Zoom Player Home 5.5 Beta 1

Title:

Zoom Player Home 5.5 Beta 1

File Size:

1.5 MB

Requirements:

Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64

Language:

en-us

License:

Shareware

Date Added:

12 Aug 2007

Publisher:

Inmatrix

Homepage:

http://www.inmatrix.com

MD5 Checksum:

0F6F11E9D546E43CCA2851D4156C3C3A

New :

* To maintain compatibility with Windows Vista's user account
control (UAC) mechanism, the Zoom Player installer will move
all files that require modification to the windows application
data directory (Can be reached by typing "%AppData%Zoom Player"
in any folder window).

In addition to the move, user-specified skins must be re-selected
through the skin selection dialog.

* New "Auto-Configure" button on the Smart Play options dialog.
When clicked, all current decoder configuration will be reset
and then the system is scanned for the best decoder configuration
using the currently installed decoders.

* Added support for Haali's Video Renderer technology.
Haali's Video Renderer uses Bicubic interpolation of video using
3D hardware. This means improved video quality, especially when
up-scaling to higher resolution. Older 3D Graphic card may not
be supported (Cards with PS 2.0 or better should work well).

* Zoom Player can now communicate with uTorrent's Web UI interface
in order to display download progress within the Media Library
and File Browsing fullscreen navigation interfaces. This feature
is accessible under "Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display /
Fullscreen Navigation / File Tracker". Press the "?" button on
this page for additional information.

* Zoom Player can now keep track with eMule's temporary files directory
in order to display download progress within the Media Library
and File Browsing fullscreen navigation interfaces. This feature
is accessible under "Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display /
Fullscreen Navigation / File Tracker". Press the "?" button on
this page for additional information.

* New "Download Manager" navigation interface (Ctrl+"J"), allowing you
to get an overview of your currently downloading files (compatible with
eMule and uTorrent).

* The Scene Cut editor has been simplified and enhanced. The Scene cut
editor no longer requires you to click on the save button, saving is
done automatically now. A new edit button allows you to edit entries
without having to remove an old entry first. Lastly, the scene cut
interface layout has been updated to make it simpler to use.

* Zoom Player's ".zpl" playlist format has been extended to support
TAG data (author,composer,artist,etc). All TAG data read from
a media file (ID3,ApeTAG,WMA Tag,etc) is automatically saved
within the play list format (allowing you to override TAG data
display without actually modifying the source media file).

* Options dialog tree nodes now have an icon to make them easier to
navigate and remember.

* New "Navigation Style" Navigation interface, allowing the
navigation skin to be replaced from within the navigation
interface itself.

* New "Open Navigator" button on the Media Library Path Editor.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Video / Aspect Ratio)
instructing Zoom Player "Derived" Aspect Ratio mode to Automatically
Adjust (fix) the Aspect Ratio for badly encoded content.
This would convert 4:3 content encoded as 720x480 to display as 720x540,
720x576 to 768x576, 352x240 to 352x264, 352x288 to 384x288, etc...
Badly encoded 16:9 content is also adjusted in a similar fashion.

This setting also fixes small aspect ratio inaccuracies caused by a
requirement made by video encoders for the video pixel width or height
to be dividable by 16 (or 8 or 4).

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display /
Fullscreen Navigation) allowing you to skip the "Library Filter Mode"
page. With this setting enabled, navigating left on the media library
category list will go straight to the Main navigation menu.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface) allowing you to disable the
delete key from erasing the currently playing file.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display /
Full Screen Navigation) restoring the ability to "Play all
files in this Directory" from the main file list (file and
media library navigators).

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display /
Full Screen Navigation) allowing you to highlight previously
viewed files. This setting with the "remember last
media position" setting (Adv. Options / Playback) and will
highlight any previously viewed file in the Media and File
Navigation interfaces by making its icon semi-transparent.
Please note that this feature can tax the CPU if the play
history (generated by remembering the last media position)
is over a few 100 files.

* New Setting (Avd. Options / System & Files / Paths, Folders
and Files), allowing you to select the Frame Capture (screenshot)
format. BMP, PNG and JPEG are supported.

* New Auto-Segment load setting (Avd. Options / System & Files /
Paths, Folders and Files), allowing you to match file names
automatically by how similar they are. Press the "?" button
for more details on how the matching works.

