Zoom Player

[Godwin]

Version 16.5 release candidate 2 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


- Bug fixes.




Previous beta changes since the release of version 16:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Zoom Player v16.5 final has been released:

Highlights:

• Introducing Charcoal, Zoom Player's new default skin!
• A major redesign of the media library's scraping operation, faster, more responsive.
• Highly customizable fullscreen navigation Sound-FX system.
• Enhanced media library features such as "resume confirmation" and "mark as seen".
• Rewritten audio TAG/ID3 scraping code for enhanced efficiency and reliability.
• Twitch.tv support
• Enhanced long paths support.
• Important bug fixes that enhance stability.
  

What's new in Zoom Player v16.5:

* Introducing Charcoal, Zoom Player's new default skin!

Charcoal includes the same layout and functionality as the
previous Onyx default skin but uses more subtle shading and
cleaner elements to better fit with Windows 10's look and feel.

The onyx skin is still included with Zoom Player, you can switch
by opening the skin selection dialog using the "N" keyboard macro
or through the right-click menu.

* New interface Sound-FX system that triggers sounds when certain
actions are triggered (Adv. Options / Interface / Sounds) :
1. Zoom Player Startup.
2. Navigation motion (left/right/up/down).
3. Navigation actions (enter/back/esc).
4. Seeking (forward/backward/tracks).
5. Edge-Bump (media library).

You can pick the volume level and the output sound device and limit
some of the sounds if a video is currently playing or when using the
mouse to perform actions.

* The media library can now display a media file's approximate
bitrate (e.g. 9.2 Mpbs). You will need to re-scrape old media
to see this update.

* It is now possible to play videos from Twitch.tv.

* New "Confirm when resuming playback from previous position" setting
(Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation / Settings) to
request confirmation before resuming playback from the last saved
position when playing media from a TV or Movie media library category.

Please note, this setting is on by default and requires play history
enabled to function.

* New "Mark as Seen" media library feature accessible through the
functions menu (toggle the cogwheel, or right-arrow in list mode).
When marking media or entire folders as seen, you will be prompted
to "Mark as seen now" or "Mark as seen archive". Depending on your
choice the marked entries will appear at the start or end of your
play history.

* New "Select all Unseen" media library feature that selects every
media or folder containing media that was seen (listed in your
play history).

* New "Select all Seen" media library feature that selects every
media or folder containing media that is not listed in your
play history.

* You can now perform subtitle searches on movie folders, Zoom Player
will automatically use the first video file within the folder to find
matching subtitle tracks.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation /
Settings) that controls whether the Media Library's media scraping
indicator and counter are visible within the path area.

* New "Thumbnail icon size" setting (Adv. Options / Playback / Fullscreen
Navigation / Customization) that controls the icon sizes in thumbnail
view mode.

* New "Prevent mouse actions from moving or resizing the main window"
setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Position & Size" that blocks the
mouse from being able to resize or move the main player window.

* New "Skip requesting confirmation to erase file" setting (Adv. Options /
Interface) used to skip the confirmation request dialog when erasing
the playing media to the recycle bin.

* New "Do not use scraped image as thumbnail" media library category setting.
When enabled, Zoom Player ignores any thumbnail downloaded using a
scraping plugin and depending on other category settings, Zoom Player will
try to extract a thumbnail from the video file itself.

* New "Do not use MediaInfo.dll to extract file metadata" media library
category setting. When enabled, Zoom Player will not try to use
MediaInfo.dll to extract metadata from files such as file format, codec,
audio channels, etc. This can speed up scraping operation, but it also
means the metadata displayed in the media library will be limited.

* New "exPLSortOrder" extended function capable of choosing the playlist
sorting order (ascending, descending). A value of "0" sets ascending
and a value of "1" sets descending. Please note that this function
doesn't actually sort the list.

