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> Announcing Zoom Player v4.00 beta 3, It's finally here!
Blight
post Apr 19 2004, 02:00 PM
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Delayed by a few days due to site issues, Inmatrix is pround to announce the third beta of Zoom Player v4.00.

Please note that the Pro-WMV version is not yet included here as there are microsoft issues with regards to proper playback of multi-channel audio on DRM WMV files.

Changes from v4.00 beta 2:
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* Zoom Player Professional has been split into a third version.
  "Zoom Player WMV Professional" is a seperate version of Zoom
  Player which is capable of playing DRM encoded Windows Media
  files.

  Due to the licensing fees involved in playing DRM content files,
  Zoom Player WMV Professional requires a purchase upgrade from any
  previous version of Zoom Player.

  In order to play DRM files you must first obtain the DRM license
  by using Windows Media Player 9 to obtain the license, or with
  certain WM-DVD discs, just by inserting the disc in the drive
  for the first time (note that license can expire after several
  sessions).

  You must also download this patch from microsoft which fixes
  important issues with Windows Media DRM playback:
  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823738

  Furthermore, you must have a Display Card capable of working
  in Video Mixing Renderer 9 (VMR9) mode.

* The Navigator Interfaces have been rewritten from scratch.
  Most of the functionality has remained the same, but the
  graphical elements have a clearer look and are now skinnable.

  Here are the usability changes:

  -  The File Navigator
  1. Switching between the file and drive listing is now done
     using the left/right (directions switched).
  2. The right direction in the file navigator will go up a
     directory where possible.
  3. The current path is now always visible.

  -  The Play List Navigator:
  1. The design has changed entirely, the display is now split
     into three regions, the main play list, the current directory
     for the highlighted file and a mini file browser.
  2. When the Play List items are active, pressing the Left button
     will remove the currently highlighted item from the list.
  3. When using the Up/Down buttons within the Play List items,
     the file browser will automatically switch the current location
     of the highlighted file.
  4. The Right button switches between the Play List items and the
     File Browser.
  5. Pressing Enter in the file browser will add a highlighted file
     or enter a directory.
  6. Pressing the Left button in the file browser will add an
     entire directory or all the files in the directory if a file
     is highlighted

  -  The Media Library Navigator:
  1. Similar to the File Navigator design, the media categories are
     now visible on the left pane at all times.
  2. The Right/Left buttons always switch between categories and the
     active category is highlighted on the left pane.

* Double clicking on the file name area will now switch between
  Audio mode and DVD Mdoe.

* New Setting (Advanced Options / Control Bar / Settings) allowing
  you to limit the control bar so that it only shows up on mouse
  movement when in fullscreen mode.

* Two new skin variables "tLineFontHeight" and "cBarFontHeight"
  which are superseding "tLineFontSize" and "cBarFontSize" which
  were ill suited for Large Fonts.  Support for the older variable
  remains to keep compatibility with old fonts.

* Zoom Player can now associate and play CellPhone 3GPP (.3GP)
  s263 video files (Must have QuickTime installed for it to play).

* You can now associate the OptimFROG (.OFR) extension and play
  OptimFROG files once you the decoder installed.  OptimFROG is
  yet another lossless audio compression format (in the nature of
  APE and FLAC).  You can get the OptimFROG decoder here:
  http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/formats/optimfrog.shtml

+ Audio DSP should take less CPU power, especially under SSE/SSE2
  capable processors.

+ The playback from archive formats now has a checkbox which allows
  you to select whether the file extension should be looked at to
  determine if the file is an archive, or if the whole file name
  should be evaluated (in a case where the file name might actually
  contain the string, such as "my_music_albw.mp3" or "audio.zip.mp3").

+ The Segment Matching Code has been enhanced to support "*" masking.
  This new method only works when used at the end of the mask.  For
  example, a mask of "x??.*" would match the following:
  Andromeda.4x01.answers_given_to_questions_never_asked.avi
  Andromeda.4x02.pieces_of_eight.mpg
  Andromeda.4x03.waking_the_tyrants_device.avi
  And so forth ...

+ SHOUTcast Playback should now be more reliable, Zoom Player will
  now try the alternate servers if one fails to connect.

+ The "System" Options dialog entry has been replaced with a "Formats"
  entry.  The content of the previous "System" dialog has been moved to
  the "System Overview" tab within the new "Formats" section.  Another
  tab on the formats section now contains a list of detected missing
  playback components with links to where you can download and get
  more information about each component/format.

+ Zoom Player can now detect if Flash or QuickTime is missing and
  inform you on the "Missing Formats" page.

+ New "function" parameter on the "DrawExText" skinning function
  allowing you to specify a double-click function for text labels.

+ If Windows Animation is enabled (in windows), Zoom Player will no
  longer animate the window when going fullscreen or when minimizing
  as it's not very elegant.

+ Vowel decimation is now used to ensure ID3 display fits within the
  display area.

+ The Resize Navigator now displays the current Video Aspect Ratio.

+ You can now select the Custom Mouse Wheel function from a list
  instead of manually typing it in.

- Extracting from archive didn't work for unicode archive names.

- Using Zoom Player to execute external files could cause
  certain Zoom Player features to stop responding.

- The Control Bar and TimeLine fonts should now appear properly when
  Windows is set to 120dpi Large Fonts.


