MMP: Minimalist Media Player

NEW

Main Media-Playing Window:

• Ctrl-[R]epeat, (turn on/off auto-[R]epeat of an audio or video file), will now be sent to all running instances of MMP when you have Numlock On. This allows you to, for example, launch several video clips at once, and immediately set them all to repeat so you can have a collage of videos playing continuously on your desktop. (Ctrl-[9] will auto-arrange up to four of them (it used to be 9) - if you launch more than four you'll have to arrange and resize them manually).
• [E]ars, aka mute/unmute will now be sent to all running instances of MMP when you have Numlock On. This allows you to, for example, launch several video clips at once and immediately mute them all if you don't already have muted=yes in the MinimalistMediaPlayer.conf file. ([E]ars changes the .conf setting) Note that you can alter the volume of an individual MMP window by using the mouse wheel or the up/down arrow keys on that window, without having to turn Numlock Off.
• Shift-[S]ave. In addition to Ctrl-[M] to [M]ove the media file to the folder specified in the moveFolder= setting, Shift-[S] will [S]ave the file to the folder specified in the saved= setting. This brings the main window in line with the Image & Thumbnail Browser by also now providing a [S]ave function. (See the Wiki for detailed information on how User Folders work in the Image & Thumbnail Browser and how to set them in the MinimalistMediaPlayer.conf file.)
• Ostensibly, this is to allow you to [M]ove audio/video files to one folder, and [S]ave images to a different folder, from the main window; however, both operations actually operate regardless of the media file type.
• Because Shift-[S]ave vs Ctrl-[M]ove might be slightly confusing, Shift-[M] has also been added as an alias for Ctrl-[M]. (Ctrl-[S] in the main window toggles subtitles on/off)
• When you have a number of deletion tasks in progress, or a long deletion task (e.g. shredding a large video file), the number of tasks currently in progress will be displayed in MMP's notification area. Previously, this was only being displayed in the Image & Thumbnail Browser. You won't be able to exit MMP while any deletion task is still running; however, you can queue-up the exit by pressing [X] - MMP will then e[X]it as soon as all deletion tasks are complete.

Audio & Video Timeline Editor:

• Ctrl-Shift-[C] to cleanup Audio & Video Timeline Editor editing files in the current folder now uses the new Confirm/Delete dialog box, detailing your chosen delete method. (Cleanup can be done with or without the Timeline editor open)
• Ctrl-Shift-[C] to cleanup Audio & Video Timeline Editor editing files in the current folder can now be issued while the Audio & Video Timeline Editor is still open. (Cleanup can be done with or without the Timeline editor open)
• (Cleanup deletes all the .mmp, .log and .seg files, and all the .segnn. segment files listed in the .seg files that MMP created during the export of your timeline. The contents of any subfolders aren't touched.)
• You can now move straight from editing one audio/video file, to editing the next (or previous) one in the playlist using [W]atch next or [Q] previous (or selecting from the playlist panel, etc.), without having to first close the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, go to your desired media file and then reopen the Audio & Video Timeline Editor.
• If the next file to be edited turns out to be not an audio or a video file, the Audio & Video Timeline Editor will close.
• This is also true if you delete the file currently being edited.
• If the next file to be edited contains any invalid characters in its <path>\<filename>, the standard warning message will be displayed and the Audio & Video Timeline Editor will close so that the file can be renamed before you then re-open the Audio & Video Timeline Editor.
• If you have a lot of video files to edit, a new MinimalistMediaPlayer.conf setting, startInEditor=yes will launch MMP directly into the Audio & Video Timeline Editor for the video file you launched from Windows Explorer (or whatever File Manager software you use, e.g. Directory Opus).
• You can temporarily override this setting by holding down a Shift key when you launch the audio/video file.
• The width of the vertical cursor has been increased by 1 pixel. This makes it easier to grab with the mouse, especially when you haven't paused playback.
• When the vertical cursor is very close to the join between one segment and the next (e.g. an excluded segment next to an included segment), it can be difficult to ascertain which segment the currently playing part of the media file is in, excluded or included. To help, the time panel displayed in the middle of the timeline now changes color to match the excluded/included status of the segment under the cursor. You can then adjust (e.g. [S]horten or [L]engthen) a segment to suit. The time panel color immediately adjusts to match your changes.
• If a media file is renamed (either with or without the Audio & Video Timeline Editor open), the corresponding .mmp file [if it exists] will also be renamed. MMP doesn't rename any existing .seg file though so that any previous Export you performed under the old name will be cleaned-up correctly by Ctrl-Shift-[C] and there will be no orphaned .segnn. files.
• In v4.1.4 the Segments & Streams Panel resized as you added more segments. This has been enhanced so that when you open the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, the panel will now resize to fit as many of the segments recorded in the .mmp file as possible, limited by the current height of the main media window. (This only applies to video editing. For audio editing, the panel is a fixed size.)
• As you create more and more segments by setting In out Out points, the `Segments & Streams Panel` will give you a running total of the duration of all the segments to be included in your export. This updates each time you make a change on the Timeline. Because FFMPEG will make the cuts on the nearest keyframe to your cuts and not necessarily at the exact points you make the cuts, the “Export” total shown will be a useful approximation; it's likely that this approximation will be slightly shorter than the final export, but it's very unlikely to be longer.

