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Media Library JukeBox mode meta-data scraping for Movie/TV/Music posters, backdrops, still images, title, description, genre, cast, content-rating and more!
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Media Library YouTube (Channels/Searches/Trends/Playlist) integration.
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A Powerful IPTV player supporting Xtreme Codes, Electronic Program Guide List/Grid views with Time Shifting, Archive playback, Favorites and Filtering (Free-TV channels included).
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Media Library icons displaying the content-rating, media format, video codec, video resolution, audio codec and audio channels.
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Fully customizable Action Sound-FX system.
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Media Library RSS feed reader.
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Single action preferred audio device switching (e.g. speakers to headphones).
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Download subtitles through 'OpenSubtitles.org'.
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Torrent Download & Tracking through integration with the qBittorrent client.
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Use XBOX and compatible controllers as remote control with custom, user-assigned functionality.
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Remote Control for Android with Virtual Mouse-pad.
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Custom Action button which you can assign to any Zoom Player function.
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Custom Actions when clicking 'Hot' screen corners (function/extended function/execute app).
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Blu-Ray Decrypted Main-Movie Playback (with subtitles).
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Automation user-selected action when connecting/disconnecting an additional monitor.
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Automation user-selected action when detaching/attaching a "2 in 1" laptop's display.
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Automation user-selected action when switching between tablet and mouse modes (win10).
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Thumbnail preview when hovering with the mouse cursor over the timeline.
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Fullscreen media center navigation Password protected categories.
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Customizable Mouse Gestures.
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Display chapters/bookmarks position directly on the timeline.
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Media Scheduler with remote TCP/IP network based programming support.
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Automatically restore the previously active subtitle track on replay.
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Automatically restore the previously active audio track on replay.
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Use Direct3D PixelShaders to enhance videos with macros to easily switch between shader script presets.
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Use DirectShow filters directly from DLLs (without registering with OS).
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Remotely create and manage playlists without affecting current playback.
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Create Mobile-Phone RingTones from playing media.
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GuardDog (Auto-Restart if the player locks up).
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Network Keep-Alive feature (prevent network drives from disconnecting on inactivity).
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Wakeup On Lan support (turn ON remotely sleeping PCs or Network Storage Devices).
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Scene-Cut Interface (Dynamic, Virtual Audio/Video editing).
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Video Wall (Span Videos across multiple monitors using the EVR Renderer).
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Non-Linear 16:9/4:3 video scaling using EVR (Enhanced Video Renderer).
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Support for Local Configuration file (easily run different configurations/instances on the same PC).
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Video Orbiting (Prevents screen-burns).
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Auto-Execute external programs Running/Closing the player.
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Extended Command Lines "/x", "/y", "/w", "/h", "/nCols", "/nRows", "/Col", "/Row".
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Extended Command Lines "/browse", "/func", "/exfunc", "/config", "/multinst", "/seek".
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Extended Command Lines "/datapath", "/winname", "/connecttcp", "/sharepath".
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HTML Interactivity.
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Flash Interactivity.
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QuickTime Interactivity.
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Copy current play position to the clipboard.
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Fullscreen media center navigation interface with easy to use controls for both Home Theater PCs (HTPC) and Tablets (or other touch devices).
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Fullscreen media center navigation thumbnail view with kinetic smooth scrolling and customizable content-based layout.
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Advanced Smart Play controls (Create your own Smart Play profiles, select & configure custom decoders for each media format).
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Fullscreen media center navigation Safe Mode (hide dangerous functions from inexperienced users).
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Fullscreen media center navigation custom background images.
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Real-Time manual audio re-synchronization with optional initial synchronization value.
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Communication & Control API (TCP/IP, WinAPI's SendMessage or COM), supported by many 3rd party applications.
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Windows Media (WMV/WMA) DRM Support.
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Playlist Power Manager (enhanced search/playlist manipulation).
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Control Zoom Player through a Web Interface (web remote).
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Audio Visualizations (Sonique, Windows Media Player plugin support).
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Mouse Wheel Tilt (left/right) support with selectable functions (Windows VISTA or newer).
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Custom mouse click & scroll functions.
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Password protected options dialog, preventing other people using the computer from modifying your configuration.
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Blank Secondary Monitors (when switching to fullscreen or by calling a function).
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Automatic Audio and Subtitle media file stream selection.
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Play History (Remember Date, Audio/Subtitle Track, Restore previous playback position and more).
