Blight
2nd December 2002, 19:44
Yay, another beta!
Hopefully the media library is stable, the categories are in. Also some fixes, the resolution change on fullscreen feature and some other goodies.
What's new since v2.90:
New :
* New Media Library Category System (Optional).
By enabling (Enabled by Default) the system on the
"Options -> OSD -> Navigators" interface, the Media Library
navigator will now be divided into categories, which can be
set on the Media Library Editor (Shift+"M").
Each Directory can be assigned one of two states, either
assigned to ALL categories or assigned to a Specific category.
You can create as many categories as you desire.
When enabled, the Left/Right navigational controls will now
be used to switch between categories.
* New Video Orbiting System (Options -> Values -> Playback).
Video Orbiting allows you to specify a video position movement
range in order to prevent screen burns on movies that don't
cover the entire screen area.
* New Setting (Options -> OSD -> Navigators) allowing you to disable
file extensions from showing up on the File, Media Library and
Play List Navigators.
* The List Based Navigators are now more easy to navigate using the
mouse. Not too intuative as they were designed for TV-Display and
not the Monitor.
* New Scene Cut feature allowing you to "End" Playback (and proceed
to the next file on the Play List). This works for both Media and
DVD. With DVD this allows you to play multiple DVDs in sequence.
For safety reasons (to prevent infinite loops), the last Stop
Position on a DVD isn't saved if the playback was stopped by an
End Playback Scene Cut event.
* The Arrow keys Toggle has been split into Left/Right and Up/Down
toggles, each can be assigned a different set of functions and more
functions can now be assigned to the arrow keys.
* New Function ("H" on keyboard) to Enable/Disable Source Relative
Stretch. This is useful if you're switching a lot between a monitor
and a non 4:3 display device such as a Projector or a TV.
* New Setting on the Play List Editor allowing you to set playback
to loop on the currently playing item.
* New Setting (Options -> Values -> Playback) allowing you to
modulate the speed the Skip/Jump/Seek functions work when used
repeatedly. If used quickly (within 1.5 seconds), each use makes
the distance moved x1/x2/x3 ... faster than the specified value.
* New Setting (Options -> Settings -> Playback) allowing you to
have the currently playing Media File closed when the stop command
is issued. Useful for people who'd like to have the Media Image
pop back up.
* New Setting (Options -> Settings -> Playback) allowing you to have
the Media Definition file saved in the Zoom Player Media-Data
directory (Within the install dir) rather than the location of the
open media file.
* New Setting (Options -> Values -> Resolution) allowing you to
set the screen resolution when going into Zoom/Fullscreen modes.
You can specify Width/Height/Bits/Refresh Rate/Interlaced.
Your display driver must support the specified values.
* New Extended Function (exOpenDrive) allowing you to open the entire
content of a drive using a keyboard/button/remote device.
Changes :
* On Play Complete toggle can now Eject the CD.
* Changing the Skin-Tint is now done without having to reload the skin.
* Switching between DVD and Media mode now tries to match the Video
area of both skins so it remains unchanged.
* The ResizeBox skin function can now be used multiple times to define
more than one resize area point.
* The default skin has been modified to improve usability.
4 new Control Bar buttons are now accessible.
* Slight modification to the default DVD Context Menu.
* Unused context menu entries are now disabled.
* When playing a DVD with no DVD-Path specified, Zoom Player will
first scan the specified DVD-Drive for a disc and only them scan
the rest of the drives.
* The Zoom to 100% and Zoom to 200% functions are no longer hard
coded and can be assigned through a function.
* Enhanced method of preventing Power Saving modes (monitor/system)
when the setting is enabled (Options -> Settings -> Other).
* To prevent some user-support headaches. A clean installation
will now have the following settings enabled:
1. Force Overlay Mixer.
2. Prevent Screen Saver/PowerDowns.
Fixes :
* When Extended VMR mode was enabled, opening a second video file
would pop an error message (and playback would continue normally
once closed).
* When closing a video in Extended VMR mode, the video area is now
cleared properly.
* List out of bounds error when pressing right on the Media Library
Navigator when no items are listed.
* A clean installation would not apply Video Position preset #5
correctly.
* Applying Blanking values through the Blanking preset dialog would
not apply the displayed numbers correctly.
* Fixed a crash with Media Library when pressing INSERT on a dir-up.
* Fixed a crash when trying to load a new video with the GoTo
Navigator visible.