Download v4.00 beta 3.


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post Apr 19 2004, 03:02 PM
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Good to see the ball rolling again smile.gif


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post Apr 19 2004, 04:21 PM
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hello

download page still says beta2 even though its beta3.
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post Apr 19 2004, 06:42 PM
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Sweet, good to see things up and working again smile.gif
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post Apr 19 2004, 08:35 PM
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New file navigator looks and works great thumbup.gif !
How much would Pro-WMV version (not upgrade) cost?
If I don't use netshops, do I ever need any DRM supported player?
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post Apr 19 2004, 10:24 PM
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really beta 3.
good work.


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post Apr 20 2004, 09:08 AM
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Petrovski:
Just a typo... fixed.

Pablo:
$29.95 if you're not upgrading from ZP Pro. The reason I haven't released it yet is that there's a microsoft bug that prevents playback of multi-channel audio streams, the microsoft code dumps everything to 2-Channel stereo. As far as I can tell, microsoft has been aware of this issue since may 2003 and no patch have been issued.

As far as needing DRM support, there's a few DVD discs which come with DRM enabled high-resolution windows media content (T2:UE, Coral Reef Adventure, etc...), I believe disney signed up with microsoft on it, so there may be HD disney content that may use it.


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post Apr 20 2004, 09:39 AM
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In the Media Navigator/Playlist Navigator, could you add the possibility to press a leter/number and go to the first file that match ? Like Windows Explorer do...
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post Apr 20 2004, 09:52 AM
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BeRnA:
The navigators are intentionally set to work with only 5 major buttons (and a few minor buttons) as it's specifically set for remote-control. The remainig buttons are allowed to pass through to control ZP itself.

If you want keyboard control to search for the files, you can just use the standard file->open dialog.


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post Apr 20 2004, 12:04 PM
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I asked that because my remote (and all remotes I know) have numerics keys and I would like to use it as we use it to write SMS in the cellular phones...

it would be a very good feature to add...
I alredy have this implemented in Girder and the only think missing is Zoom Player suport...

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post Apr 20 2004, 03:53 PM
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BeRnA:
You totally lost me, I have no idea what you're talking about now.


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post Apr 20 2004, 04:45 PM
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For each numerical key in my remote it is printed in the key 3 or 4 letters like the cellular phones:
2 - ABC
3 - DEF
4 - GHI
5 - JKL
...

I use girder to send the letter A if you press the key number 2 one time, send letter B if you press the key number 2 two time in a short time and send letter C if you press the key number 2 three time in a short time etc, etc...

The only think missing is Zoom Player support to receive the letters in the navigators to quick access the first mach of each letter...

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post Apr 20 2004, 07:26 PM
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oh smile.gif Great news smile.gif
thx ameeeego from russia smile.gif
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post Apr 20 2004, 07:48 PM
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BeRnA:
Doing something like that is way way way too case specific (as in, you'll be the only one using it due to the complex setup involved), I can't justify development effort toward that, sorry.


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post Apr 20 2004, 08:21 PM
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Thanks anyway... rolleyes.gif
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post Apr 20 2004, 11:10 PM
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QUOTE (Blight @ Apr 20 2004, 09:08 AM)
... The reason I haven't released it yet is that there's a microsoft bug that prevents playback of multi-channel audio streams, the microsoft code dumps everything to 2-Channel stereo. As far as I can tell, microsoft has been aware of this issue since may 2003 and no patch have been issued.
...

Blight, are you talking about a problem with all WMA Pro content or only with one containint DRM?
Are you by any chance talking about the problem with nForce2 mobos discussed in the old forum?
If that's the case the problem was fixe with the new Audio Drivers from nVidia
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post Apr 21 2004, 10:07 AM
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mitko:
No, I'm talking about something specific to DRM. You see, when playing standard WM content, the source filter is connected to audio/video decoding filters which decode the data and then it's sent to the renderers. ZP can set multi-channel audio on the decoding filter so that it is rendered as 6 channels instead of mixed down to stereo.

The problem is, with DRM encoded WM content, the source filter itself decodes everything and outputs the RAW decoded data and the interface telling it to output 6 channel audio is broken! There's no way to interface to it. So while ZP can play DRM encoded WM content, the audio is always stereo, which is unacceptable.


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post Apr 21 2004, 09:11 PM
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OK
I see
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post Apr 22 2004, 08:55 PM
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Blight,

I think I found a small bug. When there are no catagories defined I get a "List Index Out Off Bounds (1)" message as soon as I try to use the Media Navigator. When I 'escape' from the error box I see a empty navigator, even if there are directories defined. The only thing I see is the "All" catagory. As soon as I select it the defined directories become visible.

I also have a small request, the real estate on my screen is valuable. I do not use catagories, so about 30% of the navigator is (for me) useless empty space. Is it possible to have a switch that will turn off the catagory view and the smal box with the icon above it? So I can use the complete screen for the movie titles?

BTW I really think the new look is great
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post Apr 23 2004, 02:36 AM
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Blight, I don't know if you know about this or not but since the first 4.0 Beta the playlist "sort by date" does not work anymore, well at least for me.

It is a very important feature for me so I still use 3.31. Do you know about this and can you fix it?

Thanks, Mark
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