Zoom Player for Trilers?

[homepc]

Can I use ZP to play the online trailers? I get n error and everything I read seems to sy that I must use quicktime player. Is anyone else having the same trouble?

Also, If I have to use qucitime, everytime it plays the trailer, I have to reposition the quicktime screen to the center of the monitor. It alsoway appears in the lower right corner. Is there a way to change this?

Thanks
Ray

[Marbles_00]

Can I use ZP to play the online trailers? I get n error and everything I read seems to sy that I must use quicktime player. Is anyone else having the same trouble?

I think you will find that Zoom cannot read/play .mov files, which most trailers are encoded with. .mov files are a standard file format for quicktime (reason for using that player).

Also, If I have to use qucitime, everytime it plays the trailer, I have to reposition the quicktime screen to the center of the monitor. It alsoway appears in the lower right corner. Is there a way to change this?

You should be able to position the player, and size it accordingly using the XMoveWindow plugin. Do a search on XMoveWindow, and you should be able to pull up a bunch of information on how to set it up...great little plugin indeed.

Hope this helps.

[tswhite70]

ZP will most definitly play .mov files. It can be a pain to get configured correctly, and can be quirky on web based .mov files though. You've got several options in ZP, just search for the relevant keywords in the Inmatrix forums:

1) Default Quicktime Active X component playback (uses a lot of cpu, but has great compatibility with the different .mov types, can be a little quirky with web based mov's)

2) Quicktime Alternative codecs (great compatibility, good cpu usage, I've never tried it with web based mov's but should work)

3) Haali or Gabest splitters with FDDShow (best cpu usage, some compatiblity issues, does not seem to work with web based url's).

If you're watching Large format or smaller .mov files from web based sources you're best bet with ZP is probably the ActiveX component. If you're doing 480p or higher mov's then I would suggest trying the Quicktime Alternative codecs. If you're playing files from the local hard drive you should give the Haali\Gabest\FDDShow route a try.

The other option to avoid installing Apple Quicktime is to use MPC (Media Player Classic) that's available wih the Quicktime Alternative download. Lots of folks use this to avoid the bloat associated with Apple's software - check out the Apple Movie Trailers Utility thread in the Plugins forum.

I ran MPC for a while until I installed something else that stepped on it. Never have figured out what happened or how to fix it - I'll try it again whenever I do a fresh install. Right now I'm running Haali\FDDShow and just not worrying about web based url's.

Sadly - none of the options are perfect, you just need to pick one that works best for you.

good luck,
tsw

[homepc]

Thanks so much for your reply. I have switched to MPC and it works perfect! One question though, I use a remote to control xlobby, but when MPC comes up and plays a trailer, I have to use the mouse on the MPC controls(stop, fast forward, rewind). Is there a way to configure my remote control to also control MPC controls?

Thanks
Ray

[tswhite70]

MPC can be controlled via windows messages. So if you're using girder you can control it that way. Or via xlobby buttons tied to OS:sendmessage commands. Other than that I guess it depends on your remote and control sw. MPC is pretty popular, you should be able to find a solution. There's also a xMPC plugin, search the forums, for displaying media info from MPC in Xlobby.

good luck,
tsw

[homepc]

tswhite70,

thanks for your reply. I dont know much about this "windows messages" thing, but I will do some research. THANKS!