* New "exPLSort" extended function to sort the current playlist.
Possible values are:
0 : Sort by Name
1 : Sort by File Type (file extension)
2 : Sort by File Date
3 : Sort by File Size
4 : Sort by File Path (folder)
5 : Sort by Media Duration (in seconds)
6 : Sort Randomly (random order)

* New "exPLRemoveItem" extended function that allows you to directly
remove a playlist item. Please note that the first playlist item
has an index of "0" and not "1".

+ A major redesign of the media library's scraping operation.
Scraping of new content should no longer block thumbnail and
meta-data updates for previously scraped content.
The redesign should make Zoom Player feel more responsive.

+ Rewrote the audio TAG/ID3 scraping code for enhanced efficiency
and reliability.

+ When reaching the top/bottom position in the media library's thumbnail
view, Zoom Player now tries to maintain the current column when the
top/bottom bump bar is triggered twice to perform a scroll to top/bottom
action.

+ Improved support for long paths (over 250 characters) in the media library
and file browsing fullscreen navigation interfaces (especially over network
shared paths).

+ The file meta-data edit window's title now features only the file
name and not the full path.

+ The media library's YouTube Playlist plugin is now more flexible
when parsing YouTube playlist URL structures. YouTube uses
multiple URL structures to present playlists and now the plugin
should support all of them.

+ The "Force the navigation list or thumb view display to full width"
and "Force the navigation list or thumb view to maximum width"
settings now apply to the path area and not only to the media area.

+ The minimum number of media library category columns has been changed
from 3 to 2.

+ The "erase playing media" and "fullscreen navigation erase" dialogs
now display the media's title alongside the file name.

+ Double-clicking the media library's category entries in list-view mode
now performs an "Enter" navigation action instead of "Right".

+ Replaced the "Right arrow" icon with an "Enter" icon on the mini
color control interface.

- Fixed a hidden crash that destabilized Zoom Player when closing
the media library while the thumb view was in the process of
smooth scrolling.

- You can no longer open the windowed go to time/chapter editor if
no media is currently playing.

- YouTube has a bug in it's API that can cause duplicate entries to
show when loading more entries. Previously in such cases,
Zoom Player didn't show a thumbnail for a duplicate entry, at
least this bug is fixed, can't do much about YouTube's API bugs.

- The media library's scraping counter did not update if you
exited the folder currently scraping until some action updated
the screen.

- Stopped the Create Ringtone function from attempting to work with
network streams (it never worked with URLs, but still allowed you
to select the position and fill in details into the save dialog).

- Fixed a rare case where the media library would not respond to
input correctly when playing a movie and then exiting to the main
navigation interface and then returning back to the media library.

- With the "opening media library always selects the playing media" setting
enabled, renaming a file or creating a new folder could change the active
path.

- Fixed high-DPI issues with unskinned confirmation dialogs.

- Fixed an erroneous OSD notification when using the media library's
mini-menu to add a category "refresh" or "append" entries to the playlist.

- Fixed an issue that caused the media library to freeze if there were
missing bitmap files in the navigation skin folder.

- While in fullscreen mode, clicking on the playlist editor or equalizer
windows when positioned over a hot-corner would activate the hot-corner
action.

- Opening a streaming YouTube URL using DirectShow would not show the
video's title in the play history until after the video was closed.

- Showing the control bar for the very first time showed a black rectangle
in the top left corner of the screen for a split second.

- Fixed a crash in the Media Library's playlist category plugin when parsing
certain ".m3u" playlists.

- When using the media library's refresh button on a plugin based category,
it accidentally cleared the media's titles.

- The advanced option dialog audio visualization configuration options were
completely broken.

- The "fnRestart" and "fnRestartWithParam" functions restarted Zoom Player
without first saving settings, which caused the restarted copy to revert
some settings.

- Playing a network shared file from command line would miss an external
subtitle file in the same folder and no subtitles were shown.

- With the "Disable the Control Bar in Window Mode" setting enabled,
exiting fullscreen briefly showed the control bar.

- When Two movie folders shared a similar base name (e.g. "Men in Black"
and "Men in Black 2"), the wrong progress bar position would show
for the first folder.