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Play History Privacy (control how previously played content is stored & displayed).
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Automatically restore volume level on replay with video files.
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Automatically restore volume level on replay with audio files.
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Share play history on a network path to resume playback from different machines.
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Lock the On Screen Display to a region of the screen.
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Auto-Execute external programs when a PAL/NTSC DVD disc is detected (prior to playing) and when the DVD playback is stopped.
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Map network paths into the File Browsing Media Center navigation interface.
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DVD Password Protected Parental Control.
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DVD Trailers interface allowing you to play trailers prior to starting the movie.
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Automatic Aspect Ratio, Video Size and Blanking depending on the DVD type (Fullscreen, Letterbox or Anamorphic).
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Reload & Replay media files as they are being saved.
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Closed Captions Support in Media Files.
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Use any DirectShow filter as a custom Video Renderer.
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Customize the functions assigned to keyboard navigation (up/down/left/right/enter & space keys).
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Override the playlist editor's font with custom fonts.
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Pattern Calibration System with White Wash Anti Burn-in mode.
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Enhanced Screen Saver controls (Computer generated backgrounds, image slideshows and power saving modes).
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Integrated eMule/uTorrent/qBittorrent file tracker (track download progress within the fullscreen navigation interfaces).
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Customize the background image visible when nothing is playing.
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Customize the background image used when playing audio when no folder image exists.
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Add custom functions to the Task-Bar right-click menu (Windows 7 or better).
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Extended Command Lines "/lockfs", "/tcp".
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Create Contact Sheet (Thumbnail index).
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Multiple Customizable Context Menus with extensive support for both DVD and Media modes.
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No bloat, intuitive interface with a user-friendly design.
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Skins for every resolution, including 4K screens.
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Install Center application, capable of detecting and securely installing up-to-date decoders, missing system components and language packs to improve stability and versatility.
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Support for legacy and cutting-edge Video Rendering technologies (Overlay, VMR7, VMR9, EVR, Haali, MadVR).
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Windows 7 (or better) Task-Bar position coloring.
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Windows 7 (or better) controls on the preview thumbnail (Mute, Play/Pause, Next/Previous Track).
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10-Band Equalizer with Digital PreAmp and Presets.
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DVD Playback from Disc, Hard Drive or network connection.
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Quickly jump between multiple saved positions using media Chapters (or DVD Bookmarks).
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Go-To Interface to quickly and accurately seek into any position within a media file.
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Automatically Extract & Play Archived (zip/rar/7z/etc) content.
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Video Post-Processing (DeInterlacing, Sharpening, etc).
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Play incomplete AVI files.
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Play files locked by third party programs.
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Powerful, category based Media Library interface.
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Automatically play multi-part media files, including GoPro sequences.
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AB-Repeat (Repeat a section of the playing media in a loop).
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Choose from Multiple DVD Audio & Video decoders for improved compatibility and reliability.
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Smart DVD Bookmarking tool, including auto-loading bookmarks.
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Auto-Remember DVD position per-disc (each DVD's position saved separately).
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Multiple DVD play speeds with adjustable speed values.
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Preferred DVD language selection (Audio, Video, Subtitle and DVD Menus).
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Auto-Save definition file per-disc (remember Aspect Ratio Video Position, Color Values, etc).
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External DVD Subtitle Support (Use subtitles from an external file).
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Temporarily disable Auto-Play to prevent other programs from popping up when a DVD disc is inserted.
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DVD, Media, Audio and Media Center navigation skins.
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Advanced media format support (multiple language tracks, subtitles and chaptering in AVI, OGM, MKV and more).
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High resolution subtitle rendering on low resolution video using xySubFilter and MadVR.
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Integration with Windows VISTA's Media Library folders (auto-mapped to Zoom Player's media library).
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Start player window locked to Fullscreen mode (Hide the fact that your computer is your media center back-end).
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DXVA (hardware assisted) decoding with H.264 and VC1 video formats.
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Integrated image viewer (JPG/PNG/BMP) with Zoom, Panning and image-rotation functionality.
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High Quality Icon library containing extension-specific system icons (used when the Player is associated with a file format).
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Mouse Gestures.
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Automatically load and display embedded/external background images when playing audio files (APE/FLAC/ID3/etc).
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Fullscreen Virtual Keyboard (used for renaming files from the fullscreen interfaces and elsewhere where appropriate).
