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#1 bLight

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 12:32 PM

v8.1.6 is a bug-fix for the FREE version only that removes the erroneous 'trial period is over' message.

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Hi Everyone,
Version 8.1.5 is finally ready!
The new version includes usability tweaks, cosmetic fixes to the user interface and lots of bug fixes,
Enjoy!

Downloads links:
Zoom Player FREE
Zoom Player PRO
Zoom Player MAX

Here is the full change log since v8.1.1:
 New :

  * New installer option to "Associate with Media Formats", disabled by default.
    When enabled, Zoom Player automatically associates itself with every
    media file extension on the "Options / File Format Association" page.

    Once associated, opening/clicking the file extension (".AVI" for example)
    in explorer and other shell programs prompts Zoom Player to execute and
    play the selected media file.

  * The install center can now list optional items without automatically
    selecting the item for installation.

  * The default Onyx skin's title area has been refined.

  * You can now directly configure the LAV Audio, Video and Splitter filters
    through the "Adv. Options / System / Filter Management" dialog.

  * A 'Play in Slowmotion' button has been added to the Control Bar.

  * The Tray icon right-click menu has been added two functions:
    1. Next Chapter/Track.
    2. Previous Chapter/Track.

  * New "ZPEXEIcon" icon library you can apply through the "File Format
    Association" page under "Adv. Options".

    The icon library applies the Zoom Player executable icon to all file
    extensions (replacing the labeled format extensions badges).



 Changes :

  + The player window's video area no longer blanks black when playing
    multiple JPEG images in succession even when the file are not part
    of the playlist (playing the next directory file for example).

  + Smart Play's 'Source Filter' configuration dialog makes it clearer
    that selecting a profile that works as both a source and a splitter,
    overrides smart play's 'Splitter' profile for the media file extension.
    You can only split a media format once ...

  + Smart Play profiles tweaked to increase stability.

  + The custom key file settings (Adv. Options / Interface / Keyboard) now
    accept relative file paths.

  + The play history cache file verification system was overly sensitive,
    causing it to notify you the file may be corrupted even when it wasn't.

  + If "Adv. Option / Interface - 'On Media / DVD Play'" was set to
    'Zoom mode' or 'Fullscreen mode' and the player window was minimized,
    the player window was restored and set to fullscreen each time a new
    media was loaded.  Now this action only takes place if the player window
    is not minimized.



 Fixes :

  - Fixed switching to fullscreen on a secondary monitor with Windows XP,
    which stopped working in version 8.

  - Fixed several small bugs related to how Zoom Player is minimized and
    restored.

  - JPEG images with EXIF rotation mode "6" were not rotated correctly.

  - The '"Derived" mode Automatically Adjusts Aspect Ratio for badly encoded
    content' setting did not adjust for dynamically changing aspect ratios.
    This was especially bad with MadVR which throws a Aspect Ratio change
    event every time.

  - ID3 v2.2 tags with embedded images were not parsed correctly, causing
    the embedded image not to display.

  - Using the "zplayer.regpath" file did not apply the new data path.
    More information @ http://inmatrix.com/zplayer/highlights/multicopy.shtml

  - Pop-up OSD messages would not appear if MadVR OSD services was used
    with a fullscreen navigation interface visible.

  - MadVR now show the first frame in the video when pressing stop.

  - The Pop-Up OSD (Play/Pause/etc) would stick on-screen when using MadVR
    as the video renderer and tabbing away from Zoom Player.

  - If 'On Playlist Complete' is set to 'Do Nothing' and MadVR is used as
    the video renderer, the fullscreen OSD interface would stop updating when
    the video finished playing.

  - Playing MP3 files with embedded album art created by Samsung Kies
    could crash the player (Kies is creating invalid ID3v2 tags).

  - The default "MPEG2 Program" video decoder Smart Play profile has been
    changed from DScaler to LAV as DScaler did not support dynamic aspect
    ratio changes with the EVR (Enhanced Video Renderer).

  - DirectShow filters with stored filter data bigger than 4096 bytes
    would not appear in the 'Registered Filter Manager' dialog (LAV Video
    for example).

  - When deleting a station from the station manager, the station name
    would not appear in the delete confirmation dialog.

  - Due to conflict with Real Player, the RealMedia decoder pack is no
    longer included in the Install Center and the RealMedia Smart Play
    profiles have been modified to use LAV in its place.  

  - Fixed a cosmetical glitch in the options dialog search results.  


#2 ehathgepiurhe

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 01:08 PM

Congrats (and thanks) bLight (for the developing), Godwin (for the skins and graphics) and Booga (for the community interfacing) :kudo: Your hard work is appreciated :)

Thanks to the forum community as well, for the bug finding, testing etc :)

To anticipate a few potential questions:

1. Yes, the final version is the same as the one posted on Facebook and the 8.1.5 Test Release thread (which I shall shortly un-sticky) a few days ago, so if you have installed the final preview (i.e. not one of the pre-final previews), no need to install the final as the version has not changed in the meantime (sometimes a final preview will differ from the final, but not in the case of 8.1.5).