- Fixed a cosmetic glitch in the media scanner that caused paths to
draw over icons.

- Setting the image slideshow duration for loaded images to "0" would
show an incorrect "remaining time" value on the timeline.

- Fixed a few small memory leaks.


Download : What's new

[Godwin]

Version 16.6 beta 1 has been released.


Download:

http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml



Changes in this beta:


* New feature!


+ Changed feature!


- Fixed feature!





* New Smart Play profile for the Apple ProRes codecs.


* New setting (Adv. Options / Playback) to select the web engine used

to render the YouTube IFRAME player, either the old Edge Chakra engine

or the newer (and much better quality) Edge Chromium.

Please note that that Edge Chromium requires the WebView2 component

installed. WebView2 comes pre-installed in Windows 11 and is an

optional download for Windows 10.



The WebView2 component is available for download directly from

Microsoft or using Zoom Player's install center application.


+ The YouTube IFRAME player's preferred video quality setting has been

removed as YouTube depreciated this feature.


- The YouTube IFRAME player did not function properly in regions using

the "," character as a decimal separator.


- Pressing "Stop" twice to perform a Stop/Resume action did not work

when using the YouTube IFRAME player.



- When customizing the media library to use full height in combination

with the category display set to list mode, using the Up/Down arrows

at the Start/End of the category list would not roll-over to the

Start/End of the list correctly.



Previous beta changes since the release of version 16.5:

http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 16.6 beta 2 has been released.


Download:

http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml



Changes in this beta:


* New feature!


+ Changed feature!


- Fixed feature!


* New ".ISO" drive mounting and playback settings to help automate the
process of mounting ISO images and playing their content. An external
mounting tool (such as Virtual CloneDrive) is required.
Accessible under "Adv. Options / File Format Assocation / File Extensions."
Please note that with this change, it is no longer possible to extract and
play ISO files as if they were archives.

* The ".WEBP" image format is now supported when using the internal image
decoder.

* New feature that replaces the TV Jukebox thumbnail for the currently
playing media with the currently displayed image. This feature is
limited to "TV Shows" media library categories and can be triggered
through the Alt+Ctrl+"F" keyboard macro and the "fnCaptureScrapedImage"
function.

* New Media Library feature to sort categories by Play Date. When enabled
the most recently played files (or folders containing files that have
been played) will be listed first.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Playlist) to automatically hide
the Playlist editor when entering fullscreen mode.

+ When using the Media Library's Cut/Copy/Paste functionality,
Performing a "Paste" operation in the root virtual folder of a
category containing multiple folders, ZP will now try to paste
the file(s) to a folder on the same drive when possible and only
use the folder of the currently highlighted entry if no folders
in the pasted category are on the same drive.

+ ISO files are now always visible in media library video categories.

- When the setting to show file extensions in the navigation
interfaces was disabled, URLs appeared cropped in the play
history fullscreen navigation interface.

- Opening a subtitle file for a playing video when using MadVR
as the video renderer could cause the video to appear in
a new window.

- Fixed a bug in TV jukebox mode that prevented some file meta-data
from displaying when the file name contained unicode characters.



Previous beta changes since the release of version 16.5:

http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17 beta 3 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / Video / Subtitles) that limits
the "next subtitle" feature to specified languages.

For example to limit the subtitle tracks to Spanish, English and
Directory Commentary, you only need to specify "spa;eng;dir" and
any subtitle track not containing these values will by skipped when
switching to the next subtitle track.

* New "exSetAudioSync" extended function that allows you to set a positive
or negative millisecond accurate audio synchronization offset.

* Added support for YouTube Shorts URL parsing and playback, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5TTNpKFy_10

+ YouTube media library plugins no longer return a star rating or dislike
count since YouTube removed public dislike data.

+ The "Pause playback when minimizing the player window while playing
video content" setting is now ignored for live streams with no duration
specified as it just caused the stream to close.

+ Disabled the Startup sound if a media was already in the process
of loading.

+ The Media Library's function page is now more dynamic, removing entries
that may not be useful in some contexts (e.g. using plugins).

