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Release v5.1.0
This release is available through the auto-update facility in the Ctrl [A] About Box
These release notes can be read from the What's New? button in the About Box after the auto-update has completed, as well as the release notes for all previous releases.
Use Shift-[\] to open the MMP config dialog
Use Ctrl-[H] to open a [H]elp panel
Don't forget, the recommendation is to set openImage=browser and exitBrowser=exitApp and to associate all your audio, video and image file extensions with MMP using the provided mmp-install.bat file. This operates MMP as [in effect] two applications in one: the main media-playing window for playing (and editing) audio and video files, and the Image & Thumbnail Browser for viewing and managing all your image files. See the wiki to get the most from your use of MMP, particularly the MMP Config File topic
===== Release Notes v5.1.0 =====
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-[\] (shift-backslash) 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 and, 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-[\] (Shift-Backslash) 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
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 https://minimalistmediaplayer.com/video/keyframes
There is also an example editing session at https://minimalistmediaplayer.com/video/editingexample 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
This release is available through the auto-update facility in the Ctrl [A] About Box
These release notes can be read from the What's New? button in the About Box after the auto-update has completed, as well as the release notes for all previous releases.
Use Shift-[\] to open the MMP config dialog
Use Ctrl-[H] to open a [H]elp panel
Don't forget, the recommendation is to set openImage=browser and exitBrowser=exitApp and to associate all your audio, video and image file extensions with MMP using the provided mmp-install.bat file. This operates MMP as [in effect] two applications in one: the main media-playing window for playing (and editing) audio and video files, and the Image & Thumbnail Browser for viewing and managing all your image files. See the wiki to get the most from your use of MMP, particularly the MMP Config File topic
===== Release Notes v5.1.0 =====
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-[\] (shift-backslash) 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 and, 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-[\] (Shift-Backslash) 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
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 https://minimalistmediaplayer.com/video/keyframes
There is also an example editing session at https://minimalistmediaplayer.com/video/editingexample 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