New Open Source HTPC player : Now Beta 2

[weiqj]

Hello all,
I'm glad to announce a pre-alpha release of my OpenHTPC project. Here is the web page:
http://weiopenhtpc.sourceforge.net/index.html

Welcome to download and try my application and share your ideas with me.

May 4th, 2004
Version Beta 2 Released

Media file extensions now can be configured through configuration tool
Added image viewer. Both single image or image playlist are supported

The goal of the design is trying to make your life easier, by making it simpler, which is, improving users' experiences. I always believe in my own approach.
Note the ToDo list has been changed a little bit to reflect my priority. Any feedback is welcome.

Enjoy:
http://www.OpenHTPC.org/

Update Mar. 25th 2004 10:42 PM
New domain name registered:
http://www.OpenHTPC.org/
http://www.OpenHTPC.com/
http://www.OpenHTPC.net/
Beta version will be released soon.

Update Mar. 15th 2004 9:48 PM
Silent update. Now playing single music file should work. (Playing single movie clip should already been working).

Here is my priority:
1. PlayList handling
2. Complete DVD playback functionality
3. TV / VCR
4. Remote control interface.
Now you can only use keyboard. For key map please see the XML configuration file. It's very simple. For example, TAB key is used to switch multiple subtitles.
Now the system should be pretty stable. It's appreciated if you can break it.

Note:
The installation instruction is located at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=101664&release_id=223663

Dependencies:
You need .net runtime 1.1 (can be obtained from Windows Update) to run this program.
Please have latest codecs installed. I would prefer matroska format (.mkv) for media container. AVI sucks.

Development
If anybody downloaded the source code you may probably noticed that I managed to write XML format comments along with the code. So that I can generate the full MSDN style documentation as well as the HTML format ones with NDoc.
Now the comments for some of the functions are still not complete. I will try to finish the programming guide ASAP.

[avih]

hi and welcome to the forum :)
congrats on your new app, looks promising. nice screenshots.

would one currently need the .net runtime to use it?

cheers,
avih

[weiqj]

Thanks for your comment. You need .net runtime 1.1.
Why don't you download it and give it a try?
I published it in a rush. Now the movie play part is working without any problem.

[dimzon]

Good start :)
Brigtness/Contrast assigment is requed feature, i think... Just look at Crystal Player and You will understand me :)

[weiqj]

Dimzon,
Thanks for the advise. I will try to add support for contrast and brightness.
BTW, your deblocking filter is quite impressive. If you can release it as an open source project people will appreciate it very much ;-)

[dimzon]

Originally posted by weiqj
Dimzon,
Thanks for the advise. I will try to add support for contrast and brightness.
BTW, your deblocking filter is quite impressive. If you can release it as an open source project people will appreciate it very much ;-)
Sorry, I'm not an Crystal Player developer, i'm just it's fan :)
I use it bcoze i _need_ player with hotkeys for Brightness/Contrast (to map them on my remote)

Otherwize you can try to use some AviSync filters sources for deblocking...

[weiqj]

The current pre-alpha version is pretty stable. You are welcome to give it a try. I would like to hear more suggestions.
Thanks.

[civic5zigen]

Cool stuff

Check out MyHTPC for some ideas. I think you should focus more on the frontend part. There's already many great player out there like Zoom Player and MPC that can takes care of media playback jobs. Remote control (internal or girder plugin), photo, music, PVR, and most importantly how you plan to organized media files?

my email is civic5zigen at hotmail.com if you like to chat more.

Keep up the good work

[weiqj]

Enjoy the beta 2 release.

[Emp3r0r]

Where is the todo list?

Also, is there a way to detect, for example keyboard mode, and then display most common functions for each key to user.

And are you using sourcesafe or cvs or both?

[weiqj]

Originally posted by Emp3r0r
Where is the todo list?

Also, is there a way to detect, for example keyboard mode, and then display most common functions for each key to user.

And are you using sourcesafe or cvs or both?

1. TODO list is on the bottom of the frontpage of my website.
2. Yes, it's not difficult to implement a tooltip for most common keys.
3. I'm only using sourcesafe. I hate command line because everytime I have to man the command line parameters. And I don't know how to use CVS GUI.

As you can see from my TODO list, the redesign of theme code is currently my highest priority. Any help is welcome.

[stax76]

great, another promising open source .NET project, looks like times are getting harder for .NET critics and better for open source .NET coders :D


would one currently need the .net runtime to use it?


a C# app without a .NET implemetation is like a rocket without fuel, it won't start ;)