Leawo Blu-ray Player

Leawo Blu-ray Player is a special kind of media player. As the name says, it is mainly designed to play Blu-ray movies, but it also offers support for commonly found video formats, such as AVI, MPEG or MP4. It is wrapped in a highly intuitive and attractive interface and it is free to use.

Extensive file type support

Setting up Leawo Blu-ray Player is a fast and easy job that shouldn't require special attention. At startup you can make file associations with Windows, Real, MPEG1/2/4, 3GPP, Apple, Flash and DVD media, along with audio files, playlists and other formats.

Media player controls

It is possible to enter full screen mode, adjust the volume level, create a playlist, make the frame stay on top of other windows, and seek a position in the playback. Advanced users may tinker with video settings related to deinterlacing, cropping, view mode, zoom, post-processing, brightness, contrast, gamma and others.

Customize audio, video and subtitle settings

Several configurable audio options are available as well, and they concern the volume level, amplification, offset, and output device. Meanwhile, subtitles can be enabled and you can adjust their offset or look them up online.

Program preferences

Leawo Blu-ray Player can be set to automatically play DVD/BD content when detecting the disc. it is possible to customize the font size, style, color and character set when it comes to the subtitles, change the UI skin, language and region, set a custom background, manage power settings, and so on.

Evaluation and conclusion

We have not come across any stability issues throughout our evaluation, since the software utility did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. It runs on low CPU and RAM, so it shouldn't hog system resources. To sum it up, Leawo Blu-ray Player is a comprehensive media player with support for numerous audio and video formats, wrapped up in an elegant interface that contains plenty of settings to fiddle with. It should meet the requirements of most users.