-- Please Read: * Please go to: http://order.kagi.com/?47D Even if you don't want to donate, I want you to read the current situation the Inmatrix site and this program is currently in. --- What's new in v4.00: Legend : "*" = New "+" = Change "-" = Fix New : * Zoom Player now has an Audio-Bar mode. Playing files in the Audio-Bar mode will disable any video output and certain features that relate to video output and navigation. There is also a new Audio-Bar default skin element with 3 visual configuration (F4/F5/F6). You can switch to Audio-Bar mode by pressing F2, or using the new skin button. * The Professional version of Zoom Player can now automatically extract and play any Archive Format (default presets for 7Z,ARJ,BZ2,CAB,RAR and ZIP using the freely available 7-Zip extraction suite). You can configure your own extractors under "Options / Values / Other", but I recommend grabbing 7-Zip at www.7-zip.org as it's free and fast. This new feature can also be used to extract AlbumWrap MP3 files using the freeware "mp3splt.exe" tool from "http://mp3splt.sf.net". * Zoom Player can now filter out filters that can cause playback instability in standard playback mode through a Filter Black List. By default I have included the following filters that are known trouble-makers: BiCubic Resizer DivX Antifreeze DeDynamic Audio Filter Morgan Stream Switcher Subtitle Mixer Subtitle Parser TFM Audio Filter You can easily add/remove filters to the black list through the options dialog (Filter Control / Management). This should make Zoom Player a lot more stable on systems where a lot of 3rd party software have been installed. * On a fresh install, Zoom Player will look for missing components required to play popular file formats. If no components are detected for a specific file format, you will be prompted to go to the media setup guide. This check is only done once when installing a new version. * New Setting (Advanved Options / Mouse Wheel) allowing you to reverse the direction of the mouse wheel with regards to the functions it calls. * New Setting (Advanced Options / Settings / Playback), allowing the Media Definition File (a file containing information on the file being played such as color values, volume, balance, etc...) to be saved automatically (default:off). * You will now be prompted to install DirectVobSub if it's not installed on your system (only one time when a new version is installed). * New Setting (Advanced Options / OSD / Navigators) allowing you to have the Play List Navigator opened if the Chapter Navigator is opened and doesn't contain any chapters. * New "/AUDBAR" command line parameter starting Zoom Player in Audio-Bar mode. * New "/VOL" command line parameter allowing you to set the Zoom Player volume level on start-up. Value can be 0-100. Example: "x:\path\to\zoom player\zplayer.exe" /vol:75 * New "/MEDIANAV:[CATEGORY]" parameter allowing you to start Zoom Player opened in the Media Library Navigator at a specific category. Example: "x:\path\to\zoom player\zplayer.exe" "/MEDIANAV:TV Shows" * New "/EJECT:[n]" command line parameter allowing you to eject a CD/DVD drive from the command line. Example: "x:\path\to\zplayer.exe" /EJECT:F * You can now associate the ".FLAC" extension. FLAC is an Open-Source lossless Audio Format. You still need a decoder for it to play. For more information see: http://www.inmatrix.com/articles/mediasetup.shtml * You can now associate the ".MPC" extension. MPC is a lossy audio format similar to MP3 and Vorbis. * Two new sections have been added to the Menu file. These new sections allow you to define the menu used for the Context Menu Navigator in DVD and Media modes. I have included useful default entries for these. * Zoom Player should now support WMV PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio). You must set the Aspect Ratio mode to Derived for PAR to kick in (you should always set the Aspect Ratio to Derived unless you have other special requirements). * Zoom Player can now display APE Tags from MPC/MP3/APE/FLAC files. * Zoom Player can now display WMF Tags from WMA files. * Zoom Player can now play UTF8 encoded M3U play lists. * Zoom Player now has 4 default skin visual configuration modes, one with only the volume control (Press "F4"), the same layout with the Balance and Play Rate controls (Press "F5") or the minimalistic layout (Press "F6") or the Video Only Layout (Press "F7"). * New Profiles for Nero Digital filters. These filters seem to be capable of decoding MPEG1 audio (including MP3), MPEG1 Video, XVID and DIVX. Playback is not perfect, I noticed big issues with DIVX playback. These filters are also supposed to decode MPEG2 video and possibly even DVD, but I was unable to get them to work. * New Profile for the Elecard Video Decoder as a DVD Video Decoder. It may only work for unencrypted DVDs. * New "Select All" button on the Association Page. * Two new skin variables "cBarNoText" and "tLineNoText" allowing you to disable text display on the timeline and control bar timeline. * New skin variable "AudioSkin" implying that the specified skin doesn't contain any video area. * New skin constant "", showing the user selectable entry that usually shows