+ TheMovieDB scraper plugin will now download movie poster images at full
resolution (previously limited to 500x750px). This change means you will
see sharper looking posters on 4K displays. This fix requires that you
re-scrape movies to download the higher resolution poster images.

- Seeking Ahead/Back on YouTube streams using the IFRAME player would
reset the play position to 0 if the windows decimal separator was
set to something other than ".".

- Restoring last play position for YouTube videos played using the IFRAME
player did not function currently on some PCs with a slower internet
connection.

- Displaying the current video resolution on the timeline while using
the YouTube IFRAME playback engine displayed a fixed value instead
of the value returned by the YouTube IFRAME engine.

- The "Open Media Library" button on the Media Library category editor
did not function if the category mode was set to view all (prism).

- YouTube channels containing the "&" character in the name would not
show the correct channel name under some conditions.

- Fixed a cosmetic bug in the play history dialog that would show the
current position with a negative value.

- Edits to the playlist using the playlist editor should now be
reflected in the advanced playlist control interface.

- The playing information fullscreen navigation interface was not
updating in real time and didn't update at all when playing
new SHOUTcast content.

- The "Open Drive" feature broke down for multiple use cases, including
using Zoom Player to auto-play a drive.

- The Media Library's "mark as seen:archive" option will now close the
currently playing media if it's being archived.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 16.5:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17 beta 4 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* New metadata editor accessible by right-clicking TV or Movie entries in
the media library. The metadata editor allows you to replace thumbnails
and backdrops along with editing the Title, Release date, Overview,
Genre, Tags and Collections.

* New media library filtering by Genre, Tags and Collections. Accessible
through the functions menu or by clicking the new "funnel shape" filter
icon in the path area. Filtering is remembered on a per-category basis
and is stored across sessions (even after exiting Zoom Player).

* The media library mini-menu has been extended with two new functions you
can select : "Filter list" and "Edit metadata".

- Under some conditions, pressing the ESC/Menu keys to close the right-click
context menu would break some keyboard functionality.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 16.5:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17 release candidate 1 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* The mouse's backward and forward button can now be assigned custom
functionality when a navigation interface is visible.

* YouTube kids URLs should now work with the IFRAME player.

* New "Sort by Release Date" media library sort option (Only works on
scraped media [TV & Movies]).

* New "Sort by Sort Title" media library sort option (Only works on
scraped media [TV & Movies]). This sorting mode allows you to use the
meta-data editor to specify an "invisible" custom title that Zoom Player
will use for sorting. When no sorting title is specified, Zoom Player
automatically uses the media'a title (if one exists) or file name.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation / Settings)
that controls whether filtering lists in the media library can use multiple
parameters (e.g. "Genre" and "Tag") at the same time.

* New "9:16" thumbnail aspect ratio option for media library thumbnails
suitable to vertical videos.

* New configuration option for TheMovieDB scraping plugin that allows you
to select the poster/backdrop/still image sizes.

* New "Edit Metadata" option in the media library's functions page for TV
and Movie categories.

- Play history features such as "resume playback" and "previous play position
on thumbnails" did not function on files with over 128 characters.

- Playing files with over 128 characters in their name created duplicate play
history entries.

- You could actually click on media library path icons even when they were
invisible in the category list.

- When viewing the media library's categories page, you could click
above/below the scroll-bar area and it would still affect the scroll
position.



Previous beta changes since the release of version 16.5:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17 release candidate 2 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* New "Sort by Star Rating" media library sort option (Only works on
scraped media [TV & Movies]). You can adjust the Movie/TV Show's
star rating using the metadata editor.

- There was a bug in v17 RC1 that caused play history to break when
playing streaming content and possibly in other cases.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 16.5:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Zoom Player v17 final has been released:

Highlights:

• Edit meta-data for Media Library TV and Movie categories.
• Filter media library categories by Genre, Tags and Collections.
• Sort the media library by Release Date, Play Date, Sort Title and Star Rating.
• Automate ".ISO" mounting and playback using free, 3rd party tools.
• Filter subtitle to cycle faster through tracks.
• Enhance YouTube IFRAME player image quality using the Edge Chromium.
• Support new YouTube URL formats (Kids, Shorts, etc).
• Decode ".WEBP" images.
• Customize extended mouse controls in navigation mode.
  

