zPlayer - a small audio and video player with mpv and winmm.dll 7.0.0.0

Hey, nice player, one thing i think could be improved is the volume function.

The mute function mutes the whole pc sound, instead of just the player, same for the volume adjust,

it adjusts the global system volume instead of just the player volume.

@careca Many thanks for your comment. I will look if I can do it. I may ask for your help.

PS: I could do it without too much difficulty. New version was uploaded.

Edited May 17, 2019 by CYCho

This doesn't appear to work with .wav files. is that correct? I'd love to use it to quickly play them before editing in Audacity

@seadoggie01 It works OK with .wav file in my computer. If you are using Windows 10, please check if Windows Media Player feature has been turned on. You can do it via  ‘Control Panel’ > ‘Programs’ > ‘Programs & Features’ > ‘Turn Windows Features On or Off’' > 'Media Features' > 'Windows Media Player'.

This player is supposed to work with all file types supported by Windows Media Player. FLAC and OGG files can also be played if proper codecs are installed.

It appears that it's not listed on the default file types that are read from the config file.  On line 39:

Global $fileTypes = IniRead(@ScriptDir & "\zPlayer.ini", "Player", "File Types", "mp3 wma asf ogg flac ape")

@seadoggie01 That's right. I used to have an input box at the start of the program to define the file types. But I deleted it because I thought it was so rarely used. Now you can define them by editing the zPlayer.ini file as memntioned in the Help. Once in there, it will remain there unless you edit the ini file again. I will have to elaborate this in the readme.txt. Thank you for pointing that out. And thanks for your positive review.

Edited March 1, 2020 by CYCho

You should consider using the BASS library by un4seen instead of WMP. It supports more formats like tracker files (mod, xm, etc.) AND it will run on any system. I use debloated installations of windows which do not come with WMP.

@Synaps3, Thank you for your recommendation. I don't have any working knowledge of BASS. I thought it does not support video playback. Do you have tried it for videos?

Edited July 12, 2022 by CYCho

6 hours ago, CYCho said:

@Synaps3, Thank you for your recommendation. I don't have any working knowldege of BASS. I thought it does not support video playback. Do you have tried it for videos?

Oh, sorry you're right. It doesn't seem to support video.