* New Function (fnBlankMonitors) assigned to the Alt+Shift+"K"
keyboard macro, allowing you to manually toggle blanking
(black-out) of non-playing monitors. The automatic-blanking
of non-playing monitors is accessible through the options
dialog (Adv. Options / System - Blank non-Playing Monitors
while in Fullscreen / Zoom mode).

* New Function (fnFSActMonitor) assigned to the Alt+Shift+"Enter"
keyboard macro, allowing you to go fullscreen on the currently
active monitor, overriding the fullscreen to monitor "X" setting.

* The Zoom Player function selection dialog is now split into three
categories: Content, Interface and Control. The function list is
also sorted, making functions easier to find.

* New Vista specific feature allowing you to make the entire
Zoom Player window semi-transparent. This also requires that
you use a video renderer that would work (Haali's/VMR9/EVR)
and that VISTA Aero is enabled. To use:
Alt+Ctrl+F4 = Fully visible window.
Alt+Ctrl+F5 = 80% visiblity.
Alt+Ctrl+F6 = 60% visiblity.
Alt+Ctrl+F7 = 40% visiblity.

You can also specify exact transparency values using the new
"exTransWin" extended function.

* New "exTransWin" extended function, allowing you to specify
a transparency value (1-255) for the Zoom Player window.
This function requires Windows VISTA with Aero enabled.

* New "IconScale" parmeter for the "ListData" navigation
skin-script command, allowing you to set the size of
list line icons relative to the size of the line height.

* Added support for DCoder's Bass Source filter. The bass
source filter adds support for the following audio formats:
AAC, ALAC, APE, FLAC, MP3, MPC, TTA, WV, MO3, IT, XM, S3M,
MTM, MOD, UMX.

* Added support for DCoder's Bass Source filter SHOUTcast streaming.
DCoder's Bass Source filter is more reliable and supports streaming
of SHOUTcast MP3/OGG/AAC content.

* Added support for the Illiminable FLAC decoder as an alternative
to CoreFLAC.

* Added support for FLV4 type Flash Video (".FLV" files).

* The Keyboard Shortcut list (F1) has been restructured, making it
easier to find keyboard macros.

* Can now quickly get duration for Windows Media Audio (".wma") files.
The default value for auto-get duration now includes the "wma" format,
If you are upgrading from a previous installation, you will need to
go to "Adv. Options / System / File Extensions" and press the Default
button next to the "Auto-Get Duration" edit line.

* The ".DVR-MS" file extension can now be associated with Zoom Player.

* The ".EVO" file extension can now be associated with Zoom Player.

* Initial EVO/EVOB (HD-DVD video files) playback support,
If you are upgrading from a previous installation, you will need to
go to "Adv. Options / System / File Extensions" and press the Default
button next to the "Video" edit line.

* You can now activate a Zoom Player registration by double-clicking
on a valid "zplayer.regkey" file from within Explorer.

* New "ProgressColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation
Skin-script command, allowing you to select which color will be
used when displaying download progress within the Media Library,
File Browsing and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation
skin-script command, allowing you to select which color will be
used for the path text within the Media Library, File Browsing
and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathOutline" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation
skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will
be used for the path text within the Media Library, File Browsing
and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathExtraColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation
skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will
be used for the extra path text within the Media Library, File Browsing
and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathExtraOutline" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation
skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will
be used for the path extra text within the Media Library, File Browsing
and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "ConfirmColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation
skin-script command, allowing you to select which color will be
used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface.

* New "ConfirmOutline" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation
skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will
be used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface.



Changes :

+ The default skin is now selected directly from the skin list,
(as the first skin listed) instead of clicking on the default
skin button.

+ The skin selection interface is now sorted alphabetically.

+ The skin selection interface behavior has been changed slightly.
In order to apply a custom tint, you must now click the Apply Tint
button.

+ The default Audio mode skin now has a wider volume bar and
includes a new button that opens the statio manager.

+ The Control Bar and OSD Pop-ups are now accessible even when the
player window is set to "Stay on Top".

+ Pressing stop twice was set to resume playback from the position
prior to the stop function being called. This wasn't too clear so
now a "Resume" OSD message pops up.

+ Newly supported file extensions: M4B, HDMOV.

+ The Navigation interfaces should work slightly faster, especially
in situations where more complex navigation skins are used (skins
with large transparency effects).

+ The Frame Capture Alt+"F" (screenshot) function should now work
in all video renderers except Overlay Mixer, VMR9 Renderless
(VMR9 Windowed and Windowles should work) and EVR.