CHANGES

• In the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, [C]ut segment and Ctrl-[C]ut and exclude segment have been removed. They were made redundant when [I]n point and [O]ut point were introduced many releases ago. You can now easily, and very quickly, edit an entire audio or video file with minimal effort:
  • [Tab] / Ctrl-[Tab] or [T] / Ctrl-[T] to fast forwards and backwards through the file
  • [Spacebar] to Pause/Play (although you can do an entire edit and Export without ever stopping the playback!)
  • drag the vertical cursor to “scrub” through the file and set the playback position
  • or…click on the progress bar to set the playback position
  • or…hold down a Ctrl key and move your mouse along the progress bar to “scrub” through the file
  • [I] and [O] to create included/excluded segments by setting In and Out points.
  • Click Export.
  • (For the other controls, [R]estore segment, e[X]clude segment, [M]erge Right, [N]erge Left, [S]horten segment , [L]engthen segment, Ctrl-[Z] Undo and Ctrl-[Y] Redo see the Help tab in the Segments & Streams Panel of the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, or check out the detailed Wiki)

FIXES

• Occasionally, libMPV-2.dll won't auto-repeat some very short video clips even though the MPV player itself does auto-repeat those same clips. A fix for this has been built directly into MMP.
• In v4.1.4, a comma , was omitted from the list of characters allowed in a file's path or file name that you wanted to edit. MMP v4.1.4 complained if you tried to Ctrl-[E]dit an audio or video file containing one. This has been fixed.
• In the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, when repositioning the vertical cursor by clicking somewhere on the progress bar, there was a slight delay in v4.1.4 before the cursor jumped to the new location. This is now instantaneous.
• In the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, when rapidly dragging the vertical cursor back and forth along the entire length of the Timeline, any flicker has been greatly reduced.
• In the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, when switching between editing either audio or video files, MMP now correctly adjusts to the constraints of each.
• In the Audio & Video Timeline Editor, the remaining Ctrl-[Z] Undo and Ctrl-[Y] Redo minor anomalies have been fixed.
• various minor bug fixes and code improvements.

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Quick Install
The quickest way to get up and running with MMP is to

1. run the mmp-install.bat file which will register all the file extensions that MMP supports*.
2. rename the example MinimalistMediaPlayer.conf_ file by removing the _ so that MMP uses it.
3. double-click any media file (audio, video, image) in your File Explorer software.

* mmp-uninstall.bat unregisters them.

Any issues, please let me know Issues

Wiki site
The fully-detailed wiki at minimalistmediaplayer.com continues to grow. The Wiki greatly expands on the brevity of the Ctrl [H] help panels by providing comprehensive info to help you get the most out of using all of MMP's many controls and configurable options.

If there is a particular aspect of MMP that you would like more information about, let me know and I will add a topic to the Wiki or enhance an existing topic.

Feedback
All feedback, issues and suggestions should be raised in Issues or Discussions

Asset files
The “…full.zip” release file below contains everything you need to run MMP: Minimalist Media Player:

- MinimalistMediaPlayer.exe
- MediaInfo.dll
- libmpv-2.dll
- ffmpeg.exe
- libeay32.dll
- ssleay32.dll

N.B. Only MinimalistMediaPlayer.exe will be updated automatically. If the zip file contains newer versions of the other files, you should update and test these for yourself to ensure they will run on your Windows system. MMP will not make that assumption and overwrite your working versions. You are advised to make a copy of the older versions in case you need to revert to them.