within the timeline (useful to use if you want to disable the text on the timeline itself and show it elsewhere). Changes : + The "zplayer.regpath" file now allows you to specify a second line with the new Zoom Player Window Name so that you can run multiple instances of Zoom Player and control each remotely as a unique entity. For example, the content of the "zplayer.regpath" file would look like this: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VirtuaMedia\ZoomPlayer2 Zoom Two + The "System" Options dialog section now displays the merit of each listed filter and also lists known "bad filter" offenders (filters can cause cause audio-loss, flipped video image and so forth). + The Flash (SWF files) background color is now set to the fullscreen background color (Options / Values / Interface), default to black. + The Flash and QuickTime playback experience should be better now. The Right-Click context menu should now work perfectly and the keyboard/mouse should be a bit more responsive. + DVD "VIDEO_TS.IFO" files are now ALWAYS listed on the File and Media Library navigators. + OGM Audio Selection should now work even if the OGG Splitter is not set to Output all Streams. + Zoom Player will now check your DirectX version when you try to select the VMR9 as the Video Renderer and inform you if you don't have DirectX v9 installed. + The external Minimalistic and Ultra Minimalistic skins have been removed as their functionality is more than covered by the new skin layouts within the default skin. + Zoom Player now checks the DirectVobSub path list when looking for subtitle files instead of only looking in the same directory as the media file. + The Customized Media Playback Audio/Video Decoder configuration dialog now fits 800x600 resolution in advanced mode. + The /F:[n] and /Z:[n] will now allow you to force Zoom Player to fullscreen/zoom mode on a selected monitor even if Zoom Player is already running. + DVD Auto-AR values are now applied only once each time the Aspect Ratio mode changes instead of every chapter. + The screenshot function will now save the screenshot to the "My Documents" folder if no alternative folder is specified. Fixes : - Zoom Player could stop responding when trying to load a new media file while the first media file was still being loaded. - Wrong date encoding error could pop when opening files with no creation dates (could happen with some VCD/SVCD images). - Going to fullscreen on a second monitor using the setting on "Options / Values / Interface" would set the fullscreen size according to the resolution of the monitor the user interface currently resides on instead of the real monitor resolution. - Opening a DVD while another DVD is already playing would not save the last position properly for the original DVD. - Remembering the last position on media files would ignore the number of days to save this data and would in fact save it forever. Furthermore, several entries were kept for each file played. It is recommended that you erase the old "zplayer.playcache" file as old entries may stick forever. - The Increase/Decrease Play Rate wasn't working in the correct order when increase after decreasing or the other way around. - Dragging the Zoom Player window across monitors or changing resolution should no longer disable the VMR9 scaling fix. - Dragging the Zoom Player window across monitors or changing resolution should no longer reset the VMR9 color control values. - Dragging the Zoom Player window across monitors or changing resolution should no longer reset the Overlay color control values. - The /Q parameter now works when used in combination with the scene-cut end playback event. - Flash end-of-file should now be detected better. - Flash clipping should now be OK when setting to the Source or Derived AR modes. - The Setting to have ZP not clear the play list when opening files externally, wasn't really working (play list was getting cleared anyhow). - Enter will now open the selected navigator in DVD Mode as long as there is no DVD playing. - If customized media playback failed to renderer a graph, it was possible that a valid standard graph would get created, but the video would wrongfully appear in an external window. - Changing the Customized Media Mode Splitter twice would throw an error about the file being in use. - The Screen Snap Pixel value would not save properly. - Trying to play a truly locked media file (most applications allow you to read files even if they are using them, so not a lot of files are truly locked) could cause ZP to stop responding after an error dialog popped. - The DrawExText "ShadeBottom" parameter was actually using the value from the "ShadeTop" parameter. - Switching skins would not set the active skin elements correctly. - Can now load UTF8 file names from WPL play list files. - Fixed too many unicode related issues to even begin listing them here. - "SetOPMWReversed" wasn't exported properly for translation. - Possible "Insert Disc in Drive" dialog opening inappropriately when opening an ejected DVD drive. --- * The Complete Change list history can be found on-line at: http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew.shtml --- End.