+ Function descriptions have changed to make them easier to Read,
Understand and Search.

+ The Girder Exported commands are now sorted and split into
categories, making it easier to program remote devices
and home automation systems.

+ Mouse left click while holding the Alt key now zooms in 10%
instead of 50% (which wasn't as useful).

+ Ctrl+"C" now enables/disables closed captioning when used by
media files (it was previously limited to DVDs).

+ You can now select a custom playlist font without having to
customize the playlist colors as well.

+ Synchronizing the Subtitles Ahead/Back is now carried in 100ms
increments (instead of the previous 25ms).

+ The Mouse Wheel function-cycle function and the Mouse Wheel
Function navigation interfaces now list the custom function as
the actual function name instead of "Custom".

+ The File Browser and Media Library navigation interfaces will now
display the file's icon when using the function pane.

+ The DVD Fast Forward and Rewind rate now support two more values:
"8/16/32" and "12/24/48".

+ Several items on the right-click menu have been renamed for clarity.



Fixes :

- File Association should now be working under Windows VISTA with
UAC mode enabled.

- The "Continue to the next item on the playlist when an invalid
file is played" didn't work when the file was missing rather than
corrupt/problematic.

- With some file formats, the playlist would not update the
total playlist duration properly.

- Enabling the "Show Time Seek Position Over Timeline" feature
would cause the Zoom Player window to become the top-most
window if the mouse cursor hovered over the timeline.

- Trying to open the Options dialog with the main window set
to "Stay on Top" and Zoom Player set to only show an icon on
the tray area would cause the options dialog to appear behind
the main window.

- Monitor Powerdown will no longer be disabled when playing
in windowed mode (Powerdown will only be disabled when
fullscreen).

- Detaching the control bar would not snap its position to
the previously saved detached position under some conditions.

- Trying to play streaming content while in DVD Mode would not
switch to media mode automatically and then fail to play.

- The Context Navigator did not use the scripting parameters
assigned to it correctly.

- The Contact Sheet creation form didn't allow you to select
the contact sheet color values.

- Some navigation interface titles could not be translated
into other languages.

- The "exSetMode" function would not switch modes properly
under some conditions.

- Switching between Media/DVD/Audio mode could result in
an Audio mode skin loaded in DVD mode.

- The "Scrollbar Highlight" color for forced Playlist colors
was not being saved properly.

- If the internal screen saver got activated with the open
file dialog already open, it could cause Zoom Player to
become non-responsive.

- Navigation interfaces would not appear when using VISTA Aero and
having the blank seconday monitor feature enabled.

- Pressing Insert in the File Navigator with no files listed would
raise a List out of Bounds error.

- The File Navigator would forget the last active drive if you opened
and closed Zoom Player without opening the navigator.

- Windows Media files that required a password to play would fail to
display the password prompt and fail to play.

- Switching the Navigation Interface color-tint through the skin
selection interface could cause a crash under certain circumstances.

- Having the Control Bar Auto-Show and then having it Auto-Hide
if the distance is too big could cause the Control Bar to
remain on-screen under some circumstances.

- The Scene-Cut Jump and Mute Audio functions were not working correctly.

- Clicking on the Zoom Player tray icon while fullscreen on a secondary
monitor would cause the Zoom Player window to resize without drawing
the skin properly.

- Improved stability for DCoder's DVB filter's graph building.

- Ejecting a non-playing CD/DVD/USB device while a DVD is playing
would cause the DVD to stop.

- The Next/Previous chapter functions were not working properly in
the default DVD skin.

- On some non-standard resolution, the fullscreen navigation interface
would not cover the right-most pixel.

- Playing audio files with file extensions that could also be used for
video files (such as ".MP4") would have Zoom Player remember the
last media position for the audio file, even if remembering audio
file last position was disabled.

- Playing a Matroska file with External subtitles would not allow you
to cycle through the external subtitle tracks with Ctrl+"B".

- Having On Play Complete set to "Do Nothing" while having "Remember
Last Media Position" enabled would cause the video to rewind, even
though it should have paused on the last frame.

- CommAPI message 5130 (call navigation function) was not working.

- Under Windows VISTA, pressing Alt+Tab with some interfaces would
cause several buttons/checkboxes to disappear.

- Filter property pages will now appear on the same monitor as the
Zoom Player user interface.

- Several small cosmetic glitches fixed in the default skin.

- Several navigation interfaces were not showing unicode text correctly.

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