What's new in Zoom Player v17:

* New metadata editor accessible by right-clicking TV and Movie entries in
the media library (also available through the functions page and as a
mini-menu option). The metadata editor allows you to replace thumbnails
and backdrops along with editing the Title, Sort Title, Release date,
Rating, Overview, Genre, Tags and Collections.

* New media library filtering by Genre, Tags and Collections. Accessible
through the functions menu or by clicking the new "funnel shape" filter
icon in the path area. Your filtering choice is remembered on a
per-category basis and is stored across sessions
(even after exiting Zoom Player).

* New "Sort by Release Date" media library sort option (Only works on
scraped media [TV & Movies]).

* New "Sort by Play Date" media library sort option to sort your categories
by the most recently played files (or folders containing files that have
been played).

* New "Sort by Sort Title" media library sort option (Only works on
scraped media [TV & Movies]). This sorting mode allows you to use the
meta-data editor to specify an "invisible" custom title that Zoom Player
will use for sorting while still displaying the original title.
When no sorting title is specified, Zoom Player automatically uses the
media's title (if one exists) or file name.

* New "Sort by Star Rating" media library sort option (Only works on
scraped media [TV & Movies]). Initially populated with scraped data,
you can adjust the Movie/TV Show's star rating using the metadata editor.

* The media library mini-menu has been extended with two new functions you
can select : "Filter list" and "Edit metadata".

* The mouse's backward and forward button can now be assigned custom
functionality when a navigation interface is visible.

* New ".ISO" drive mounting and playback settings to help automate the
process of mounting ISO images and playing their content. An external
mounting tool (such as Virtual CloneDrive) is required.
Accessible under "Adv. Options / File Format Association / File Extensions."
Please note that with this change, it is no longer possible to extract and
play ISO files as if they were archives.

* New setting (Adv. Options / Playback) to select the web engine used
to render the YouTube IFRAME player, either the old Edge Chakra engine
or the newer (and much better quality) Edge Chromium.

Please note that that Edge Chromium requires the WebView2 component
installed. WebView2 comes pre-installed in Windows 11 and is an
optional download for Windows 10.

The WebView2 component is available for download directly from
Microsoft or using Zoom Player's install center application.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation / Settings)
that controls whether filtering lists in the media library can use multiple
parameters (e.g. "Genre" and "Tag") at the same time.

* YouTube kids URLs should now work with the IFRAME player.

* Added support for YouTube Shorts URL parsing and playback, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5TTNpKFy_10

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Playlist) to automatically hide
the Playlist editor when entering fullscreen mode.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / Video / Subtitles) that limits
the "next subtitle" feature to specified languages.

For example to limit the subtitle tracks to Spanish, English and
Directory Commentary, you only need to specify "spa;eng;dir" and
any subtitle track not containing these values will by skipped when
switching to the next subtitle track.

* New "9:16" thumbnail aspect ratio option for media library thumbnails
suitable to vertical videos.

* The ".WEBP" image format is now supported when using the internal image
decoder.

* New feature that replaces the TV Jukebox thumbnail for the currently
playing media with the currently displayed image. This feature is
limited to "TV Shows" media library categories and can be triggered
through the Alt+Ctrl+"F" keyboard macro and the "fnCaptureScrapedImage"
function.

* New "Edit Metadata" option in the media library's functions page for TV
and Movie categories.

* New configuration option for TheMovieDB scraping plugin that allows you
to select the poster/backdrop/still image sizes.

* New Smart Play profile for the Apple ProRes codecs.

* New "exSetAudioSync" extended function that allows you to set a positive
or negative millisecond accurate audio synchronization offset.

