer creates a configuration file on a per user basis (there is no global configuration file), meaning that if you modify any options, then a configuration file will be created in your user directory, which its location depends on the Operating System you are running:
Yes, you may distribute an original or a modified version of the UMPlayer software as long as you comply with its license terms.
Note: In order to authenticate the source and verify the integrity of content, you may not redistribute any digitally signed executable outside its original signed installer.
UMPlayer currently works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10+, and GNU/Linux operating systems.
UMPlayer supports over 270 different media formats, the most popular of which are AAC, AC3, ASF, AVI, DIVX, FLV, H.263, Matroska, MOV, MP3, MP4, MPEG, OGG, QT, RealMedia, VOB, Vorbis, WAV, WMA, WMV, XVID and many more. For a complete list of supported codecs click here.
UMPlayer is fully capable of playing any DVD from all regions as long as your DVD drive permits so. UMPlayer needs raw access to the DVD drive in order to crack the encryption key, but some drives don’t allow raw access to the drive until it has done a region check, so the best way to determine if UMPlayer is able to play a certain DVD is by testing it out.
To record a video, simply press the record button, which is located next to the stop button, please note that the record button will only appear when playing a YouTube stream. Or alternatively you can choose to record a video by clicking the 'Record video' option in the search results dialog context menu.
If you haven't changed the screenshot directory in your preferences, your screenshots should get stored at:
The first thing you should try is to reset the preferences by either reinstalling the application or manually deleting the configuration file (see previous question) and restart UMPlayer.
Yes, you may freely use the UMPlayer logo using the following copyright notice with one notable exception; you may not use the UMPlayer logo to redistribute the binary application outside its original packaging form:
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