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Extensive Playlist support ZPL/B4S/M3U/WPL (including native Unicode and UTF8 file names).
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Smart Play support (Faster loading files, no decoder conflicts and smoother playback on less powerful computers).
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Microsoft 'MMS' Audio/Video Streaming.
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Multi-Format video streaming of media files or live streams over HTTP.
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SHOUTcast Radio streaming
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Definition system which saves and restores information on the playing media (Aspect Ratio/Color Values/etc).
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Easy access to popular filter interfaces such as XVID/H.264 dialogs, DirectVobSub language selection, etc.
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Fast Play support for most media formats (as long as your CPU can handle the extra load).
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Fast Forward and Rewind support with all media formats.
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User-Specified accelerated list scrolling speed (for large playlists and other content).
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Quick 'starting with' or 'containing' keyboard searches of large lists.
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Enhanced 'On Playlist Complete' setting, allowing control over what actions are taken when playback ends.
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Auto-Aspect ratio compensation for badly encoded 16:9 (widescreen) and 4:3 (fullscreen) content
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Manual-Aspect ratio adjustment
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ID3, APE, FLAC and WMA Tag information visualization.
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Virtual meta-data editor for both Audio and Video media files.
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4 Level Zoom-In Toggle (16.6%, 13.3%, 50%, 100%).
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Windows Media Format 9 High Resolution Multi-Channel Audio Rendering.
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Auto-Play Media CD/USB/External drives.
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Bicubic, smooth scaled image slideshows.
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Easily associate any file format, including an icon navigation interface that allows you to easily decide which icon is used.
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Play random trailers before or after your Movies.
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Multilingual (Translated into multiple languages) with Unicode 16bit Character support.
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Basic and Advanced options dialog, making Zoom Player easy for new users while giving ultimate flexibility to power users.
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Mute audio while seeking.
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Automatic Skin-Mode Switching depending on type of content played (DVD/Media/Audio).
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Dynamic skinning engine with full support for color-tinting.
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Powerful Aspect Ratio controls, including support for non square pixels (Pixel Aspect Ratio), manual Fit-To-Specified-Area Aspect Ratio, Anamorphic Aspect Ratio and even a Custom user-specified ratio.
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Easy control of Video Size and Positioning while in fullscreen, allowing you to position the video anywhere and at any size on screen.
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Fully keyboard mapped features and dialogs, covering every function used by the player (useful with Remote Control, keyboard devices and HTPC systems).
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Programmable keyboard editor, including support for chaining multiple functions to one key and Global Hot-Keys (keys that work even when the player is not focused).
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Advanced mouse controls with customizable functions, including a wide array of mouse-wheel supported features (extremely useful with HTPC systems).
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Custom Video Position, Aspect Ratios, Color Control and Image Blanking presets.
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Dynamic Control Bar, providing easy navigation while in full screen mode, complete with user-selected on-bar functions.
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Detachable Control Bar, allowing you to easily control player functionality from a secondary monitor.
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4xSpeed seeking (short/medium/long/very long) with customizable speeds for quickly seeking forward/backward within the playing media.
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Extensive command line support.
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Override the system-default Audio Output device and assign output to any other audio device on the system.
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User specified registry location, supporting multiple running copies of the player using different configuration profiles.
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Web URL Navigation system, allowing you to associate DVD and Media files with a URL or local information file.
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Fully Multi-Monitor compliant with powerful multi-monitor features.
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Multiple Skin-Modes within a single skin (default/small/minmalistic/frame-only/etc).
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Docking user interface elements to Window Borders and Advanced Magnetic Docking capabilities.
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Translucent user interface (Requires Windows Vista or newer with the Aero interface enabled).
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DVB Support using DCoder's DC-DVB filter, including tuning and time shifting.
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Change screen resolution when going into fullscreen and restore when leaving fullscreen.
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Screenshot support in JPG, PNG and BMP formats.
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LIRC Remote Control support.
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Shortcut File Parsing for easy redirection of DVD and Media content from a centralized location.
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Blanking feature used to cover up non-black area of encoded Video (useful when playing widescreen DVDs or badly encoded media files).
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Girder Command file export for maximum control through a remote device and System Automation.
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Event Ghost support for maximum control through a remote device and System Automation.
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Full support for GraphEdit ".GRF" files.
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Backward (Windows 98) and Forward compatible with all versions of windows running on Intel processors.