The ALShow Free Media Player encompasses most popular codecs for seamless movie playback. Automatic detection for missing codecs combined with the ALShow Free Media Player Online Codec Center lets users download and install missing codecs in seconds.

Robust playback support for over 30 media formats includes VCD, SVCD and DVD playback in addition to the many video file formats supported.

Social butterflies that enjoy downloading videos from video web sites such as Youtube will enjoy the ability to play Flash Video FLV files. Once videos like Youtube videos are downloaded, simply drag and drop the FLV file into this free media player to playback the downloaded video. FLV files from different web video sharing sites are supported along with other video formats available at various social web sites.

For sharing movie clips, this free media player lets people take movie clips of their favorite scenes. Movie clips can later be imported into a video editor to create mashups and montages. People can also take audio clips for just the sound portion of a video. Movie screen shots can also be taken for still pictures.

Ideal for education, this free media player is perfect for language learning and training videos. Adjusting playback speeds makes watching fast training videos easier. For language learners, adjusting playback speed while being able to toggle captions on and off makes learning a new language both easier and more enjoyable. Looping video sections makes more difficult passages easier through repetition.

Part of the ALTools family of free PC multimedia software and PC utilities, some people choose this free media player over the ALTools live music lyrics player, ALSong. The clean, easy user interface makes ALShow the perfect player for people more interested in movies than software.

The strong focus on high usability keeps everything available within 2 clicks and all the most popular features ready in convenient keyboard shortcuts.