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18th March 2011, 00:48 | #1 | Link |
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Announcing the release of Zoom Player v8 RC1
Hi Everyone!
We're finally ready to release Zoom Player v8 RC1. For the first time since v5, we are releasing a FREE version of Zoom Player. The new version is called "Zoom Player Home FREE" and it's probably the most powerful and customizable free media player for the Windows PC. Upgrade notes: Since this is not the final version, the navigation interface skins currently available for download have not been updated and are missing a few files which you can copy over from the "Drapes" directory. What's the difference between versions (FREE/Pro/MAX)? Check out the Feature comparison chart. Download: Click here to download Zoom Player v8 RC1 What's new in v8.00 RC1: It was too long to post in full within this thread, so I've put up a web page here. P.S. We have a few more items up for grab soon, a variant of the drapes nav, HD resolution background images and more. Stay tuned. |
26th March 2011, 13:52 | #7 | Link |
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I've tested the free edition:
- is it possible to auto-zoom ? I mean, no black bar in full screen mode ? With MPC-HC, you can use settings "touch window from outside". What's the equivalent in ZP ? I can't find it. Ideally I'd like it be a post processing filter (auto-crop to fit resolution), but ffdshow can't do that so... - I use madVR. When I exit full screen, UI goes up left. Is it a normal behavior (madVR stuff) ? Because I dont' have this with MPC-HC. |
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pirlouy:
I believe you can do the auto-zoom with one of the FFDShow filters. I'm using MadVR v0.49, not quite sure what you mean there, a screenshot would help. mr.duck: We can't have a fully portable version, there's licensing issues involved that force us to show (not only include) the License Agreement, hence the installer. We may release a U3 version, which will be portable after v8 goes final. mata7: Well, we just load a facebook likebox in a web-browser component. It's mostly to get people to keep up with what's new with Zoom Player from within the program and as a way to get some awareness on social networking. |
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But for madshi, it's the media player which tells the renderer what it has to display. So it should be a function inside ZP. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does not want black bars (all hardware player has an option where you can choose letterbox or pan&scan). Quote:
But maybe it's a madVR bug, so if you dont' have this behavior, forget about it. |
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U3 is junk. Portable means you can copy it to a computer and just run the damn thing. It doesn't mean it's just for keeping on a USB memory stick. |
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5th April 2011, 20:54 | #12 | Link | |
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It does make sense - either the program has to check online for activation, or in registry. It cannot be fully self contained which is what you're asking for. |
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5th April 2011, 22:05 | #13 | Link |
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pirlouy:
There's a difference between Pan&Scan for DVDs and auto-cropping the picture. And checking the FFDShow settings, there is a setting to auto-crop the image. It's under "Crop" in the "AutoCrop" box. |
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pan&scan is a zoom then upscale autocrop remove unused place, then you can upscale (I think it nees more ressources) Quote:
But I don't want to bother you with my issue; sorry for hijacking thread, and thanks for this nice free version ! |
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6th April 2011, 11:20 | #16 | Link |
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I've been using V8 RC1 for a while now with no issues.
It's the best video player I've used (and I own JRMC and use MPC-HC as well) - the filter manager is why I use it, it's extremely powerful. (Blight, I did have to add a media sub type to get it to work, with AVC files I think - I always have to do that, with many versions now.) (Edit: Blight, can you re-assign CTRL+R? It clashes with madVR. I've created a custom key file, but that's annoying for new users.) Last edited by Mark_A_W; 6th April 2011 at 11:26. |
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Sadly, we must put in registry items for file association during the install process and WinVISTA onwards no longer allows you to edit that section of the registry, even if you're signed in as admin. Mark: I've added a few sub-types in v8, which one is missing? I can't change Ctrl+R, it will break too many things. This is the reason ZP contains a keyboard editor, most new users aren't aware of MadVR and those that are, shouldn't have a problem modifying ZP's keyboard mapping. Heck, I'll go ahead and record a video tutorial and post it on YouTube in the next couple of hours. P.S., I've been discussing with Madshi the possibility of making ZP's GUI fully compatible with MadVR's fullscreen exclusive mode (so you wont need to exit exclusive mode). Hopefully it'll work out real well. |
7th April 2011, 11:40 | #18 | Link |
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I'm stretching my memory here Blight..it was actually V7 on a new OS build a couple of weeks ago.
But I *think* I had to add either "{1AC0BEBD-4D2B-45AD-BCEB-F2C41C5E3788}" or "{31564343-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}" to the Matroska Splitter setting...but now I'm checking I'm realising that the Matroska Source is set to MPC Matroska Source with Splitter ticked... I think I'd have to do a clean install to find out if this affects V8. So I withdraw my comment. Sorry, I'm just confusing you. |
10th April 2011, 14:19 | #19 | Link |
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Well, we've added a new H.264 sub-type {31564343-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} to support CoreAVC 2.5.1, but other than that... no changes since v8RC1, but yes, v8RC1 did add another one or two sub-types over v7.
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