Zoom Player WMV Pro/Pro/Standard 5.50 Beta 1
Zoom Player Professional is a robust Media and DVD Front End Player
Zoom Player is a robust Media and DVD Front End Player designed to be simple at first glance while being remarkably flexible and dynamic when used to its full potential Zoom Player works in two modes
A Media mode which can play any file supported by DirectShow any file which plays in MediaPlayer and a DVD mode which uses pre installed DirectShow DVD filters to play DVD content It supersedes media player in all it s functions and provides several important functions that media player lacks Zoom Player provides special zooming functions to improve TV Output quality by eliminating overscan
You will notice that there are two versions of Zoom Player Professional and Standard The difference is simple the Standard version is free for non commercial use and is limited to file playback The Professional is a trial version with DVD Front End Capabilities and requires registration
The professional trial version is fully functional and allows you to test every feature prior to registration
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WHAT 39 S NEW IN VERSION 5 5 Beta 1
Zoom Player can now communicate with uTorrent 39 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 quot Adv Options Interface On Screen Display Fullscreen Navigation File Tracker quot Press the quot quot button on this page for additional information
Zoom Player can now keep track with eMule 39 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 quot Adv Options Interface On Screen Display Fullscreen Navigation File Tracker quot Press the quot quot button on this page for additional information
New quot Download Manager quot navigation interface Ctrl quot J quot 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
New Setting Adv Options Interface Video Aspect Ratio instructing Zoom Player quot Derived quot 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 quot Library Filter Mode quot 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 System Paths allowing you to select the Frame Capture screenshot format BMP PNG and JPEG are supported
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 quot IconScale quot parmeter for the quot ListData quot navigation skin script command allowing you to set the size of list line icons relative to the size of the line height
New quot ProgressColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathOutline quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathExtraColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathExtraOutline quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot ConfirmColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot navigation skin script command allowing you to select which color will be used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface
New quot ConfirmOutline quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot navigation skin script command allowing you to select which outline color will be used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface
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 39 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 quot exTransWin quot extended function
New quot exTransWin quot extended function allowing you to specify a transparency value 1 255 for the Zoom Player window This function requires Windows VISTA with Aero enabled
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 quot Stay on Top quot
Pressing stop twice was set to resume playback from the position prior to the stop function being called This wasn 39 t too clear so now a quot Resume quot 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 skin selection interface behavior has been changed slightly In order to apply a custom tint you must now click the Apply Tint button
The skin selection interface is now sorted alphabetically
The Frame Capture Alt quot F quot 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 39 t as useful
Ctrl quot C quot now enables disables closed captioning when used by media files it was previously limited to DVDs
With some file formats the playlist would not update the total playlist duration properly
Enabling the quot Show Time Seek Position Over Timeline quot 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 quot Stay on Top quot 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 39 t allow you to select the contact sheet color values
Some navigation interface titles could not be translated into other languages
The quot exSetMode quot 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 quot Scrollbar Highlight quot 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
Zoom Player is a robust Media and DVD Front End Player designed to be simple at first glance while being remarkably flexible and dynamic when used to its full potential Zoom Player works in two modes
A Media mode which can play any file supported by DirectShow any file which plays in MediaPlayer and a DVD mode which uses pre installed DirectShow DVD filters to play DVD content It supersedes media player in all it s functions and provides several important functions that media player lacks Zoom Player provides special zooming functions to improve TV Output quality by eliminating overscan
You will notice that there are two versions of Zoom Player Professional and Standard The difference is simple the Standard version is free for non commercial use and is limited to file playback The Professional is a trial version with DVD Front End Capabilities and requires registration
The professional trial version is fully functional and allows you to test every feature prior to registration
nbsp
WHAT 39 S NEW IN VERSION 5 5 Beta 1
Zoom Player can now communicate with uTorrent 39 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 quot Adv Options Interface On Screen Display Fullscreen Navigation File Tracker quot Press the quot quot button on this page for additional information
Zoom Player can now keep track with eMule 39 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 quot Adv Options Interface On Screen Display Fullscreen Navigation File Tracker quot Press the quot quot button on this page for additional information
New quot Download Manager quot navigation interface Ctrl quot J quot 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
New Setting Adv Options Interface Video Aspect Ratio instructing Zoom Player quot Derived quot 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 quot Library Filter Mode quot 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 System Paths allowing you to select the Frame Capture screenshot format BMP PNG and JPEG are supported
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 quot IconScale quot parmeter for the quot ListData quot navigation skin script command allowing you to set the size of list line icons relative to the size of the line height
New quot ProgressColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathOutline quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathExtraColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot PathExtraOutline quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot 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 quot ConfirmColor quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot navigation skin script command allowing you to select which color will be used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface
New quot ConfirmOutline quot parameter for the quot ColorData quot navigation skin script command allowing you to select which outline color will be used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface
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 39 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 quot exTransWin quot extended function
New quot exTransWin quot extended function allowing you to specify a transparency value 1 255 for the Zoom Player window This function requires Windows VISTA with Aero enabled
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 quot Stay on Top quot
Pressing stop twice was set to resume playback from the position prior to the stop function being called This wasn 39 t too clear so now a quot Resume quot 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 skin selection interface behavior has been changed slightly In order to apply a custom tint you must now click the Apply Tint button
The skin selection interface is now sorted alphabetically
The Frame Capture Alt quot F quot 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 39 t as useful
Ctrl quot C quot now enables disables closed captioning when used by media files it was previously limited to DVDs
With some file formats the playlist would not update the total playlist duration properly
Enabling the quot Show Time Seek Position Over Timeline quot 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 quot Stay on Top quot 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 39 t allow you to select the contact sheet color values
Some navigation interface titles could not be translated into other languages
The quot exSetMode quot 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 quot Scrollbar Highlight quot 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
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