MMP: Minimalist Media Player

NEW

SHUFFLE

• There is now a Shuffle Mode which can be toggled on and off using the Shift-[Home] key
• this applies to all media types being played/displayed in the Main Media Window
• if you set a playlist filter in the Shift-[\] config dialog, e.g. to audio, this will ensure that MMP doesn't display an album cover image file that you might have in the playlist folder and stop on it.
• with Shuffle set ON, the Main Media Window's image slideshow will be random rather than sequential and will run continuously (Normally it would stop at the end of the folder/playlist)
• during playback you can navigate to another folder/directory ([D] next folder, Ctrl-[D] prev folder) and shuffle playback will continue
• during playback, any command for “Play Next” will select a random file in the playlist to play/display
• you can still select any file to play immediately using the [P]laylist Panel. Shuffle will continue at the end of playing that file
• the on/off status of Shuffle Mode will be remembered when you close and subsequently relaunch MMP
• the [P]laylist panel will indicate whether the current playlist folder is being shuffled
• shuffle mode doesn't affect the operations, in particular the slideshow, of the Image & Thumbnail Browser: both slideshows deliberately operate slightly differently to one another to give you the choice of which slideshow to use in any given situation

PLAYLIST FILTER

• A combined Audio & Video filter has been added to the Playlist Filter in the Shift-[\] config dialog
• Ostensibly, this is so that if your music folder contains a mixture of audio files and music videos, all of them will be included in that folder's playlist
• The playlist filter is now applied when you launch MMP regardless of the type of media file you use to launch MMP from your file explorer application
• Regardless of the playlist filter, you can still launch MMP with any type of [supported] media file
• Regardless of the playlist filter, the launch file will always be included in the playlist even when it doesn't match the filter
• If you launch MMP and forget that you had a playlist filter set, you can change the filter in the config dialog and then re[L]oad the playlist. The playlist will be rebuilt from the current folder
• The file you are currently viewing will only be included in the rebuilt playlist if it matches the playlist filter
• If it doesn't match, when the end of that file is reached, MMP will continue with the first item in the rebuilt playlist, or a random item if Shuffle is on
• If you intentionally launch MMP with a file that doesn't match your playlist filter, you can immediately eliminate it from the playlist using re[L]oad playlist
• This way, you can view an album's artwork and then listen to the album on shuffle without the album artwork appearing again
• Note, if you have “open image(s) in browser” set, you can drop out of the Image & Thumbnail Browser back to the Main Media Window with Ctrl-[X], and then re[L]oad and play the rebuilt playlist

FIXED

• with the “Next Folder on Empty [folder]” setting OFF, the Main Media Window and the Image & Thumbnail Browser now close the application correctly any time you perform a command which, in effect, clears the remaining playable/viewable items in the playlist folder:
  • [Del]ete the one remaining file in a folder
  • Ctrl-[Del]ete all remaining files in a folder
  • Ctrl-[K]eep/Delete all files not marked as [K]eep
  • in the Main Media Window: Ctrl-[M]ove or Shift-[M]ove the one remaining file to the “Moved” user-defined folder
  • in the Main Media Window: Shift-[S]ave the one remaining file to the user-defined “Saved” folder
  • in the Image & Thumbnail Browser: [S]ave the one remaining image to the user-defined “Saved” folder

N.B. after Ctrl-[K]eep/Delete, when you're left with just the [K]eep files in a folder, MMP reasonably assumes you're now done managing the files in the playlist folder and treats this situation just like any other end-of-playlist/end-of-folder condition, applying the “Next Folder on Empty [folder]” setting

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KNOWN ISSUES
There are currently no known issues. If you experience one, please create a New Issue at https://github.com/BazzaCuda/MinimalistMediaPlayerX/issues and it will be investigated immediately

Keyframes

• The wiki article on keyframes is now available at Video Keyframes
• There is also an example editing session at Video Editing Example showing how to use the new keyframes functionality to achieve clean edits, with video clips showing the difference that using keyframes can make
• Ctrl-[W] in MMP will quickly take you to the wiki

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

• unzip the .zip file to any folder, e.g. C:\MMP\
• run the mmp-install.bat file which will register all the file extensions that MMP supports*
• 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.