Splash 2.3.0

Splash是一款專為高畫質影片播放設計的Windows播放器，主要解決HD影片播放時可能出現的卡頓與畫質問題，並透過硬體加速讓播放更流暢。它的最大辨識度在於安裝簡單、體積輕巧，操作直覺，不需要繁複設定。從版本紀錄來看，這款軟體長期持續更新，但更新頻率不高，屬於穩定維護的狀態。在眾多影片播放器中，它並非主流首選，但使用者評價普遍不錯，算是小眾但受好評的工具。

Splash適合追求簡單播放HD影片、不想安裝大型播放器的使用者，尤其是硬體效能有限、需要硬體加速輔助的場合。與KMPlayer、K-Lite等熱門替代軟體相比，Splash功能較為單純，但可能更專注於HD播放的流暢度，取捨在於擴充性與額外功能較少。授權為試用版，可能有限制，需注意。平台僅限Windows，且僅支援英文介面，對中文使用者來說可能需要適應。

Splash 2.0 is a free (Shareware) HD Video Player for PC specifically optimised and designed for HD playback. Splash 2.0, according to its creators, will let you enjoy your videos and media like never before, with smooth motion, crisp high details and vividly gorgeous colors.

Well, we won’t make a judgement on that; beauty is after all in the eye of the beholder. What we can say though, is that Splash is simple to install, compact in size, and easy to use and master. For those in the know, it also supports hardware accelerated video encoding and decoding.

It’s more than just a straightforward video player however.

As well as letting you experience high quality video, it can also be used to export videos to most popular devices and websites such as YouTube and Facebook, which is nice.

A nice feature are the predefined profiles for the most popular formats, devices and social media websites. Yay, etc. Another nice touch we particularly liked was the Video frame preview during the export process. Splash 2.0 also has automatic de-interlacing. (This last point won’t mean much to most people: Don’t worry about it if it doesn't. You can still use it to watch HD video, and upload to YouTube.)

Supported file types for video playback include: avi, divx, m4v, mkv, mov, m2ts, mts, m2t, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpg, ts, vob, wmv, xvid, mp3, aac, and m4a.

Exporting features:

• High quality scaling.
• Hardware accelerated video encoding support with Intel® Quick Sync Video and NVIDIA® CUDA™, NVIDIA® NVENC and AMD APP.
• Hardware accelerated video decoding for exporting process with Intel® Clear Video, NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD, AMD UVD and Broadcom Crystal HD.

Overall, Splash 2.0 should appeal to people who like a video player that plays high quality HD videos, that is simple to use, supports pretty much any format you can throw at it, and looks good. But it should also find a home for those who like to format video for uploading to websites or transferring video to other hardware devices and want it to play without any fuss.

It’s also Shareware, which means it’s free as long as you don’t try to sell it on or make personal monetary gain.