+ YouTube media library plugins no longer return a star rating or dislike
count since YouTube removed public dislike data.

+ The "Pause playback when minimizing the player window while playing
video content" setting is now ignored for live streams with no duration
specified as it just caused the stream to close.

+ Disabled the Startup sound if a media was already in the process
of loading.

+ The Media Library's function page is now more dynamic, removing entries
that may not be useful in some contexts (e.g. using plugins).

+ TheMovieDB scraper plugin will now download movie poster images at full
resolution (previously limited to 500x750px). This change means you will
see sharper looking posters on 4K displays. This fix requires that you
re-scrape movies to download the higher resolution poster images.

+ To prevent longer copy times, when using the Media Library's
Cut/Copy/Paste functionality, Performing a "Paste" operation
in the root virtual folder of a category containing multiple folders,
ZP will now try to paste the file(s) to a folder on the same drive when
possible and only use the folder of the currently highlighted entry if
no folders in the pasted category are on the same drive.

+ In combination with the new ISO mounting feature, ISO files are now always
visible in media library video categories.

+ The YouTube IFRAME player's preferred video quality setting has been
removed as YouTube depreciated this feature.

- The YouTube IFRAME player did not function properly in regions using
the "," character as a decimal separator.

- Play history features such as "resume playback" and "previous play position
on thumbnails" did not function on files with over 128 characters.

- Playing files with over 128 characters in their name created duplicate play
history entries.

- Pressing "Stop" twice to perform a Stop/Resume action did not work
when using the YouTube IFRAME player.

- When customizing the media library to use full height in combination
with the category display set to list mode, using the Up/Down arrows
at the Start/End of the category list would not roll-over to the
Start/End of the list correctly.

- When the setting to show file extensions in the navigation
interfaces was disabled, URLs appeared cropped in the play
history fullscreen navigation interface.

- Opening a subtitle file for a playing video when using MadVR
as the video renderer could cause the video to appear in
a new window.

- Fixed a bug in TV jukebox mode that prevented some file meta-data
from displaying when the file name contained Unicode characters.

- Seeking Ahead/Back on YouTube streams using the IFRAME player would
reset the play position to 0 if the windows decimal separator was
set to something other than ".".

- Restoring last play position for YouTube videos played using the IFRAME
player did not function currently on some PCs with a slower internet
connection.

- Displaying the current video resolution on the timeline while using
the YouTube IFRAME playback engine displayed a fixed value instead
of the value returned by the YouTube IFRAME engine.

- The "Open Media Library" button on the Media Library category editor
did not function if the category mode was set to view all (prism).

- YouTube channels containing the "&" character in the name would not
show the correct channel name under some conditions.

- Fixed a cosmetic bug in the play history dialog that would show the
current position with a negative value.

- Edits to the playlist using the playlist editor should now be
reflected in the advanced playlist control interface.

- The playing information fullscreen navigation interface was not
updating in real time and didn't update at all when playing
new SHOUTcast content.

- The "Open Drive" feature broke down for multiple use cases, including
using Zoom Player to auto-play a drive.

- The Media Library's "mark as seen:archive" option will now close the
currently playing media if it's being archived.

- Under some conditions, pressing the ESC/Menu keys to close the right-click
context menu would break some keyboard functionality.

- You could actually click on media library path icons even when they were
invisible in the category list.

- When viewing the media library's categories page, you could click
above/below the scroll-bar area and it would still affect the scroll
position.


Download : What's new

[Godwin]

Version 17.1 beta 1 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* New "Display unwatched counter on TV Show category folders" setting
(Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation / Thumbnail Cust.)
that counts the number of unwatched episodes in "TV Show" categories
and displays the count in a corner on the folder's thumbnail.

* Full customization for the TV Show unwatched counter:
1. Size (relative to thumbnail)
2. Margins (relative to Size)
3. Font Color
4. Background Color

+ If you previously used a download tracking plugin, you must now
re-enable it. Plugins were previously enabled by default which
could have caused delays when exiting Zoom Player.

