{"id":16179,"date":"2013-06-23T18:15:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/?p=16179"},"modified":"2013-06-23T18:15:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T02:15:20","slug":"best-and-free-video-player-for-win-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/best-and-free-video-player-for-win-8.html","title":{"rendered":"What is the best and free video player for Windows 8","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Media Player provides perfect solution for people to watch movies on Windows 8.<br \/>\nBut different people may have different needs in watching movies on Windows 8. If you&#8217;re also a big movie fan and currently looking for a Windows 8 video player to watch movies on your Windows 8 computer or laptop, <strong>Leawo Blu-ray Player<\/strong> could be your best choice. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/blu-ray-player\/\">Leawo  Blu-ray Player<\/a> is  the best video player for Windows 8 for its extraordinary performance. Firstly, it could play back both common videos and HD videos (up to 1080P) on your computer without quality loss. It could play back videos in various formats like  AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, RM, MOV,  Xvid, 3GP, HD MP4, HD AVI, HD MOV, HD TS, HD TRP, HD VOB, HD MPG, HD WMV, HD ASF,  etc.Meanwhile, it delivers quality loss video and audio playback on Windows 8 computer. It could retain the quality of source videos and audios. The image would be as clear and high definition as source videos and it also supports to play back DTS-HD Master audio and DTS-5.1 audio.What&#8217;s more, it is a free video player for Windows 8. Check the following guide to know how to use Leawo Blu-ray Player to play videos on Windows 8. Download video player for Windows 8 from Leawo beforehand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/downloads\/blu-ray-player.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/guides\/windownload.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Full Guide<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-main.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-main-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"127\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 215px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 215\/127;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step1\">Launch this Free Video Player for Window 8<\/h3>\n<p>After you download and install this free video player software on your PC, launch it. On the home interface of this free video player software, you can see two options: Open File box and disc box. As you want to play back videos, click Open File box. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-select-bluray-folder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-select-bluray-folder-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"127\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 215px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 215\/127;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step2\"><strong>Select target files<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> After you click the green &quot;Open Files&quot; button, the program would guide you to browse your source movies on your computer for playback.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-subtitle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-subtitle-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step3\"><strong>Subtitle setting<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> This professional Windows 8 free  video  player software allows you to set subtitles for easy enjoying. On the upper left of the playback screen, you could click the &quot;T&quot; icon to set subtitles. You can even load external subtitles in SSA, ASS, and SRT formats to this program for playback.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-video-setting.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-video-setting-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step4\"><strong>Video settings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On the upper left of this best free video player software, you could also do video settings during  movie playback.\n              <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-audio-setting.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/blu-ray-player\/blu-ray-player-audio-setting-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step5\"><strong>Audio settings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To set audios, just take a click on the audio icon on the upper left corner of the playback screen. If your source  movies include DTS 5.1 audio and you want to play movies with DTS 5.1 audio channel, go &quot;Audio Settings&quot; and select DTS 5.1 audio channel in &quot;Audio Stream&quot; option.\n              <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"imgright pr180\">Video Guide<\/span>Software<\/h2>\n<div class=\"w400 imgright\"><div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 400\/300\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YS0j2XhMqK8\/hqdefault.jpg)\" ><iframe width=\"400\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YS0j2XhMqK8?hd=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"w270 imgleft\"><a href=\"\/blu-ray-player\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/pack\/blu-ray-player-s.jpg\" width=\"118\" height=\"130\" class=\"imgleft mrb lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 118px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 118\/130;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/blu-ray-player\/\">Blu-ray Player<\/a> <\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/guides\/windot.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><br \/>Play  video and DVD movies on Windows for totally free, play Blu-ray content with high quality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\"><strong>Platfrom:<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/guides\/windot.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> Windows 8\/7\/Vista\/XP\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/downloads\/blu-ray-player.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/guides\/win-free-trial.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/blu-ray-player\/purchase.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/guides\/win-buynow.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Media Player provides perfect solution for people to watch movies on Windows 8. 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