It's a slideshow movie player that is a new front end for microsoft's media player. It has a playlist that you choose from the files or your system and it plays the movies one after the other until the end of the playlist is reached. It requires that microsoft media player (TM) revision 6 or newer is installed on your system.
In future versions I plan on adding Real Media player and Quicktime components to the player portion . Additionally the playlist side will get revamped to do any order you wish instead of the current alphabetical. You will also be able to save and load playlists. You will also be able to set GsMoviePlayer as your default movie player for whichever movie types you wish. You can also select which component will be used to play whatever kind of file extension you want. Example: You will assign .avi's to microsft component and mp3's to Real and .mov's to quicktime. Because it will use the three companies players sound files will also be playable and listable and assingable to the new player.
It's a very simple install. Just run the executable. Then run the program created.
NOTE:It's basically a new front end to Microsoft's latest media player. If you
don't yet have Micrsoft's latest media player go get it at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/download/default.asp
If you have existing files during the install always accept the recommendation
shown.
One way you can tell if you need a new microsoft media player to run GsMoviePlayer
is the install will not produce errors (other than file exists) only if the
required media player is already in place on your machine. So if you get errors
(besides files existing already) go get the player and install it and then re-install
mine.
All directions are listed next to their actions in the menus or are self evident
except for a few things:
shift-enter - gets you into full screen mode till you decide otherwise
alt-enter - is the only way to get out of full screen mode or if not in full
screen mode already, it will put you into full screen mode for the duration
of the current movie.
right-click - on the movie will do the same as an F5 key or play/pause from
the play menu.
double-click - in the movie selection dialog box will move the double-clicked
file.
- In the selection list screen whatever movie is selected is what file the program
starts at and then goes down the list from there. For example if you had a directory
with a couple hundred files and didn't want to add them one by one, move all
the files in to the list and simply select the one you want to start playing
at. Note it will stop at the bottom of the list and not wrap around.
Revision History:
version 1.0.6 - added mpeg movie type and fixed ocassional switch between filename
crash
version 1.0.5 - added wmv and mpv movie types
version 1.0.4 - fixed missing drive or directory bug (when temporary drives
or directory disappear the program goes back to c:\)
- fixed power down / crash location bug. If the program goes to far down or
to the right it will get sent back to the upper left hand corner.
version 1.0.3 - added .asf files to file selection screen
version 1.0.2 - features added:
- Full screen mode capability
- Remebers position of screen when program is exited
- Remebers last directory used when OK clicked in selection screen
- Right-click to play/pause
- Double-clicking in selection screen
- Adjusted volume controls a little
version 1.0.1 - 2/14/99 Bugs fixes to the first one
version 1.0.0 - 2/2/99 First stab at it.
As always if you want to get on the email list for upgrades, want to make a request for a feature, have a comment, or find a bug, let me know at g@world.std.com.