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Niceplayer V0.96.2: Requirements 10.4.0 PPC or Intel Recommended Codecs

This open source movie player aims to provide a nice experience for casual movie viewing and presentations. It features full screen floating windows, convenient controls for playback, and on-the-fly playlist creation. The latest version fixes issues with folder expansion in playlists and QuickLook support for additional file formats.

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Niceplayer V0.96.2: Requirements 10.4.0 PPC or Intel Recommended Codecs

This open source movie player aims to provide a nice experience for casual movie viewing and presentations. It features full screen floating windows, convenient controls for playback, and on-the-fly playlist creation. The latest version fixes issues with folder expansion in playlists and QuickLook support for additional file formats.

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NicePlayer v0.96.

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by Jay Tuley - [email protected]
and Robert Chin - [email protected]
http://code.google.com/p/niceplayer

This program aims to be a open source movie player designed for playing movies nicely
for a person who likes to watch or present movies on their computer (such as the casual
viewer or the video artist). This program features full screen or border-less floating
windows, convenient controls for scrubbing or queuing movies, and on the fly playlist
creation.

Requirements 10.4.0 < PPC or Intel

Recommended Codecs
Perian (.flv,avi,divx and much more) - http://perian.org/
A52Codec (ac3)- http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec/
Xiph Components (ogg)- http://xiph.org/quicktime/
Flip4Mac (wmv) -
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx

Version 0.96.2 (v581)


Fix for lack of folder expansion when dragging directly to the playlist
QuickLook support for mkv and divx file extensions
m4v file extension document association added.
NicePlayer Apple Remote code has been updated for Leopard
NicePlayer can now be set on every screen in Leopard Spaces

Version 0.96.1 (v572)


Fixed playlist delete bug - introduced 0.96.0
Fixed playlist drag and drop bug - introduced 0.96.0
Added Leopard Sized Icons
Added Sparkle Preference Pane
Fixed preference bug that ignored preference changes - introduced 0.96.0
Code signed
Resolution Independent GUI (Glitchy in Tiger, works pretty good in Leopard)
New and Updated AppleScripts for the Script Menu
Version 0.96 (v543)
Basic Leopard compatibility
Progressive movie loading progress in scrubbing area
Chapters expand in playlist drawer.
New Playlist and Volume menus
Fixed subtitle bugs involving parsing commas in SSA, and foreign encodings.
Using Sparkle for future updates
Fixed Transparency behavior in regards to correctly representing opacity and
transparency

Version 0.95 (v514)


100% Open Source (MPL/LGPL/GPL)
Added support for Chapters, and enabling extra Audio and Video tracks for the Core
Video engine
Added basic support for external subtitle files
.ssa substation alpha,
.srt SubRip,
.sub MicroDVD
Added file type extension recognition for
.divx,
.vdvd (package around VIDEO_TS ala "VIrtual DVDs"),
.mkv (Matroska added in anticipation for future Perian support),
.ogg( for Theora/Ogg support provided by the xiph components),
.flv (for current perian support)
New fresh look
Added AppleScript-able Transparency, with a default script for applying it
Added preference for volume memory on creation of new windows
Added AppleScript vocabulary for determining full screen
Fixed bug that caused niceplayer to hang on quit after watching a DVD on a Core2Duo
Macbook
Fixed bug involving not being able to unmute
Fixed bug involving changing window level in fullscreen
Fixed bug in auto dvd launching script
Fixed bug that sometimes would cause movies to show up black when opened off a
removable disk
Fixed various crashes
Version 0.94.1 (v437)
Fixes a crashing bug caused by the DVD plugin (can make other movies crash as well
when loading)

Version 0.94 (v432)


Universal Binary
Supports the Apple Remote
Added an option to disable the scroll wheel
Now uses almost no CPU when idle
New smarter resizing (resize from screen edge)
Fixed DVD aspect ratio scaling framework problems
Fixed auto-starting of playback after minimize

Version 0.93 (v394)


Can switch playback engines on the fly
Detects correct aspect ratio of DV footage (Tiger only)
Can open content nested content by opening it's folder
Integrated AppleScript Menu
Manually change aspect ratios via the script menu
General stability enhancements
Increased applescript vocabulary
Support for Smart Crash Reports if you have it installed
(http://www.unsanity.com/smartcrashreports)
Fixed bug that caused windows to disappear
Fixed bug that caused NicePlayer to crash when launched on a case-sensitive file
system.
Fixed multiple bugs with dvd playback on tiger
Fixed bug with playlists occasionally opening improperly

Version 0.92 (v320)


Basic Saving/Loading Playlists (.nicelist)
Completed plugin interface
Basic Core Video support (Tiger only) for improved playback
Option to resize width and height independently
Option to use scroll wheel for volume
Support for notification overlays
Smart window layout when opening new windows
Fixes for interface bugs.
Can associate WMF and ASF files with NicePlayer
Button in title bar for showing and hiding playlist.
AppleScript support for enter full screen on screen x for multiple monitors

Version 0.91 (v251)


AppleScript Support
Faster Application Startup
Better DVD playback support
Context menus, especially useful for DVDs
New media navigation menu
Screen no longer sleeps during DVD playback
UI elements fade out and other GUI improvements
Option arrow keys do frame step
Bug Reporting website
Improved Japanese Localization
Chinese Localization

Version 0.90 (v151)


Fixed some instability
DVD playback
Smarter behavior when window content changes aspect ratio
New Multi-pane preferences
holding down Option when changing size from Normal, Double, Half size effects all
windows
Added Help Files
Added playlist skipping
Option Scroll wheel to adjust volume of a window
Volume settings effect entire playlist
Drag and drop onto windows adds to playlist
Help Documentation
Japanese Localization

Version 0.88:
Widgets show up when application is inactive
Clicking on time elapsed toggles between time remaining and time elapsed.
File icons for recognized types
Customizable fast forward and rewind speeds
Preferences for looping, time elapsed/remaining default display, fast forward/rewind
speed
Fixes for network loading of files
Auto Update Check

Version 0.86:
Double click now goes to full screen, and right click toggles play/pause. (option in
preference).
Better performance fast forward / rewind.
Cmd+T toggles whether a window floats on top or not.
Preference for centered resize or top/left resize
Basic playlist shuffle
Play on open and full screen on open (implemented as preferences)
Present Multiple movies blacking out all monitors.
Escape gets out of full screen mode.
Play on full screen and/or stop on un-full screen (option in preferences).
Play all simultaneously.

Version 0.85:
Fixed bug with changing movies in and out of full screen loses controller on mouse
over.
Added more volume variation (use up and down arrow keys, opt -down arrow is mute).
Centered movies are now vertically centered as well.

Version 0.84:
Added mouse-over title bar.
Pauses movie on minimize and resumes on de-minimize.
Fixed bug with a fast movie window drag causing a window to resize.
Switched author email to gmail account for sending bugs and feature requests.

Version 0.83:
Loops, for movies or playlists.
Drag and Drop support for modifying playlists.
Fixed bug with mouse over and uneven multiple monitors.
Uses refactored classes into IndyKit framework used for NicePlayer and iEatBrainz.
Version 0.81:
Borderless windows (can be closed or minimized with keyboard shortcuts or menus)
Fully resizable keeping aspect ratio (drag right corner or use scroll wheel)
Full Screen (can move to change monitor by dragging movie to desired screen, even
when in full screen mode)
By dropping several movies on to the NicePlayer icon in the dock will open as a playlist
in one movie window.
Overlay controls for play/pause, fast forward (5 secs), rewind(5 secs) and scrubbing,
that appear when mousing over the bottom of the movie window, (or bottom of the
screen in full screen mode)

Feature Requests
May be posted at:
http://charon.laya.com/niceplayer/trac.cgi/wiki/FeatureRequests

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