Announcing Zoom Player MAX and Zoom Player IPTV v21 release candidate 1
Published March 5th, 2025
What's new in this beta:
* As part of the Modern UI overhaul, I created a new color control overlay interface. It is accessible through the same color color keyboard shortcut (Shift+"O") and the right-click context menu. The new color control overlay is fully compatible with remote control devices using the left/right/up/down/enter navigation style and provides a more intuitive and less obtrusive interface. The color control overlay is now the default option when picking the color controls from the main home theater interface. You can change this under "Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation". * New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / Video / Colors) that controls the size of the new color control overlay. * New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Control Overlay) to show the control overlay when opening a new media. * Updated Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation) to allow the selection of the new Color Control Overlay interface as an option when opening the color controls from the main Home Theater interface. * New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) that controls whether the stream list filter works when pressing enter or when typing in each letter (default). * The media library's Media Server (PLEX/Emby/Jellyfin) plugin now shows TV episode numbers next to the episode name. + To make sure the new Modern UI's control overlay works well when upgrading from previous versions, the default skin has been applied. If you are using a custom skin, you will need to re-select it from the skin picker dialog. + The IPTV player window has been optimized for smoother scrolling while the stream's logo/image is being updated. + Pressing the ESC key in the Media Library's search window first clears any existing searches and then a second press closes the search window. - Streaming from the media library's "Media server" plugin did not respect the "Use libVLC Engine to stream Media Server content" setting. - Media Server paths are no longer displayed in the media library, they were basically just gibberish to a human and a distraction. - Media Server TV show listings did not show their duration in the TV jukebox area.