Download the latest Beta (http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml)
Hopefully the media library is stable, the categories are in. Also some fixes, the resolution change on fullscreen feature and some other goodies.
What's new since v2.90:
New :
* New Media Library Category System (Optional).
By enabling (Enabled by Default) the system on the
"Options -> OSD -> Navigators" interface, the Media Library
navigator will now be divided into categories, which can be
set on the Media Library Editor (Shift+"M").
Each Directory can be assigned one of two states, either
assigned to ALL categories or assigned to a Specific category.
You can create as many categories as you desire.
When enabled, the Left/Right navigational controls will now
be used to switch between categories.
* New Video Orbiting System (Options -> Values -> Playback).
Video Orbiting allows you to specify a video position movement
range in order to prevent screen burns on movies that don't
cover the entire screen area.
* New Setting (Options -> OSD -> Navigators) allowing you to disable
file extensions from showing up on the File, Media Library and
Play List Navigators.
* The List Based Navigators are now more easy to navigate using the
mouse. Not too intuative as they were designed for TV-Display and
not the Monitor.
* New Scene Cut feature allowing you to "End" Playback (and proceed
to the next file on the Play List). This works for both Media and
DVD. With DVD this allows you to play multiple DVDs in sequence.
For safety reasons (to prevent infinite loops), the last Stop
Position on a DVD isn't saved if the playback was stopped by an
End Playback Scene Cut event.
* The Arrow keys Toggle has been split into Left/Right and Up/Down
toggles, each can be assigned a different set of functions and more
functions can now be assigned to the arrow keys.
* New Function ("H" on keyboard) to Enable/Disable Source Relative
Stretch. This is useful if you're switching a lot between a monitor
and a non 4:3 display device such as a Projector or a TV.
* New Setting on the Play List Editor allowing you to set playback
to loop on the currently playing item.
* New Setting (Options -> Values -> Playback) allowing you to
modulate the speed the Skip/Jump/Seek functions work when used
repeatedly. If used quickly (within 1.5 seconds), each use makes
the distance moved x1/x2/x3 ... faster than the specified value.
* New Setting (Options -> Settings -> Playback) allowing you to
have the currently playing Media File closed when the stop command
is issued. Useful for people who'd like to have the Media Image
pop back up.
* New Setting (Options -> Settings -> Playback) allowing you to have
the Media Definition file saved in the Zoom Player Media-Data
directory (Within the install dir) rather than the location of the
open media file.
* New Setting (Options -> Values -> Resolution) allowing you to
set the screen resolution when going into Zoom/Fullscreen modes.
You can specify Width/Height/Bits/Refresh Rate/Interlaced.
Your display driver must support the specified values.
* New Extended Function (exOpenDrive) allowing you to open the entire
content of a drive using a keyboard/button/remote device.
Changes :
* On Play Complete toggle can now Eject the CD.
* Changing the Skin-Tint is now done without having to reload the skin.
* Switching between DVD and Media mode now tries to match the Video
area of both skins so it remains unchanged.
* The ResizeBox skin function can now be used multiple times to define
more than one resize area point.
* The default skin has been modified to improve usability.
4 new Control Bar buttons are now accessible.
* Slight modification to the default DVD Context Menu.
* Unused context menu entries are now disabled.
* When playing a DVD with no DVD-Path specified, Zoom Player will
first scan the specified DVD-Drive for a disc and only them scan
the rest of the drives.
* The Zoom to 100% and Zoom to 200% functions are no longer hard
coded and can be assigned through a function.
* Enhanced method of preventing Power Saving modes (monitor/system)
when the setting is enabled (Options -> Settings -> Other).
* To prevent some user-support headaches. A clean installation
will now have the following settings enabled:
1. Force Overlay Mixer.
2. Prevent Screen Saver/PowerDowns.
Fixes :
* When Extended VMR mode was enabled, opening a second video file
would pop an error message (and playback would continue normally
once closed).
* When closing a video in Extended VMR mode, the video area is now
cleared properly.
* List out of bounds error when pressing right on the Media Library
Navigator when no items are listed.
* A clean installation would not apply Video Position preset #5
correctly.
* Applying Blanking values through the Blanking preset dialog would
not apply the displayed numbers correctly.
* Fixed a crash with Media Library when pressing INSERT on a dir-up.
* Fixed a crash when trying to load a new video with the GoTo
Navigator visible.
Download the latest Beta (http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml)