Zoom Player is a robust Media and DVD Front-End Player. It was designed to be simple at first glance while being remarkably dynamic and flexible when used to its full potential. Zoom Player works in two modes: a Media mode which can play any file supported by DirectShow (any file which plays in MediaPlayer) and a DVD mode which uses pre-installed DirectShow DVD filters to play DVD content. It supersedes media player in all it's functions and provides several important functions that media player lacks. Zoom Player provides special zooming functions to improve TV-Output quality by eliminating overscan.
Changes in Current Version:
New interface for manually creating Media Graphs according to Media Extension
New OSD DVD Chapter changer
New Bookmark (DVD)/Chapter (Media) Navigator OSD
New Play List Navigator OSD
The Overlay Color Controls can now be controlled through the keyboard and remotely by using the Arrow keys
The DVD AutoLoad confirmation dialog can now be controlled through a remote properly
Support for a default DVD Menu language
Support for DVD background image (when playback is stopped), simply put a BMP/JPG image by the base name "dvdimage" in the Zoom Player directory and that image will appear when in DVD Mode
Support for Audio Background image
New setting to disable CD/DVD AutoPlay while Zoom Player is running
You can now Title the Preset values through the preset dialog
Added a Toggle to Override the VMR Renderer
Modified the Randomize algorithm
The Next/Previous track buttons will load a random track if random play is enabled
Improved Keyboard Macro interface that supports extended keyboard commands such as applying Aspect Ratio and Saving/Applying Presets
The "Show File Name on Time Line" now doubles as "Show Title and Chapter" in DVD mode
New function and keyboard macro ("B" Key) to add the current DVD position as an Auto-Load bookmark
New function and keyboard macro ("T" Key) to seek the video to it's starting position
The DVD Disc Definition file is no longer Auto-Loaded when the Auto-Save option is enabled
Switching between DVD and Media modes no longer exists fullscreen mode
You can now have the Resume form last DVD position dialog auto-close within 10 seconds
The Installer now gives you the option to "Start in DVD Mode by Default"
The Options dialog position is now remembered
New DVDGraph function to Indirectly connect filters
New function to return from a previous DVD Sub-Menu
Several new mouse click toggle functions when used in combination with the Alt and Ctrl keys
In Media mode, when you enabled the setting to have the file name visible on the time line
New skinning constant to display the file name without an extension
A clearer message should now be shown informing the user that Direct-X v8 or newer is required for DVD playback when an older version is in used
Fixed a memory corruption bug that caused weird error messages to pop every once in a while
Modified the Context Menu so that it pops on the left side of the click-area
Using the drive's eject button should now stop the movie gracefully
When the Multiple Instances setting is disabled, you should no longer be able to run the player more than once
The unpause button/function can now be used to exit FF/SM/RW modes
Scaling down the window using the +/- keys will no longer make the window drift to the lower right side once it's at it's smallest dimensions
Fixed: When switching Mouse Wheel function through the options dialog, the context menu wouldn't be updated, however the selected function was active
Fixed: Updating the Mouse Wheel function list wasn't being done in real time