+ Having ZP set to automatically show the media library when opening
will no longer show the media library if a media was set to load
using the command line.

+ Zoom Player will no longer display the default background image if
a media is set to load via command line, removing the slight flicker
of the image and slightly speeding up load time.

- Setting Zoom Player to pre-load fullscreen navigation graphics while
trying to play a media from command line could cause ZP to freeze.

- When taking a screenshot of the playing video (Alt+F), the generated
filename included a wrong position value (just the file name, the
image was taken from the correct position).

- The "Stop function closes streaming media (instead of just stopping)"
setting was accidentally applied to every playing media and not only
live streams.

- Fixed a bug that would break URL links in the active playlist when
closing and then re-opening Zoom Player.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17.1 beta 2 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* New "Display thumbnail season progression bar" setting (Adv. Options /
Interface / Fullscreen Navigation / Thumbnail Cust.) that shows a
season progression bar (similar to the last play position bar) in
TV Show category based on the number of watched/unwatched episodes
in a folder.

* New "Reset" option in each individual media library filtering mode
(Genre, Tag and Collection).

* Two new Pixel Shader scripts you can use with MadVR as the video
renderer to flip the video both horizontally and vertically.

+ Filtering the media library will now reset the selected entry to the
first item, unless the "Auto-select last viewed file/folder on
entering a folder" setting is enabled, in which case the last viewed
file or folder is selected automatically.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Zoom Player v17.1 final has been released

Zoom Player v17.1 final has been released:

Highlights:

• Fully customizable unwatched counter on media library TV Show category folders
• Media library TV Show season progression bar
• Enhanced user experience for the media library's filtering feature
• 2 new pixel-shader scripts
• Optimizations and bug fixes

Download : What's new

[Godwin]

Version 17.2 beta 1 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* New "Resume Playback" media library feature that's accessible from
the media library's functions page and the media library's mini-menu
(Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation / Thumb View).

Resume playback looks for the first unwatched media in the folder
and then resumes playback from that media.

If no media from the folder has been previously played, it will play
the first media in the folder (in alphabetical order by Title or
File name).

If the last played media in the folder is over the "Consider media
as watched" percentage threshold, the next media will play in
alphabetical order by title (if previously scraped), otherwise by
file name.

* Added support for new YouTube URL format when adding YouTube channels
as media library categories:

Example:
https://www.youtube.com/@CowboyKentRollins

* Double-clicking a TV show thumbnail in the media library's TV Jukebox
mode will now play the episode.

+ Zoom Player no longer requires "freeimage.dll" to load. The library
which is used to display the ".WEBP" image format is now loaded
dynamically as-needed, saving a bit of RAM while allowing Zoom Player
to start slightly faster.

- The media library's unplayed media counter will now adjust the background
box size if the unwatched media counter is 3 digits or more.

- Fixed a bug that prevented the media library's right/left bump actions
from working after a PC was not reset for over a month.

- Some information was not displayed correctly in the media library for
YouTube channels containing the "|" character in their channel name,
video names or video description.

- Fixed a bug causing ".df" definition files not to save properly when playing
from shared network paths (e.g. "\\my_server\shared_folder\media.mkv").


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17.1:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17.2 beta 2 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* New "Filter by Star Rating" media library feature.
Filtering by Star Rating allows you to filter TV and Movie categories
based on the media's Star Rating.

You can easily customize each media's star rating to your own personal
value using the integrated metadata editor, accessible by right-clicking
a media's thumbnail or through the media library's functions page.

* New "Filter by Content Rating" media library feature.
Filtering by Content Rating allows you to filter TV and Movie categories
based on the MPAA rating assigned to the TV Show or Movie, for example
"PG-13" or "TV-MA".

* New "Hide Mouse Cursor in Windowed mode" setting (Adv. Options /
Interface / Mouse / Setting) that allows the mouse cursor to auto-hide
even when playing in a window (disabled by default).

- Wrote a work-around for a bug in Media Portal's TS File Reader filter
to prevent Zoom Player from freezing on re-play.

