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Apr 19 2004, 02:00 PM
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![]() Lead Developer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 7704 Joined: 17-April 04 Member No.: 1 |
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: CODE * 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. -------------------- Have you read the FAQ?
Have you read the Usage Guides? Have you read the Media Setup Guide? -------------------------------------------- When I am pointing you to an Options Dialog setting, I'm always referring to the Advanced Options Dialog. |
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Apr 19 2004, 03:02 PM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 17-April 04 From: Stone Henge Member No.: 2 |
Good to see the ball rolling again
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Apr 19 2004, 04:21 PM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 18-April 04 Member No.: 19 |
hello
download page still says beta2 even though its beta3. |
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Apr 19 2004, 06:42 PM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 18-April 04 From: Sweden Member No.: 29 |
Sweet, good to see things up and working again
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Apr 19 2004, 08:35 PM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 19-April 04 Member No.: 66 |
New file navigator looks and works great
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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Apr 19 2004, 10:24 PM
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 18-April 04 Member No.: 21 |
really beta 3.
good work. -------------------- shamodeyu,coming from www.cnbeta.com,means fish in the desert!
神秘流传于千古 存于空间第四度 八号当铺不归路 只能典进不能出 |
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Apr 20 2004, 09:08 AM
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![]() Lead Developer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 7704 Joined: 17-April 04 Member No.: 1 |
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. -------------------- Have you read the FAQ?
Have you read the Usage Guides? Have you read the Media Setup Guide? -------------------------------------------- When I am pointing you to an Options Dialog setting, I'm always referring to the Advanced Options Dialog. |
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Apr 20 2004, 09:39 AM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 19-April 04 Member No.: 62 |
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...
Thanks. |
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Apr 20 2004, 09:52 AM
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![]() Lead Developer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 7704 Joined: 17-April 04 Member No.: 1 |
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. -------------------- Have you read the FAQ?
Have you read the Usage Guides? Have you read the Media Setup Guide? -------------------------------------------- When I am pointing you to an Options Dialog setting, I'm always referring to the Advanced Options Dialog. |
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Apr 20 2004, 12:04 PM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 19-April 04 Member No.: 62 |
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... Thanks. |
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Apr 20 2004, 03:53 PM
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![]() Lead Developer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 7704 Joined: 17-April 04 Member No.: 1 |
BeRnA:
You totally lost me, I have no idea what you're talking about now. -------------------- Have you read the FAQ?
Have you read the Usage Guides? Have you read the Media Setup Guide? -------------------------------------------- When I am pointing you to an Options Dialog setting, I'm always referring to the Advanced Options Dialog. |
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Apr 20 2004, 04:45 PM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 19-April 04 Member No.: 62 |
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... Thanks. |
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Apr 20 2004, 07:26 PM
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 85 |
oh
thx ameeeego from russia |
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Apr 20 2004, 07:48 PM
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![]() Lead Developer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 7704 Joined: 17-April 04 Member No.: 1 |
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. -------------------- Have you read the FAQ?
Have you read the Usage Guides? Have you read the Media Setup Guide? -------------------------------------------- When I am pointing you to an Options Dialog setting, I'm always referring to the Advanced Options Dialog. |
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Apr 20 2004, 08:21 PM
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Greenhorn ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 19-April 04 Member No.: 62 |
Thanks anyway...
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Apr 20 2004, 11:10 PM
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Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 20-April 04 From: Sofia, Bulgaria Member No.: 89 |
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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Apr 21 2004, 10:07 AM
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![]() Lead Developer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 7704 Joined: 17-April 04 Member No.: 1 |
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. -------------------- Have you read the FAQ?
Have you read the Usage Guides? Have you read the Media Setup Guide? -------------------------------------------- When I am pointing you to an Options Dialog setting, I'm always referring to the Advanced Options Dialog. |
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Apr 21 2004, 09:11 PM
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Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 20-April 04 From: Sofia, Bulgaria Member No.: 89 |
OK
I see |
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Apr 22 2004, 08:55 PM
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 22-April 04 Member No.: 120 |
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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Apr 23 2004, 02:36 AM
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 23-April 04 Member No.: 123 |
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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