2. The direct download link for the (no longer sold) Premium version is:
http://dl.zoomplayer.com/zp815prm.exe
(I wonder how many Premium version users are left out there? There can't be too many I wouldn't have thought.)

3. The Onyx 8.1.5 skins have been posted to the skins gallery, I posted a note to this effect in the skins forum earlier today.

Oh, and as always, I encourage anyone upgrading their stable version to take the opportunity to clear out their old Zoom settings and start fresh (uninstall your current copy which will wipe the settings, and reinstall the new version from scratch). Of course, you can simply update over the top of your current install to keep your current settings (and I know the majority of people will do this) - but if any of your settings have been corrupted, they will carry over to the new version if you simply update. If you're like me and only change a handful of settings from the defaults, this shouldn't be too much of a hassle.

ehat

Edited by ehathgepiurhe, 17 April 2012 - 01:37 PM.


#3 Torsten

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 03:12 PM

Thank you very much for this new version.

#4 ehathgepiurhe

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 01:53 PM

Hi everyone,

I suspect most people here are users of MAX or Pro - but could I ask someone to test the Free version please? I've installed it on my normal system (for testing) and on a VM (as a result of what I saw on my normal system). On both instances, as soon as I run Free, I get an error message:

The trial Evaluation Period is now over.
You have had 30 days to evaluate the professional features.
Press OK to open the upgrade page in your Browser.

Zoom Player will now close.


That is an odd error for the Free version :ph34r: This is the odd bit - the media background underneath the error dialog is the Free image, the Zoom title bar says "Zoom Player Free" - yet the error message complains that the evaluation period has expired. Basically, I want to see if this is an issue with just my system or not.

If I uninstall 8.1.5 and install 8.1.1 Free, Zoom runs fine. Uninstall 8.1.1 and install 8.1.5 again - and it fails with that error.

Thanks!

ehat

#5 mitko

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 09:52 PM

bLight,
I just noticed that there are couple of source filter profiles that are duplicated ... I think.
Currently the installer adds the following four profiles files
AAC Audio.sourcefilter.profiles
AAC.sourcefilter.profiles
AC3 Audio.sourcefilter.profiles
AC3.sourcefilter.profiles
The last two are 100% the same while the first two have a small difference (one includes a profile for LAV Splitter Source) but they have the same file extension configuration (source(ext=AAC)).
Which ones will Zoom Player use and do we really need all four?

#6 boogafreak

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 07:30 AM

I'll ask bLight to see if there was something wrong with the release..

Mitko, aren't the duplications one for audio and one for video??

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 07:51 AM

booga,
I'm talking about "source filter profiles" - there is no audio/video there. This is the first filter in the graph - the one the reads the file and feeds it to the splitter (if not doing it itself) which then outputs audio and video streams.

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 10:06 AM

You are right :(
I'll ask him, but it may take a few days this time.

#9 boogafreak

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 10:26 AM

A fix was done, and now the new versions of free, pro and max are 8.1.6 :

http://dl.zoomplayer.com/zp816free.exe
http://dl.zoomplayer.com/zp816pro.exe
http://dl.zoomplayer.com/zp816prm.exe
http://dl.zoomplayer.com/zp816max.exe

And here's only the EXE, in the form of a ZP Free patch:
http://dl.zoomplayer...816free_exe.zip

#10 ehathgepiurhe

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 10:48 AM

Yup, Free is now working again - hooray for 8.1.6! Thanks Booga, thanks Blight :)

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#11 nx6

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Posted 20 April 2012 - 08:44 AM

* The install center can now list optional items without automatically
selecting the item for installation.



- ID3 v2.2 tags with embedded images were not parsed correctly, causing
the embedded image not to display.



Yea for fixes!

Congrats on the new release.

#12 boogafreak

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Posted 20 April 2012 - 07:40 PM

I want to say that our users (yes you!) are key for helping us make ZP better :)
Yey for a win-win situation :kudo:

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Posted 22 April 2012 - 12:52 PM

Mitko, the duplicated source filter profiles bug is now fixed for next version. :)

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Posted 22 April 2012 - 01:28 PM

Thank you very much for this update :)

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:39 PM

I'm a Defunct Premium license holder and getting tired of having to come to the forum to dig for my special download for each upgrade.

Have you got a policy to get me off the sinking ship of Premium?

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 02:42 PM

Hi Groomed,

We don't sell Premium anymore, but we keep supporting it.
The new version links are therefore in the main forum - We post on each new version, and a link for premium users.

You can upgrade to MAX if you want at https://www.cleverbr...og/catalog.397/

Regards,
Booga.

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 03:35 PM

Hey Booga,

Thanks, I appreciate the continued support for Premium. If I upgrade to Max would Zoom Player update itself or does one still need to download each update and then install. Not sure I'd know what to use the Max feature set for but I don't mind supporting this media player a bit more.

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 04:14 PM

We moved to a mode that ZP knows how to update itself.