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Video Formats:
IPTV+Xtream Codes / DVD / BluRay (decrypted main-movie playback) / Matroska (MKV) / MPEG4 ISO (MP4) / AV1 / H.264 (AVCHD) / H.265 (HEVC) / H.266 (VVC) / WebM / AVI / XVID / DIVX / Windows Media (WMV+ASF) /
Audio Formats:
MP3 / Free Lossless Audio CODEC (FLAC) / OPUS / Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) / Dolby Digital (AC3+Plus+TrueHD+Atmos) / Digital Theatre Surround (DTS) / SHOUTcast (Streaming) / Wave Audio (WAV) / Windows Media (WMA) / OGG Vorbis (OGG) / CD-Audio (CDA) /
Interactive Formats:
DVD / BluRay (with libVLC) / Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) / Flash (SWF)

Image Formats:
JPEG (JPG) / PNG / WebP / GIF / BMP / PSD / TIFF / ICO / TGA / PSD / FAX / Decoding supported through the DirectShow, Chromium & libVLC media engines.

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The Zoom Player Blog


Zoom Player Final
Announcing Zoom Player MAX & IPTV version 21

Published March 31st, 2025

Zoom Player MAX and Zoom Player IPTV v21 have been released and is now available for download. To view what's new, what changed and what was fixed in this version, click here
Some musing on code optimization
Top 9 Microsoft Store IPTV media players

Published March 8th, 2025

IPTV or Internet Protocol Television is an Internet standard that’s used to stream Live TV or VOD (video on demand) content in a similar way to a TV set-top box. With the only differences being that you buy the set-top box separately from the content provider. ... read more
Low level code optimization
Low level code optimization or "How I made Zoom Player's options dialog open faster"

Published February 24th, 2025

Over the years I've received justified complaints that the advanced options dialog takes too long to open, especially on older or weaker PCs. ... read more
Some musing on code optimization
Some musing on code optimization

Published February 3rd, 2025

When initially designing a new UI such as the Modern UI, I always work on the design first and then when I feel the code is mature enough, I go in and optimize to make sure the UI is as responsive and smoothly as I can make it. ... read more
Playing Blu-ray with Zoom Playe
Playing Blu-ray with Zoom Player

Published November 3rd, 2024

As an indie developer, I don't have the financial resources to license and implement the Blu-Ray standard. As such, encrypted Blu-ray content can't be played in Zoom Player. If you are looking to play encrypted content, I would recommend your try PowerDVD, it's probably the only player for Windows with this capability. ... read more
More from the Blog



Zoom Player's Windowed user interface
Zoom Player's Windowed user interface
Zoom Player's Windowed user interface
Zoom Player's Playlist editor
Zoom Player's IPTV Interface
Zoom Player's IPTV EPG Interface
Zoom Player's Media Server Browser
Zoom Player's Fullscreen user interface and Control bar
Zoom Player's Main fullscreen navigation interface
Media Library movie mode fullscreen navigation interface quick usage guide screenshot
Media Library Movie JukeBox mode fullscreen navigation interface quick usage guide screenshot
Media Library TV JukeBox mode fullscreen navigation interface quick usage guide screenshot
Media Library video mode fullscreen navigation interface quick usage guide screenshot
Zoom Player's Media Library fullscreen navigation interface
Zoom Player's Audio bar mode
Zoom Player's Windowed Equalizer
Zoom Player's Additional control bar buttons
Zoom Player's Main right-click context menu
Zoom Player's Timeline right-click context menu

Video Tutorials

introduction:
Introduction to Media Mode
Introduction to Audio Mode
Introduction to DVD Mode
Usage:
YouTube Channels, Trends & Searches
Using the Playlist Editor
Using the Control Bar
Using the Media Center navigation interfaces
Download missing components with the Install Center
Enabling Video Hardware Acceleration
Controlling the Video Aspect Ratio
Using the Keyboard to control Zoom Player
Using the Equalizer
Creating Chapters & Bookmarks
Virtual Video Editing
Using the Advanced Playlist Control interface
Using Command Line Parameters to control Zoom Player
Using the right-click context menu
Setup & Configuration:
Getting help using Zoom Player
Downloading Subtitles
Displaying Video Subtitles
Configure Smart Play Decoders & Settings
Setting up the Media Library Folders & Categories
Media Library Thumbnail view mode setup and usage
How to setup the Media Library for Movie Scraping
Setting up your system for Multi-Monitor configuration (Part 1)
Setting up your system for Multi-Monitor configuration (Part 2)
Creating RingTones from Media Files
Selecting the active Audio Device
Digitally output Dolby Digital & DTS audio over S/DPIF
Changing the user interface Language
Associating media files with Zoom Player
Auto loading Multi-Part media files
Video Post Processing with FFDShow
Setting up the Mouse Buttons
Re-mapping the Zoom Player keyboard shortcuts
Switching between skin modes
Changing the Background Image