The bug prevents ZP from seeking to 0 and re-playing by returning
invalid media position values, requiring the media to be fully reloaded.

- Under some conditions, the media library's filter function would not
highlight any of the available filtering options and would draw the
scrollbar widget in the wrong position.

- Under some conditions, the media library's filter function would not
bring the active filtering mode into view.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17.1:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17.2 beta 3 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* Support for a new YouTube LIVE URL structure, usually used
when sharing a video the YouTube mobible app.

Example:
https://www.youtube.com/live/L5QXreqOrTA?feature=share

* New "Edit Last Played" option added to the windowed play
history's right-click menu, allowing you to manually edit the
"Last Played" field without actually playing the media.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17.1:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 17.2 release candidate 1 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* The Media Library category editor has been redesigned for clarity
and ease of use.

* The Media Library category editor can now be used to select and
re-order multiple categories in one click, making it much easier
and faster to re-order categories.

* The Media Library category editor has been extended with a
"Move top" and "Move bottom" buttons to more easily arrange
your category listing.

* New "Sort by Runtime" media library feature. In TV categories it
sorts by the number of episodes in a folder and in Movie categories
it sorts by the Movie's specified Runtime (not the media's duration
which may include additional content such as credits).

- Fixed an issue in the Media Library filtering function that
would allow entries with a similar enough Collection/Tag to
the active filter to be listed.

- Fixed a "Plugin ERROR #80004005" when trying to add a YouTube channel
to the media library category editor if the channel's URL contained
the "@" character, e.g. "https://www.youtube.com/@WeMightBeDrunkPod"


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17.1:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Zoom Player v17.2 final has been released:

Highlights:

• Redesigned Media Library Category Editor
• New Media Library Sorting and Filtering options.
• Quick-Resume Playback Media Library feature.
• Support for more YouTube URL formats.
• Important bug fixes.

Download : What's new

[Godwin]

Version 17.5 beta 1 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* Two new settings (Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation /
Customization) that allow you to override the poster image and backdrop
for Movies and TV show categories.

The backdrop setting is an easy override, just place a "backdrop.jpg" or
"fanart.jpg" in the same folder and Zoom Player will use it automatically.

Updating a movie poster image requires you enable the "Do not use scraped
image as thumbnail / backdrop" setting for each of the media library's TV
or Movie categories, otherwise the poster image will still use the scraped
image (due to image-caching maintaining a copy of the old image) and then
re-scrape the movie folder.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17.2:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 18 beta 2 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* A completely new IPTV (streaming live TV and VOD) interface (Adv. Options
/ Playback / IPTV) with support for EPG (Electronic Program Guide),
Channel Grouping and many customization options.

Some features (icons, automated EPG/M3U downloads, etc) are still a work
in progress and are not part of this beta.

* New setting (enabled by default) to automatically hide the control bar
when clicking the video area, making it much easier to quickly hide
the control bar.

* You can now edit the last play time and date directly from the media
library meta-data editor.

- Using unicode characters in the ISO Auto-Mount command would not save
the path properly after restarting Zoom Player.

- The Advanced Options "System Sounds" and "Audio" sections did not scroll
smoothly when using the scroll bar.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17.5:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer...new_beta.shtml

[Godwin]

Version 18 beta 3 has been released.

Download:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml


Changes in this beta:

* New feature!

+ Changed feature!

- Fixed feature!


* The IPTV interface now supports automatically downloading stream lists
and electronic program guide URLs every specified number of days.

* IPTV Stream icons are now downloaded automatically.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) allowing you to control the
Stream's icon size.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) allowing you to control
whether the Stream's text is resized along with the icon size.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) to ignore grouping and just
display the entire stream list.

* New Settings (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) to customize the IPTV
interface with your own color scheme.

+ If an IPTV stream list contains mixed information with some streams
lacking a group specification, all such streams will now show under
an "Unspecified" group. If only one or no groups are specified,
grouping is disabled automatically.


Previous beta changes since the release of version 17.5:
http://inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew_beta.shtml