MediaPlayer

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 14 February 2019
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NAME

MediaPlayer - Classic Windows™ Media Player

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/MediaPlayer [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

MediaPlayer [ /help | /h | /? ]

MediaPlayer [ options ] [ pathname ]

options ::= { /dsub "dubname" | /sub "subname" | /filter "filtername" | /dvd | /cd | /open | /play | /close | /shutdown | /fullscreen | /minimized | /new | /add | /regvid | /regaud | /unregall | /start ms | /fixedsize w,h | /monitor N }

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

Media Player (Classic) is a powerful and efficient media player that appears as an earlier version of Windows™ Media Player. You can configure keyboard commands, configure/reorder/disable codecs/filters etc.

The MediaPlayer command can be installed to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Microsoft™ Windows Explorer' for most convenient usage. To do so, invoke MediaPlayer -i once.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-i
install the MediaPlayer command as menu point 'MediaPlayer' to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-u
uninstall the MediaPlayer shortcut from the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-V
print program version.

"pathname"
the main file or directory to be loaded (wildcards are allowed).

/dsub "dubname"
load an additional audio file.

/sub "subname"
load an additional subtitle file.

/filter "filtername"
load DirectShow filters from a dynamic link library (wildcards are allowed).

/dvd
run in dvd mode, "pathname" means the dvd folder (optional).

/cd
load all the tracks of an audio cd or (s)vcd, "pathname" means the drive path (optional).

/open
open the file, don't automatically start playing.

/play
start playing the file as soon the player is launched.

/close
close the player after playback (only works when used with /play).

/shutdown
shutdown the operating system after playback.

/fullscreen
start in fullscreen-mode.

/minimized
start in minimized mode.

/new
use a new instance of the player.

/add
add "pathname" to playlist, can be combined with /open and /play.

/regvid
create file associations for video files.

/regaud
create file associations for audio files.

/unregall
remove all file associations.

/start ms
start playing at ms (= miliseconds).

/fixedsize w,h
set fixed window size.

/monitor N
start on monitor N, where N starts from 1.

/help | /h | /?
show command line switches help in message box window.

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

4
usage message displayed.

5
program version printed.

6
program variant not known. This error occurs when the MediaPlayer command is renamed.

 

FILES

etc/MediaPlayer.cfg
configuration file for MediaPlayer.

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), 1by1(1), config(1m), mycview(1), simplerecorder(1)

 

NOTES

MediaPlayer Classic was developed by Gabest. See (https://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/) for more information.

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

mplayerc was developed by Gabest and integrated as MediaPlayer into WA2L/WinTools by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports regarding the integration to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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